Today in History summary of notable events
December 14, 1799 George Washington dies at Mount Vernon at age 67. In 1911 Roald Amundsen reaches South Pole ahead of Scott. In 1946 UN votes to locate headquarters in New York. In 1962 Mariner 2 passes Venus. In 1975 South Moluccan extremists surrender after 12 days and 23 hostages. In 1995 Bosnian peace treaty signed in Paris. In 2006 Ban Ki moon becomes UN secretary-general.
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United States
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Robert F. Scott
United Nations General Assembly
U.N
New York
Venus
Bellen
Alija Izetbegovic
Bosnia
Slobodan Milosevic
Serbia
Franjo Tudjman
Croatia
Paris
South Korea
Ban Kimoon
United Nations
World in Brief Dispatch on Auto Rescue and Health Risks
The White House weighs options to prevent a disorderly collapse of GM and Chrysler amid a recession, with no decisions made. Separately, a major study links five years of menopause hormones to higher breast cancer risk, though quitting lowers risk within about two years. An Indian air incursion into Pakistan’s airspace led to Pakistani jets chasing them away near Kashmir and Lahore amid rising tensions after Mumbai attacks.
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White House
U.S
Bush
General Motors Corp
Chrysler LLC
Tony Fratto
Barack Obama
Fratton
Rowan Chle
Pakistan
Air Force
Mumbai
India
Himayun Vigar
Kashmir
Lahore
Washington VA widows unfairly denied aid funds
War veteran widows faced years of denied pensions and disability payments due to computer glitches. The VA pledged to locate affected survivors, promise back payments, and urged those affected to call 1 800 827 1000 for help.
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Veterans Affairs Department
James Peake
Department
Associated Press
Obama Faces High Hurdles as Inauguration Near
President elect Barack Obama faces a growing, daunting set of crises from recession and debt to wars and a looming Illinois political scandal. With jobless claims rising, a stalled auto bailout, and a record deficit, he marches toward January sworn in while pledging bold foreign and domestic reform.
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Washington
Barack Obama
Obama
Congress
Treasury Department
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Iraq
Afghanistan
George W. Bush
U.S
Illinois
Rod Blagojevich
Senate
Chicago
Blagojevich
Italian rower rescued near Australia after 9500 mile Pacific trek
Italian adventurer Alex Bellini spent ten months rowing from Peru across the Pacific covering about 9500 nautical miles. Exhausted near Laurieton he was towed to Newcastle by an Australian tug and reunited with his wife Francesca. He described the voyage as grueling and a test of his limits. He survived on dried rations, desalinated water, and a small cooker for meals.
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Fred Greenstein
Princeton University
Mount Rushmore
Sydney
Australia
Pacific
Alex Bellini
Peru
Laurieton
Bellini
Newcastle
Francesca
Associated Press
Mediterranean
Atlantic
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Newspaper Staff Contacts and Delivery Information
Editor contacts and department heads for the Lawrence Journal-World plus delivery line. Includes names titles phones emails and office hours. Provides subscription and redelivery lines for weekdays and weekends.
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Kusports.com
Kevin Romary
Lawrence
6News
Tom Keegan
Lawrence Journal-World
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