Today in History Across the Decades
June 13 1966 the Supreme Court ruled suspects must be informed of rights including to consult an attorney and to remain silent. Charles Lindbergh remembered with a ticker tape parade in 1927. Germany began flying bomb attacks on Britain in 1944. Thurgood Marshall nominated to the US Supreme Court in 1967. Pentagon Papers excerpts began in The New York Times in 1971. A scare during a London parade in 1981 involved six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
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Arizona
Lindbergh
New York City
Germany
Britain
Johnson
Thurgood Marshall
U.S
Zimbabwe campaign teeters as Mugabe strikes rivals
Zimbabwe dictator Mugabe detains his challenger twice and jails opposition leader on treason charges two weeks before the runoff. Meanwhile the United States says 20 tons of food aid was seized and given to Mugabe supporters at a rally, highlighting alleged food as a political weapon.
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Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwe
No. 2
U.S
Mugabe
State Department
Gonzalo Gallegos
Washington
White House
Dana Perino
Europe
Bush
U.N. Security Council
Tomato illness toll climbs to 228 in outbreak
The Salmonella outbreak linked to tomatoes has reached 228 illnesses, with six new states reporting cases and officials unsure of the source. FDA has not pinpointed where tainted tomatoes come from, and it is unclear if all are off the market. A cancer patient’s death is being investigated as possibly linked.
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Florida
Georgia
Missouri
New York
Tennessee
Vermont
Food and Drug Administration
Cedar Rapids Flood Forces Mass Evacuations and Bridges Collapse
Cedar Rapids, Iowa endures historic flood as the Cedar River overran its banks forcing the evacuation of about 3,200 homes and displacing roughly 8,000 residents. A railroad bridge collapsed with 20 hopper cars into the river while boats evacuated stranded residents. Eight counties declared disaster areas as multiple rivers neared record levels and emergency officials warned residents to stay safe.
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Deparr Rapids
Iowa
Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Don Zeller
Brian Pierce
National Weather Service
Davenport
Chet Culver
Minnesota
Albert Lea
Des Moines
Iowa City
Coralville
Dave Koch
Picasso Prints Stolen in Rapid Sao Paulo Museum Heist
Three armed men robbed the Pinacoteca do Estado in Sao Paulo taking two Picasso prints The Painter and the Model and Mino taur Drinker and Women plus two oil paintings by Emiliano Di Carval cant i Lasar Segall Value placed at 1 million reais The heist lasted ten minutes with guards overpowered and the pieces removed in two bags Police suspect an order for the specific works and note prior major thefts in the city.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Pablo Picasso
Emiliano di Carvalcanti
Lasar Segall
Carla Regina
Pinacoteca Do Estado
Youssef Abou Chain
Picasso
Suzanne Bloch
Candido Portinari
Sao Paulo Museum of Art
Journal World Contacts and Newsroom Numbers
The Lawrence Journal-World lists story ideas contact options and key staff emails and phone lines for local news city government county government Kansas University Lawrence schools business sports arts and letters obituaries and photo reprints. It also provides outside Lawrence numbers and notes redelivery guarantees.
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Ijworld
Lawrence
Poll on summer construction impacts traffic
A Thursday poll notes that crowds have not watched many films lately and asks how summer construction is affecting traffic. It reports the winner as worse than last year and directs readers to www.jworld.com to view more responses and vote.
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Jworld.com
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