Lawrence Daily Journal World masthead and staff listing
A 1963 masthead shows President and Editor Seite, News Editor Ernest Pontius, Advertising Manager Leo Eller, Business Manager WW Co Simons, Editor Dolph Simons Jr Bills Mayer among staff. Publication details note daily except Sunday, Lawrence Kansas, sixth and New Hampshire Streets.
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Ernest Pontius
Leo Eller
Simons
The
World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
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Douglas
United States
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
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Dolph Simons
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Bill Mayer
Lawrence United Fund aims to meet quota by first deadline
The Lawrence United Fund drive targets a 1963 64 budget of 72900 with eight city campaigns. Early gifts started, deadlines set for Oct 22 and Oct 31 final cleanup. Leaders urge full citizen cooperation, payroll deductions, and $13 minimum per family across 13 agencies to achieve the original deadline.
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Lawrence United Fund
Drive
Skipper Williams
Lawrence
United Fund
Don Metzler
Williams
Big Change In Budapest
Budapest has transformed since the 1956 revolt with more freedom and better living standards. The city now shows style, commerce, and cultural openness driven by political reforms led by Janos Kadar, while ordinary life includes easier travel, rising prices, and Western influence. The West should engage Hungary as a developing liberalizing nation rather than a static bloc member.
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Budapest
Europe
Lake
Balaton
Soviet Union
Janos Kadar
Kadar
Tod
Hungary
Eljen Magyar
Szay
Valley Falls votes 58 000 pool bond in 5 1 victory
Valley Falls residents northwest of Lawrence approved a $58 000 municipal pool bond by a 5 to 1 margin on Monday. The pool will open next summer, joining Baldwin as a local public pool site in the region. Citizens are praised for civic pride and effort.
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Valley Falls
Lawrence
Baldwin
Beware of Fires in Dry Autumn Debris Warnings Rise
Caution urged over trash and debris fires as the region faces extreme danger from an unusually dry year. Authorities warn that autumn burning is risky despite damp years, noting a severely parched area with moisture well below normal levels.
Fire safety plea urges avoiding trash burnouts
Local firemen report small trash and debris blazes but warn a larger fire could ignite quickly. The appeal urges hauling away waste, avoiding burning if possible, and taking safeguards to prevent fires from getting out of hand. Citizens are urged to act responsibly to prevent costly damage.
Miss Lawrence is salina KU sophomore Donna Lindsay
Old Home Town column lists 1953 events with Donna Lindsay winning Miss Lawrence while KU student. It notes county water shortage remarks by Joe Rice and Yankees Dodgers Series opening win with Casey Stengel seeking fifth straight title.
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Donna Lindsay
Salina
Miss Lawrence
Joe Rice
Yankees
Dodgers
Casey Stengel
Bible Message on the Solid Rock Foundation
A meditation on Matthew 7 27 warning against building on sand and the need to center life on Christ as a solid foundation. A prayer asks God to help focus attitudes and actions on Jesus the foundation and to stand firm in Him.
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Christ
Jack's Straw Statistics and Filbertism Plague Sports
Column argues statistics spoil sports enjoyment, favoring watching players perform and soaking in the ballpark atmosphere. The author rails against data obsession, praises the Yankees yet fears a computer in the dugout, and vows to retire if such a digitized game arrives.
Parking Meters and Mud on Kentucky Street Draw Reader Rant
A letter to the Journal-World condemns Kansas City style parking meters in Lawrence on Kentucky Street. The writer laments mud and dry grass around meters and suggests concrete slabs stepping stones and even patriotic signs to ease coin insertion. The piece references local landmarks Fraser Hall and a poem about Flanders Fields, contrasting free parking in Kansas City with local meter chaos and loss of historic buildings.
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Journal-World
Lawrence
Kentucky Street
Kansas
Flanders
Flander
Kansas City
Velma A. Corel
Richland
Kan
County Museum Plans Develop in Lawrence
Plans for a County Museum in Lawrence, sponsored by the Douglas County Historical Society, are moving slowly but are thought to become a real addition to the community.
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Journal-World
Lawrence
Douglas County Historical Society
Ham Radio Troubles Disturb Local TV Viewers
A West 17th Street resident complains about ham radio operators interfering with television reception. The letter asks operators to identify themselves and stop transmitting during quiet hours so families can enjoy programs without scrambled images.
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West 17Th Street
Senator Church pleased yet relieved as interns depart
Washington report notes Sen. Frank Church Idaho valued the interns for their energy but says their departure leaves a changed atmosphere. A draft ruling prompt provoked a sharp correspondent’s quip about women selecting men, prompting Sen. Kenneth Keating New York to reply that the writer is likely a bachelor.
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Frank Church
Idaho
Church
Washington
Kenneth B. Keating
Rn.y
Sam
Keating
Film Stars Once Were Targets But Today TV Folk on the Pan
Leonard Lyons surveys Hollywood and Broadway figures from Sir Cedric Hardwicke to John Jacob Marks noting TV shifts, stage legends, fashion quirks, and studio gossip. Highlights include Hardwicke celebrating fifty years, Finney’s Sardi’s look, Boyer’s no stand-by, Capote dining secrets, and DiMaggio’s World Series return.
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Bo Belinsky
Albert Finney
Luther
Finney
Sardi’s
Charles Boyer
Canadian Broadcasting Corp
Romy Schneider
Brendan Behan
Dublin
John Jacob Marks
Supreme Court
Joe DiMaggio
Otto Preminger
Permiere
Paris Opera House
John
Virginia Warren Daly
John Earl Jameson Daly
Arthur Laurents
Stephen Sondheim
New York
Cordell Hull
John L. Lewis
United Mine ‘Workers
Carlton
Lewis
White House
Hull
How To Tell When Mid Age Hits
Hal Boyle surveys middle age with humor noting sunburnt scalp quick hair comb, old jokes, PTAs, and memories of Stan Musial retirement. He jokes about night clubs, well cards, and the harvest time of life.
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New York
Howver
Stan Musial
PTA
Edgar Guest
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By Eldon Griffiths
Washington Post News Service
Old Home Town
Gwinn Henry
Union Building
Topeka Trojans
MacDowell Colony Club
Charles Skilton
Colony
Maurice Markham
Daisy Horrell
Mary Boughton
Paul Brooks
Missouri University
Stratton Brooks
Jack
By Jack Zimmerman
Whitey Ford
Mantle
Maris
Yanks
America
Fraser Hall
Sen. Church
Robert Co. Albright
Capitol Hill
China
England
London
Leonard Lyons
Cedric Hardwicke
Anne Bancroft
Hardwicke
Shakespeare
Shaw
Artie Shaw
Jackie Mason
Bachelor
Mason
Dore Schary Willey
Hollywood
Moss Hart
Horace Sutton
Honolulu
Paradise of the Pacific
James Michener
Beulah Roth
Picasso
Aldous Huxley
Colette
Cary Grant
George White
the International
White
Miami Beach
Hal Boyle
Interlandi
Braco
Birmingham
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