Iliffe Media buys rival West Norfolk paper

Lynn News and Your Local Paper are currently rivals.

By Charlotte Tobitt

Iliffe Media has bought Your Local Paper, a free weekly in West Norfolk, and plans to merge it into its existing newsroom for the patch.

The independent publisher already owns the competing twice-weekly Lynn News in King’s Lynn as well as the Fenland Citizen in nearby Wisbech, both of which it bought from Johnston Press in 2016.

Lynn News and Your Local Paper will now merge operations to be run out of the same King’s Lynn premises under one management, editorial and sales team. However they will remain separate titles both in print and online.

Alan Taylor, who founded Your Local Paper ten years ago, will join Iliffe as managing director of the West Norfolk operation including the Fenland Citizen. He said his paper would “continue to prosper with further investment under new ownership”.

Iliffe Media chief executive Edward Iliffe said: “As an industry we continue to evolve and Iliffe Media will also need to adapt the ways in which we continue to serve content in each of our markets. Whilst print audiences have declined during recent years, our overall audience reach has never been greater.

“We genuinely believe that by combining the resources of Your Local Paper with our existing West Norfolk team will help us serve the local advertisers and readers in the most effective possible way, offering them unbeatable audiences across our digital, print and social platforms.”

Today in Labor History January 31st, 2023

 Ida M Fuller

12,000 pecan shellers in San Antonio, Texas, walked off their jobs at 400 factories in what would become a three-month strike against wage cuts. The pecan-shelling industry was among the lowest paid in the country; workers made between $2-$3 a week. – 1938

Ida M. Fuller was the first retiree to receive an old-age monthly benefit check under the new Social Security law. She paid in $24.75 between 1937 and 1939 on an income of $2,484; her first check was for $22.54. – 1940

After scoring successes with representation elections conducted under the protective oversight of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board, the United Farm Workers of America officially ended its historic table grape, lettuce and wine boycotts. – 1978

160 gravediggers represented by SEIU Local 106 were locked out after they went on strike against the Cemeteries Association of Greater Chicago over wages and benefits. They reached a contract agreement after 43 days. – 1992

Union and student pressure forced Harvard University to adopt new labor policies raising wages for the lowest-paid workers. – 2002

Five months after Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans school board fired every teacher in the district in what the United Teachers of New Orleans saw as an effort to break the union and privatize the school system. – 2005

Important Events From This day in History January 31st

 

1961 Chimp in Space

1961 : A chimpanzee named Ham sent into space by the United States has been recovered alive and well. The test was one of many planned to ensure that a human being could survive space flight, think clearly and perform useful functions outside the Earth's atmosphere.

2000 Dr Harold Shipman

Family GP Dr Harold Shipman is jailed for life for murdering 15 of his patients, he was also suspected of killing more than 100 other patients but did not confess to them. Dr Harold Shipman is now Britain's most prolific convicted serial killer

1953 Europe The Great Storm

A major storm with winds in excess of 100 MPH caused flooding in 3 countries with North Sea coastal areas killing a total of more than 2,000 people in the Netherlands Great Britain and Belgium.

1917 Submarine Warfare

Germany restarts unlimited submarine warfare in the Atlantic, and German torpedo armed submarines announce they will attack any and all ships, including civilian passenger ships.

1929 - Sunday Sports

1929 : Sunday sports were to be permitted in Boston as of this day. Therefore, the Boston Braves and the Boston Red Sox were allowed to play on Sundays after Mayor Malcolm E. Nichols had signed an ordinance regarding this matter.

This permission did not come without cost, however. The Braves were to be required to pay $2,500 for a permit and the Red Sox were required to pay $1,000.

The reason why they were required to pay different rates was because of the difference in renting capacity of the parks each of these two teams would play in. Apparently the Braves playing field was bigger than the Red Sox playing field.

1942 Car Production Stops

No longer were civilian vehicles made as of this date by companies such as Chevrolet or DeSoto. From this time on until the end of the war only military vehicles were produced.

1945 World War II Burma Route Opened

A main route was created from India to China for the purpose of transporting Allied military troops (troops opposing Hitler and his army). This path was established via the country of Burma, which provided the link from the two above-mentioned countries. The Bridge on the River Kwai was part of that route.

1945 Private Eddie Slovik

Private Eddie Slovik is executed by firing squad near the village of Ste-Marie aux Mines, France after being court martial for desertion to avoid hazardous duty and became the only U.S. soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion.

1949 These Are My Children

1949 : The first daytime soap opera "These Are My Children," was broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago Soap Operas got the name because they were targeted at mothers and the soap manufacturers such as Procter and Gamble, were major sponsors ( Advertisers ) .

1950 Hydrogen Bomb

President Truman approved U.S. construction of the hydrogen bomb, a weapon potentially 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb

1953 Princess Victoria car ferry Sinks

The British Railways, Princess Victoria car ferry has sunk in the Irish Sea in one of the worst gales in living memory claiming the lives of more than 130 passengers and crew.

1957 Plane Crash

A Jet and a Douglas DC-7B transport plane collide before the wreckage dropped onto three schools in California killing 3 children in the playground at Pacoima Junior High School.

1961 Americans Jailed for Bringing Arms

Six Americans were sentenced to prison for 30 years in Cuba. These prisoners were serving a sentence after being charge with bringing arms to anti-Castro "guerrillas."

The Americans that were arrested and tried guilty said they had stolen a boat to use to defend the Castro revolution. Minister Fidel Castro himself was said to have taken up this case.

1968 Viet Cong Suicide Squad

A 19 man Viet Cong suicide squad seized the U.S. Embassy in Saigon and held it for six hours until an assault force of U.S. paratroopers landed by helicopter on the building's roof and took back control. This signaled the beginning of the Offensive began by Viet Cong forces.

1971 Apollo 14

1971 : Apollo 14, is launched and piloted by astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell, and Stuart A. Roosa, on a manned mission to the moon

1972 Argentina Robbery

On this date, the police hunted for terrorist robbery suspects to no avail. A total of 14 armed terrorists had held up the National Development Bank for over a period of eight hours on the weekend prior to this hunt.

The group that admitted to the terrorist crime described above was the Trotskyite People's Revolutionary Army. According to the press, it is also documented that the Trotskyite Army also confessed to having run off with $450,000 dollars for the purpose of furthering their revolution.

The robbery guerrillas also seemingly bragged about the fact that they stole documents which prove that bourgeois sectors have committed fraud.

1983 New Seatbelt Law

The new seatbelt law comes into force meaning drivers and front seat passengers must wear seat belts at all times, the law has been bought in to improve road safety hoping the compulsory wearing of front seat belts will save 1,000 lives a year.

1990 Mc Donald's in Moscow

On this day in history the first Mc Donald's was opened in Russia, in the city of Moscow. This restaurant had served at least 30,000 people in its first day

1995 US Loans $20 Billion Mexico

Following the devaluation of the Mexican to an all-time low, President Clinton exercised his executive power to authorize the Treasury Department to issue a $20 billion loan through the Exchange Stabilization Fund. This was the first time the fund had been used to help stabilize a foreign currency.

1996 Sri Lanka Terrorist Bombs

Fifty dead in Sri Lanka suicide bombing by Tamil Tigers after a truck loaded with explosives is crashed into the central bank in the heart of Colombo's financial district.

2003 Australia Train Crashe

2003 : A Tangara inter city train coming from Central Station Sydney leaves Waterfall railway station on route to Port Kembla Station Train Driver suffers a heart attack and the train approaches a curve rated for 37MPH at over 73 mph causing the train to derail, overturn and collide with the rocky walls of the gorge.

2004 Security Terrorism Prevention

Six U.S.-bound flights from England, Scotland and France were canceled because of security concerns

2006 Ben Bernanke

Ben Bernanke is approved as chairman to succeed Alan Greenspan of the Federal Reserve by The Senate and takes over the next day February 1, 2006 ( The position of Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve ) is considered to be one of the most powerful people in the world.

2008 India Internet Access

A break in submerged cable systems in the Mediterranean cause India to lose 60% Internet access and international telephone services. Due to the number of call centers located in India a large number of call cent res were also unavailable.

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2011 Burmese Parliament Convenes

The Burmese Parliament met for the first time in over twenty years after elections in 2010. This event marked the end of a fifty year military rule and the creation of a new constitution for the country. Despite these steps forward, critics of the new government stated that the military will still retain a large amount of control.

2012 Several People Die from Freezing Weather in Eastern Europe

Several people had died after a bout of freezing weather hit Eastern Europe and countries like Poland, Ukraine, Serbia, and Bulgaria. Several hundred people were reportedly treated for frostbite in Ukraine as tens of thousands of others looked for shelter in the country.

2013 Commuter Train Crash Near Pretoria

2013 : Two commuter trains crashed near Pretoria, South Africa, injuring nearly three hundred people. None were reported dead but a few of the injured were listed as in critical condition.

2014 Oldest Flamingo Dies

2014 : A flamingo named "Greater" died at the age of eighty-three in the Adelaide Zoo in Australia. The flamingo was believed to be the oldest of its kind still alive on Earth. Greater had been put to sleep after suffering complications from old age. Greater the flamingo was a member of the greater flamingo species, Phoenicopterus roseus.

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Los Angeles Times will cease to Print its own Newspaper

By Ronnie Pineda

It was all worth it! Zero Regrets with numerous unforgettable relationships and memories!

In 2024 the Los Angeles Times will cease to Print its own Newspaper.

After over a Century of recording not only the History of The City of Los Angeles, but of The World; the Newspaper itself will be printed by an outside source for the first time ever!

Everything from Politics & Sports, to Art & War has been Memorialized on newsprint by Men & Women Employed by “The Chandler Family” until being sold and pillaged by Billionaire Weasel, Sam Zell, then The Tribune Corporation in Chicago.

When the Los Angeles Times returned to private ownership, it merely provided several more years of existence for the Pressroom.

Along with the Pressroom goes OUR LOCAL! Our Legacy, GCC/IBT 140-N

I knew that we would never save the patient, but we could slow the bleeding until the inevitable.

I’m extremely proud of each and every individual that put on their armor and went to battle for each other, not one of us could have done it alone! We did suffer many casualties due to an Anti-Union Tyrant, THOSE FALLEN SOLDIERS ARE MY HEROS!

Be Proud Of Yourselves as well, You deserve it!

Please don’t forget those Brothers and Sisters that are no longer here to read this, remember them always as I do, they thought of you while standing!

Local 140 had Teamster & Graphic Communication Conference Supermen and Women that fought in the back ground to help us Pressmen & Presswomen achieve our goal of Organizing our Workplace.

GCC/IBT International President, George Tedeschi (Retired) was pivotal in our success and Lead our Organizing Campaign from Washington, which resulted in Chartering our Brand New Local in 2006. The last Pressroom, Union Contract was in 1967 and only lasted 3 years until the Union was De-certified.

Unfortunately, numerous attempts by Scumbags dressed in Pressroom uniforms failed to Decertify 140-N! Traitors to their own cause!

Marty Keegan kept the fire roaring and continually provided the fuel to burn!

Rickey Putman (RIP) brought energy to power the planet! Mountains were mounds and trees were bushes to this giant and he is dearly missed!

I have personally been out of the Shop for over a dozen years. I’ve survived two heart attacks and a stroke. I have four stents in my heart and enough metal in my joints that I set off metal detectors in Airport parking lots! I’m fortunate and grateful to be alive to share these thoughts, thank you Creator.

My Immediate family is my life and I cherish my wife Dianne, who’s truly responsible for me standing up to L.A. Times management. My children and my grandchildren are the reasons my heart still beats and I would fight til my last breath to protect them.

Over a decade ago, I put the same energy and commitment into my L.A. Times Family when we were on the battlefield. True fighters never die!

Thank you Brother Henry Gomez of Local 10-N, (thumbs up to those who know) This is all your fault and I’m glad to have been taught how to fight in this type of ring by you and Dave Staley! You are my original inspiration and NONE OF MY UNION LIFE WOULD’VE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU! GRACIAS HERMANO!

I need to include Brothers Michael Huggins and Sonny Shannon for Negotiating our Historical 1st Contract. If Negotiations took place in the Ring, these FIGHTERS clearly would have won in the 1st Round by Knockout!

We also share our Successes with Labor Attornies, Buddy Gottlieb and Adam Stern. Their combined Legal experience and results on behalf of working men and women is beyond measure; we were very fortunate to have these two men and their practices represent our Local in the Legal Arena.

I can’t forget to thank President Joe Inemer of the NANC (North American Newspaper Conference) for the work and financial support you and the Conference provided every time we faced legal costs that would’ve crippled the Local beyond our ability to stay in the fight! The NANC truly was life support for Local 140-N on more than a few occasions! BROTHERHOOD EXEMPLIFIED! Thank you Maureen O'Connor Schindle for being the Wizard behind the curtain, you lived in the shadows while providing the light for all of us to navigate, a true stealth fighter before one ever flew above!

I miss all of you that I consider Family and wish you all Health and Happiness til the end of time!

STOP THE PRESSES…….

RONNIE PINEDA

Charter President, Retired

GCC/IBT Local 140-N

How Daily Times Newspaper is Made

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The News Movement acquires video news start-up The Recount

It comes almost four years after The Recount's launch and months after The News Movement's.

By Bron Maher

Social-first news start-up The News Movement has acquired short-form video outfit The Recount, nearly four years after the latter was founded.

Semafor reported The News Movement is making the purchase “for an undisclosed amount of equity and no cash”.

The News Movement, which focuses on explainer journalism targeted at young consumers on Tiktok and other social media platforms, officially launched in London in December on approximately $15m in funding.

The Recount was founded in 2019 on $31m. Its content largely comprises clips taken from established US broadcasters.

Semafor wrote that The Recount “burned through [its original $31m investment] in three years without figuring out how to make money. Advertisers do not flock to incendiary clips from Fox News or floor speeches by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, though the videos perform well on Twitter”.

The video clip outlet will remain a separate brand, but its editor-in-chief and six staff will join The News Movement. Asked about the strategy behind the purchase, TNM chief executive Will Lewis told Semafor: “This will make us sound like the least sexy media company in the world, but it’s data, it’s an agency, and it’s a news wrapper. We face the world as a news company and correctly so. That’s where our credibility comes from that defines us.”

Today in Labor History January 30th, 2023

 

Saul Alinsky

Organizer Saul Alinsky was born on this date in Chicago, Illinois. – 1909

The Paris Peace Conference established the Commission on International Labour Legislation to draft the constitution of a permanent international labor organization, founding the International Labour Organization (ILO).  Today, as part of the United Nations, the ILO is charged with drafting and overseeing international labor standards. – 1919

Important Events From This day in History January 30th

 

1969 Beatles last public performance

1969 : The Beatles make their last public performance giving an impromptu concert on the roof of the London recording studio. In April of the following year Paul McCartney formally announced the group's breakup.

1943 Nat King Cole Trio

The Nat King Cole Trio reaches the top of the charts with the song "That Ain't Right." It stays there for one week before dropping off the top spot.

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1962 The Flying Wallendas

While performing their seven-person chair pyramid on a high wire 35 feet in the air at the State Fair Coliseum in Detroit the pyramid collapsed and after falling to the ground Richard Faughnan, Wallenda's son-in-law, and nephew Dieter Schepp are killed and adopted son, Mario, is paralyzed from the waist down.

1848 California Gold Rush

James Marshall finds the first gold nugget in 1848 at Coloma, California leading to more than half a million people rushing to California to find Gold

1933 - Adolf Hitler

1933 : Adolf Hitler the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), becomes chancellor of Germany

1948 Mahatma Gandhi assassinated

After angering Hindu extremeists with his effort to bring peace to his beloved India by going on hunger strike to stop the fighting by his own countrymen and nearly dying from his fast Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by a terrorist sponsored by a right-wing Hindu militia group.

1977 Roots TV Mini Series

The Roots Part VIII finale episode is aired on ABC and is listed in the Top 3 network primetime telecasts of all time in Percent of Households with 51.1%

1. 1983 --- M*A*S*H series finale: "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" 60.2%

2. 1980 --- Dallas episode: "Who Done It?" aka "Who Shot J.R.?" 53.3%

3. 1977 --- Roots Part VIII (finale) 51.1%

1924 Northern Ireland Civil Rights Demonstrators

Northern Ireland Civil Rights demonstrators were gunned down on this day in 1924. They were shot by British Army Paratroopers.

There were 13 demonstrators in all that last their lives for the Catholic cause in this locality (Northern Ireland). The marchers were in protest of certain British policies concerning the internment (holding) of alleged Irish nationalists. (Nationalists are citizens of a country fighting for independence.)

This was one event of many that happened during the time of this Northern Ireland crisis. This particular conflict had continued for a few decades after this. The climax of this particular Irish crisis occurred in 1969, which was when British troops were sent to this location (Ireland) in an attempt to squelch the nationalist movement.

Peace agreements between the British and Northern Ireland did not actually occurred until the late 1990s. Part of the peace agreement included the dissolution (discontinuation) of the IRA.

1929 Gambling

A newspaper report dated this date and year indicated that a total sum of $5,000 dollars was raised for families of convicted gamblers. This money was also raised by Washington support circles as an extra incentive to the gambling convicts to reveal ring leaders' names in exchange for clemency (pardon).

The reason that the money was raised was because the guilty gamblers had turned down the first request for clemency. Gambling was considered a very controversial topic during this time-even more so than today.

1930 Route 80

Route 80 is expected to be paved as of this year from East Moline to Port Byron. After this project was to be completed, this road would extend to the Wisconsin state line.

1930 Federal Grant

1930 : This was the first day that a play put on was supported by a federal grant. The name of the play that was produced was called The Family Upstairs, and it was created by the Civil Works Administration.

This first government intervention in the theatrical world opened a whole new door for future movie producers. Within three months 17 more plays were shown, and seen by hundreds of thousands of people.

1952 Korea Truce Talks

After many weeks truce talks aimed at ending the fighting in the Korean War between North and South Korea remain unresolved. ( A truce is agreed eventualy in July 1953 )

1961 State of The Union

JFK's State of the Union Address was very somber this year. It included a recount of the collapsing economy that had been happening for several months by this time.

1968 Vietnam Tet Offensive

The Viet Cong launched surprise attacks in South Vietnam , beginning the Tet Offensive. The Communist offensive is one of the bloodiest of the war with thousands of Viet Cong suicide squads sent to certain death in an effort to humiliate the Americans and Vietnamese.

1972 Northern Ireland Civil Rights Demonstrators

In Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 13 unarmed civil rights demonstrators are shot dead by British Army paras that becomes known as Bloody Sunday. British authorities had ordered the march banned, and sent troops to confront the demonstrators when it went ahead. The soldiers fired indiscriminately into the crowd of protesters, killing 13 and wounding 17.

1991 Saudi Arabia Desert Storm

1991 : Iraqi troops have seize control of a Al Khafji inside the Saudi Arabian border after a fierce battle in which both sides suffer casualties. This is now the 14th day of Desert Storm and shows the Iraqis are not beaten yet.

1996 Magic Johnson

Four years after retiring from professional basketball, NBA player Magic Johnson returned to the Los Angles Lakers Find Out More About More Star Players From Basketball History including origins, star players, growth, and the modern game.

2000 Kenya Plane Crash

A plan crashed after takeoff on this day. This plane was just leaving Kenya Airways, and only 10 people of the 179 people on board survived. This accident had just happened so fast that no one even was able to take the time to put on life support.

2002 Ice Storm

2002 : A severe ice storm strikes Oklahoma and surrounding states. causing some of the region's infrastructure to crumble and electric transformers exploded in some places,

2003 Shoe Bomber Sentenced

2003 : British-born "shoe bomber" Richard Reid has been sentenced to life in prison after he tried to blow up a transatlantic flight from Paris to Miami.

2011 Anti-Government Protests in Egypt Continue

 Protests in Egypt continued for a sixth day across Egypt as citizens demanded President Mubarak step down. Protesters clashed with police forces and there were reports of over 100 deaths from the violence.    

 2013 South Korea Launches Space Rocket

South Korea successfully launched a space rocket that was carrying a satellite after two previous failed attempts. Officials stated that the satellite would be used to collect climate data.

2014 Long-Serving Congressman Retires

2014 : US Congressman Henry Waxman announced that he would retire from office after serving in Congress for twenty terms. Waxman was elected as a Democrat in California in 1974 and had been a proponent of clean air initiatives, he had also been a key player in the formation of President Obama's Affordable Care Act.

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Today in Labor History January 29th, 2023

 

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal workers rioted on this date, prompting President Jackson to send in troops. This was the first time American troops were used to suppress a domestic labor dispute. Workers were rebelling because of terrible working conditions and low pay. The canal project had been designed by George Washington and was intended to facilitate transportation of goods from the Chesapeake Bay to the Ohio River Valley. Construction teams were made up mostly of Irish, German, Dutch and black workers who toiled long hours for low wages in dangerous conditions. The use of federal troops set a dangerous precedent that gave business leaders the confidence that they could count on the federal government to quash labor unrest in the future. – 1834

6,000 railway workers struck to demand union recognition and an end to 18-hour workdays. Police and militia busted the strike. – 1889

After Firestone Tire & Rubber in Akron, Ohio arbitrarily fired a worker, workers staged a fifty-five-hour sit-down occupation of the plant. It was one of three occupations of the largest tire companies that happened in January.  The companies refused to recognize the United Rubber Workers of America union and ignored demands for fair work rules. – 1936

American Train Dispatchers Department were granted a charter by the AFL-CIO. – 1957

Dolly Parton hit number one on the record charts with the song 9 to 5, her anthem to the daily grind. – 1981

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 was the first bill signed into law by President Barack Obama, restoring the protection against pay discrimination that was stripped away by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. The gender wage gap continued. – 2009

Important Events From This day in History January 29th

 

1959 Sleeping Beauty

1959 : Disney releases the animated film Sleeping Beauty to theatres

1937 Tommy Dorsey

1937 : Tommy Dorsey and his famous orchestra records "Song of India" - a popular standard of the era that later became a big hit.

1995 Super Bowl

The 49ers became the first team to win five Super Bowl titles

1981 Dolly Parton "9 to 5"

Dolly Parton's "9 to 5" tops the Charts as many identify with the song and the movie .

1795 - United States Naturalization Act

The United States Naturalization Act of 1795 repealed and replaced the earlier Act of 1790 changes included increasing the period of required residence from two to five years and The Act specified that naturalized citizenship was reserved only for "free white person[s]."

1886 Patent for Benz

1886 : A patent was given to Karl Benz who had created the first Mercedes-Benz. This first Benz model of car was known as the "Motorwagon". This motorized wagon had three wheels and was run by an internal combustion engine very similar to the more modern-day autos created in the present day.

In 1893, Benz had created his first four-wheel Mercedes vehicle. In 1926 the established Mercedes-Benz company had merged with another European car operation.

1944 USS Missouri

USS Missouri was launched at the New York Navy Yard on this day. This vessel weighed at least 45,000 tons

1958 Paul Newman

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodword were wed on this day. They are known to be one of the longest-lasting Hollywood couples in recent history. He has had so far a very successful career in both acting and politics.

He also has created his share of food products and staples. Some of the most popular of his food line include his salad dressings and pasta sauces

1959 England Fog Causes Major Chaos on Roads

Dense fog brings road, rail and air transport in many parts of England and Wales to a virtual standstill.

1963 Liquor bill no. 26

1963 : Liquor bill no. 26 was rescheduled for this date. The reason for the postponement was because further consideration needed to be done regarding liquor bill no. 25 as well.

If Senate Bill no. 25 regarding the sale of liquor would be passed, minimum price markup levels of wholesale liquor would be done away with at this time. Bill no. 26 was meant for the purpose of allowing motels, hotels, and restaurants to receive liquor licenses under strict regulation, but not in regards to population ratio.

1963 Robert Frost

This was the date of Robert Frost's Death. He had accomplished much in his lifetime, such as winning the Pulitzer Prize four times, and also reciting a poem during JFK's inauguration ceremony.

1976 Terrorist Bombs London

1976 : Twelve bomb have been exploded in London's West End during the night, most of Oxford Street is closed for the rest of the day while searches by the bomb squad continue for more bombs. The IRA later admitted it had planted the bombs as part of it's campaign against the British government.

1979 Mondays

Brenda Spencer only 16 years old at the time kills two men and wounds nine children as they enter the Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego.

According to one source, Spencer had blamed the killings she had done on the fact that it was Monday, and that she did not like Mondays. She was known for other violent behavior as well, such as repeatedly shooting BB guns at the windows of this school (Grover Cleveland elementary school).

She was sentenced to 25 years in prison for her crime, and she was denied parole four times. This violent incident brought upon by Monday blues was recounted in a song called "I Don't Like Mondays" by a group called "The Boomtown Rats".

1985 Margaret Thatcher

Oxford University delivers snub to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher by refusing her an honorary degree. ( Becoming the first Oxford educated prime minister since the war to be denied the honour. )

1987 Philippines Rebel Uprising

Rebels to the Aquino government take control the Channel 7 building in Manila and the President of the Philippines Corazon Aquino orders troops to fire tear gas into the building on the rebels who have occupied the building for the last two days. They quickly surrender with no shots fired.

1989 Yugo

1989 : The maker of the Yugo automobile had gone out of business and file for bankruptcy. The Yugo was a car that was very popular for awhile in the 1980's because of its very low price. However, apparently quite a bit of customers "got what they paid for". The Yugo was a failure because it was so poorly-designed. It was even said that the body was pierce-able with a wooden pencil.

1996 France Stops Nuclear Testing

French President, Jacques Chirac has announced France will no longer test nuclear weapons after exploding its sixth and biggest nuclear device in the South Pacific.

1998 Legalize Abortions

A bomb exploded at an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama just days after the 25th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to legalize abortions within the United States.

2002 George W. Bush "Axis of Evil" Speech

2002 : A few months after the World Trade Center tragedy of September 11th, 2001, George W. Bush made probably one of the most memorable U.S. President State of the Union Addresses.

In his annual president speech he addressed the pressing problem of terrorism and the development of weapons used for mass destruction. Bush had also sent U.S. troops to the Middle East to hunt down Osama Bin Laden, who was one of the main al-Quaida terrorist leaders operating at this time. He was also a leader of Saudi Arabia during this time. In his speech he describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of Evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.

President Bush also sent intelligence groups to Afghanistan. Afghanistan was one of the main offenders of highly organized terrorist activity during this time period (and in the present day as well).

After the attack of September 11th, Bin Laden was no where to be found. Even to the present day it is not totally clear where he is located. However, it was believed that as of December 2005 Osama Bin Laden was in Pakistan, and in 2006 videos have been taken which have been seen by some sectors of the public.

2008 George W. Bush Final State Of The Union Speech

In his his seventh and final State of the Union address President George W Bush has admitted US economic growth is slowing but has assured the American people the $150bn stimulus plan negotiated with Congress would help. He also said the troop "surge" in Iraq was succeeding and that al-Qaeda was "on the run" and would be defeated.

2011 Taco Bell Fights Beef Accusations

 The fast food chain Taco Bell begins an advertising campaign defending the beef it uses in its food after being sued over the alleged use of additives and false advertising. A class-action lawsuit against the company accused Taco Bell of selling food labeled as meat when it only contained 35% beef. The company countered that the beef products they use contain 88% beef and are inspected by the USDA.   

 

2012 Florida Car Crash Kills Ten

2012 : A crash involving multiple vehicles killed ten in the state of Florida. The crash occurred on Interstate 75 and involved at least six trucks and twelve cars after the road become enveloped by thick smoke from a bush fire.

2013 Borneo - Malaysia Rare Elephants Poisoned

Ten pygmy elephants, a rare species, were found dead after being apparently poisoned in a reserve in Malaysia. They were not believed to be killed by poachers as they did not have their tusks removed nor were there any gunshot wounds found on the animals.

2014 Nigerian Senators Change Party

2014 : Around eleven senators in the People's Democratic Party (PDP) of Nigeria have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) opposition party. The former PDP senators had been of the same party as Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan. They left the party citing increasing factions in the PDP as the reason.

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The Paper (2013) | 60 Minutes Archive

From 2013, Morley Safer reports on the cutbacks faced by the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

"60 Minutes" is the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast began in 1968 and is still a hit, over 50 seasons later, regularly making Nielsen's Top 10.

Today in labor history January 28th, 2023

 

[Photo: Mexican laborers being fumigated with the pesticide DDT 

in Hidalgo, Texas, in 1956.

Today in labor history, January 28, 17-year old house cleaner Carmelita Torres leads what will become known as the “Bath Riots” at the Juarez/El Paso border, refusing the gasoline and chemical “bath” imposed on Mexican workers crossing the border into the U.S. Torres and 30 other women resisted and several hundred people quickly joined in the demonstration. Troops eventually quelled the riot and Torres was arrested. The practice continued for decades. 

The first national coal miners’ union, the American Miners’ Association, was formed. – 1861

Important Events From This day in History January 28th

 

1986 Challenger Explodes

1986 : The space shuttle Challenger explodes just after liftoff , killing the seven astronauts aboard, this was the 10th trip for Challenger and included a teacher from New Hampshire, Christa MacAuliffe, among the astronauts, as part of a new Teacher in Space project. The Launch was shown live on CNN and many schools set up televisions for children to watch due to the involvement of a teacher in the shuttle.

Other crew members aboard the Challenger ship included Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, and Ronald McNair, as well as Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, and Judith Resnik. A warning was ignored that certain equipment on the ship was vulnerable at new temperatures.

1937 Rolls Royce

Testing of the Rolls Royce had begun on this day. The first model that appeared on the streets a few years after World War II ended was the Rolls Royce Silver Wraith.

1956 Elvis Presley

The young country rock singer Elvis Presley makes his first ever television appearance on Television in the musical variety program Stage Show singing "Heartbreak Hotel" check out our 50s Music page for more information .

1930 Chrysler Building

With the completion of the Chrysler Building in New York which is the tallest building in the world at 78 stories and dwarfs the 56 story Woolworths building and is even taller than the Eiffel Tower in Paris, this is at a cost of some $15,000,000 investment by Mr Chrysler and shows the world that the American Auto industry is the best in the world. Just 12 months later the Empire State Building is completed which is taller.

1917

- Pancho Villa Dead or Alive

US forces give up searching for Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa after nearly one year, following his massacre of 16 U.S. citizens at Santa Isabel in northern Mexico and 17 American Citizens in Columbus, New Mexico President Wilson had sent US forces into Mexico with orders to capture Villa dead or alive.

1978 Fantasy Island

First Episode of Fantasy Island Aired on Television. Many people probably remember Fantasy Island-especially those who grew up in the 1980's. The first episode of this show actually aired in 1978.

This show featured a guide known to have angelic qualities. This guide took people to an imaginary Island-one that they would want to go to, where their fantasies were to be fulfilled. However, even though this was a great opportunity, guests of Fantasy Island would pay as much as $50,000 dollars to benefit from this chance to escape.

Stars of this show included Ricardo Montalban who played Roarke (The angelic tour guide), and Herve Villianchase, who acted as Roarke's right hand man. The last episode of this show was aired in 1984.

1932 Japan Occupies Shanghai

Japan began it's bombing and reoccupation of Shanghai, China .

1940 Beat the Band

The popular TV program "Beat the Band" debuts on NBC radio

1953 Derek Bentley

1953 : Derek Bentley is hung at Wandsworth Prison in London for his part in the murder of Pc Sidney Miles who attempted to arrest him during a break in at a warehouse in Croydon, Surrey

1958 Murder Road Trip

Charles Starkweather, a 19-year-old high school dropout from Lincoln, Nebraska, and his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate, go on a deadly road trip and kill a Lincoln businessman, his wife and their maid, as part of a killing spree that began a week earlier when he killed Fugate's stepfather and mother, and strangled Fugate's two-and-a-half-year-old sister

1961 Shooting

Mrs. Koemick was shot in the head on this day with a .22-caliber rifle. This shooting took place in a local furniture store, and the husband of this woman was questioned. More answers were yet to be found as of this time.

Five firemen had been killed while on the scene of a bakery fire. They lost their lives after the walls of the bakery plant had closed down on them. There were 20 firemen total trapped in this fire as of this time

1964 East West Relations

1964 : Tension levels had risen between the U.S. and the Soviet Union dramatically during this time in history. On this day, a U.S. jet was shot down by Soviet troops. The jet was pulling into an East German airbase at the time that it had happened.

1968 Korea Soviet Union

The Soviet Union at this time was using caution in their dealings with Korea. The possibility of an explosion in the Far East was part of the reason

Coupled with the possibility that the Soviet Union did not believe they were equipped enough to deal with Korea if Korea became a Soviet enemy. Besides that, the Soviet Union had a vested interest in Korea a treaty had been signed between these two countries in earlier years.

1968 Greenland H Bombs Lost

A radiation alert is issued following B-52 bomber armed with four hydrogen bombs crashes near the Arctic air base of Thule in Greenland. After the bombs were found it took nine months to remove all the contaminated material including snow from the crash site.

1972 Black Caucus

The Black Caucus was gaining quite a bit of ground during this time in history. This organization is a group that was formed at this time in order to gain votes representing the 25 million U.S. African American citizens.

Black citizens have turned to the Black Caucus for quite a number of things, such as help and advice regarding local political issues. In fact, citizens have modeled their local political causes after that of the national Black Caucus organization. This particular association is still in existence today.

1972 Montreal Fires

It was believed that the possible cause of a fire that occurred in Montreal on this day had started on purpose. Part of the reason why it was suspected that this fire was started by an arsonist was the fact that 20 fires altogether had occurred in the same area within 15 days.

1982 Red Brigade

Italian police rescue US Brigadier General James Dozier after storming a flat in Padua where he was being held by Red Brigade guerrillas.

1997 Stephen Biko

1997 : Four police officers, appearing before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, admit to the 1977 killing of Stephen Biko, a leader of the South African Black consciousness movement.

2012 Yemeni President Arrives in US

President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen arrived in the United States to receive treatment for injuries that were a result of an assassination attempt. Saleh left Yemen after a law was passed that gave him immunity from prosecution and after he gave a farewell speech on television.

2013 Netherlands Queen Abdicates

2013 : Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has decided to abdicate in order for her son Prince Willem-Alexander to take over the crown. She had recorded a televised address to declare her intentions and announced that she would formally step down on April 30th.

2014

Chickens Killed to Stop H7N9 Spread

2014 : Hong Kong announced that it will kill 20,000 chickens in order to stop the spread of the H7N9 bird flu. The culling was announced after the virus had been found in chickens that had been sent to China. A three week ban on live chicken importation was also put in place.

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