Magellan set sail on voyage to Spice Islands voyage
On September 20 1519 Ferdinand Magellan departed Spain with five ships to find a western route to the Spice Islands in Indonesia. Magellan died en route. In 1870 Italian troops seized the Papal States triggering Italy's unification. In 1958 Martin Luther King Jr was wounded in a NYC book signing by Izola Curry. In 1962 James Meredith faced rejection at the University of Mississippi but was later admitted. In 1973 Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes at the Astrodome Houston.
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Yale lab technician on murder case amid forensic case in Yale lab
Yale graduate student Annie Le vanished on Sept. 8 from Yale School of Medicine. Her body was found in a wall recess five days later on what would have been her wedding day. Police, citing 300 pieces of evidence including DNA, charged Raymond Clark Ill with murder. Bond set at 3 million. he pled not guilty.
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Parachutists honor ill-fated Market Garden mission
Hundreds of British American and Dutch parachutists marked the 65th anniversary of Operation Market Garden by jumping over Ginkelse Heath near Ede in the central Netherlands. The 1944 plan aimed to secure roads and bridges behind enemy lines to accelerate Allied advance into Germany, but stiff German resistance around Arnhem stalled the operation and halted the bridge crossing over the Rhine.
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Russia scraps plan to deploy missiles near Poland after U S move
Moscow says it will cancel countermeasures including Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad following Barack Obama’s decision to scrap the Bush era missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic. Kremlin critics Tehran’s Holocaust denial. Medvedev ultimate decision pending.
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Capone Hideout Seeks Sale in Wisconsin Frontier Estate
Foreclosed 407 acre Capone era property near Couderay Wisconsin goes to auction with a 2.6 million starting bid. The site features two guard towers a stone house with 18 inch thick walls a massive fireplace and outbuildings. Local legend ties bootlegging flights into a 37 acre lake and bars built from Capone’s former garage with portholes.
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Journal World contact list and newsroom desks
A dense roster lists newsroom staff, departments, and contact methods for the Lawrence Journal-World. It includes editors such as Dennis Anderson and Tom Keegan, plus sections like News, Sports, Arts, Letters, Obituaries, and Health with direct phone lines and emails. Also provides subscription and redelivery details and outside mailing options.
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