Newspaper masthead and publishing details from Lawrence paper
The item presents the 1854 to 1952 publication lineage of a Lawrence Kansas newspaper with editor publisher J W Murray and advertising director Pontius, plus subscription rates for local and outlying counties and postal classification. It notes AP membership and circulation audits.
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W. G Bimons
The
World S Company
Girth
New Hampshire
Btresta
Lawrence
Kansas
Bimons
J. W. Murray
Manat Pontius
Deouglas
Dougies
Audit Bureau of Circulationa
Associated Press
AP News
Dulles as Ike’s diplomat in the sickbed era
The presidential act of initialing foreign service orders underscores John Foster Dulles as the undisputed face and executor of U S foreign policy during Ike’s convalescence. The article contrasts Dulles’s energy and hands on approach with the President’s vision, noting their close alignment and potential limits from the National Security Council.
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Washington
State Department
Foreign Service
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
America
Ike
Churchill
John W. Foster
U. S
Duck Island
Canada
National Security Council
Radio and TV Programs The Gops Below Ded By The Station
Radio and TV listings for WDAF KMBC WREN KMUC and others on Saturday and Sunday October 15 16 showing church bulletins pigskin parade monitor news juke band and various programs including the Grand Ole Opry Two for the Money Gene Autry and Paul Harvey structured as a station schedule with times and channels Local stations include WDAF WREN KMBC KMUC KMAC and KMBC Civic and entertainment segments and news blocks are listed throughout the weekend.
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WDAF
Wren Kfku
WREN
KMUC
Wren—Tello
KMBC
KMHC
WIEN
Newa
MBC
Gunasmoke
KMAC
KMBEC
Paul Harvey
Whar
WDA
Minsig
Gene Autry
Jim
Teraco Star Theatre
George Gobel
Damon Runyan
Dr. Hudson
Secret Journal
Mr. and
Mrs. North
Bert Berry
Lea Paul
Mary Ford
Winky Dink and
You
Television Schedule Highlights from October Weekend
A dense outline of broadcast listings across the weekend featuring Annie Oakley and Gun Smoke among westerns, Perry Como and Lawrence Welk shows, Culminating with Bing Crosby and Burns and Allen and a broad array of daytime and primetime programs, sports and news.
State Budget Requests Grow As Kansas Eyes Cuts
State agencies request a total over 3 million dollars for 18 months ending Jan 1 157, with the Kansas Board of Regents adding more than 22 million. Governor Hall urges cuts at every point as Lawrence weighs new revenue sources to cover available funds. The piece compares state needs to national budget strains and suggests deficit financing is not the Kansas answer.
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Kansas
Hall
State Board of Regents
Lawrence
President Eisenhower In Good Spirits Raises Public Hope
Denver bulletin reports the President walking into a new day in a cheerful mood. The steady improvement eases international worry and boosts confidence in his welfare and likely governance.
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Denver
Eisenhower
United States
State of Inaction on Turnpike Connections Across States
Oklahoma moves to connect with the Kansas Turnpike at the state line allowing travelers to use the developing Oklahoma turnpike system. The toll road extends toward Missouri but is interrupted for about 150 miles before resuming at Kansas’s eastern edge. Missouri has not begun turnpike construction, leaving Missourians puzzled while Kansas presses ahead.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Widen the Debate on Colonialism Meaning and Risks
The Hartford Courant argues that colonialism lacks a precise meaning and acts as a hook for various grievances. It warns unfriendly agitators seek division in the free world and suggests widening U N debate beyond Algeria to include the Baltic states Poland and Hungary.
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Hartford Courant
Free World
the Courant
U. N
Algeria
Baltic States
Poland
Hungary
Old Muscovite Dream Drives Western Anxiety Over Arms
The first Soviet arms delivery to Egypt included rifles and light weapons, with later plans for planes tanks and two old destroyers. Western capitals fear such arms shipments aim to extend Soviet influence across the warm-weather Mediterranean region, long a Soviet goal. The Geneva conference policy is seen as a time-gaining tactic amid the broader East-West struggle.
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Egypt
Westt
Mediterranean
Yale to limit Dean's List as student quality rises
Hartford Courant notes Yale plans to cap Dean's List to top student percentage as competition and postwar enrollment push up standards. The university will keep unlimited cuts for upperclass students in the top half, while national trends warn of rising costs for faculty, staff, classrooms, labs, and housing with a growing student body.
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Hartford Courant
Yale
What holds the world together the paper clip
A reflection on how wire shifted from bale tying to making paper clips as modern work moved indoors. The piece notes that vast lengths of steel are used for paper clips to bind memos, invoices, specs, and letters, implying paper clips now hold modern business together.
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Christian Science Monitor
Dirt Under the Rug and the Press
A Salina Journal column notes a friend's complaint about damaging headlines and a publicity department blamed for suppressing real news. It compares public interest reporting with attempts to quiet scandal and recalls Aesop about concealing dirt.
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Salina Journal
Aesop
Regents seek 22.4 million budget boost for colleges
The State Board of Regents requests 22.4 million dollars for the new budget, up 25 percent from this year’s 17.7 million. The Wichita Eagle notes this sharp rise serves as a warning to taxpayers about rising college costs as tuition and campus needs grow.
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Wichita Eagle
State Board of Regents
Barbs From A Desert City Note A Shooting At Crap Game
A fragmented dispatch recalls an Arizona man shot during a casual craps game with hints that loaded dice may have influenced the incident. The text wanders through urban life observations and stray phrases about dirt, chores, and road improvements with no clear follow through.
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Arizona
Not a Witness Without Cause Proverb Verse
A brief Bible verse note cites Proverbs 24 23 urging not to false witness against a neighbor without cause. The item presents a moral reminder from religious text.
Quiz Q Hag the age of Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain
The text poses multiple questions and answers on geography history and trivia. It notes Stonehenge age uncertain with estimates from 1800 B C to 500 B C based on site pottery. It also covers topics from treasurers to symbols and explorers.
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Stonehenge
Salisbury Plain
England
B.C
United States
Senate
New Books at Free Public Library Display
Lawrence library unveils fiction and non fiction titles from 1955 including Dewey Irwin Edman Makers of the American Tradition Series Prejudice and Your Child Kenneth Clark Three Tickets to Adventure Gerald Durrell I Threw a Rose Into the Sea Alyse Simpson Life in Appenzell Grand Deception Editors Klein Engineers Dreams Willy Ley Magnificent Enemies Edgar Maass Bell's Landing Grace Warner Brace Officers and Gentlemen Evelyn Waugh Waterfront Budd Schulberg Sara Dane Catherine Gaskin The Cellar at No 8 Shelly Smith
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Lawrence Free Public Library
John Dewey
Irwin Edman
Dewey
Kenneth B. Clark
Supreme Court
Gerald M. Durrell
British Guiana
England
Alyse Simpson
Kenya
Appenzell
Lake Constance
Alexander Klein
Willy Ley
Jules Verne
Bell's Landing
Grace Warner Brace
New England
Evelyn Waugh
Crete
Budd Schulberg
New York
Waterfront
Sara Dane
Catherine Gaskin
Australia
Mary Reibey
New South Wales
Shelly Smith
Local Notes Highlight Residents and Events in Old Town
Sergeant Grant Love returns from Europe to be home soon. Burns reported to David Bowman while Allan Auchard helped. Private David Gagliards joins Camp C. B. Mathews as swimming instructor in San Diego. Major Flint and Eve visit in Saginaw after Fort Sill duty. City to spend 10000 on south Lawrence water mains. Newborn Richard Arlen to join Frank and family. Jean’s birthday celebrated by 12 girls hosted by Mrs. E. B. Stouffer. Kansas City day trip for several residents. Movies shown in town this week. The Varsity screens The Two Orphans. Sphinx pledges four freshmen. Curtis Pippert buys lumber for a new barn. Frank Holt to join Alabama Minstrels.
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Grant Love
Ray Love
Europe
David Bowman
E. M. Bowman
Allan Auchard
David Gagliards
U. S. Marine Corps
C. B. Mathews
San Diego
William A. Conboy
Pearl Harbor
Fred Williams
George M. Flint
Eve
L. N. Flint
Saginaw
Mich
Ft. Sill
Flint
Army
South Lawrence
Frank Goff
Richard Arlen
E. B. Stouffer
Jean
Wilma Howard
Erna Carr
Olga Carl
Ada Katherine Kirchhoff
Martha Rose Allphin
Ann Murray
Mildred Peterson
Betty Jean Bodin
Margaret Jane Wadhams
Mary Louise McNown
C. M. Brown
Learnard Ave
Varsity
Theda Bara
Cameron's Bluff
Ida Lyons
Sonora Metaker
Jessie Borg
Emma Dews
Hazel Green
Bertha Okeson
Fern Evans
Esther Swanson
Lilian Swanson
Minnie Dingelstedt
Lena Jones
E. M. Briggs
Rubtice
Kansas
Sphinx
Hermann Engel
Joe Cross
Herbert Jordan
Monfort
St. Louis
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