May history todays historic flights and firsts
May 21 marks Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis landing near Paris completing the first solo Atlantic flight. It recalls de Soto’s death along the Mississippi in 1542, the 1832 Baltimore Democratic Convention, Clara Barton’s 1881 Red Cross founding, the 1924 Leopold Loeb murder, Earhart’s 1932 solo Atlantic crossing to Northern Ireland, and the 1956 hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Hernando de Soto
Mississippi River
Baltimore
Clara Barton
American Red Cross
Bobby Franks
Nathan Leopold Jr
Richard Loeb
University of
Chicago
Amelia Earhart
Atlantic Ocean
Northern
Ireland
Newfoundland
United States
Bikini Atoll
Pacific
FBI arrests four in Bronx temple plot and Newburgh missiles
Four Newburgh men James Cromitle David Williams Onta Williams and Laquerre Payen were charged with conspiring to detonate a car bomb outside a Bronx temple and shoot at aircraft with missiles. An undercover operation fed an inactive missile to the informant as part of the case. Separately Iran tested its longest range solid-fuel missile capable of reaching Israel and U.S. bases, a move praised by Tehran’s leadership. The Myanmar junta barred reporters from Aung San Suu Kyi's trial again, with officials unsure about reopening. The Senate voted to keep Guantanamo open, blocking detainee transfers to U.S. facilities.
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Associated Press
Newburgh
New York City
James Cromitle
David Williams
Onta Williams
Laquerre Payen
United States
U.S
Bronx
Riverdale
New York Air National Guard
Stewart
Iran
Tehran
Israel
U.S. Mideast
Europe
Defense
Robert Gates
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Pentagon
Bryan Whitman
Suu Kyi
Barack Obama
Senate
Guantanamo Bay
House
Obama
Cuba
Health care plan eyed through beer tax in Senate
In Washington, lawmakers consider a beer tax as part of funding health care expansion for an estimated 50 million uninsured Americans. A Senate Finance Committee document outlines options, including cuts and new levies on job based health insurance, with potential higher income taxes for those with generous plans.
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Joe
Senate Finance Committee
Mother and son flee for medical aid amid chemotherapy dispute
Police seek Colleen Hauser and her 13 year old son Daniel who fled Minnesota to avoid chemotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma. Authorities say they may be headed toward Mexico for alternative treatment, aided by a California lawyer and a Massachusetts man who previously ran from chemotherapy.
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Faith
Minnesota
Colleen Hauser
Daniel
California
Mexico
Hauser
Nemenhah Band
Colleen
Brown County
Rich Hoffmann
Hodgkin
Minneapolis
Anthony Hauser
James Olson
Susan Daya
Daya
Massachusetts
Billy Best
Daniel’s. Best
Best
Boston
Daniel Hauser
Sleepy Eye
Journal World contacts and staff directory info
Lawrence Journal World lists newsroom and department contacts for local news city and county government Kansas University Lawrence schools and more. It provides phone numbers emails for editors sports arts letters obituaries health transportation photo reprints and delivery support.
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Ljworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Fourth of July Fireworks Viewing in Lawrence Poll
The poll asks residents where is best to view a Fourth of July display in Lawrence with options near downtown and Clinton Lake. It notes Memorial Day weekend travel as a question and reports the winner as No while directing readers to LJWorld.com for more responses and to vote.
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Lawrence
Ljworld.com
Ireland abuse report shames church over reform schools
After a nine year inquiry Ireland’s 2600 page report details decades of rape abuse and humiliation in Catholic church run reform schools for castaway children. It reveals Vatican records showing church knowledge of pedophiles since the 1930s and concludes officials shielded abusers amid secrecy. Victims age fifty to eighty urge naming suspects while orders defend keeping names secret.
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DuBlin
Ireland
Can
Christine Buckley
Christian Brothers
Commission
Kevin Mullan
Mullan
Christian Brothers Order
Sisters of Mercy
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Jworld
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Atworld.com
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Super Kansas
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Shawn Pogatchnik
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