Today in History June claims skyline shifts and milestones
On June 12 events shaped towns and nations. New York's municipal government began under former Dutch New Amsterdam rules in 1665. Philippine independence proclaimed in 1898. The National Baseball Hall of Fame opened in 1939 at Cooperstown, New York. Cleopatra debuted in New York in 1963 with Liz Taylor. Loving v Virginia struck down bans on interracial marriage in 1967. A 1981 MLB strike began over free agent compensation. Reagan urged Gorbachev to “tear down this wall” during a Berlin visit in 1987.
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England
New York
New Amsterdam
Spain
National Baseball Hall of Fame
Cooperstown
Hollywood
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Rex Harrison
Supreme Court
Loving
Virginia
Major League Baseball
Reagan
Berlin
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
House blocks extended jobless benefits in narrow vote
The House defeated a Democratic bid to extend unemployment benefits by 13 weeks for all Americans, risking a veto from the White House. The measure would have raised average checks from 300 dollars a week to 13 extra weeks, with higher unemployment states favored. Final tally 279 to 144, three votes short of passage. Kansas Democrats Moore and Boyda backed the bill while Republicans Moran and Tiahrt opposed it. Senate Democrats may refile within a must-pass war-spending bill.
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House
White House
Alaska
California
Michigan
Rhode Island
Kansas
Dennis Moore
Nancy Boyda
Jerry Moran
Todd Tiahrt
Senate
Nine found alive after plane crash in Chile’s forests
A plane carrying ten people vanished four days earlier in Chile’s southern forests and was found with nine survivors huddled for warmth. The sole fatality was 65 year old pilot Nelson Bahamon des, who reportedly died from internal bleeding two days after the Cessna Caravan crash. Survivor Miguel Almonacid described surviving by sharing clothes, bags and using fire.
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Chile
Nelson Bahamondes
Aysen
Felipe Harboe
Bahamondes
Miguel Almonacid
Discovery astronauts inspect shuttle as undocking ends mission
Discovery undocked from the International Space Station after nine days of linked flight. Astronauts checked wings and nose for damage before bidding farewell. A 37 foot Japanese lab addition was visible during a victory lap around the orbiting complex. Landing is planned for late Saturday morning.
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Discovery
Sayonara
International Space Station
Space Station
Orbiting
Twisters worsen misery across Midwest and plains
A storm system spawned tornadoes in western Iowa southern Minnesota and eastern Nebraska ripping a house from its foundation near Fulda Minnesota injuring a woman and damaging barns and outbuildings. Strong winds Up to 70 mph wrecked a barn near Valley City North Dakota. Flooding from the Cedar River forced evacuations in Vinton Waterloo and widespread levee work from Wisconsin to Missouri. Heat losses on the East Coast claimed 17 lives mostly elderly.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Fulda
Minn
Minneapolis
Springfield
North Dakota
Valley City
N.D
Elva Dittmer
Ronald Dittmer
Wisconsin
Missouri
Midwest
Cedar River
Vinton
Waterloo
Patrice Calhoun
Indiana
Mississippi River
Illinois
National Weather Service
Tornado Devastates Manhattan And Chapman Towns
A tornado struck Manhattan killing no one reported but causing severe damage to businesses including a Toyota dealership a hardware store and a muffler shop and injuring at least one person in Chapman where the high school gym roof was torn off. Homes and vehicles were damaged and livestock perished near Ellsworth due to hail as the Weather Service surveyed the storm system.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University
National Weather Service
Toyota
Chapman
Dickinson County
Ellsworth
Gas to peak around $4.15 a gallon in August
The Energy Department forecasts U S gasoline prices averaging about 4.15 a gallon in August with little relief through the rest of this year and into 2009. Oil climbs above 140 a barrel while inventories fall and hurricane worries loom. Caruso of the Energy Information Administration warns prices stay high as experts foresee persistent tight supplies and demand.
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Energy Department
Guy Caruso
Federal Energy Information Administration
Gulf of Mexico
Caruso
AAA
Oil Price Information Service
House Select Committee On
Energy Independence
Edward Markey
Dmass
Community feedback lines for The World Journal staff
The journal prompts readers to send story ideas via email or the website and lists contact numbers for local news city and county government Kansas University Lawrence schools business sports arts letters obituaries photo reprints and outside Lawrence inquiries with multiple phone options.
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Ljworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Newspaper contact and subscription lines at LJ World
Editors and department heads with phone numbers and emails are listed. Subscriptions and delivery details include hours, redelivery guarantee, and customer service contacts.
Today's Poll Open Ends on Oil Windfall Tax Line
Readers weigh in on summer construction traffic and windfall taxes for Big Oil. About the same or worse traffic reported. poll asks support for a windfall tax amid high profits and gas prices with results promised at www.ijworld.com.
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