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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 2002
Page
1
Johnny Carson, born in Corning in 1925, donated 75000 to fund a new skate park in his hometown after a fundraiser request by Lori Goldsmith. The gift nearly covers the project, highlighted by Goldsmith's surprise upon receiving the check.
Lucie Arnaz daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz says she will expand the Lucy Desi Museum in Jamestown New York 58 miles south of Buffalo. A new nonprofit led by her and Desi Arnaz Jr will take over operations and plans include a larger museum with a possible theater attached in the next few years. The storefront museum opened in 1996.
On March 9 1862 the ironclads Monitor and Virginia dueled for five hours at Hampton Roads ending in a draw. In 1661 Cardinal Mazarin died leaving Louis XIV in full control. In 1916 Pancho Villa led raids on Columbus New Mexico killing over a dozen. In 1933 Congress began its hundred days of New Deal legislation. In 1975 work started on the Alaska oil pipeline.
The birthday roundup lists Juliette Binoche aged 38 and notes other famous figures such as Mickey Spillane turning 84 and Mickey Gilley at 66. The list also includes Bobby Fischer 59 Trish Van Devere 57 Linda Fiorentino 42 and Emmanuel Lewis 31. Juliette Binoche
Lawrence real estate professionals report the market returning to typical activity after a brief slowdown following the September 11 attacks. Buyers resumed normal purchasing patterns as the area recovered from market jitters and adjusted to post tragedy conditions.
Pulitzer winner Doris Kearns Goodwin faces fresh scrutiny as she admits lifting passages in The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys. Universiites cancel engagements and publishers destroy copies while she withdraws from journalism prize judging. Other historians including Ellis McCullough and Ambrose face similar questions about sourcing and quotes.
Goodwin scheduled for November 3 in Lawrence as part of the Presidential Lecture Series at the Dole Institute. February admissions of extensive borrowing and copied quotations from the Kennedy book prompt Simon & Schuster to plan a corrected reissue. University of Delaware withdraws invitation. James Madison University cancels March appearance. Goodwin remains on Northwest Airlines board and Harvard Overseers. Roy Peter Clark calls the issue serious. Goodwin’s career includes advisory roles to LBJ, memoirs, Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, and No Ordinary Time, which won a Pulitzer.
SAG election rerun underway after procedural questions. Gilbert 37 and Harper 61 contend for president with ballots due Friday under supervision of American Arbitration Association. committee faulted Sequoia Voting Systems and SAG staff for rule violations in the prior vote.
About 100 to 200 attendees of a Regent Beverly Wilshire pre Oscar ceremony fell ill with vomiting and diarrhea after a dinner for scientific and technical achievement honorees. Health officials investigated food sources and collected stool samples while hotel and Oscar representatives noted widespread simultaneous illness among guests and staff.
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