Inverted Jenny and Early Airmail Stamps Debut 1918
May 13 1918 marked the first U S air mail stamps with a 24 cent Curtiss JN 4 biplane. A famous upside down print on some sheets created the inverted Jenny collectors item. Historic dates include Jamestown settlement arrival 1607 Fatima vision 1917 Churchill 1940 blood toil tears and sweat speech and Pope John Paul Is 1981 shooting in St Peter's Square.
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U.S
Jamestown
Virginia
Fatima
Portugal
Britain
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Pope John Paul I
St. Peter's Square
Mehmet Ali Agca
Atlantis astronauts find small damage on space shuttle during Hubble approach
NASA says the 21 inch stretch of nicks on four to five thermal tiles of the Atlantis shuttle appears minor after debris from the fuel tank debris near liftoff. Mission Control notes the repair mission is risky with a rescue shuttle on standby due to the debris orbit around Hubble.
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Atlantis
NASA
Hubble Space Telescope
Mission Control
Hubble
International Space Station
Miami men convicted in Sears Tower plot case
Five Miami men were found guilty after three trials of conspiring to spark an anti-government insurrection by targeting the Sears Tower and FBI offices in Chicago. One defendant was acquitted, and a mistrial had occurred on the ringleader and several followers. The verdict closes a years long federal terrorism case rooted in a 2006 Liberty City arrest.
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Miami
Chicago
Sears Tower
FBI
Liberty City
George W. Bush
Justice Department
Narseal Batiste
Flight 3407 transcript reveals ice aid near stall and final crash
The NTSB released the cockpit transcript from Continental Connection Flight 3407 showing the pilots discussing ice before a stall warning. They failed to follow procedures, the stall worsened, and the plane crashed into a house near Buffalo killing 50 people.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Ater
Marvin Renslow
Jesus Christ
Rebecca Shaw
Continental Connection
National Transportation Safety Board
Renslow and
Shaw
Manassas
Continental
Journal World Contact Details and Editorial Lines
Journal World provides contact numbers for departments including Local News City Government County Government KU Lawrence Schools Consumer Affairs Sports E Arts and Entertainment Letters to the Editor Obituaries Health Transportation Photo Reprints and Outside Lawrence Readers are invited to send story ideas and tips via email news ljworld com.
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Ljworld
Kansas University
Lawrence
Journal staff contacts and delivery helpline listed
Editors and department heads with phone and email are named for the Lawrence Journal World operation including Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Jon Niccum Terry Rombeck Jonathan Kealing Cody Howard and Dan Cox. The paper and Mediaphormedia provide 6News details and a subscriber helpline 832 7199 with delivery policies and redelivery guarantees.
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Dennis Anderson
Danderson
L Jworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ljworld
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Ijworld
Jon Niccum
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Jworld.com
Todays Poll Weighs In On Lawn Weed Control
A Kansas reader poll asks whether to use chemicals or natural methods for lawn weed control. The poll shows chemicals as the winner with readers directed to LJWorld.com for more results and to vote.
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Anne Schuchat
U.S
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Schuchat
CDC
Ljworld.com
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