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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1956
Page
5
The article notes a new method for producing synthetic gasoline labeled the "stomic" process. It claims a minimal by-product output but states the work is preliminary and may not be commercially feasible yet. It contrasts with conventional gasoline production via straight petroleum distillation and a treated chemically synthetic route.
Compilation of quick quips and items from show business and sports pages. Notes include Joe E Lewis at Copacabana, Jayne Mansfield and James Dean anecdotes, TV writer corrections, and humorous asides about celebrities, sports showdowns, and gossip from New York venues.
SEM PRICE surveys growing political influence of Americans 65 and older. About 14 million people are 65 plus with 21 million by 1973. Townsend plan legacy shapes Social Security debate. most elders rely on small monthly benefits and limited medical care. Democrats discuss outreach but none build a strong, unified appeal to this sizable bloc.
Two American physicians, Dr Lawrence E. Hinkle Jr and Dr Harold G. Wolff, concluded brainwashing rarely yields permanent shifts in views. Their Defense Department study found it fades within months, can backfire by increasing anti communism, and amounts to refinements of older police methods rather than a new science.
Senator Kefauver denounces Attorney General Brownell’s role in the Dixon Yates affair as unworthy and says the administration has much to be ashamed of. He criticizes Nixon’s power policy claims and notes Eisenhower’s approach blocks new power unless routed through private utilities. Weather delays prevented a Kalispell rally, so Kefauver spoke by telephone from Missoula.
New York dispatch reports the Russia US official magazine exchange is stalled by red tape. Thousands of copies of the USSR magazine and the Amerikа in Moscow and New York are tied up as State Department negotiators seek agreed price terms for the Soviet distribution agency. Officials say no exchange will occur until a price cut agreement is reached.
Bob Toski, 29, of Holyoke Massachusetts, held a one stroke lead at the Oklahoma City tournament as 135 players chased par on Twin Hills Course. Toski shot 63 yesterday while Bill Nary and Billy Casper posted 69s to sit at 3-under. 26 players matched or bettered par. The field would be cut to 60 professionals and 10 amateurs after the second round.
In Pikeville Kentucky 25 to 30 women carried on a road patching crusade for a second day repairing bumps and holes on a 113 mile road. They used shovels and picks aided by a road scraper and a man who appeared from nowhere to operate it. They started Wednesday to pressure county officials who had promised to blacktop all of the road.
The Rev. Leonard H. Torline woke to a blaze consuming the Conway Springs church yesterday as neighbors helped save vestments statues and items from the sanctuary. Fire Chief Roe Mitchell blamed defective wiring and said two volunteer firefighters were burned while 14 Conway Springs volunteers fought the fire with three pieces of equipment aided by Wellington's seven firefighters and truck.
Dr. Siegfried Gerathewoht of the U S Air Force School of Aviation Medicine said at the International Astronautical Congress that many people will be space sick like seasickness on the Atlantic. The test is to know if you are the space ship type before booking a seat on a Moon mission.
The Northeast Kansas County Officials Association set aside a proposal to let the state collect taxes on automobiles for further study. Local units may collect personal property taxes on cars and the constitutional amendment would shift the tax to the state at annual license issuance. John Towle warned the state could keep too much revenue, reducing local income. The 125 association members from 17 counties decided to poll county clerks before proceeding. Maurice Bryan was elected president, Gilbert Groves vice president, and Frances Jones secretary. The March meeting will be in Marysville. A note on philanthropy states fifty three cents of every dollar supports religious groups.
Donna Cason of the University of Oklahoma, a 20 year old fashion arts major from Vinita, won the Miss Football of 1956 title in Berkeley. Governor Goodwin J Knight crowned her after a panel of five Berkeley residents selected her from 14 contestants marking the Festival of Football around the California Baylor season opener. Connie Taylor of Kansas State was among the runners up.
In Ankara a 15 year old newsboy Tahsin Vedat Mutt faced trial for shouting a headline under Turkey's new press law. He is the first person prosecuted under the no shouting clause aimed at curbing journalistic sabotage by the government.
In court the newsboy admitted shouting a sensational headline about Finance Minister Re signing and Nedim Okmen’s resignation. If convicted he faces up to 180 dollars in fines and possible jail time for a second offense.
Normal life in Karachi halted as a general strike protests the killings of Muslims in India. A large procession marched through main streets shouting anti Indian slogans. Public transport stopped and businesses closed. Small groups of students yelled Death to Nehru.
Fred Post editor of the Amarillo Sunday News-Globe is named managing editor of the Amarillo Globe-Times and Amarillo Daily News. He succeeds Ray Parr who takes a new assignment with the Globe-News organization. Post has been with Globe-News since 1930 and previously worked for the Leavenworth Times and the Wichita Beacon.
Thousands of Parisians waited in long lines to obtain fresh bread for the first time since Wednesday. The government ordered the reopening of about 1,500 strike closed bakeries in the Paris area, home to five million people.
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