Space Age milestones echo through October history
On this date in 1957 Sputnik launched by the Soviet Union began the Space Age, while 1777 saw Washington’s troops assault Germantown. Presidents, popes, and notable events span centuries, including Hayes’ birth in 1822 and key discoveries and deaths through 2005.
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George Washington
Germantown
United States
Rutherford B. Hayes
Delaware
Ohio
Dick Tracy
Chester Gould
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Alps
Italy
CBS
Pope Paul VI
Western Hemisphere
U.N. General Assembly
Janis Joplin
Hollywood
Vatican
John Paul I
Prisendam
Gulf of Alaska
Islamic Jihad
William Buckley
David Jacobsen
Buckley
John Paul II
U.S
Opal
Florida Panhandle
West Bank
Gaza
Madeleine Albright
Ehud Barak
Yasser Arafat
Paris
Birthday List Highlights Ages From Jan Murray to Michael Roman
A roundup of notable birthday milestones includes Jan Murray turning 88 and Charlton Heston at 82, with others such as Leroy Van Dyke 76, Felicia Farr 73, Eddie Applegate 70, Anne Rice 64, Lori Saunders 64, Clifton Davis 60, Susan Sarandon 59, Armand Assante 56, Chris Lowe 46, Hobie Hubbard 45, David W. Harper 44, Jon Secada 44, John Melendez 40, Heidi Newfield 35, Alicia Silverstone 29, Phillip Glasser 27, Rachael Leigh Cook 26 and Michael Charles Roman 18.
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Charlton Heston
Leroy van Dyke
Felicia Farr
Eddie Applegate
Anne Rice
Lori Saunders
Clifton Davis
Susan Sarandon
Armand Assante
Chris Lowe
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Gregg “Hobie” Hubbard
David W. Harper
Editorial Board at Del Rio News Herald
The Del Rio News Herald announces its editorial team led by Publisher Joe San Miguel with Rosa Delgado as interim editor in chief and Brian Argabright as news editor. Supporting staff includes Bill Jewell sports editor Karen Gleason senior writer Bill Sontag and Jennifer Killin with Norma Flores Moreno as Spanish translator.
Miers Nomination Splits Republicans and Democrats Alike
President Bush’s White House counsel Harriet Miers faced mixed reception on Capitol Hill as she emerged as a second Supreme Court nominee. Some Republicans questioned her conservative credentials while Democrats urged thorough scrutiny. Miers, without a judicial record, began meetings with Senate leaders and Judiciary Committee members as conservatives voiced both cautious support and skepticism.
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White House
Harriet Miers
Supreme Court
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Miers
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Judiciary Committee
Oval Office
Capitol
Arlen Specter
Senate Majority
Bill Frist
Democratic
Harry Reid
Dan Bartlett
Bartlett
CBS
Ear
Roberts
Jeff Sessions
R-Ala
Specter
R-Pa
Charles Schumer
D-N-Y
Bush Limbaugh
Dick Cheney
Focus
James Dobson
Kyleen Wright
Texans United For Life
Frist
R-Tenn
Sam Brownback
R-Kan
John Thune
South Dakota
Antonin
Scalia
Clarence
Wrong number wiretaps spark Patriot Act reform debate
FBI admits occasional miswiring during terrorism probes leading to mistaken intercepts of conversations. Critics warn such errors lift the veil on privacy and call for tighter wiretap provisions as roving tap authority nears renewal while questions linger about notice of interception and deletion from records.
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Bureau
Justice Department
Inspector General
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Cogswell
David Sobel
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Sobel
U.S
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