Today in History highlights major events from 1807 to 1962
June 25 1950 Korea war begins with North invasion of the South. 1807 Napoleon I and Russian Czar Alexander meet at Tilsit to discuss ending their wars. 1876 Custer and Seventh Cavalry wiped out at Little Bighorn. 1906 Stanford White shot atop Madison Square Garden. 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act enacted. 1962 Engel v Vitale Supreme Court rules school prayers unconstitutional.
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Napoleon I
France
Alexander
Tilsit
George A. Custer
Seventh Cavalry
U.S. Supreme Court
Engel
Foreclosure aid bill clears Senate test amid election year debate
The plan would back 300 billion in new FHA insured loans for about 400000 distressed homeowners. An 83-9 vote moved it toward Senate passage as Bush threatens a veto amid Democratic fights. Progress on final deal likely by mid July as consumer confidence sinks and home values slip. Meanwhile flood warnings rise as the Mississippi crests near Winfield Missouri with sandbagging limited to official responders.
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Senate
Federal Housing Administration
Bush
Lawmakers probe 298M arms contract linked to watch list
Congressional investigators questioned AEY founder Efraim Diveroli over a 298 million dollar arms deal to arm Afghan allies, despite Diveroli and AEY being on a State Department watch list for suspicious arms dealing. The probe follows prior delivery failures and mis shipments, prompting calls for accountability amid a broader Iraq and Middle East violence backdrop.
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State Department
Afghanistan
Efraim Diveroli
Grant
AEY
Henry Waxman
House
Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Diveroli
Iraq
Miami
U.S
Colombia
States drop federal abstinence grants amid budget doubts
States increasingly reject federal abstinence education funds, citing program uncertainty and strict teaching mandates. About 28 states remain in, including Arizona and Iowa, while others exit as Iowa reports rising teen pregnancies and Idaho ends funding after budget concerns. Federal official argues for long term reauthorization to stabilize planning.
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Iowa
Chet Culver
Emily Hajek
Culver
Arizona
Congress
Ellie Shaw-Tulloch
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
Idaho
Stanley Koutstaal
Administration For Children and Family Services
Monet Water Lily painting sells for record $80 million
Christies announced Le bassin aux nymphéas Water Lily Pond fetched 80 451 178 dollars, a new auction record for Claude Monet. The four works from Monet s water lily series circulated with one in the Met New York another sold in 1992 for 12.1 million and a final panel cut before World War II.
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London
Claude Monet
Christie’s
Monet
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Mous
Olivier Camu
Christie
le Pont du Chemin de Fera Argenteuil
Contact details for Lawrence Journal-World staff
A reader tip line lists phone numbers for local news city and county government Kansas University Lawrence schools business sports arts letters obituaries and photo reprints with an outside Lawrence toll free line for tips.
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Ljworld
Lawrence
Newspaper staff and contact directory contact list
A directory of editors and managers for the newspaper and its partners with phone numbers and emails. Includes Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Jon Niccum Mark Fagan Terry Rombeck and contacts for 6News Mediaphormedia and other departments. Subscriptions and delivery hours listed with a redelivery guarantee.
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Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Jworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tjworld
Tom Keegan
Tkheegan
Ijworld
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Mark Fagan
Mfagan
Ljworld
Terry Rombeck
Trombeck
Lawrence voters hear plan for first street recon on tax vote
Lawrence city leaders propose reconstructing Bob Billings Parkway Kasold Drive 19th Street and Wakarusa Drive if a sales tax increase passes in November. The poll asks which street is the worst and names 19th Street as the winner.
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Lawrence
Bob Billings
Kasold Drive
19Th Street
Wakarusa Drive
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