First televised White House address by Truman on food crisis
On Oct 5 1947 President Truman delivered the first televised White House address urging Americans to skip meat on Tuesdays and poultry and eggs on Thursdays amid the world food crisis. Also notes historical events: 1892 Dalton Gang wiped out in Coffeyville bank raids. 1921 World Series radio debut. 1958 Clinton High School bombing. 1983 Lech Walesa Nobel Prize. 1988 Lloyd Bentsen hits Quayle with you’re no Jack Kennedy.
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Clinton High School
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Lech Valesa
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Governor Palin email privacy suit seeks preservation ruling
A Palin email privacy case filed in Anchorage seeks court orders to force preservation of any government related emails from private accounts. The suit targets Palin and notes past hacking of her Yahoo accounts amid questions about state business via private email usage.
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Palin
Andree McLeod
Anchorage
Sharon Leighow
Yahoo Inc
John McCain
Sarah
Yahoo
Gov.palin
Alaska
MIT honors Oliver Smoot at Smoot Celebration Day
Oliver Smoot, the 5 foot 7 inch pledge whose Lambda Chi Alpha brothers laid 364.4 Smoots along the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge, returned to MIT for Smoot Celebration Day. He, who later chaired ANSI, received a commemorative plaque to be installed on the bridge this year.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Oliver Smoot
Lambda Chi Alpha
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Smoot
Google.com
American National Standards Institute
Mit
Housing markets must bottom before bailout works
The article argues the $700 billion rescue hinges on stabilizing home prices and restoring trust in banks. With lending frozen, buyers like Alicia Elliott struggle to obtain loans, while experts warn banks may hoard cash delaying any recovery.
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Washington
U.S
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Gary Thayer
Wachovia Securities
Alicia Elliott
Morgantown
W. Va
Trey Simmons
Dallas
Simmons
Sung Won Sohn
California State University
Channel Islands
Sohn
Elliot
Treasury Department
Treasury
Henry Paulson
Vincent R. Reinhart
Federal Reserve
Contact details for Journal-World newsroom and departments
The notice lists contact numbers for local and external departments including Local news, City government, County government, Kansas University, Lawrence schools, Business, Sports, Arts and entertainment, Letters to the editor, Obituaries, Photo reprints, with an outside Lawrence number for distant callers. It also provides two web-based contact paths for story ideas via ljworld.com and a feedback form.
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Kansas University
Lawrence
Newspaper Staff Contacts and Subscriber Help
Editors and department chiefs with phone numbers and emails are listed along with 6News and Mediaphormedia contacts. Subscription and delivery lines provide hours for in-town redelivery guarantees and redelivery timing.
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