Rejected Tower Returns Home After Senate Defeat
Former senator John Tower flew back to Texas after the Senate rejected his Pentagon bid 53 to 47 amid sharp debate. President Bush said Tower faced a cruel ordeal and began seeking a replacement, with a new nominee possible by Saturday though confirmation before April was unlikely. Tower, 63, was the first ex-senator denied a Cabinet post, noted for decades on the Armed Services Committee and Iran-Contra involvement, though accusations of drinking and womanizing and conflicts of interest clouded his bid.
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UPI
Senate
John Tower
Texas
Bush
Pentagon
White House
Chamber
New York
Tower
Armed Services Committee
FBI
Joliet Couple’s 224 Acre Rezoning Bid Fails
The Lee County Zoning Board of Appeals deadlocked on a 3 to 1 vote to rezone 224 acres near the Dixon Tollway Industrial Park from agricultural to heavy industrial. With one member absent, the measure needed all four present for approval and failed as Eugene Koehler voted against. The plan now goes to the Lee County Board for a March 21 vote, where a simple majority could pass.
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Dixon Tollway
Lee County Zoning Board of Appeals
Bruce Forster
Dixon Planning Commission
James
Alice Wirt
Bloody Gulcch Road
Wirt
McFarlane testifies in North trial over lied to Congress
Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane testified in Oliver North's criminal trial as prosecutors seek evidence that North lied to Congress about North's secret Contra activities. McFarlane, who was convicted a year earlier for withholding information, swore to tell the truth in Gesell's courtroom.
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UPI
Robert McFarlane
Oliver North
North
Congress
McFarlane
U.S
Gerhard Gesell
John Keker
Lawrence Walsh
Rochelle woman hit by runaway car on Illinois Route 38
Karen Pamela Evans, 44, of Rochelle, was struck when a run-away car rolled back from Greenacre Cleaners on Route 38 at 5 p m. She slipped on slush while trying to stop it, the vehicle hit a tree at 1211 Turkington Terrace, then Evans was treated at Rochelle Community Hospital for bruises and released. The car showed no damage, and the owner could not stop it.
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Karen Pamela Evans
Linda Lane
Greenacre Cleaners
Ilinois
Connie Stechschulte
Evans
Stechschulte
Turkington Terrace
Rochelle Community Hospital
LaGow defense says ISP set him up in drug case
LaGow's lawyer opened the Lee County Circuit Court case arguing an Illinois State Police paid informant enticed him into drug sales and then kept the $300 after passing drugs to an undercover officer. The attorney depicted LaGow as a high school dropout who had long substance use and alcohol issues while the informant, now unavailable, allegedly aided multiple buys. Prosecutor counters the informant helped officers obtain cocaine in the purchases. Jury selection ran from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and hearings pause for final arguments and verdict on Saturday.
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Richard LaGow
Lee County
Illinois
ISP
T. Jordan Gallagher
LaGow
Gallagher
Ogle
Galigher
Doug Floski
Lee County Circuit Court
Tomas Magdich
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