History highlights from 1923 to 1966 in brief
Key events include Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch of 1923 in Munich, Montana becoming a state in 1889, Roosevelt's 1932 presidential victory over Hoover, the 1933 Civil Works Administration creation, Operation Torch in 1942, Kennedy’s 1960 presidential win, and Edward Brooke’s 1966 Senate election milestone as the first Black candidate elected by popular vote.
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Adolf Hitler
Munich
Germany
Montana
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Civil Works Administration
U.S
French North Africa
Edward W. Brooke
Rmass
U.S. Senate
Billy Graham ends presidential advisory role on 90th birthday
Billy Graham, nearing 90, says his mind remains sharp as his public role with presidents winds down while Franklin Graham notes his father would like to meet Barack Obama and pray with him. Franklin cites his father’s time as past for mentoring Obama.
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Billy Graham
Barack Obama
Graham
Franklin Graham
Eisenhower
Obama
Paloma
Cayman Islands
Cuba
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Dave Roberts
U.S. Navy
Granma
Unemployment hits 10 million as jobless rate peaks
The United States faces a deepening recession with unemployment topping 10 million and the jobless rate at 6.5 percent in October, the highest in 14 years. Ford and General Motors report heavy losses, signaling more layoffs. President-elect Obama vows action as economists warn of a prolonged downturn.
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Washington
U.S
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
Barack Obama
Chicago
Wall Street
Labor Department
Obama
Bush
Richard Yamarone
Argus Research
Bernard Baumohl
Economic Outlook Group
Genome sequencing to become affordable for individuals
Berkeley researchers say costs of decoding a Chinese Han and an African Yoruba genome have dropped dramatically. Using next generation sequencing, they estimate prices could fall from hundreds of thousands to a few thousand dollars soon, enabling broad medical uses and deeper study of human diversity. Collaboration spans UC Berkeley, Beijing Genomics Institute, and British researchers.
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Berkeley
Calif
Nature
Rasmus Nielsen
University of California Berkeley
Nielsen
UC Berkeley
Ines Hellmann
John Pool
U.S
Beijing Genomics Institute
James Watson
Craig Venter
Nigeria
Journal World Contact Information and Staff List
The notice lists contact options for story ideas and feedback at jworld.com and the paper’s main lines for Local news City government County government Kansas University Lawrence schools Business Sports Arts Letters Obituaries and Photo reprints. It provides key staff emails and phone numbers for editors including Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Jon Niccum Terry Rombeck Jonathan Kealing and more. It also notes News Partners 6News Mediaphormedia and subscription and redelivery hours and guarantees.
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Jworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Ljworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jon Niccum
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