Lawrence Journal World 1963 Ninth Century Edition Info
LawrenceJournal World staff listed with editor Dolph Simons Jr and Ernest Pontius. Publication details confirm World Company daily paper in Lawrence Kansas with 1963 date and September 18 Wednesday evening issue. Rates shown for carrier and mail subscriptions in Douglas counties and nationwide.
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Dolph Simons
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Vice Press
Bill Mayer
Jack Zimmerman
Ernest Pontius
Leo Eller
W. C. Simons
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kansas
Kansas Slips in Defense Work. Missouri Rises in Contracts
Over a 12 month period ending June 30 defense contracts show Kansas down 19 percent from 393 million to 331 million while Missouri climbs from 545 million to 686 million. The article blames weak promotion by chambers of commerce and industrial groups and criticizes Kansas political leadership for failing to attract defense projects and space program opportunities.
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Kansas
Missouri
Chambers of Commerce
Topeka
Washington
Politicians debate wheat price controls amid global demand
The piece notes rising wheat prices driven by reduced U.S. and European harvests and growing exports. It contrasts politicians arguing for controls with market forces of supply and demand, citing Kansas shortages and a massive Russia order to Canada as drivers of higher prices.
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America
Kansas
Europe
U.S
Japan
Brazil
India
Holland
France
Russia
Canada
GOP Leaders Favor Primary Battles to Strengthen 1964 Campaign
Five GOP figures at Denver urged exposing nominees to primaries before the San Francisco convention. They argue open contests would harden the party for 1964 as Democrats battle and then unite, citing 1912 Bull Moose splits and recent unity pressures. Names cited include Miller Morton Wilson Scranton Rockefeller.
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American Republican Party
GOP
Denver
San Francisco
Old Guard
Theodore Roosevelt
Bull Moose Party
Woodrow Wilson
William E. Miller
New York
Republican National Committee
Sen
Thruston Morton
Kentucky
Bob Wilson
California
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Nelson Rockefeller
Scranton
California GOP splits spark talk of blood bath in 1964 primaries
Jose Martin Jr. warns that a Rockefeller versus Goldwater primary battle could trigger a GOP blood bath and boost the party as 1960 showed Kennedy gaining from intra party fights. The Democratic side largely expects Kennedy’s renomination with little excitement elsewhere.
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Jose Martin Jr
Republican National
California
Gov
Rockefeller
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Nixon
John Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Kennedy
Goldwater
Constitution Week Observance Emphasizes Law and Civic Duty
The article marks September 17 to 23 as U S Constitution Week and urges citizens to live by the spirit and letter of the law. It notes the Constitution creates government, protects rights, and ensures trials and due process, but warns it fails without people striving for peace and harmony under the law.
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U.S
Constitution Week
Community church reception for assistant minister opens new rooms
Plymouth Congregational Church hosted a reception in its basement to christen new activity rooms for William Bryant, assistant minister. The event followed a year with 19 polio cases in the county, all nonfatal, while school enrollment stood 42 below last year. KU fraternities announced pledges including 34 Lawrence men across multiple groups.
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Plymouth Congregational Church
William Bryant
Frank Rowland
Presbyterian
Lawrence
Robert Brooks
William Hunzicker
Walter Lucas
Edward Reath
Fred Stubeck
Charles Stutz
Acacia
al Decker
Beta Theta Pi
Loren Hallam
Delta Chi
James Mott
Everett Buchler
Charles Paxton
Delta Tau Delta
David Croom
Curtis Dalton
Kappa Sigma
Owen Maloney Jr
DeWitt Potter
Biblical Meditation and Prayer for Guidance and Forgiveness
A devotional excerpt reflects on being chosen by Jesus to bear lasting fruit and urges believers to seek forgiveness. The prayer asks for God’s presence and grace, confessing sin and offering lives in service through Christ.
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Christ
Winter Sign: Fat Dachshund Seeks Fireplace Heat
The author recalls a lazy overweight dachshund choosing the fireplace as winter’s first sign. The dog spends evenings belly to the flames, enjoying warmth after a muted autumn, while the narrator jokes about predicting winter better than the Weather Service.
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U.S. Weather Service
Hitler Plot to Seize Pope Pius XII Uncovered
Italian report cites three survivors stating Hitler ordered Operation Pontiff to kidnap Pope Pius XII from the Vatican in 1943. Plans allegedly involved seizing Monsignor Wolff and others, with Kesselring and Himmler notified before the scheme was halted. Pope Paul VI era clerics knew of the plan.
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Rome
Adolf Hitler
Pius XII
Vatican
Hitler
Pope Pius XII
Liechtenstein
Seige
Italy
Karl Wolff
Baron Ernst von Weizsaecker
Victor Emmanuel
Grand Council
Mussolini
Pietro Badoglio
Albert von Kesselring
Heinrich Himmler
Wolff
Berlin
Himmler
Bormann
Martin Bormann
Germany
Rahn
von Weizsaecker
Dollmann
Pius
Pope Pius
Giovanni Battista Montini
Letters Editor praises City Commission on Enoch nursery school
Mrs. Albert W. Burgstahler criticizes the City Commission for not soliciting clear opinions or debating the Enoch nursery school issue. She says pro and con sides were mishandled and urges thoughtful consideration and restrictions if needed, urging print of Mrs. Enoch’s explanation.
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City Commission
Enoch Nursery School
Old West Lawrence Association
Enoch
Old Lawrence
Ohio
Tennessee
Board of Zoning Appeals
Government support and self reliance in postwar life
A boy raised in public housing benefits from free school services, lunch programs, federal education and health programs, home loans, and civic projects. He notes government aid but argues for rugged individualism and a return to constitutional principles in a letter to his congressman.
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Army
G.I. Bill
State
Public Health Department
G.I
RFC
Soil Conservation Service
REA
R.F.D
One Bob White Tries New Field Then Sticks to Weather Office
President Kennedy appointed Robert White as chief of the U S Weather Bureau this month. The announcement notes his brother is Theodore H White author of The Making of the President 1960. The piece also touches on other light celebrity items and humor.
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Bob White
Kennedy
Robert White
U.S. Weather Bureau
Theodore H. White
Theodore Whe
The
New Republic
White
John Steinbecks
To Your Good Health Dr MOLNER Advice on Teen Pop Intake
Dr Molner says there is no strict health limit on sugar substitute beverages for teens but cautions against overindulging. He warns that making everything sweetened trains the palate toward overeating and recommends reducing total soft drink purchase to curb this habit.
Fragments of letters reveal hopes and hoaxes in society
A collection of Hal Boyle letter fragments shows playful personal requests and social schemes. Items include motivational praise for a dean’s daughter influencing grades, a billing error with a suggested discount, a Broadway manager seeking auditions, a high‑profile job pull for a custodian, a lawsuit settlement offer over a pet shop incident, a painting auction misunderstanding, and a request to privately coach JFK on sailing.
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New York
Phi Beta Kappa
von Rumpsprungie
Hyannis Port
JFK
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