History Briefs March 9 in Hearsay and Battles
On March 9 1954 Edward R Murrow critiqued McCarthys anti Communist drive on See It Now. Napoleon and Josephine wed in 1796 and divorced in 1809. Monitor and Merrimac clash to a five hour draw at Hampton Roads in 1862. Pancho Villas raiders attack Columbus New Mexico in 1916 killing over a dozen. Work begins on the Alaska oil pipeline in 1975.
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CBS
Edward R. Murrow
Wisconsin
Joseph R. McCarthy
France
Napoleon Bonaparte
Josephine de Beauharnais
Monitor
Virginia
Merrimac
Hampton Roads
Pancho Villa
Columbus
N.M
Idol judges need to grow up and contestants booted
Four more contestants are eliminated on American Idol as Elliot Yamin and Chris Daughtry lead the male pack. Paris Bennett, Lisa Tucker, Kellie Pickler, and Kevin Corvais face the spotlight while the show’s judges and host Ryan Seacrest are urged to act more mature.
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Fox
Elliot Yamin
Chris Daughtry
Paris Bennett
Lisa Tucker
Kellie Pickler
Kevin Corvais
John Stevens
Clay Aiken
Kevin
Paula Abdul
Abdul
Ryan Seacrest
Steve Martin
Queen Latifah
ABC
Eugene Levy
Samuel L.jackson
Jason Robards
JoBeth Williams
Kansas City
Boy George agrees to rehab and community service
Boy George real name George O Dowd pleads guilty to false reporting in Manhattan and will enter a drug rehabilitation program in England, perform five days of community service in New York, pay a $1000 fine, and avoid further arrests for six months. He must return June 9 with written proof of rehab. The plea follows a cocaine arrest last year and ties to Culture Club turmoil.
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Boy George
New York
George O'Dowd
Manhattan
Anthony Ferrara
O'Dowd
England
Culture Club
Contact numbers for Journal-World departments listed
The Journal-World provides direct phone lines for local news city government county government KU Lawrence schools business sports arts and entertainment letters to the editor obituaries and photo reprints with specific extension numbers for each area plus an outside Lawrence contact.
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Ljworld
Kansas University
Lawrence
Editorial staff and contact details list for the Lawrence Journal-World
The notice lists editors and contacts including Dennis Anderson Bill Snead Mike Shields Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Mindie Paget Jon Niccum Mark Fagan and News Partners 6News World Online plus subscriptions and delivery lines with phone numbers and emails. It details redelivery guarantees and hours for subscriptions.
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Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Ljworld
Bill Snead
Lsnead
L Jworld
Mike Shields
Mshields
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Mindie Paget
Mpaget
Jon Niccum
Jniccum
Mark Fagan
Mfagan
Birthdays for TV Host Gibson and Notable Figures
Good Morning America host Charles Gibson turns 63 and authorship figures Mickey Spillane reaches 88. Actress Linda Fiorentino is 46, Juliette Binoche 42, Emmanuel Lewis 35, and rapper Bow Wow 19 in this birthday roundup from entertainment notes.
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Charles Gibson
Mickey Spillane
Linda Fiorentino
Juliette Binoche
Emmanuel Lewis
Rapper Bow Wow
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