Giants Win Series After Historic Radio Telecast Debut
On October 5, 1921 Newark station WJZ broadcast the first World Series game from the Polo Grounds with a telephoned play by play. Giants faced the Yankees. Yankees won game one 3-0, but the Giants claimed the series 5-3. Other notes recall 1892 Dalton Gang, Monty Python debut in 1969, Lloyd Bentsen jab at Quayle, and the Dalai Lama winning the Nobel Prize in 1989.
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Pakistan aid misused amid U S push for funds
U S officials and multiple generals say between 2002 and 2008 only 500 million of 6.6 billion in American aid reached Pakistan's military, diverted to domestic use and relations with India while Musharraf led as chief of staff and president. China’s Wen Jiabao visits Pyongyang amid talks on North Korea’s nuclear program. Firefighters battle a wind driven wildfire in the San Gabriel Mountains near Wrightwood threatening the resort community.
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Bridgewater Meat Plant Cleanup Stinks Up Town
In Bridgewater a meat plant abandoned by its owner left 44 tons of bison meat to rot for months. City and county workers finally cleared the site this summer but the owner has not paid an $11,151 cleanup bill or about $14,085 in unpaid property taxes.
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Outpost Assault Kills Eight U S Soldiers in Nuristan
Insurgents storm two remote Nuristan outposts near the Pakistan border killing eight U S soldiers and capturing over 20 Afghan troops. NATO cited heavy casualties and said the attack involved tribal militias and Haqqani loyalists. Fighting continued as U S and Afghan forces repelled the assault amid shifting war strategy.
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Global premature birth toll tops 13 million yearly
A joint March of Dimes and World Health Organization report estimates nearly 13 million babies are born preterm each year. Africa and Asia bear the highest shares with notable rates in North America, highlighting gaps in tracking causes and outcomes and urging new research and data collection.
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Journal World Newsroom contact numbers and departments
The Lawrence Kansas Journal World provides phone lines and emails for local news city and county government Kansas University Lawrence schools consumer affairs sports arts and entertainment letters to the editor obituaries health transportation and photo reprints with direct lines for outside Lawrence and a general contact for story ideas.
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Editorial and departments contact details for Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Jon Niccum Terry Rombeck Jonathan Kealing News partners and Mediaphormedia executives Circulation and advertising contacts Subscriptions and delivery helpline with redelivery policy included
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Kansas tattoo age poll prompts 18 to 21 raise
Friday's online poll asks whether Kansas should raise the minimum tattoo age from 18 to 21. Results show 62 percent oppose the raise, 35 percent support it, and 1 percent are not sure with a call to visit LJWorld.com for more responses and to vote.
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