Today in History highlights from April 2 events
Key moments include the 1968 world premiere of 2001 A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick in Washington. Other marks cover 1913 Florida landfall by Juan Ponce de Leon, the 1932 Lindbergh kidnapping ransom incident in New York, Argentina’s 1982 Falklands seizure, and Pope John Paul II’s death in 2005 at age 84.
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Stanley Kubrick
Washington
Juan Ponce de Leon
Florida
Charles Lind
Falkland Islands
South Atlantic
Britain
John Paul II
Vatican
Memo Justifies Harsh Interrogations Under Bush War Powers
The 2003 Justice Department memo argues that wartime presidential authority overrides international torture bans and that interrogation methods might be justified by necessity or self defense. It notes the president’s power as commander in chief and was rescinded in December 2003.
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Pentagon
Bush
Justice Department
al-Qaida
Taliban
U.N
John Yoo
Office of Legal Counsel
U.S
Cuba Opens Stores As Raul Castro Eases Consumer Rules
Cubans queued for DVD players motorbikes and pressure cookers as Raul Castro loosens controls on consumer goods and invites private farmers to plant tobacco coffee and other crops on unused state land The moves plus other reforms suggest real policy shifts under the new president though shoppers complain salaries remain low while lining up for electronic gadgets.
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Raul Castro
Fidel
More FEMA trailers in Arkansas found toxic
FEMA tests on 32 mobile homes stored at Hope Municipal Airport show three units with formaldehyde levels high enough to pose cancer and respiratory risks. More than half exceeded the average home level, with one unit in testing at 16 times higher. The trailers were stored for potential use by disaster victims in Arkansas and Tennessee after the February tornadoes.
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Gulf Coast
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Associated Press
Arkansas
Tennessee
Hope Municipal
FEMA
Evansville high schools hit by computer bug on grades
A computer malfunction over spring break erased a month's grades at three high schools and one middle school in Evansville, prompting a revised eight week reporting period. Harrison High students reacted variably as some mourn hard work while others welcome the reprieve. Final report cards delayed as two six week periods merge into eight weeks.
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Evansville
Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corp
Harrison High
Ibrahim Dughaish
Oil chiefs defend industry in House hearing
Oil executives from ExxonMobil Shell BP America Chevron and ConocoPhillips faced questioning on high fuel prices during a House hearing. They argued profits reflect industry cycles and investments while urging access to more offshore drilling and continued support for oil alongside renewables.
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Washington
Congress
House
Big Oil
Edward Markey
D-Mass
J.S. Simon
Exxon Mobil Corp
Emanuel Cleaver
D-Mo
Cleaver
Exxon- Mobil
Shell Oil Co
BP America Inc
Chevron Corp
ConocoPhillips
U.S
Candice S. Miller
Reich
Peter Robinson
Chevron
America
Judy Dugan
Santa Monica
Calif
California
John Lowe
Simon
ExxonMobil
BP America
Robert Malone
Shell
John Hofmeister
Contact details for Journal World staff and offices
A listing of contact numbers and email addresses for Journal World departments including Local News City Government County Government Kansas University Lawrence Schools Business Sports Arts Letters to the Editor Obituaries Photo Reprints and outside contacts. It also provides assignment editors and department heads with direct phones and emails for reader submissions and subscriptions.
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Jworld.com
Liworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Poll on Tax Breaks for Big Oil and Library Remodel
A reader poll asks if Big Oil should keep tax breaks amid billion dollar profits, with the option Yes or No. It notes Lawrence city staff propose a 1.1 million Carnegie Library remodel and reports the current winner as No. Readers are invited to vote at ijworld.com.
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Lawrence City
Carnegie Library
Georgia police uncover elementary school plot against teacher
Waycross police said as many as nine third graders at Center Elementary planned to ambush a teacher using a knife, handcuffs, tape and a paper weight. Two girls and an boy were arrested facing conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and weapons charges. The target was a veteran third-grade teacher helping students with disabilities.
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Waycross
Center Elementary
South Georgia
Tony Tanner
Tanner
Rick Currie
Currie
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New York
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State Supreme Court
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Nassau County
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Cuba
Indiana
Ukraine
Pablo Martinez Monsivais
Victor Yushchenko
St. Sophia's Cathedral
Kiev
NATO
Romania
Georgia
Journal-World
N.H
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Danderson
Ljworld
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Drowbridge
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Agardner
Jjworld
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Tkheegan
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News Partners
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Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
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Dcox
Chris Bell
Cbell
Sara Wilhelm
Swilhelm
Ljworld.com
Aw Jworld.com
Ijworld.com
Kansas
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