Today in History Highlights From 1860 to 1968 Events Span U S
On April 3 1860 the Pony Express began mail service between St Joseph Missouri and Sacramento California lasting 18 months before the telegraph. In 1865 Union forces occupied Richmond Virginia. In 1882 outlaw Jesse James was killed in St Joseph Missouri by Robert Ford. In 1936 Bruno Hauptmann was executed for the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. In 1948 Harry S Truman signed the Marshall Plan to aid European recovery. In 1968 Martin Luther King Jr delivered his mountain top speech hours before his assassination in Memphis Tennessee.
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St. Joseph
Sacramento
Calif
Richmond
Jesse James
St. Joseph, Mo
Robert Ford
James
Bruno Hauptmann
Charles Lindbergh Jr
Harry S. Truman
Memphis
Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
FBI warns of anti government group call to remove governors
The Guardians of the free Republics claim to restore America by peaceful dismantling of government. They sent letters to governors demanding resignation within three days. The FBI says the broad call could incite violence despite no explicit threats. At least two states increased security.
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FBI
Guardians of the Free Republics
America
Landslides Kill 28 in Two Peruvian Towns
Heavy rains triggered landslides in Porvenir and Cancejos in northeastern Peru. At least 28 people dead and 25 missing, with 54 injured and 120 houses damaged. Civil defense chief Hipolito Cruchaga reported 23 deaths in Porvenir and 25 others still sought, plus a Thursday mudslide that killed five in Cancejos.
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Peru
Hipolito Cruchaga
Porvenir
Cancejos
Cruchaga
Second American woman charged in terror case
Federal prosecutors filed terrorism charges Friday against pregnant American Jaime Paulin-Ramirez in the Jihad Jane case. She flew from Ireland to Philadelphia and was arrested by a joint terrorism task force. Her 6-year-old son was placed in child protective custody. Authorities in Ireland had detained Paulin Ramirez and six others linked to Colleen LaRose, who traveled to Europe and was arrested after returning to the United States. A separate note references the first rescuers and divers entering a flooded area.
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Jaime Paulin-Ramirez
Ireland
Philadelphia
Joint Terrorism Task Force
Paulin Ramirez
Colorado
Colleen LaRose
Europe
United States
Lehigh cafeteria worker trapped in dumbwaiter shaft
An east ern Pennsylvania Lehigh University cafeteria worker was pulled into a narrow dumbwaiter shaft and trapped for about two hours during lunch. Student Taha Haque aided by holding the man’s legs while firefighters freed him using a jaws of life type device.
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Eastern Pennsylvania University
Lehigh University
Taha Haque
Pope preacher invokes anti Semitism in abuse claims
Vatican tensions flare over a Good Friday homily by Rev. Raniero Cantalamessa comparing abuse allegations against Benedict XVI to collective violence seen in anti Semitism. Vatican spokesman says not an official position while L Osservatore Romano publishes the text amid Vatican protests. Benedict attends Via Crucis prayers in Rome as cross ceremony proceeds.
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Vatican City
Benedict XVI
Vatican
St. Peter's Basilica
Raniero Cantalamessa
Europe
U.S
Benedict
Cantalamessa
Ahciek
Federico Lombardi
Associated Press
Catholic Church
Lombardi
Holy See
L’osservatore Romano
Colosseum
Rome
Four Women Set for Historic Space Flight From Discovery
NASA will launch three women and four men aboard shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station, marking the most women in space at once. Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger and Naoko Yamazaki join a seven person crew for a 13 day mission, increasing female spaceflight milestones.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Space
Earth
International Space Station
Earl
NASA
America
Sally Ride
T Wo Aerospace
Space Operations
Bill Gerstenmaier
Discovery
Space Station
Metcalf-Lindenburger
Naoko Yamazaki
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet Union
Valentina Tereshkova
Journal-World Directory of Contacts and Editors
The notice lists contact numbers and editorial staff for the Lawrence Journal-World covering local news city and county government Kansas University Lawrence schools consumer affairs sports arts and entertainment letters obituaries health transportation photo reprints and outside Lawrence It includes names such as Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Jon Niccum Jonathan Kealing and Dan Cox with their direct emails and phone lines.
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Ijworld
Kansas University
Lawrence
Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Ljworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jworld
Jon Niccum
Jniccum
Jonathan Kealing
Jkealing
Jworld.com
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Pope
Marcia Dunn
Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger
Cambria
Metcalf- Lindenburger
Vancouver
Wash
Pearson
Connecticut
Journal-World
N.H
News Partners Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Chris Bell
Cbell
Tony Berg
Berg
Ljworld.com
City Hall
Nth St
Louis
Facebook.com
Twitter
Kansas
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MCA
Ljwoarld
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Lowa St
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