Notable historical milestones across 100 years
The timeline recalls key events on August 27 from 1908 to 1979. Lyndon B. Johnson born near Stonewall Texas in 1908, Lincoln Douglas debate in 1858, Drake drills first US oil well in 1859 near Titusville, Krakatoa eruption in 1883 with 36000 deaths, Mariner 2 Venus flyby in 1962, Haile Selassie dies in 1975, Mountbatten assassination in 1979 off Ireland coast by IRA.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Stonewall
Texas
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Freeport
Ill
Edwin L. Drake
Titusville
Krakatoa
Java
Sumatra
Venus
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Louis Mountbatten
Nicholas
Ireland
Irish Republican Army
World in Brief reflects FAA delays and global unrest
The world brief covers an FAA software glitch triggering mass flight delays across the Northeast and beyond with the agency facing renewed scrutiny. It also reports Hurricane Gustav’s impact on Haiti with deaths and floods, protests over the cost of living, and international security incidents including an attack on a U S consulate official in Pakistan and Thai protests against Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
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Federal Aviation Administration
Northeast
Hampton, Ga
U.S
FAA
Atlanta
Chicago
Haiti
Gulf of Mexico
Benet
Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste
Radio Metropole
Port au-Prince
Les Cayes
U.N
People's Alliance For Democracy
Government House
Alliance
Samak Sundaravej
Doctor who helped develop vaccine dies at 93 in Massachusetts
Dr Thomas H Weller, Harvard virologist and 1954 Nobel Prize co recipient for polio virus growth techniques, died in his sleep at his Needham home. He age 93. Weller and colleagues Enders and Robbins enabled lab cultivation of many viruses and vaccines. He also isolated rubella and herpes zoster and showed congenital transmission risks for rubella and cytomegalovirus.
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Thomas H. Weller
Harvard
Needham
Mass
Weller
John F. Enders
Frederick C. Robbins
Robbins
Enders
Russia Recognizes Georgia Breakaway Regions Triggering Tense Standoff
Russia and Medvedev announced recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, drawing swift Western condemnation. U S. warships moved near Georgia as Washington warned of a veto at the U.N. Security Council while analysts warned of rising Cold War tensions and potential territorial expansion.
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Moscow
Russia
U.S
Georgia
Kremlin
Dmitry Medvedev
Europe
United States
Medvedev
White House
Washington
Iran
North Korea
South Ossetia
Abkhazia
Tskhinvali
U.N. Security Council
Condoleezza Rice
Bush
Germany
France
Caucasus
Cuba
Venezuela
TV attack ad questions hot dogs and cancer link
In Chicago a new TV spot shows kids in a school cafeteria claiming illness from hot dogs, but experts say the dramatization is unproven and risks are small. The ad, funded by vegetarian sponsors, runs in September in Chicago and Denver and notes studies largely involve adults.
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Chicago
America
U.S
Denver
Colleen Doyle
American Cancer Society
National
Hot Dog & Sausage Council
Journal World Contact Details For Newsroom Tips
Local news and government desks list phone lines for city county and KU Lawrence schools and various sections plus obituaries and a general email for story ideas. Outside Lawrence callers can reach a toll free number.
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Jworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Newspaper staff and contact lines for the Kansas City World Journal
The editor list includes Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Jon Niccum Terry Rombeck and Jonathan Kealing with direct phone numbers and emails. News partners include 6News Cody Howard and Mediaphormedia Dan Cox. Subscriptions line provides numbers for delivery billing and redelivery guarantees for in-town papers.
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Dennis Anderson
Danderson
L Jworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ljworld
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jworld
Jon Niccum
News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Kansas University Bans Backpacks at Home Football Games
The Kansas University football home games will ban backpacks to meet Homeland Security restrictions. Read LJWorld.com for poll results and to cast your vote on whether you support the ban.
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Kansas University
Ljworld.com
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Gustav
Pakistan
Pervez Musharraf
Pak
Istani
Lynne Tracy
Ohio
Peshawar
Arshad Khan
Khan
Tracy
Thailand
Rakistaned
Massachusetts
Frank Hormann
Trassenheide
Usedom Island
Poland
Journal-World
N.H
Chris Bell
Cbell
Tony Berg
Cal
Today’s Poll
Kansas
CROWN
Toyota
Bertash.org
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