Today in History Highlights from 1783 to 1993
Key historical moments include Washington's farewell at Fraunces Tavern in 1783, Wilson sailing to attend Versailles in 1918, the Senate backing UN participation in 1945, Gemini 7 launch in 1965 with Borman and Lovell, and Polly Klaas body found in Cloverdale in 1993.
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George Washington
Fraunces Tavern
New York
Wilson
France
Senate
U.S
United Nations
United States
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell
Polly Klaas
Cloverdale
Calif
Lottery Picks For Kansas Cash and Powerball
Wednesday picks list numbers 2 89 19 27 10 Friday Kansas 2by2 red 12 15 white 19 21 Wednesday powerball 3 28 36 38 44 1 Friday Kansas Pick 3 200.
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Kansas
Christmas Parade Keeps Old Fashioned Tradition
The 11th annual Old-Fashion Christmas Parade starts at 11 a.m. at Seventh and Massachusetts with about 280 horses and 440 participants. Read about other local items including KU Fieldhouse history, Salvation Army coat drive, and state politics across pages 1B and 4B.
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Seventh
Massachusetts
Free State opens with 61 45 win over Washburn Rural
Brady Morningstar scored 27 points as Free State High boys basketball beat Washburn Rural 61-45 in the season opener. Lawrence High also won its opener 53-49 over Kansas City Wyandotte, with David Freeman’s late three and Brennan Bechard’s late free throw sealing it. Kansas vs Pacific men’s basketball scheduled for Allen Fieldhouse at 2 p.m. Roy Williams buys six KU season tickets for 2004-05. Lawrence High and Free State to feature multiple state qualifiers in wrestling opens at Shawnee Mission East.
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Brady Morningstar
Free State High
Washburn Rural
Firebirds
Lawrence High
Kansas City Wyandotte
David Freeman
Brennan Bechard
Kansas University
Pacific
Allen Fieldhouse
Tigers
Jayhawks
Roy Williams
Williams Fund
Lions
Shawnee Mission East
Free State
Holliday Vespers returns to KU Lied Center for 80th year
Kansas University presents its 80th Holliday Vespers with more than 200 vocalists and KU student instrumentalists performing holiday tunes at the Lied Center. Also noted are architecture class models for Danforth Chapel space and a downtown sale at 815 N. H, plus Splenda maker limits new customers as sucralose demand rises.
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Kansas University
Danforth Chapel
Bill Carswell
Debate current issues on forum at iJWorld
Readers are invited to join LJWorld discussions on current issues at forum.ijworld.com to share thoughts and perspectives. Participants can post opinions, react to others, and engage in constructive dialogue on local and national topics.
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Ijworld.com
Lawrence Journal-World Contact and Staff Directory
The Lawrence Journal-World provides staff contacts for departments including Local News City Government County Government Kansas University Lawrence Schools Business Sports Arts and Entertainment Letters Obituaries and Photo Reprints. It lists editors managers and emails plus outside contacts and advertising subscriptions details.
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World.com
Ljworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Dylan shies from prophet label in CBS interview
In a rare interview with CBS 60 Minutes Ed Bradley Dylan rejects being seen as a prophet or savior. He notes he is only a singer songwriter and downplays accolades like the Rolling Stone top song list. Dylan discusses impostor feelings and Chronicles Volume One.
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Dylan
Prophet
New York
Bob Dylan
Ed Bradley
CBS
60 Minutes
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone Magazine
David Fricke
Sunflower
Notable Birthday List Arrives For Week
Actress Marisa Tomei turns 40 while game show host Wink Martindale reaches 70. Actor Jeff Bridges is 55 rapper Jay Z 35 Tyra Banks 31 model and actor Orlando Brown 17 also included in the celebrates list.
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Marisa Tomei
Wink Martindale
Jeff Bridges
Rapper Jay-Z
Tyra Banks
Orlando Brown
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