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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 2009
Page
1
On August 3 1949 the NBA emerged from a merger of the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League. The entry notes the historic union shaping modern professional basketball.
A remote controlled bomb killed twelve people in Herat Afghanistan as a NATO attack counterpoint followed by fatalities among American forces in an eastern ambush. The same dispatch notes UN calls for Taliban talks and the capture of three American hikers in Iran with their status being investigated.
Treasury Secretary Geithner and NEC Director Summers signaled possible tax hikes to reduce the deficit as part of health care funding. Greenspan warned the collapse is off the table while unemployment remains high and stimulus plans face cautious support as lawmakers consider extending jobless benefits.
Family and nation mark the recovery of Marine pilot Michael Speicher missing since January 1991 after his FA-18 went down over western Iraq. Pentagon confirmation of bones enables positive identification and ends years of questions about his status and fate.
The snippet provides contact lines for local news city and county government Kansas University Lawrence schools consumer affairs sports arts and entertainment letters to the editor obituaries and photo reprints with specific phone numbers for each department and a general outside Lawrence line.
Editorial staff emails and telephone lines listed for the World Journal newsroom and sections. Subscriptions staff provide delivery numbers, hours, and redelivery guarantee for subscribers in town.
Weekend poll at Teartd.com asks if part of downtown should become a pedestrian mall. A Douglas County Fair attendance question also appears with 60 percent Yes and 13 percent undecided, with 26 percent not sure. See LJWorld.com for full responses and to vote.
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