On This Day Historic Wartime Declarations and Milestones
On Sept 3 1939 Britain France Australia and New Zealand declared war on Germany, two days after the Poland invasion. The SS Athenia was torpedoed and sank near the Irish coast killing 100 plus, including 28 Americans. Roosevelt spoke neutrality as US pondered action. Also notes Pope Gregory’s consecration in AD 590 Richard I coronation in 1189 and the 1783 Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War.
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Britain
France
Australia
New Zealand
Germany
Poland
Irish
England
Richard I
the Lion-Hearted
Westminster Abbey
United States
Great Britain
Paris
Indonesian quake and Baja California storm brace for more damage
Rescuers searched rubble after a 7.0 magnitude quake off Java killed at least 46 and injured over 110. Officials said 18,300 homes were damaged and 5,300 people fled to shelters amid widespread destruction. Separate reports describe Hurricane Jimena weakening to a tropical storm with rescues underway in Loreto and 11,000 shelter occupants peninsula wide. A Taliban bombing near Mehterlam killed 23, including a deputy Afghan intelligence chief, as security tensions rise ahead of U S casualties and a presidential election. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens hired fewer clerks, fueling talk of retirement next year.
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Disaster Management Agency
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Kardono
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Baja California
Puerto San Andresito
San Jamico
Pacific
Loreto
Humberto Carmona
Afghanistan
U.S
Washington
Barack Obama
Zabiullah Mujahid
Mehterlam
Kabul
Abdullah Laghmani
National Directorate For Security
Sayed Ahmad Safi
Supreme Court
John Paul Stevens
Stevens
Obama
Sonia Sotomayor
David Souter
Souter
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Atkins Denied Parole As Manson Follower Faces Final Exit
Susan Atkins, terminally ill with brain cancer, was denied parole after a four hour hearing. Her husband pleaded for release while victims families urged she remain jailed. Commissioners cited the atrocity of the 1969 Tate Labianca killings and Atkins lack of full understanding of her crimes.
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Susan Atkins
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Atkins
Debra Tate
Tim O'Hara
Jan Enloe
SEC watchdog blasts bungled Madoff probes
The SEC inspector general finds that years of red flags and weak investigations allowed Bernard Madoff to run a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. The report notes no smoking gun but cites incompetence, misleading potential investors, and missed leads that failed to uncover the fraud for over a decade.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Bernard Madoff
SEC Inspector General
Madoff
U.S
SEC
David Katz
Schemc
Wall Street
Chim
Jacob Frenkel
Mary Schapiro
Barack Obama
North Carolina
Inspector General
Schapiro
Stone Mountain man charged after slapping crying toddler at Walmart
Georgia police say Roger Stephens of Stone Mountain slapped a 2-year-old girl at a suburban Atlanta Walmart after warning the mother. He faces felony cruelty to children as the girl’s aunt and mother described the child as recovering and playing.
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Stone Mountain
Atlanta
Walmart
Roger Stephens
Stephens
Mathis
Journal World Contacts and Newsroom Directory
Local page lists newsroom departments with direct lines for Kansas University Lawrence schools and city government plus obituaries health transportation and sports. It names editors and contact emails or phones for Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Jon Niccum Terry Rombeck Jonathan Keating News Partners Cody Howard Mediaphormedia Dan Cox Chris Bell Tony Berg Classified advertising subscriptions and redelivery assistance are included with numbers and hours.
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Jworld
Kansas University
Lawrence
Dennis Anderson
Danderson
World
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardnerai
Worldcom
Tom Keegan
Keegan
Ljworld.com
Jon Niccum
Iniccum
Terry Rombeck
Arid
Trombeck
Ljworld
Jonathan Keating
L Jworld
Kansas patrol cuts road time to save money poll
The Kansas Highway Patrol aims to reduce trooper road time by 10 percent to save funds. Respondents are asked if they support the move. A separate poll asks about Governor Parkinson's proposed statewide public smoking ban with 75 percent Yes and 25 percent No indicated.
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Kansas Highway Patrol
Kansas
Mark Parkinson
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Dcox
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Tjworld
Tony Berg
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