Timeline highlights from 1765 to 1978 events
Stamp Act of 1765 imposed by Britain to tax colonies. repeal in 1766. Chester A Arthur outlawed polygamy in 1882. 3.2 percent wine and beer legalized in 1933 under FDR. Grand Coulee dam began operation in 1941. Arab League charter formed in 1945 in Cairo. LBJ named Westmoreland Army chief in 1968. Karl Wallenda died in 1978 while high wire walking in San Juan Puerto Rico.
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Britain
Chester Alan Arthur
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Grand Coulee
Washington State
Arab League
Cairo
Lyndon B
Johnson
William C Westmoreland
Army
Karl Wallenda
Flying Wallendas
San Juan
Puerto Rico
World in Brief weekend papal blessing followed by stampede deaths
Tens of thousands of Catholics filled Valletta street for a blessing by Pope Benedict XVI who urged outreach to nonbelievers though a stadium stampede before his address killed two and injured others. North Korea detained two American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee and sent them to Pyongyang for questioning amid US inquiries. a chemical spill prompted mass evacuations near Wind Gap Pennsylvania. in Rhode Island, Foxy Lady’s job fair drew many men and some women seeking positions beyond stripping duties.
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Angola
Benedict XVI
Vatican
Federico Lombardi
Coqueiros Stadium
Benedict
Lombardi
Pyongyang
North Korea
China
Laura Ling
Euna Lee
al Gore
Current TV
Rhode Island
Providence
Foxy Lady
Providence Journal
Tom Tsoumas
Brazen turkeys ruffle feathers at business
In Jackson Michigan three wild turkeys frightened a truck driver at a service shop in an industrial area on Friday. Tri County International Trucks employee Dave Dodes said the birds chased men inside the building forcing a diversion to let the driver escape. The birds are described as unafraid of traffic and increasingly bold around people.
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Michigan
Tri-County International Trucks
Dave Dodes
Jackson Citizen Patriot
Jackson
Mich
Romania weighs decriminalizing incest amid EU trends
Romania considers following France Spain and Portugal in not prosecuting consenting adults for incest. The Fritzl case in Austria, where he fathered seven children with his daughter, raised debate over incest laws, though Austria pursued rape and homicide charges.
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Europe
France
Spain
Portugal
Romania
Josef Fritzl
Austria
Fritzl
Obama faces rough week as he pushes ambitious agenda
President Obama recovers from a bonuses scandal by appealing directly to the public to press his plan for deficit cutting health care reform energy and education. He plans TV interviews a prime time press conference and a plan to rid banks of toxic assets while lawmakers debate taxes on large bonuses and budget deficits.
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Washington
Brouhaha
Barack Obama
Obama
California
American International Group Inc
New York Times
Wall Street
The
Times
White House
Thomas Mann
Brookings Institution
Obama says Geithner stay as treasury chief amid crisis
President Obama affirmed Tim Geithner will remain treasury secretary, brushing off resignation chatter. He defended Geithner amid the corporate bonus flap and pace of economic revival, urging patience as the plan unfolds while criticizing Dick Cheney's stance on Guantanamo and noting ongoing detainee release decisions at Guantánamo Bay.
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Washington
Barack Obama
Treasury
CBS
60 Minutes
Obama
Timothy Geithner
Buddy
Dick Cheney
Guantanamo Bay Detention Center
U.S
Bush
Cuba
Geithner
Journal World contact numbers and departments listed
The Lawrence Journal World provides newsroom and department phone lines for local news city and county government Kansas University Lawrence schools consumer affairs sports arts letters obituaries health transportation and photo reprints with outside contacts for readers to reach the paper.
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Ijworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Newspaper staff contacts and subscription info list
Editorial and news staff contacts are provided with phone numbers and emails for Dennis Anderson, Caroline Trowbridge, Ann Gardner, Tom Keegan, Jon Niccum, Terry Rombeck, Jonathan Kealing, and News Partners 6News Cody Howard and Mediaphormedia Dan Cox. Subscription support is available at 832-7199 with hours for weekdays and weekends and in-town redelivery guarantee.
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Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Ljworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Ijworld
Jon Niccum
News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
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South Korea
N. Korea
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Pennsylvania
Wind Gap
Philadelphia
Ters For Disease Control and Prevention
Ibrahim Usta
Nowruz
Istanbul
Turkey
Abdullah Ocalan
Afghanistan
Iran
Iraq
Journal-Word
N.H
Chris Bell
Cbell
Tony Berg
Ljworld.com
Kansas
Skly
Lawrence Met
Clinton Place
Ial Hospital
Thomas R. Marcellino, M.D
Jon P Gravino, D.O
Sherri S, Vaughn, M.D
Greg Sturve
M.D
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