This Day in History Highlights Key Dates
On December 19, 1843 Dickens published A Christmas Carol in England. Benjamin Franklin began Poor Richard's Almanac in 1732. Apollo 17 landed in the Pacific in 1972 ending manned lunar missions. Nelson Rockefeller became the 41st US vice president in 1974. In 1998 Congress impeached President Clinton for perjury and obstruction of justice.
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Pacific
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United States
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Time Names Gates and Bono as 2005 Persons of the Year
Time magazine selects Bill and Melinda Gates and Bono as Persons of the Year for 2005. It praises the Gates Foundation's $29 billion endowment and vaccination efforts saving hundreds of thousands of lives, and Bono's debt relief campaign pushing rich nations to forgive $40 billion for the poorest.
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Bono
New York
Time Magazine
South Asia
Jim Kelly
Time
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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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Jesse Helms
Helms
Gates Foundation
Microsoft
Bill Gates
Rock Star
Bill Clinton
George H. Bush
Times Square
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Nielsen to Track DVR Viewing as TV Habits Evolve
Nielsen Media Research expands its ratings to include DVR activity starting December 26. The change covers 7 percent of homes with DVRs, rising toward 25 percent by 2007, and will track live viewing, viewing within 24 hours, and viewing within a week.
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Nielsen Media Research
Nielsen
Karen Guimesi
Smallville
Sculpture thieves' vehicles located near London
Police found a flatbed truck and crane believed used in stealing Henry Moore's Reclining Figure from the Henry Moore Foundation estate north of London. The two-ton bronze work, valued at 5.2 million, may have been melted for scrap or sold as art.
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Henry Moore
Henry Moore Foundation
Hertfordshire
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Perry Green
Birthday ages for entertainment stars listed
The roster notes Jennifer Beals turning 42 Cicely Tyson at 72 Tim Reid 61 Mike Lookinland 45 Alyssa Milano 33 Jake Gyllenhaal 25 and Marla Sokoloff 25. The item compiles celebrity ages as a birthdays roundup.
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Jennifer Beals
Cicely Tyson
Tim Reid
Mike Lookinland
Alyssa Milano
Jake Gyllenhall
Marla Sokoloff
Journal World contact numbers and feedback options
The notice lists contact details for IJWorld.com including email and a feedback form. It provides local numbers for Local News, City Government, County Government, Kansas University, Lawrence Schools, Business, Sports, Arts and Entertainment, Letters to the Editor, Obituaries and Photo Reprints. An outside Lawrence toll free number is also given.
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Ijworld
Kansas University
Lawrence
Editor contacts and newsroom staff listings
The document lists newsroom, editorial and department editors with phone numbers and emails including Dennis Anderson Bill Snead Mike Shields Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Mindie Paget Jon Niccum Mark Fagan along with News Partners 6News World Online and advertising contacts. It compiles key staff and contact details for the Kansas newspaper.
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Danderson
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Bill Snead
Lsnead
Mike Shields
Mshields
Ljworld
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Mindie Paget
Mpaget
Lworld
Jon Niccum
Jniccum
Mark Fagan
Mfagan
Subscriptions help line details for readers
To subscribe or for billing and delivery issues, call 832-7199 with hours listed. If you miss a paper, call before 11 a.m. weekdays or noon on weekends. the paper pledges in town redelivery on the same day.
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