Today in History: notable events from 1942 to 2004
Key events include the Guadalcanal naval battle beginning on November 12 1942 with an Allied victory. Stalin's consolidation of power in 1927 after Trotsky's expulsion. Tokyo war crimes sentences in 1948 under Hideki Tojo. New Orleans electing its first Black mayor Ernest Dutch Marial in 1977. Emperor Showa’s coronation ceremony in 1990. Scott Peterson's 2004 murder conviction in Redwood City California and later death sentence.
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Guadalcanal
Josef Stalin
Soviet Union
Leon Trotsky
Communist Party
New Orleans
Ernest “Dutch” Marial
Aki
Hito
Redwood City
Calif
Scott Peterson
Laci
San Francisco Bay
Peterson
Oklahoma woman killed in Klan initiation at Louisiana campsite
Eight people were arrested after a rural Louisiana campsite initiation for the Ku Klux Klan ended with the death of an Oklahoma woman who asked to be taken back to town. The body was found hidden near the road with weapons and robes at the site. Sheriff Jack Strain named Raymond Foster as the killer, charged with second degree murder. Foster is held without bond.
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Oklahoma
Louisiana
New Orleans
St. Tammany Parish
Jack Strain
Strain
Raymond
Chuck" Foster
Foster
UN says troops raped and pillaged villages in Congo
The United Nations reported that hundreds of Congolese soldiers rampaged through several villages in eastern Congo, raping women and looting homes as they withdrew ahead of a feared rebel advance. Angola said it would mobilize troops for Congo, though details were not given. Regional leaders at a summit discussed reinforcing the Congolese army near Goma, besieged by rebels loyal to Gen. Laurent Nkunda who warned against African intervention.
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Congo
U.N
Angola
Georges Chicoty
Goma
Laurent Nkunda
Edwards avoids affair questions at Indiana University event
John Edwards spoke for about 30 minutes at Indiana University focusing on politics, poverty, and hopes for America. A prewritten Q and A covered topics, with no questions about his extramarital affair against filmmaker Rielle Hunter surfacing. Edwards had said he would not discuss the affair again.
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John Edwards
Indiana University
America
Obama
Rielle Hunter
Edwards
Government launches mortgage aid plan amid criticism
The government with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac unveils a plan to aid distressed homeowners by reducing interest rates or extending loan terms for loans they own or guarantee. It targets borrowers at least three months behind and owing 90 percent or more of home value, offering up to 40 year terms and interest-free deferrals, with critics warning it may only scratch the surface.
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Washington
Fannie Mae
Freddie Mac
Fannie
Freddie
U.S
Sheila Bair
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Charles Schumer
D-N-Y
Wall Street
Starbucks Corp
Hulxury
Toll Brothers Inc
Capitol Hill
Nancy Pelosi
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Fannie and Freddie
James Lockhart
Housing Finance Agency
Fannie and
Endeavour Prepares for Shuttle Flight Amid Cold Front
NASA aims to launch Endeavour to the International Space Station as a cold front approaches. Commander Christopher Ferguson and crew arrived in Canaveral ahead of a potentially delayed liftoff. The 15 day mission will deliver a bathroom kitchenette two bedrooms and a water recycling system and add Sandra Magnus as a station resident. Outside repairs on a solar wing bearing are planned to improve sun exposure and doubling crew by June.
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Care Canaveral
Fla
NASA
International Space Station
Shuttle
Christopher Ferguson
Houston
Space Station
Sandra Magnus
Ferguson
Journal-Worth News Tip Contacts and Numbers
Contact information for Lawrence Journal-World includes email and feedback options plus phone numbers for Local News City Government County Government Kansas University Lawrence Schools Business Sports Arts and Entertainment Letters to the Editor Obituaries and Photo Reprints. Outside Lawrence toll free line listed.
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Ijworld
Ljworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Newspaper Staff and Contact Lines Updated
Editorial staff and contact details listed for The World newspapers including editors Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Jon Niccum Terry Rombeck and Jonathan Kealing. News Partners 6News Cody Howard Mediaphormedia Dan Cox plus subscription and delivery numbers and hours.
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Dennis Anderson
Danderson
I Jworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ijworld
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Ljworld
Jon Niccum
News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Thanksgiving travel poll prompts reader vote at LJWorld.com
A local poll asks if residents will leave town for Thanksgiving and notes hosting guests. It references a Tuesday poll about snow removal deadlines for property owners and states the winner favors no requirement to remove snow. Readers are invited to vote at LJWorld.com.
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Unier
Hideki Tojo
KKK
Los Angeles
McCain
Palin
John McCain
Sarah Palin
Jay Leno
Washington, DC
Alaska
Republican Governors Association
Bush
NBC
Republic of
Conga
Indiana
Olafur Eliasson
Dallas Museum of Art
Eliasson
New York City
East River
New York Harbor
JourNal-Worth
N.H
Chris Bell
L Jworld
Tony Berg
Ljweeld.com
Kansas
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