Rooster "Crowing"
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History …
1853, Cecil Rhodes, imperialist and financie
1889, Jean Cocteau, poet and filmmaker
1891, John Northrop, biochemist
1940, Chuck Close, painter
1811, Venezuela, the first South American country, declares its independence from Spain under the leadership of Simón Bolívar and Francisco de Miranda.
1830, the French occupied the North African city of Algiers.
1865, Methodist minister William Booth founds the Christian Mission in London, an evangelical and social-welfare ministry that becomes the Salvation Army in 1878.
1932, António de Oliveira Salazar becomes prime minister of Portugal, a country he rules as a dictator for the next 36 years.
1935, President Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act, which provided for a National Labor Relations Board, and authorized labor to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining.
1940, during World War II, Britain and the Vichy government in France broke diplomatic relations.
1946, the bikini made its debut during an outdoor fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris.
Bikini Atoll
Designer Louis Reard introduced the two-piece swimsuit in Paris on this date in 1946. He named the new style after Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific, where the U.S. had recently begun testing atomic weapons. This is the official site of Bikini Atoll.
The place where the first nuclear bombs were dropped.
http://www.bikiniatoll.com/
1947, Outfielder Larry Doby debuts for the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first black player in baseball's American League. Three months earlier, Jackie Robinson joined the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers.
1948, The British government adopts the National Health Service Act, which establishes a national system of publicly funded medical services.
1954, BBC launches daily TV news
The BBC has broadcast its first daily television news programme.
The 20-minute bulletin was read by Richard Baker and was introduced as an "Illustrated summary of the news... Followed by the latest film of events and happenings at home and abroad."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/5/newsid_3856000/3856397.stm
1975, Ashe's Wimbledon win makes history
American tennis player Arthur Ashe has become the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles' championship.
New Yorker Althea Gibson was the first black woman to take the Wimbledon title in 1958.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/5/newsid_2798000/2798971.stm
1979, Queen oversees Manx millennium
The Queen has presided over the 1000th annual open-air sitting of the Isle of Man's Parliament, Tynwald.
According to Manx tradition, the Queen is the Lord of Mann, but she is only the second British monarch to fulfil this duty in person. The last was her father King George VI in 1945
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/5/newsid_2494000/2494861.stm
1989, Irangate colonel avoids prison
Former White House aide Oliver North has escaped jail for his part in the Iran-Contra affair.
The decorated Vietnam veteran was convicted of three - out of 12 - charges relating to illegal United States' support for the Contra rebels in Nicaragua in the mid-1980s.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/5/newsid_2772000/2772471.stm
1991, International bank closed in fraud scandal
The Bank of England has closed down UK branches of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) over allegations of fraud.
The bank's 120,000 UK customers were stunned by the speed of the closure.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/5/newsid_2495000/2495017.stm
1995, more than 100 Grateful Dead fans were injured when a deck on which they were gathered collapsed at a campground near Wentzville, Mo.
2000, Record-breaking penguin rescue
Conservationists in South Africa are carrying out the biggest ever airlift of wild birds.
Over 18,000 Jackass penguins have now been moved to safety as an oil slick threatens their breeding ground on Dassen Island, 50 miles north of Cape Town.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/5/newsid_2494000/2494745.stm
Missing in Action
1965 EISENBRAUN WILLIAM F. SANTA ANA CA 08/07/65 ON PRG DIC LIST
1966 JACKSON JAMES E. NEW YORK NY 11/11/67 RELEASED IN CAMBODIA
1967 DODGE WARD KENT DIGHTON KS 03/13/74 REMAINS RETURNED
1967 FREDERICK WILLIAM V. DEERFIELD OH REMAINS RETURNED 1/03/90
1967 WADDELL DEWEY W. BREMEN GA 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 1998
1968 BURNS MICHAEL T. FORT WAYNE IN 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1968 CRUMPLER CARL B. JACKSONVILLE FL 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1968 DEWBERRY JERRY D. ARDMORE OK
1968 LAWRENCE BRUCE E. PHILLIPSBURG NJ
1968 SILVER EDWARD D. JUNCTION CITY OR "EGRESS-SEEN IN PROPAGANDA FILM, WORE FLIGHT" "SUIT, BODY TURNED OVER AS CAMERA ZOOMED IN"
1972 ELANDER WILLIAM J. JR. CHARLOTTE NC "03/29/73 RELEASED BY DRV (CHARLESTON, WV)" ALIVE IN 98
1972 LOGAN DONALD K. GRANADA HILLS CA 03/29/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1972 SPENCER WILLIAM A. SAN JUAN TX 03/29/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1972 SEEK BRIAN J. ENCINO CA 03/29/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
Milwaukee Journal Sentinal
Lightning starts condo fire
By LINDA HANIG
lhanig@journalsentinel.com
Posted: July 4, 2005
A lightning strike from an early Monday morning storm started a fire that extensively damaged a Mequon condominium and injured a firefighter, Mequon Fire Chief Jim Wucherer said.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/ozwash/jul05/338646.asp
This is why Judith Miller and the New York Times as kept their sources under their own security. This has happened before. Enough when it comes to this investigation is never enough. They over reach on this investigation and are acting to create a distraction away from Karl Rove. When is Rove going to be prosecuted?
Prosecutor Demands Time Reporter Testimony
By PETE YOST
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal prosecutor on Tuesday demanded that Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper testify before a grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA officer's identity, even though Time Inc. has surrendered e-mails and other documents in the probe.
Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald also opposed the request of Cooper and New York Times reporter Judith Miller to be granted home detention - instead of jail - for refusing to reveal their sources.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/REPORTERS_CONTEMPT?SITE=WIMIL&SECTION=HOME
Judge Refuses to Delay Vioxx Jury Selection
By KRISTEN HAYS
AP Business Writer
WHARTON, Texas (AP) -- A judge on Tuesday declined to postpone jury selection in the nation's first state-level wrongful death trial related to the painkiller Vioxx because he said he would not assume potential jurors were biased by pretrial publicity.
But state District Judge Ben Hardin also told lawyers for Merck & Co., the manufacturer of Vioxx, that he would examine questionnaires answered by the pool of 100 potential jurors next week before making a final decision on Merck's request for a trial delay.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/V/VIOXX_TRIAL?SITE=WIMIL&SECTION=HOME
Americans Pushing for More Cuba Trade
By VANESSA ARRINGTON
Associated Press Writer
HAVANA (AP) -- American liberals have long criticized the U.S. government for maintaining a Cold War-era embargo against communist Cuba. But these days, conservative American farmers, businessmen and some Republican lawmakers are just as likely to oppose the U.S. policy limiting trade with the island.
As Congress voted down amendments to the policy last week, those pushing for more interaction with Cuba questioned how the embargo can endure.
"Will someone please explain this policy to me?" Dwight A. Roberts, the Texan president of the U.S. Rice Producers Association, asked a recent news conference in Havana after describing financial losses to thousands of rice growers when U.S. restrictions were tightened.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CUBA_US_ENDURING_EMBARGO?SITE=WIMIL&SECTION=HOME
Martha Stewart made the deal and insisted on it, NOW, LIVE WITH IT !!!
Martha Stewart Calls Lockdown 'Hideous'
NEW YORK (AP) -- Martha Stewart says in a new interview that her nickname in prison was M. Diddy, that house arrest is "hideous" and that her prosecution was about bringing her down "to scare other people."
In the interview, Stewart tells Vanity Fair magazine she agrees with those who say her crime - lying about a personal stock sale - is far different from massive corporate scandals such as Enron, WorldCom and Tyco.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PEOPLE_MARTHA_STEWART?SITE=WIMIL&SECTION=HOME
Armstrong Takes Lead in Tour De France
By JAMEY KEATEN
Associated Press Writer
BLOIS, France (AP) -- Lance Armstrong's Discovery Channel squad won the team time trial at the Tour de France on Tuesday, handing the six-time champion the yellow jersey as overall race leader.
The 33-year-old Texan led his squad to victory for the third straight year in the time trial, clocking 1 hour, 10 minutes, 39 seconds for the 41.85-mile trek from Tours to Blois. Team CSC was second.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CYC_TOUR_DE_FRANCE?SITE=WIMIL&SECTION=HOME
Chicago Sun Times
The weather in Chicago (Crystal Wind Chime) is:
83º
“SPARKLING"
Gorilla attacks Lincoln Park zoo keeper
July 5, 2005
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A zoo keeper was bitten on the back by a gorilla Tuesday at the Lincoln Park Zoo and was being treated for her injuries at a nearby hospital, police said.
The female zoo keeper was attacked around 9:50 a.m., said Chicago police spokeswoman Robin Mohr. The woman, whose name was not released, was in good condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Mohr said.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/zoo05.html
Brother says he'd pay for bin Laden's defense
July 5, 2005
CAIRO, Egypt -- One of Osama bin Laden's half brothers said he would pay for the terror mastermind's defense should he ever be captured, Yeslam Binladin said in a broadcast interview.
''For sure,'' Yeslam Binladin responded when asked if he would help pay. ''Everyone has the right to defend himself, anyone who is accused of doing something.''
http://www.suntimes.com/output/terror/cst-nws-bin05.html
Adventists put woman in top job
July 5, 2005
ST. LOUIS -- The Seventh-day Adventist Church elevated a woman Monday to a top leadership post for the first time in its history.
Ella Louise Smith Simmons, 57, will serve as one of nine vice presidents.
''The church as an organization cannot be efficient until it allows all people to contribute in ways that God calls them to contribute,'' she said. ''The church is taking a step in the right direction.''
Simmons last served as provost and vice president for academic administration at La Sierra University, an Adventist college in Riverside, Calif.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/religion/cst-nws-seven05.html
Times - London
Chirac quips upstage his Olympic sales drive
By Philippe Naughton, Times Online
Your views: worst cooks
President Jacques Chirac's ill-timed jokes about British cooking came back to bite him on the derriere today as he arrived in Singapore to press Paris's case to host the 2012 Olympics.
The French President found a scrum of reporters and television crews waiting for him as he arrived at the city-state's famous Raffles Hotel a day before the International Olympic Committee chooses between Paris and close rival London.
Unfortunately, no one was interested in M Chirac's views on the Olympic contest. "Did you make disparaging remarks about Britain?" asked one journalist. "Do you like ’rosbif’, Mr President?" shouted another.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,4662-1681137,00.html
Anti-Bush gibe by Royal Society sparks climate change row
By Sam Knight, Times Online
A prickly row between the scientific academies of Britain and America over the precise wording of their positions on climate change has come to light on the eve of the G8 summit.
Letters show that shortly after the scientific academies of the G8 group of nations, as well as those from China, Brazil and India, issued an "unprecedented statement" urging action on climate change, the presidents of the Royal Society and the US National Academy of Sciences argued over how the statement was presented.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22649-1681145,00.html
Philadelphia Inquirer
Concert caps off events big and small
By Barbara Boyer and Sandy Bauers
Inquirer Staff Writers
Fifteen hours after securing his front-row standing position at the head of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Bruce Fikes raised his hands to the darkened sky, awestruck at the chance to sing along - live - with Elton John.
And sing he did, along with fans to all ends of the Parkway, as John launched into a crowd favorite, "The Bitch Is Back." The neighborhood went wild.
"If this was at the Wachovia Center, it would cost a lot of money. But I'm here," said Fikes, 42, who lives in North Philadelphia and makes pretzels in Camden.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/nation/12055042.htm
Elton John ignites crowd with impassioned takes on hits
By Dwayne Campbell
Inquirer Staff Writer
Sir Elton John, one of the world's best-known spokesmen and activists for HIV/AIDS awareness, poured out his passion last night as he rocked a crowd of thousands jammed along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and several nearby streets.
The free concert was the last show of Philadelphia's big weekend, when the city played host to the Live 8 mega-concert and several other events under the banner of "Welcome America."
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/12055041.htm
Democrats reach deal on state budget
Against the Assembly's wishes, it would trim many property-tax rebates. The Codey victory awaits a vote this weekend.
By Kaitlin Gurney, Robert Moran and Jennifer Moroz
Inquirer Trenton Bureau
TRENTON - Forging a last-minute reconciliation after a weeks-long feud, majority Democrats announced last night that they had agreed on a more than $28 billion state spending plan that would cut property-tax rebates for many homeowners.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/12030431.htm
Lost mare gets fresh start on old-horse farm
Found near a busy street, she was adopted by a man who takes care of aging, ailing horses.
By Sandy Bauers
Inquirer Staff Writer
Missy, an emaciated mare found disoriented and wandering near a busy intersection on the Chester County-Delaware County border, has a new family, a new home and a new name.
Last week, shortly after she stepped hesitantly off a horse trailer, walked into the barn of an Upper Bucks County farm, and began eating, she became Minga.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/12055038.htm
Asahi Shimbun
86 more deaths linked to asbestos
07/06/2005
The Asahi Shimbun
Nichias Corp., a manufacturer of building materials, disclosed Tuesday that 86 employees died of asbestos-related diseases from 1976 to last year.
It also noted that 55 others died of pneumoconiosis during the same period, but said a causal relationship with asbestos had not been established.
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200507050353.html
Meiji Yasuda president likely to resign over sleazy sales practices
07/05/2005
The Asahi Shimbun
Ryotaro Kaneko, president of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co., expressed his intention Tuesday to resign over illicit sales tactics that deprived hundreds of policyholders of insurance payments.
"I will make clear the management's responsibilities, including the resignation from the management's top post," Kaneko said at a meeting with policyholders in Tokyo.
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200507050276.html
Threat halts pro-SDF rally in Iraq
07/05/2005
By YOSHIHIRO KANDO The Asahi Shimbun
CAIRO--An apparent terrorist threat forced organizers to abruptly cancel a rally in Iraq on Sunday intended to support the Japanese Self-Defense Forces stationed in Samawah.
The rally was arranged by an Iraqi sports group and an association that wanted to show its appreciation of Japan's goodwill in the area, organizers said.
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200507050136.html
Meet the designer who came to the rescue in China
07/05/2005
TENDO, Yamagata Prefecture
Farmer Kiyoharu Saito is making a name for himself in China for a hovercraft he developed alone at his workshop.
It turns out that his dream of perfecting an amphibious craft for search-and-rescue missions is not just hot air.
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200507050118.html
Experts: Millions more at AIDS risk unless urgent steps are taken
07/02/2005
By TARO KARASAKI, Staff Writer
KOBE--To head off an AIDS pandemic in Asia, governments must make the crisis a top priority with adequate funding and efforts to counter the social stigma behind the disease, experts told an international conference here Friday.
The call came at the opening of the International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific that opened Friday.
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200507020170.html
Toyota to double hybrid-vehicle production
07/05/2005
The Asahi Shimbun
Toyota Motor Corp. will double its production of gas-electricity hybrid vehicles to 500,000 in 2006 to meet the rising global demand, especially in North America, company officials said.
Toyota, the leader in the field of hybrid technology, expects demand for such vehicles to increase amid rising oil prices and improved performances of the autos.
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200507050217.html
The Miami Herald
Two tropical storms form on the same day
BY MARTIN MERZER
mmerzer@herald.com
Tropical Storm Cindy and Tropical Storm Dennis developed within hours of each other Tuesday, giving the hurricane season its busiest start in recorded history.
Cindy headed toward the upper Gulf Coast, where its center was expected to reach Louisiana as a tropical storm tonight. Forecasters warned of four to six inches of rain and possible tornadoes in the western Florida Panhandle and portions of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12053926.htm
Alliance calls for coalition withdrawal
BAGILA BUKHARBAYEVA
Associated Press
ASTANA, Kazakhstan - An alliance of Russia, China and central Asian nations called for the U.S. and coalition members in Afghanistan to set a date for withdrawing from member states, reflecting growing unease over America's regional military presence.
Alliance members Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan both host U.S. bases whose troops are involved in Afghanistan.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12056475.htm
Butterfly passion takes major flight
New University of Florida research center focuses on world's butterflies and moths
BY NOAH BIERMAN
nbierman@herald.com
GAINESVILLE -- Thomas Emmel was 8 years old when he netted his first Western Tiger Swallowtail near the sycamore trees of his Southern California home.
The catch began a romance with butterflies and moths that has continued for 55 years. For them, he has built a home, won over thousands of admirers, traveled through land leeches and saved some from extinction.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12054919.htm
Mexico needs history lesson on stereotypes
BY LEONARD PITTS JR.
lpitts@herald.com
What is it with Mexico lately? When did it hire David Duke as an image consultant?
I can't imagine what else might explain that nation's recent blundering into not just one but two racially charged controversies. The first, of course, was President Vicente Fox's remark in May that Mexican immigrants in the United States take work ''not even blacks'' are willing to do. Fox's comment outraged many in this country and bestirred the readily bestirrable Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson to go down and show him the error of his ways.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12049659.htm
An ambitious plan for failing schools
OUR OPINION: THE OLD MODEL HASN'T WORKED, SO IT'S TIME FOR A NEW ONE
The first wave of reactions to Superintendent Rudy Crew's proposal to shutter and overhaul several failing Miami-Dade schools is both surprising and disappointing. The critics say: It can't be done. It doesn't work for the kids. It's too difficult. Parents will object. Teachers won't like it. The problems are intractable. We've tried change before.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/12054912.htm
An ambitious plan for failing schools
OUR OPINION: THE OLD MODEL HASN'T WORKED, SO IT'S TIME FOR A NEW ONE
The first wave of reactions to Superintendent Rudy Crew's proposal to shutter and overhaul several failing Miami-Dade schools is both surprising and disappointing. The critics say: It can't be done. It doesn't work for the kids. It's too difficult. Parents will object. Teachers won't like it. The problems are intractable. We've tried change before.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/12054912.htm
G8 can tackle poverty
BY CESAR CHELALA
cchelala@aol.com
The decisions from the G8 meeting that begins Wednesday in Scotland will have wide-ranging consequences for the fight against poverty, particularly for African countries. A compromise should be reached to cancel the debt of not only 14 African countries as has now been accepted but to extend it to all of them plus to some Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) in other regions. This will be a right step to more effectively combat this scourge.
Poverty has caused many more deaths than terrorism, and has hindered the proper development of children worldwide. The damage provoked by malnutrition, illness and inadequate care during childhood dooms children's learning potential and proper development. Poor children who are damaged go on to initiate a vicious cycle of harm to future generations. Malnourished girls become malnourished mothers who give birth to under-weight children, who have greater mortality risks than normal-weight newborns.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/12054913.htm
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