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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1952
Page
4
A historical note from the Lawrence Daily Journal World mentions W C Scores data and staff roles, with reference to The World Company and a Kansas address. The fragment references management names and press association terms, suggesting a period piece on newspaper operation and circulation.
Radio listings show a dense schedule with WDAF and KMBC segments, featuring newscasts, weather, livestock reports, and talk shows. Notable names include Jack Beaton, Alex Draler, Helen, Nora Drak, and Ronnie Kemper. Stations span WDAF KMBC WRAR KMEC and KFRU with multiple time blocks.
In a World Today column the strain on Eisenhower Stevenson and aides is noted as the long campaign drags on. Voters face the same fatigue trying to track foreign affairs taxes Korea and other issues across newspapers radio and TV. The piece argues for direct voter access to clearer exchanges, noting debates could aid understanding though neither candidate embraced the idea.
News photos show bulldozers pushing trees loose while core drillers assess underpinning strength. After 14 years of debate the government appears to start at the problem’s wrong end. Core data will guide dam design and possible site choices. Watershed hearings and surveys by engineers are planned ahead of Kansas Legislature sessions to inform flood prevention measures.
Ellis County notes a political shift as Frank Motz reports a crowded GOP rally in Hays that energized the Eisenhower campaign. He credits Nixon’s underdog narrative and the national surge, with grassroots oil communities rallying behind Republican doctrine amid Democrat skepticism. The momentum marks a notable county shift in a GOP stronghold.
The Hays News notes a surprising shift toward the Republican ticket in a region that usually backs Democrats. Across the state similar enthusiasm hints at a potentially large Eisenhower Nixon majority, challenging common voting patterns and prompting questions about Kansas turnout.
The Kansas liquor control director says revenue from hard liquor and beer fell in July and August but cautions against assuming a drop in demand. He explains revenue reflects wholesaler and retailer inventories, not actual sales to consumers, and later months may recover, so the decline may not signal changing drinking habits.
A young man in Omaha is convicted for trying to dodge the draft to Korea with his attorney planning an appeal on the claim that drafting for an undeclared war is unconstitutional. The issue centers on limiting state power to seize citizens for projects lacking legislative sanction. John L. Lewis criticizes Taft and Ike but withholds endorsement of Stevenson as miners decide how to vote. Speeches in Moscow claim America seeks war while Chinese and Russian reds wage war in Korea.
Local notes report fuel oil rationing methods to be announced in a few days as the era of lower prices ends. Obituaries note Dr. W H Webster founder of Kansas City Dental College dies after 50 years practicing in Baldwin. Births engagements and marriages are listed for local residents. A university dedication honors Dr Frank Strong and William Allen White. Jurors are named for the November district court term. Professors travel to Toronto for a National Tex meeting. Several guests are mentioned at various homes and a traction engine accident injures three men.
The report details a bridge incident where men were dropped into the Wakarusa river below after instability at Dutton Bridge. It also covers multiple local weddings including Miss Amarette Weaver and N Thomas Veatch Jr, andMiss Margaret Hinkle Wilber with Edgar Lawrence Bailey, plus social notices of gatherings and travelers in Lawrence.
A fragmentary column mocks public regulation, dolls, and gender roles with quips about elderly women, manufacturers, and Mother Nature. It notes a shift in taste from simple foods to modern trends and ponders procrastination lingering from yesterday.
A reader questions HST’s sincerity in public discourse, suggesting a scheme by socialists to manipulate minds and push party agendas. The letter extols Eisenhower as a cleansing force, contrasts Adlai Stevenson’s rhetoric, and ends with a signoff from Mrs. W. ELC.
Gov Arn visits Liberal claiming Kansas departments run in the black with no new taxes or higher rates. He credits 10 percent fewer state payrolls and cash-basis operation, noting no bonded indebtedness. The piece also mentions Taft backing Ike and Senator Russell's Stevenson chatter from Garden City Telegram.
Mrs Leon Wilgus returns from Lake Geneva Wis after summer with daughter. Mr Wilgus traveled to Wisconsin and back with wife. Robert and Richard Soulen Baker students attended a dinner at Lawman Methodist church in Topeka for Harold and Sarah Soulen of Hutchinson. Leo Petrie and wife from Washington DC visiting sister Clare Kerns en route to Oregon Missouri. They will visit daughters in Fayetteville Ark and Memphis Tenn and were guests at a dinner hosted by local hosts Monday night.
A fragmented crossword style list with horizontal and vertical clues. Entries include terms like two wheel carriage compass coarse colt drilling body of water wash fight again and several other cryptic style hints with numbers indicating coordinates or grid positions.
A fragmented crossword style clue list appears with mismatched numbers and partial phrases. It includes entries like Girl's name, Verdi opera, frost deer, arrow poison, Drupe fruits, Eagle's nest, highest point Louise, and other assorted hints. The text lacks clear questions or consistent definitions to generate a cohesive solution.
Donald Nutt was named city treasurer by Mayor Virgil Reeves to replace C O Smith who resigned for health reasons. The city council approved the appointment. The Kansas Conference Board of Education executive secretary Joyce Wilson led a jurisdictional M Y F workshop at Southern Methodist University, with Baldwin residents Georgann Malikey and Francis Hursh in attendance. Aubrey Burgport, son of Mr. and Mrs. A E Burgport, was transferred from Rapid City to Kansas City with the Weather Bureau.
One hundred fifty people gathered at First Methodist Church in Baldwin on Wednesday night to hear a panel discussion on political issues. Panelists were Dr. W. A. Young and Dr. Harold A. Guest of Baker University, speaking for citizenship and Democratic candidates, and C. F. Leitaker, Baldwin Ledger editor, advocating Republican candidates.
Readable bits show a television schedule with entries for October including Heart of America, Washington Spotlight, Dinah Shore's Show, and Pigskin Peck. Several time slots, show titles, and local notes appear but many words are garbled or cut, yielding an incomplete guide to programs and air times.
The KANU-FM listing outlines Thursday October 9 events at Candlelight Concert Hall at 7:20 featuring Jayhawk, Locker Room, Broadway Rhapsody, and Chamber Moale, followed by Friday October 10 afternoon programming including Smorgasbord, Southland Serenade, Steps, and a keyboard emcee. Includes sports headlines and a rundown of the day’s broadcast.
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