Lawrence Daily Journal World Staff and Publication Details
The Lawrence Daily Journal World lists Dolph C. Simons Jr. as President Editor and publisher and BILL MAYER as Vice President. Staff include Jack Zimmerman as Managing Editor and Ernest Pontius as Associate Editor. Established 1854, published daily except Sunday from Hath and New Hampshire Streets. Subscription rates: carrier 3d per week, 8.20 per year by mail in Douglas County, 8 per year elsewhere in the U.S. Tuesday Evening September 10 1983.
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Dolph Simons
Dolph C., Simons Jr
Bill Mayer
Jack Zimmerman
Ccc
Ernest Pontius
Leo Eller
W. C. Simons
the World Company
Hath
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kansas
Douglan
United States
Ciara
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
American turncoat returns from Red China after disillusionment
Scott L. Rush of Marietta Ohio recounts life in the 1958 to 1960 Red China as hell and says the U S system works better. He contrasts his experience with Cuba visiting students who despite admiration for Castro have not abandoned their doubts.
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Red China
Scott L. Rush
Marietta
Ohio
China
Rush
U.S
Cuba
Castro and Co
Redland
Wankel Engine Promises Revolution at Frankfurt Show
Inventor Felix Wankel plans to unveil a rotary engine at the Frankfurt motor fair, touted as cheaper to maintain and capable of 100000 miles between overhauls. The compact, water cooled design runs on 85 to 1 compression and promises smooth operation with no reciprocating parts.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Felix Wankel
Wankel
Individual Matter on Building Codes and Housing Costs
The Saturday Evening Post argues obsolete building codes and low quality materials inflate housing costs. Arthur Watkins cites 192.6 rise in construction costs since 1930 and record bankruptcies with postwar foreclosures. A National Performance Code could aid prices and jobs, but local action remains essential as builders set high standards.
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Saturday Evening Post
Arthur Watkins
Post
Senator Tower Uses Capitol Elevator Buzzer Car Service
A Capitol Hill elevator buzzer service moves a senator's car for urgent arrivals. Senator John Tower recently drew attention to the practice, noting it can create logistical problems when used in dire emergencies by a small group of legislators.
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U.S
Capital Hill
Sen
John Tower
Elevator miscue prompts scolding by senator at Capitol
A Texas Republican aboard an elevator was surprised when the operator sped past Tower's floor as another Senator’s rings were heard. After delivering the other Senator, Tower fumed and the operator admitted the delay saying the rider was a United States Senator. The operator is no longer employed at the Capitol.
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Tower
Tex
United States
Capitol
U.S
Senate probes air pollution steps and clean air act
A Senate subcommittee led by Sen. Muskie opens hearings on federal action to curb interstate air pollution. Witnesses urge approval of the Kennedy administration’s Clean Air Act, which would authorize up to 80 million in federal funding over four years for research and local smog programs. The nationwide problem is growing, with California leading in control efforts and economic losses running into billions annually.
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Washington
America
Senate Public Works
Kennedy
Congress
House
Senate
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Los Angeles
Los Angles
Muskie
California
Los Angeles County
Old Home Town 10 Years Ago Highlights
The firm J Underwood and Sons changed hands with Allyn Underwood and Robert Schwanzle purchasing the feed seed and grain company. Pinckney School used four buildings including space in the Presbyterian Church called West Pinckney. Junior High faculty held a 4H Fairgrounds picnic led by Mrs Deal Six. In 1638 Elks Club redecorations added bowling alleys and a fire damaged kitchen was rebuilt. WPA funded shelter belt planting resumed in six states with 1 414 000 dollars. In 1923 city schools housed 2619 students and KU Stadium installed nine automatic turnstiles on the north side while a dermatology professor claimed soap fights leprosy.
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J. Underwood
Elks Club
U.S. Forest Service
Kansas
Bible Message and Prayer Reflections
A brief devotional notes how Psalm 107:6 invites trust in the Lord in trouble. A short prayer asks for heavenly strength to do God’s will through Christ’s redemptive example.
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Christ
Four Shopping Centers in Lawrence Need Not Grow
William L Lemesany argues Lawrence should limit new centers to protect existing ones. He compares Boulder’s boom driven by government sponsored industry and political deals, warning Lawrence risks overexpansion and a stalled economy without local policy changes and responsible planning.
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Boulder
Lawrence
Plaza
Hillcrest
Mall
Darger
Colorado
Boul
Kansas
Bouller
Atomic Energy Commission
National Bureau of Standards
Dow Chemical Co
National Center For Atmospheric Research
Air Academy
Sen
Allott
Yucca Flats Atomic Energy Plant
Dow Chemical Contractor
Caroll
Senate
A Comment on Your Editorial About Teacher Unions
A reader disputes the Saturday editorial on teacher unions arguing unions can raise pay and improve conditions, attracting better teachers and boosting effectiveness. The writer questions the idea that unionism drives conformity, notes economic pressures on teachers, and suggests unions can shield staff from reprisals while highlighting pay and working conditions.
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New York
United Federation of Teachers
Aliso
Family marriage of cousins sparks legal and medical guidance
A concerned mother asks about marrying first cousins despite age and legality. The doctor notes laws vary by state and warns of higher risk of defective babies when related people wed. He advises if legal in the state to refrain from alarm and hope for the best.
Centennial planned for Quantrill massacre at Baxter Springs
Baxter Springs prepares a luncheon on October 4 to observe the 100th anniversary of Quantrill’s 1863 raid that killed about 90 Union party members and wounded or scattered others. Dr. Dudley Cornish of Pittsburg State College will speak and a cemetery tour will be offered at the National Cemetery near Baxter Springs.
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Baxter Springs
Quantrill
James G. Blunt
Dudley Cornish
Pittsburg State College
National Cemetery
Paul Williams
Military
Blunt
Fort Scott
Fort Smith
Ark
William C. Quantrill
Lawrence
Missouri
Arcadia
Crestline
Pittsburg
Burton and Lunts Row Across Global Film Gossip
London reports Richard Burton would see Cleopatra only in a life or death emergency. Palma notes Paul Lucas, Oscar winner for Watch on the Rhine, mocks praise from Paul Muni. Rome says Alfred Lunt eye trouble delays film with Lynn Fontanne. Michigan dentist misnames her. Jerusalem shows James Michener in Israel for a year of novel research with weekly Sabbath observances.
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London
Richard Burton
U. S
Madrid
John Lodge
Lodge
Lukas
Rome
Lunts
Italy
Alfred Lunt
Lynn Fontanne
Wisconsin
Waukesha
Misa Fontanne
Lynn
Jerusalem
James Michener
Israel
Michener
Things We Could Do Without Hal Boyle
New York ap satire lists items to skip including wives who cannot zip their dresses, strident TV ads, bragging executives, expensive bread charges, tasteless jokes about JFK, and magazines that overprice. It rib sides on modern manners and social irritants from sports to office fundraisers.
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Hal Boyle
New York
William
John F. Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Lawrence Daily Journal- World
John H. Averill
Los Angeles Times News Service
Old Home Town
Northwestern
Old West Lawrence Association
William L. Lemesany
Journal-World
Joseph
Burton
Cleo
Leonard Lyons
Madam Nhu
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