Historic milestones on August 15 through Woodstock
On August 15 1945 the Allies declared V J Day after Japan offered unconditional surrender. Napoleon Bonaparte born 1769 on Corsica. Panama Canal opened to traffic in 1914. Will Rogers and Wiley Post killed in a plane crash near Point Barrow Alaska in 1935. East German workers began building the Berlin Wall in 1961. Woodstock festival opened in upstate New York in 1969.
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Corsica
Panama Canal
Will
Berlin Wall
Ron Popeil’s TV empire and the infomercial era
Biography profiles Ron Popeil the pitchman behind Ronco with Pocket Fisherman Veg-O-Matic and Mr. Microphone. It covers his family roots, marriages, bankruptcies, and rise to fame via TV ads and infomercials, plus his later sale of Ronco and focus on safe cooking devices.
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Ron Pope
Biography Channel
Ron Popeil
Ronco
Popeil
Ronco Products
Homer
Bart
Timmy O’toole
PBS
I- 800
India
Boy George Performs Court Ordered Sanitation Duty
Boy George started five days of city service with the Department of Sanitation in Manhattan, sweeping streets on a Lower East Side route. The former Culture Club frontman clashed with reporters, resisted media questions, and briefly paused at a gated depot before resuming work in an orange vest.
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New York
Boy George
Department of Sanitation
Culture Club
Albert Durrell
Manhattan
George O’dowd
Lower Manhattan
Ferrara
Jeremy Pearce
Pearce
George O'Dowd
Hudson and Robinson separate after six years of marriage
New York actress Kate Hudson and Chris Robinson confirm they are separated after nearly six years of marriage. The couple wed in 2000 and have a 2 year old son Ryder Russell. Hudson is Goldie Hawn’s daughter and has Oscar nomination for Almost Famous. Robinson leads The Black Crowes.
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New York
Kate Hudson
Chris Robinson
Brad Cafarelli
You
Dupree
Robinson
The
Black Crowes
Birthdays for entertainment and political figures today
Actress Debra Messing turns 38, political activist Phyllis Schlafly reaches 82, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is 68, author-journalist Linda Ellerbee 62, Britain's Princess Anne 56, actress Debi Mazar 42, actor Ben Affleck 34, actress Natasha Henstridge 32.
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Debra Messing
Phyllis Schlafly
Supreme Court
Stephen Breyer
Linda Ellerbee
Britain
Princess Anne
Debi Mazar
Ben Affleck
Natasha Henstridge
Journal-World contact numbers and feedback options
Local newsroom and department phone lines listed for news tips tips ideas and contacts Including Local news City government County government Kansas University Lawrence schools Business Sports Arts Obituaries and photo reprints with outside Lawrence toll free line provided for readers Seeking story ideas via email feedback form or direct calls to specific desks with numbered extensions.
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Ljworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Newspaper staff contact and subscription information list
Editorial staff and departments contact details for The Journal World including editors and editors' phone numbers and emails. Also lists News Partners 6News World Online and classified advertising contacts, plus subscription and redelivery hours and numbers for in town customers.
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News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
World Online
Joe Mathis
Convergence
Jmathis
Ljworld.com
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Rogers
Wiley Post
Point Barrow
Alaska
Upstate New York
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NBC
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
ABC
Real Sports
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HBO
Dick Ebersol
Tommy
Associated Press
Diane Bondareff
Gl World.com
Ijworld.com
Hudson, Robinson
Tucker Carlson
MSNBC
Jerry Springer
Vivica A. Fox
Harry Hamlin
Joe Lawrence
Mario Lopez
Sara Evans
Willa Ford
Monique Coleman
Shanna Moakler
Emmitt Smith
Hamlin
Lisa Rinna
Len Goodman
Bruno Tonioli
Carrie Ann Inaba
Madrid
Spain
Rolling Stones
Valladolid
Mick Jagger
Jagger
Stones
Zorilla
Carmen Carnero
Uled
Carnero
el Ejido
Keith Richards
Fiji
Los Angeles
Tony Bennett
Bennett
George Clooney
Paul Newman
Billy Crystal
Jack Nicholson
Bruce Willis
Hollywood
Kodak Theatre
Tony Ben
Springer
Journal-World Contact US
N.H
Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Ijworld
Bill Snead
Bsnead
Mike Shields
Mshields
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Jworld
Tom Keegan
Chris Bell
Cbell
al Bonner
Abonner
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