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March 3...
1791, The United States Congress passes the nation's first tax law. The law divides the country into 14 tax zones and levies a duty on, among other items, distilled spirits.
1831, George Pullman, inventor
1847, Alexander Graham Bell, inventor and teacher of the deaf
1849, the U.S. Department of the Interior was established.
1872, Wee Willie Keeler, professional baseball player
1875, The opera Carmen, written by French composer Georges Bizet, opens in Paris, France.
1879, Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood became the first woman to be admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.
1911, Jean Harlow, motion-picture actor
1912, The Suffragette Newspaper
One of the most characteristic features of the Women’s Social and Political Union was its militancy. Emmeline Pankhurst, founder of the Union, advocated a hard line for the members of the Union. When, in 1912, Pankhurst’s two trusted and loyal cohorts in the suffrage movement, Emmeline and Frederick Pethic-Lawrence, disagreed with her decision to encourage arson as a further step in the fight for suffrage, Pankhurst asked them to leave the Union. In October of that year, her daughter Christabel issued the first copy of The Suffragette, a newspaper for Union suffragettes, to replace Votes for Women, the paper edited by Emmeline Pethic-Lawrence. Although the Pethic-Lawrences continued to print their newspaper, The Suffragette became the Union’s official weekly paper.
http://encarta.msn.com/rawmedia_461535952_761577595_-1_3/rawmedia.html
1913, A gender war erupts in Washington, D.C., when 5,000 suffragists led by Alice Paul, are treated to abuse by crowds of scornful men. Some 40 people are wounded in the clash.
1931, The United States Senate makes the song "Star-Spangled Banner,” written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key, the national anthem of the United States.
1940, Artie Shaw and his orchestra recorded "Frenesi" for RCA Victor.
1962, born, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American track-and-field athlete, who won the heptathlon event (an all-around event) at the Olympic Games in 1988 and 1992. She is considered one of the greatest female athletes.
1965, The motion picture The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, premieres in American movie theaters.
1969, Apollo 9 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a mission to test the lunar module.
1974, nearly 350 people died when a Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashed shortly after takeoff from Orly Airport in Paris.
1985, coal miners in Britain voted to end a yearlong strike that proved to be the longest and most violent walkout in British history.
1991, in a case that sparked a national outcry, motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers in a scene captured on amateur video.
1991, 25 people were killed when a United Airlines Boeing 737-200 crashed while approaching the Colorado Springs airport.
Missing in Action
1967 RICHARDSON FLOYD W. ANCHORAGE AK REMAINS RETURNED ID 11/20/89
1967 ROBY CHARLES D. IOWA PARK TX REMAINS RETURNED ID 11/20/89
1968 WELSHAN JOHN T. OAK RIDGE TN
1969 SMITH WILLIAM M. MIDDLEBORO MA "06/70 DIC, ON PRG DIC LIST"
1971 DUBBELD ORIE J. JR. COCOA BEACH FL
1971 DUNCAN JAMES E. POINT PLEASANT WV
The Jordan Times
MUST READING
http://www.jordantimes.com/thu/index.htm
The Washington Post
A Bitter Winter for Afghans
Extreme Cold Leaves At Least 300 Dead; Children Vulnerable
By N.C. Aizenman
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, March 3, 2005; Page A17
ALTAMUR, Afghanistan -- Eight-month-old Gulmina was the first to die. Her tiny chest heaved with every breath for more than a week in November, until her uncle Nasrullah Niazai realized she needed medicine and bundled her into a battered car for the two-hour drive to the nearest doctor. But relief came too late, and the baby died soon after they returned home.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2315-2005Mar2.html
CIA Avoids Scrutiny of Detainee Treatment
Afghan's Death Took Two Years to Come to Light; Agency Says Abuse Claims Are Probed Fully
By Dana Priest
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, March 3, 2005; Page A01
In November 2002, a newly minted CIA case officer in charge of a secret prison just north of Kabul allegedly ordered guards to strip naked an uncooperative young Afghan detainee, chain him to the concrete floor and leave him there overnight without blankets, according to four U.S. government officials aware of the case.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2576-2005Mar2.html
DeLay Moves To Protect His Political Base Back in Texas
By Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, March 3, 2005; Page A01
SUGAR LAND, Tex. -- House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), struggling to protect his Washington power base as legal and ethical issues fester, also has to watch his back on the home front.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2575-2005Mar2.html
Bush Rejects Delay, Prepares Escalated Social Security Push
By Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, March 3, 2005; Page A04
President Bush plans to intensify his campaign to win public and congressional support for restructuring Social Security, warning that it would be a bad idea to delay action as the Senate Republican leader has suggested and politically unwise for lawmakers to oppose private accounts, White House officials said yesterday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2424-2005Mar2.html?nav=hcmodule
Bush Proposal Differs Greatly From Model
President Has Compared His Social Security Idea to Federal Thrift Savings Plan
By Christopher Lee
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, March 3, 2005; Page A23
The federal Thrift Savings Plan is to individual Social Security accounts what fashion runway attire is to personal wardrobe: an attractive model, but in the wider world things just don't fit quite the same way.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2367-2005Mar2.html?nav=hcmodule
I SEE this as a 'bonding' issue. In other words, "How does American reach President Putin?" It is the Washington Post's way of saying, "Hello. We like you. Can we talk?"
A To-Do List for Putin
By Stephen Sestanovich
Thursday, March 3, 2005; Page A25
President Bush has now had his long-awaited private chat about Russian democracy with Vladimir Putin, followed by their awkward, grin-and-bear-it news conference. But a larger question nags: Can the United States really do anything to promote democracy in Russia?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2710-2005Mar2.html
The Joongang Daily - South Korea
THIS IS SOME OF THE SADDEST STUFF I ever read. Kim needs to sit down at the table and work out a life for the North Korean people. This is no longer acceptable. I don't see this level of complaining and cruelty is the least bit sustainable of a society. The "Korean" people have a right to know each and exchange commonalities together. The North Korean children need to have their future secure no different than those in South Korea. Kim is being too mean to everyone. He needs to return in earnest to the negotiations and allow the UN Inspectors to exam the reactor and all the provisions for nuclear fuel in North Korea. I would think North Korea would be the first to request global disarmament of nuclear weapons.
Nun won't rule out a new hunger strike
March 03, 2005 ㅡ A Buddhist nun who went on a 100-day hunger strike to protect a salamander's habitat from a government construction project left open the possibility yesterday she would resume the protest if the new environmental impact study does not support her aims.
The nun, the Venerable Jiyul, has been fighting a rail tunnel project near a mountain in the south of the country that is the salamander's home.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200503/02/200503022230008239900090409041.html
Japan's gruesome acts
The 86th anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement against the Japanese colonial occupation by Koreans reminds me of a recent German TV program broadcast by Deutsche Welle. The story, titled "In-depth report on 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz," surprised me.
Germans openly showed what the Nazis did during World War II. Such historic disclosure requires courageous decisions by German leaders and deserves attention from the peace-loving souls of the world.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200503/02/200503022203004839900090109013.html
Ban says Japan should show more sincerity
March 03, 2005 ㅡ Following a speech Tuesday by South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun in which he said Japan might be asked for further compensation for atrocities committed during the colonial era, Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon said yesterday that the comments pointed up the need for Japan to take more "faithful measures" to address the issue.
A sincere apology from Japan is needed to appease South Koreans, Mr. Ban said at a press conference.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200503/02/200503022227414139900090309031.html
Tokyo takes note of Roh
March 03, 2005 ㅡ TOKYO ― A call by President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea for an apology from Japan over its harsh rule in the colonial period caused a stir here with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi commenting that Mr. Roh's remarks appeared geared for domestic purposes.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200503/02/200503022230486179900090309031.html
Kim Jong-il called skeptic on arms talks
March 03, 2005 ㅡ As diplomatic exchanges over the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear aims continued yesterday in Seoul, an unnamed Japanese Foreign Ministry official was quoted as saying that despite recent optimism that Pyeongyang would soon return to the negotiations, the North's leader, Kim Jong-il, had recently expressed deep skepticism over the process.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200503/02/200503022228148509900090209021.html
Nun won't rule out a new hunger strike
March 03, 2005 ㅡ A Buddhist nun who went on a 100-day hunger strike to protect a salamander's habitat from a government construction project left open the possibility yesterday she would resume the protest if the new environmental impact study does not support her aims.
The nun, the Venerable Jiyul, has been fighting a rail tunnel project near a mountain in the south of the country that is the salamander's home.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200503/02/200503022230008239900090409041.html
The New York Times
The Editorial was featured in the NYTimes
A plan for the North's refugees
It has been revealed that the United States has decided to accept North Korean refugees and is holding negotiations with the Chinese and South Korean governments. This is part of the follow-up measures to the North Korean Human Rights Act that was passed last year.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200502/27/200502272151416779900090109011.html
Settlement Is Reached in Bryant Case
By KIRK JOHNSON
Published: March 3, 2005
DENVER, March 2 - A civil lawsuit against the Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant brought by a woman who said he raped her in a Colorado hotel quietly folded on Wednesday with a one-paragraph declaration that the parties had reached a settlement. No terms were disclosed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/03/national/03kobe.html?hp&ex=1109912400&en=83fc1672e326b124&ei=5094&partner=homepage
U.N. Troops in Congo Kill 50 Militiamen in Gun Battle
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: March 3, 2005
KINSHASA, Congo, March 2 - United Nations troops killed at least 50 militiamen in a stepped-up campaign to clear northeastern Congo of rogue gunmen who have preyed on residents and are suspected in the recent slaying of nine peacekeepers, United Nations officials said Wednesday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/03/international/africa/03congo.html
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