The Energy Core of Our Millennia Achievements
The article argues energy has shaped modern life from light and heat to transport and communication. It highlights wind, water, coal, petroleum, and solar power as essential fuels, noting the dangers of nuclear weapons and fertiliser bombs while praising energy-driven progress like airplanes, cars, computers, and medical advances. It laments reliance on energy decisions and calls for recognition of energy’s pivotal role in civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
Wright Brothers
Lucky Lindy Lindbergh
Atlantic
Michael Jordan
Oklahoma City
Ottawa
Normandy
United States
Europe
Vladimir Lenin
Finland
St. Petersburg
Paradise
Adolf Hitler
Britain
France
Today in History Highlights from 1879 to 1997
Key milestones span Edison’s 1879 Menlo Park light demonstration. Lincoln’s 1862 WV statehood act. Brooklyn’s 1897 status before NYC. Truman’s 1946 WWII end proclamation. Marshall Plan expiry in 1961 after over 12 billion in aid. Michael Kennedy’s 1997 Aspen Mountain skiing accident death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Edison
Menlo Park
Lincoln
West Virginia
Brooklyn
N.Y
New York City
Truman
Michael Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Aspen Mountain
Colorado
Journal World Audit Bureau of Circulations AP member
Lawrence Kansas brief line notes Journal World’s status as a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations and the Associated Press, indicating professional affiliations within a periodicals context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
The Good and the Bad of the Twentieth Century
A reflective piece weighs the century’s gains and perils. It lauds individualism as a defining achievement while warning against utopian ideologies and totalitarian temptations. The author traces Enlightenment roots, human rights, and democracy, yet warns of hubris and the fragility of liberal order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chopin and
Beethoven
Elton John
Diana
Princess of Wales
Stock market calm hides steady profits and rising tech gains
Washington notes the Dow’s steady climbs and double digit profits over five decades. Analysts say 1 percent monthly gains are normal, not newsworthy, with earnings and research underpinning a continuing rise driven by technology boosts, wages, and productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dow
Jack Anderson
Douglas Cohn
United Feature Syndicate
Eisenhower warning on military influence and multinational power
The letter writer cites Eisenhower’s farewell address warning about the military industrial complex and asks how multinational corporations and OPIC influence U S foreign policy. A Lawrence reader urges politicians to curb corporate power to protect democracy and liberties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
U.S
Overseas Private Investment Corp
OPIC
Lester C. Marsh
Lawrence
Old Home Town in 1974 Ambulance Service Inherits Debts
The new Douglas County Ambulance Service began operation with unpaid accounts receivable near 29000 and about 7000 in its own startup debts. Previously, 1959 actions placed West Side Presbyterian Church at Second and Michigan as the planned site for a new church layout. The 1899 Lawrence Journal noted banquets and dances at the Eldridge House and Journal Hall on Massachusetts Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Ambulance Service
Gold Cross Service
West Side Presbyterian Church
Maine
Second
Michigan
Lawrence Journal
Eldridge House
Mass
Journal Hall
Watkins Community Museum
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dolph Simons Sr
The
Word Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Karr
Carrer
Douglas County
Kansas
Journal-World
Richard Brack
Bill Snead
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Chris Boarman
al Bonner
Sere IF
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Dolph Simons Ir
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
H.R
Tom Hornbaker
Dallas Dolan
W.C. Simons
P.O. Box
Lawrance
Inoyage
Heaven
Hell
Iask
Doug Burger
Ljworld
Old Home Town
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