Nasser holds West in knots after Suez seizure
Egypt's President Nasser seized the Suez Canal on July 24 asserting ownership and ending international control. Britain and France sought force or negotiations while the United States urged restraint. A UN inquiry was requested as talks failed to produce a clear path, leaving global powers at odds over canal control and access.
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Washington
Egypt
Nasser
United States
Britain
France
Suez Canal
Israel
Canal
Dulles
London
Suez Canal Users Assn
SCUA
United Nations
U.N
Daffy Season Promos Hit Big Business stunts
Hal Boyle notes carnival style promotions by Procter & Gamble and Ronson Corp as big business uses publicity ploys like paving Manhattan streets with soap and offering $5,000 per ounce for beards. The piece cites humorous anecdotes and forecasts social impact amid beard fare and public reaction. It mentions Rex Dwartzan and James Bowser as sources on beard trends and potential quirks from a bearded world.
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New York
Manhattan
Phineas T. Barnum
America
Jim Moran
Jim
Lawrence World and Associated Press Local News Notice
The Lawrence World Company publishes daily except Sunday from Sixth and New Hampshire in Lawrence Kansas. Established 1554 editor Cy Simons 1591 to 1057. Subscription rates listed for Lawrence and Douglas counties with annual mail options. Friday Evening Sept 28 1956.
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Cy Simons
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kansas
Douglas
United States
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Circulation
al! AP News
Radio and TV Listings From September Broadcast Schedule
The page presents a dense slate of radio and television programs across WDAF KMBC WREN WAP and KMEC stations for Friday September 19 and Sunday September 30. It lists news shows movies sports and serials such as Opry programs Captain Kangaroo Howdy Doody Wrestling from Chicago Roy Rogers and The Lone Ranger, with times and station identifiers.
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WDAF
MBC
WDAP
Civnte
KMBC
Wren
WDAK
WAP
Manila
Masia Wren
Washburn
Omaha
KAL
Newa
White Sox
Ole Opry
News
Dilson
Lawrence Welk
Monitor
Newas
Wren—Herald Orth & Th Ohee
K. C
KMEC
Wdaf.tv
Kmec-Tv
Kcmo-Tv
Mickey Mouse Club
Eddie Fisher
News Caravan
Three Star News
Annie Oakley
Weal
Bporta
Doug Edwards
the News
Movie Museum
Flicka
Toppe
Jim Bowie
Playhouse of Stars
Studio
Joan
hi—Winky Dink & Tou
Fury $:20 (5)—Tales of the Texas Rangers $:30 (9)—Farm Hour {6—Johnny Coons
Wiszard Girheepruah
Wester
Chicago
Roy Rogers
DR Finance Ta
Jackie Gleason
TRAS
Famous Playhouse
New Daley
Famous Features
Studio 4
the Christophers
Induston Paredes
Sxowha
Thlekocke
March
Beetlana Yard
Opinions on Russia vary across history and sources
William Henry Chamberlain notes underrating and overrated views of the Soviet Union. He cites prejudice against Communism and doubts about sustainability. He argues recent optimistic Soviet portrayals overlook lagging agriculture and limited village living standards while heavy industry advances.
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William Henry Chamberlain
Soviet Union
Russia
Mes Khrushchev
Bulpanin
Chambslain
Chamberlain
Khrushchev
Debate Over Kansas Supreme Court Selection Method
The piece discusses methods to choose Kansas Supreme Court justices, criticizing the current popular vote system as prone to electing campaigners rather than the best fit. It favors a plan where district judges, after election and reelection, would feed candidates by a commission selecting at least two for each Supreme Court seat, ensuring experience and broad qualifications.
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Ix Umaine
Kansas Supreme Court
Polaidls
Thas Jen
Frank Gray
Supreme Court
Judes
Agenes
Too Early for Christmas Hype and Gimmicks
The piece argues Christmas promotion starts too soon after Thanksgiving. It notes some agencies discuss and use gimmicks to remind shoppers of Christmas before Halloween and Thanksgiving preparations are complete. It urges restraint to preserve warmth of the season.
Barbs and Blurred Bits From a Feisty Page
An assortment of garbled, satirical lines touching on an Ohio barber injured by his own car, advice about medicine, politics, cost of living, grape growers profits, a Minnesota man shrinking three inches in height, and jests about wives and crime. The tone mimics a cluttered column of stray snippets with no clear single event.
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Ohio
Minnesota
Bible Verse Deuteronomy 33 27 Refuge and Strength
A brief verse reflecting on God as eternal refuge and strength. The passage centers on God as a lasting fortress for believers, offering reassurance of His enduring power and protection.
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Anterngath
Lawyers urge reform of Kansas Supreme Court selection
Whitley Austin argues in the Salina Journal that Kansas lawyers fear the current method gives the court final word without appeal. They propose appointing justices from a pool chosen by the Kansas Bar Association, while noting politicians and money influence elections.
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Salina Journal
Lawyers of
Kansas
Supreme Court
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Bar Association
Whitley Austin
Eisenhower Eyes Global Reconstruction Fund as Peace Plan
President Eisenhower proposed a wide world reconstruction program funded by savings from disarmament. The idea, quoted from his 1953 speech, aims to aid undeveloped regions, spur world trade, and build roads, schools, hospitals, and homes while strengthening the United Nations. Critics call it a GOP global WPA as foreign aid policy undergoes revision ahead of his re election bid.
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Ey Peter Sdson
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
American Society of Newspaper Editora
United Nations
United
Truman
Benjamin F. Fairless
U.S. Steel Corp
Citizens’ Committee
Alrady
Beeks Field Named For Late Mayor Beeks At Baldwin
A new Baldwin football field will be named after Charles Beeks, former mayor and school board member. Dignitaries and students recall his service as Homer White, a 76 year old local druggist, died of a heart attack in his store. The piece notes campus activities at K U including enrollment lines outside bookstores and a fireworks display for the Haskell KU game. The article mentions Lawrence scholar Kenneth Crumrine receiving the Edwin Emery Sleason Memorial scholarship, and reports on a Legion convention stance on liquor referendums and other local events and appointments.
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Baldwin
Charles Beeks
Homer White
Eudora
K.U
Horace Willox
First Baptist Church
Judy Ericson
Katherine Wingert
Helen Koehler
Jane Lee
Mary Ellen Richardson
Margaret Walters
Margaret Richardson
Carolee Goins
Stanley Husted
Lucille Allison
K. C. Evans
Lindley
Legion
Sen. Capper
Kansas
F. M. Testerman
United Brethren Church
Amos
Lawrence
Chicago
Sphinx
Warden Club
Frank Lutz
Lutz
Nellie Leut
John Stafford
John Heim
Harris
Emma Leut
Charlie Heim
Ladies of the Baptist Calendar
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Hal Boyle
Barnum
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Rockefeller Plaza
Hunter College
RCA
Ronson Corp
Ronson
Philadelphia
Santa Claus
Bernard Dwartzan
Brooklyn
England
Dwartzan
James W. Bowser
Barber's Journal
Enet
Boldjera of Fortune
Cher ‘Oy
Steve Allen
Lights
Camar
Paten
Theatre
Tad Mack
Taaviaion Playhouse
Riley
Loretta Yount
Liberac
Mid-America
Neware
Supreme Court Jobs
Underworld
Ike
JMS
Maery Tock Gearwater
Aee
Ion Pian
Derethes I. Klels
Topeka
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Safeway Market
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