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PAGE FIFTEENToday is Friday, Aug, 29, the 242nd day of 2008. There are 124 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On Aug. 29, 1944, 15,000 American troops marched down the Champs Elvsees in Paris as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis.On this date:In 1877, the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Brigham Young, died in Salt Lake City at age 76.In 1943, responding to a clampdown.by Nazi occupiers, Denmark managed to scuttle most of its naval ships.In 1957, the Senate gave final congressional approval to a Civil Rights Act after South Carolina Sen, Strom Thurmond (then a Democrat) ended a filibuster that had lasted 24 hours.In 1965, Gemini V, carrying astronauts GordonTHE$ALeveMURMCf PUZZLES By The Mepham Croup6127683911326749619-14Cooper and Charles “Pete” Conrad, splashed down in the Atlantic after eight days in space,In 1966, the Beatles concluded their fourth American tour with their last public concert, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.In 1968, Maine Sen. Edmund Muskie was chosen to be the Democratic nominee for vice president at the party’s convention in Chicago.In 2005, Hurricane Katrina nit the Gulf Coast near Buras, La., the resulting floods devastated the city of New Orleans. More than 1,800 people in the region died.Ten years ago: Northwest Airlines pilots went on a two-week strike after their union rejected a last-minute company offer.Five years ago: Six nations trying to defuse a standoff over North Korea’s nuclear program ended their talks in Beijing with an agreement to keep talking.One year ago: Prayers, protests and a lingering disgust with the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina marked the disaster’s second anniversary in New OrleansToday’s Birthdays: Actor-director Lord Richard Attenborough is 85. Movie director William Friedkin is 73. Sen John McCain, R-Ariz., is 72. Actor Elliott Gould is 70. Movie director Joel Schumacher is 69 TV personality Robin Leach is 67. Actor G.W. Bailey is 64. Actor Ray Wise is 61. Actress Deborah Van Valkenburgh is 56. Dancer-choreographer Mark Morris is 52. Country musician Dan Truman (Diamond Rio) is 52. Singer Michael Jackson is 50. Actor-comedian Lenny Henry is 50. Actress Rebecca DeMornay is 46.THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAMEby Mike Arglrlon and Jell KnurokUnscramble these four Jumbles, one letter to each square,to form four ordinary words.NESOOs /r w©2008 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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