May 18 1933 Roosevelt signs TVA creation act
Today in history notes events such as Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Tennessee Valley Authority measure on May 18 1933 and the 1927 Bath Michigan schoolhouse bombing by Andrew Kehoe that killed 38 children and 6 adults including Kehoe. It also mentions TNT related events and key legal decisions from 1896 to 1967.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate
Napoleon Bonaparte
Supreme Court
Plessy v. Ferguson
Kehoe
Tennessee
Buford Ellington
John T. Scopes
World in Brief features on church shooting and NAACP pick
A gunman opened fire at a Los Angeles church festival injuring his ex wife and two bystanders before festivalgoers restrained him. In a separate item the NAACP named Ben Jealous its youngest president in its 99 year history, taking over in September amid praise from supporters. Islamic insurgents seized a major agricultural center in Somalia, prompting hundreds to flee as government fighters clashed, with reports of two dead and several wounded.
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Los Angeles
St. John Baptist de la Salle Roman Catholic
Jeff Sempelsz
Robert Milbauer
Ruiz
Steven Ruiz
NAACP
Ben Jealous
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Jealous
Associated Press
Somalia
F Fanole Rights Group
Islamic Courts
Unio
Train Derailment Triggers Massive Lafayette Evacuation
Six freight cars derailed in Lafayette causing a hydrochloric acid leak that forced thousands to evacuate homes businesses and a nursing home within a mile. Five people including two railroad workers were hospitalized for skin and eye irritation. Police conducted door to door notifications of the mandatory evacuation for about 3500 residents.
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Lafayette
Lafayette Parish
Craig Stansbury
Jimmy Guidry
Stansbury
Bus overturns in Mojave Desert kills woman and injures 22
A charter bus traveling on a Mojave Desert freeway flipped onto its side Saturday morning near Ludlow California killing one woman and injuring 22 others. The crash on Interstate 40 involved a single vehicle and occurred as witnesses described the bus drifting across lanes and into the median.
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Mojave Desert
Ludlow
Calif
Interstate 40
Las Vegas
San Bernardino
Kennedy recovering in hospital after seizure report
Sen Edward M Kennedy suffered a seizure at his Cape Cod home and was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital where doctors said he is not in immediate danger and is resting comfortably. He will undergo further evaluation over the next days to determine the cause and treatment, with family at his side.
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Boston
Edward M. Kennedy
Cape Cod
Red Sox
Kennedy
Massachusetts General Hospital
Larry Rowan
Senator Kennedy
Cape Cod Hospital
Victoria
Caroline Kennedy
Senate
Harry Reid
Ted Kennedy
Reid
Nevada
Reno
One-student Opheim High Graduation Draws Governor
Opheim High School in Montana awarded graduation to a single student, Jeff Greenwood. Governor Brian Schweitzer delivered the commencement address, marking a rare lone-graduate ceremony as rural schools face declining enrollment and consider single-student classes in future years.
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Great Falls
Mont
Jeff Greenwood
Opheim
Brian Schweitzer
Greenwood
Dickinson State University
North Dakota
LeRoy Nelson
Nelson
Schweitzer
Journal World Contact Info and Newsroom Numbers
Clear listing of contact numbers and staff emails for Lawrence Journal World. Includes local news city and county government KU Lawrence schools business sports arts obituaries and 6News. Provides subscription and redelivery hours and outside city contacts.
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Ljworld
Kansas University
Lawrence
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Pope John Paul II
Karol Wojtyla
Wadowice
Poland
Bath, Mich
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News
Jilib
Mohamed Sandhere
Louisiana
California
South Africa
Tsvangirai
Zimbabwe
Morgan Tsvangirai
Robert Mugabe
Expres
Simone Wisler
Wakarusa
Ste
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Peoria Journal Star
Timothy Bressler
Peoria
Ill
Glen Oak Park
Sen. Kennedy
Massachusetts General
John F. Kennedy
Joseph
John Kennedy
Robert
Capitol Hill
Massachusetts
Barack Obama
Montana
Utah
Journal-World
N.H
Dennis Anderson
Danderson
L Jworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jon Niccum
News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Chris Bell
Cbell
Sara Wilhelm
Swilhelm
Ljworld.com
Hali
Super Kansas
Kansas
Liberty Hall
Llwrence, KS
Ticketmaster
Pedsibere Denbisteg
Kelli Henderson
Wakarusa Dr
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