KU Professor Paul Wilson to retire after storied law career
Lawrence Kansas AP veteran teacher Paul Wilson, a former assistant attorney general who argued before the U S Supreme Court in December 1952, will retire from the Kansas University law school faculty in January. Gov John Carlin proclaimed National Law Day as Professor Wilson Day praising his dedication to students and his appearance before the high court.
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John Carlin
Carlin
Wilson
U.S. Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court
Topeka
Kansas
America
High Court
Lawrence
Wilsons
Taos
N.M
Law School
Paul Wilson
Frank Theis
Steve Craig
Pecans Tree Whispers Draw Alabama Tourists
In Needham Alabama a 75 foot pecan tree in Linnie Jenkins yard has drawn crowds as a mysterious crying sound is heard. Forester Allen Bruce suggests heart rot gas escaping through tiny slits may cause the noise while locals and visitors speculate about ghosts trapped in the wood. Residents charge 50 cents to listen attracting thousands during Easter traffic jams.
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Needham
Ala
Linnie Jenkin
Alabama
Choctaw County
Kenneth Crenshaw
Jenkins
Mrs. Jenkins
Allen Bruce
American Can Co
Butler
May 4 historical highlights span canal zone to Napoleon exile
May 4 marks events from 1904 US taking possession of Panama Canal Zone to 1814 Napoleon's Elba exile. Also 1626 Peter Minuit lands on Manhattan and buys island, 1945 Danish German surrender, and 1971 Rogers arrives in Egypt for Middle East peace efforts.
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Associated Press
United States
Panama Canal Zone
Peter Minuit
Manhattan Island
Napoleon Bonaparte
Island
Elba
Denmark
William Rogers
Egypt
Middle East
China Men Wins 1981 American Book Award
Maxine Hong Kingston’s China Men, a general non fiction work on her Chinese American ancestors, received the 1981 American Book Award. The Carnegie Hall ceremony hosted by William F Buckley Jr and John Kenneth Galbraith drew over 1,300 attendees as awards of 1,000 dollars and sculptures were presented to winners across multiple categories.
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New York
Maxine Hong Kingston
United States
Carnegie Hall
William F. Buckley Jr
John Kenneth Galbraith
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Justin Kaplan
Samuel Beckett
Deidre Bair
Betsy Byers
Ramona
Beverly Cleary
Alison Cragin Herzig
Jane Lawrence Mali
Wright Morris
John Cheever
Ann Arensberg
Jane Kramer
John Boswell
Leon F. Litwack
Lisel Mueller
Stephen Jay Gould
Lewis Thomas
Gustave Flaubert
Francis Steegmuller
Arno Schmidt
John E. Woods
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