Today in History highlights major events on August 24
On this date notable historical moments include Hurricane Andrew’s 1992 destruction in Florida with many deaths, Mount Vesuvius eruption in AD 79, Visigothic sacking of Rome in AD 410, British burning of Washington in 1814, Panic of 1857 triggered by the failure of Ohio Life Insurance, Amelia Earhart’s 1932 solo coast to coast flight, and Eisenhower signing the Communist Control Act in 1954.
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Florida
Mount Vesuvius
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Rome
Washington
Capitol
White House
New York
Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co
Amelia Earhart
Los Angeles
Newark
N.J
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
South Korea to add 40 million in aid to flood struck North
South Korea will provide an additional 40 million dollars in aid to North Korea for flood recovery, supplying cement trucks reinforcing rods and other machinery at the North's request. Unification Minister Lee Jae-joung said the floods caused widespread damage, with about 300 dead or missing and crops hit hard.
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South Korea
North Korea
North
Unification
Lee Jae-joung
Death row inmate executed for 1988 slaying
Luther Jerome Williams, 47, was executed by lethal injection at Holman Prison near Atmore for the January 23 1988 robbery and shooting death of 63 year old John Robert Kirk. Kirk was lured into woods after stopping on an Interstate 59 exit ramp to check a truck problem. Witnesses included his sister Peggy Kirk Guy and her son Lewis Kirk Guy.
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Luther Jerome Williams
Chris Summers
Williams
Holman Prison
Atmore
John Robert Kirk
Kirk
Gordo
Helena
Peggy Kirk Guy
Lewis Kirk Guy
Activist in Okayama Sends Severed Finger to LDP
Yoshihiro Tanjo, 54, an ultra right wing group member from Okayama, was arrested on charges of threatening Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the Liberal Democratic Party. Kyodo News reports he mailed his severed left pinky finger a protest linked to the prime minister’s shrine absence on the WWII end anniversary.
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Yoshihiro Tanjo
Okayama
Japan
Shinzo Abe
Liberal Democratic Party
Kyodo
Tanjo
LDP
Iraq Govt Slipping as Violence Rises, National Intel Finds
A U.S. intelligence assessment warns Iraq’s government is strained by sectarian rifts and violence, with leadership ineffective and a precarious outlook over the next six to 12 months. It notes some security gains, conditional on robust coalition support and mentoring of Iraqi forces, amid U.S. troop posture debates.
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Washington
Iraq
United States
Nouri al-Maliki
CIA
Defense Intelligence Agency
Baghdad
Bush Administration
Maliki
U.S
Ryan Crocker
David Petraeus
Vast cosmic void found spanning a billion light years
Astronomers from the University of Minnesota report a colossal empty region in the universe about 1 billion light years across, with 45 percent less matter than expected. Using radio surveys and cosmic microwave background data, they identify a vast void likely created by gravity pulling matter into denser regions.
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Washington
University of Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota Astronomy
Lawrence Rudnick
Astrophysical Journal
Rudnick
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Brent Tully
University of Hawaii
Earth
Journal-World contact and staff listing page
Contact details for the Journal-World in Lawrence Kansas provide newsroom and department phone numbers and staff emails. Key editors include Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Mindie Paget Jon Niccum and Mark Fagan with roles across news assignment editorial business sports arts and entertainment. Outside Lawrence lines also listed.
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Ljworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Ijworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Ljworld
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Mindie Paget
News Partners and Contacts for 6News and LJWorld
A compact contact sheet lists Cody Howard as 6News director with phone 832-6321 and email howard sunflower broadband.com, Mediapharmedia LLC editor Joel Mathis at 832-7142 and jmathis ljworld.com, Chris Bell circulation at 832-7137, and A Bonner advertising at 832-7233 with abonner jworld.com. Classified advertising line and subscription desk numbers 832-2222 and 832-7199 are provided, plus delivery hours and redelivery guarantee.
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Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediapharmedia LLC
Joel Mathis
Convergence
Jmathis
Ljworld.com
Chris Bell
Cbell
Ljworld
A! Bonner
Abonner
Jworld
Poll on downtown library vs satellite branch in Lawrence
Thursday poll asks readers whether to expand the downtown public library or build a satellite branch elsewhere in Lawrence. It also asks what should happen after Congress reviews Iraq progress next month. The winner favors full U.S. withdrawal. readers are urged to vote at www ljworld com.
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Washington University School of Medicine
Cincinnati
James Gieseke
Union Township
Lawrence
Congress
Iraq
U.S
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