Significant historical milestones across eras this day
On April 12 1861 Civil War began with Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter. In 1877 Harvard catcher James Tyng wore the first mask in a game. In 1934 Tender Is the Night published in book form after Scribner's serialization. In 1945 President Roosevelt died in Warm Springs Georgia aged 63 succeeded by Truman. In 1955 Salk polio vaccine declared safe and effective. In 1961 Yuri Gagarin became first human in space orbiting Earth once.
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Fort Sumter
South Carolina
James Tyng
Harvard
Lynn Live Oaks
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Charles Scribner's Sons
Scribner's Magazine
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Harry S. Truman
Yuri Gagarin
Earth
World in Brief Covers Kidnapping Murder Suspect and Italy Quake Aftermath
Police say they do not know motive in the Sandra Cantu case as Melissa Huckaby, 28, is held without bail after driving to a station when questioned. Sandra disappeared March 27 and her body was found in a suitcase in an irrigation pond. In Italy, central earthquake camps show routine life amid aftershocks and mass casualties. Also reported are Iraqi conflict updates including a deadly bombing near Baghdad and U.S. troop losses in Mosul as security concerns rise ahead of June troop withdrawals.
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Melissa Huckaby
Tony Sheneman
Sandra Cantu
San Joaquin County
Italy
Laquila
Jbala
Baghdad
U.S
Mosul
Awakening Councils
Sons of Iraq
Glitch Turns Vatican Service To Racy Ad On Cable
A Philadelphia Comcast affiliate aired a Good Friday Vatican service but at 2 a.m. Friday a glitch during an Emergency Alert System test switched the channel to a 30 second ad for Girls Gone Wild. Comcast spokesman Jeff Alexander says the overnight test normally tunes to alert information and the issue affected the entire local area with only one complaint.
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Philadelphia
The
Vatican
Comcast
Jeff Alexander
Alexander
Nine American sailors reach Kenya after Maersk Alabama hijack
Nine teen crewmembers on the Maersk Alabama arrived in Mombasa safe and ecstatic to be free after surviving a pirate hijack off the Horn of Africa. Captain Richard Phillips remains hostage in a lifeboat as U.S. Navy warships monitor a tense standoff and FBI agents begin investigations.
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Mombasa
Kenya
Horn of Africa
Safe Harbor
Indian Ocean
Atm Reza
Richard Phillips
Underhill
Vermont
Phillips
U.S
Pentagon
Ken Quinn
Bradenton
Florida
Reza
Hartford
Connecticut
Alabama
Navy Seals
Mother harvests deceased son's sperm sparking ethical debate
Missy Evans obtained court permission to harvest Nikolas Evans's sperm after his death from an on street assault. A urologist retrieved the specimen and plans for storage, raising concerns about the future child and the idea of a replacement birth amid medical and ethical questions.
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Dallas
Nikolas Colton Evans
Missy Evans
Evans
Austin
Nikolas Evans
Nikolas
Bedford
Fort Worth
Travis
Mark Mueller
Tom Mayo
Southern Methodist University
Maguire Center For Ethics and Public Responsibility
Mayo
Newspaper Staff Contacts and Delivery Help Line
The Journal World lists editors and contact numbers including Dennis Anderson 832-7194 Caroline Trowbridge 832-7154 Ann Gardner 832-7153 Tom Keegan 832-7147 Jon Niccum 832-7178 Terry Rombeck 832-7145 Jonathan Kealing 832-7221 6News director Cady Howard 832-6321 Mediaphormedia Dan Cox 832-7275. If you didn’t receive your paper call 832-7199 before 11 am weekdays or noon weekends for in town redelivery.
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Ijworld
Kansas University
Lawrence
Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Ljworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jon Niccum
Cady Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
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New York City
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Maersk
John Reinhart
Norfolk
FBI
Reinhart
Journal-World
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News Partners
Chris Bell
Cbell
Tony Berg
Ljworld.com
City Hall
Kansas
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Kevin Romary
6News
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