Moon landing and other historic firsts from July 1969
July 20 1969 Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon. Armstrong said the famous line as he stepped onto the lunar surface. Other notes recall Confederate Congress sessions beginning in Richmond 1861 WWI draft lottery 1917 a failed 1944 Hitler assassination attempt and Roosevelt's fourth term nomination. Viking 1’s Mars landing followed in 1976.
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Buzz" Aldrin
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Congress of the Confederate States
Richmond
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Rastenburg
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
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Mars
Obama health care push clashes with budget forecasts
Officials defended President Obama's health care proposals amid budget forecasts that challenge White House rhetoric. They urged patience as Congress shapes final legislation and emphasized bipartisan aims while noting deficits from proposed reforms. The piece links to broader economic strains and political uncertainty amid fiscal concerns.
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Barack Obama
Congress
White House
Obama
United States
Congressional Budget Office
House
Slain Tennessee woman, husband faces six homicides
Jacob Shaffer, 30, is charged with six counts of homicide in killings in Tennessee and Alabama. Victims include Traci Shaffer, 38, her 16 year old son Devin Brooks, and neighbor 16 year old Robert Berber in Fayetteville, with two Hall family members found nearby. Evidence links a Huntsville murder to the same couple. Neighbors say the couple had separated but not filed for divorce. the couple’s 4 year old daughter was unharmed. Witness James Wilson, Shaffer’s sister’s boyfriend, recalls the pair’s estrangement and prior friendship.
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Associated Press
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Robert Berber
Fayetteville
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
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Chris Hall
Billy Hall
Huntsville
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Shaffers
James Wilson
Traci
Lincoln County
Shaffer
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Wilson
Idaho town prays for return of soldier Bergdahl
Friends and family in Hailey Idaho rally around Pfc. Bowe R Bergdahl 23 captured in Afghanistan. A Taliban video shows Bergdahl fearing he may not return home as neighbors and local businesses display prayers and support. The Pentagon confirms his identity and holds him as a Taliban detainee.
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Afghanistan
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River Street
Zaney’s
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Martin
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Butch” Otter
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U.S
McCourt Dies in New York at 78 Cancer Claim
Frank McCourt author of Angela’s Ashes died in Manhattan at age 78 after a battle with cancer. The Pulitzer Prize winner, once a New York City teacher and storyteller, rose to fame with his memoir about poverty in Limerick and New York. He died at a hospice, surrounded by family, after battles with meningiitis and melanoma.
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McCourt
New York
Frank McCourt
Scribner
Manhattan
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Malachy
White Horse Tavern
B. Scott Fitzgerald
New York City
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Limerick
Journal World Contact Details and Newsroom Numbers
The Lawrence Kansas Journal World provides contact lines for local news county and city government Kansas University Lawrence schools consumer affairs and editor and obituary contact numbers. It lists specific phone extensions and an outside Lawrence number for photo reprints and general news ideas.
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Iworld.com
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Lawrence
Contact and staff directory for the Lawrence Journal-World
A roster lists editors and departments with phone numbers and emails including Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Jon Niccum Terry Rombeck and Jonathan Keating. News partners 6News Mediaphormedia and others provide circulation, advertising and subscription contacts and redelivery guarantee details.
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Danderson
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Drowbridge
Liworld
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Agardner
L Jworld
Tom Keegan
Tkheegan
Jon Niccum
Today’s Poll on NASA progress since Apollo 11
Readers are asked how satisfied they are with NASA progress in space exploration since 1969. Options include Very satisfied Satisfied Not satisfied. Cast your vote at LJWorld.com for more responses.
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