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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 2004
Page
1
A damaging twister in Utica leaves eight dead as weather events disrupt the area. Authorities assess the path of destruction and call for safety measures as communities rally to aid survivors.
Outside TODAY showers and thunderstorms likely in the morning tapering to a chance in the afternoon highs in the lower 70s southeast winds 15 to 20 mph chance of rain 70 percent TONIGHT showers and thunderstorms likely lows in the mid-50s west winds around 10 mph chance of precipitation 70 FRIDAY showers and highs in the upper 60s north winds around 10 precip 60 Weather details page 8A 6C 2D 18 3D 28 4A 1B 8A 24/7 www thesouthern com The Southern ILLINOISAN
In Perry County Circuit Court a hearing to finalize a plea agreement for a 15-year-old Du Quoin boy who killed taxi driver James Adcock and faced burglary charges was postponed as new attorney Charles Stegmeyer asked for a continuance. The youth had pled guilty in juvenile court to first degree murder accountability and attempted residential burglary, with a sentence to a juvenile facility until age 21.
John A. Logan College automotive instructor Lee Rawson demonstrates biodiesel and cooking oil as alternative fuels before about 40 onlookers. He explains a DIY process mixing methanol with lye and cooking oil, stressing safety gear as the mixture becomes non hazardous when combined. Biodiesel is described as a domestically produced renewable fuel from vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled sources.
Residents from tree hugging to business circles join a grassroots effort to keep Southern Illinois clean. Volunteers and private landowners coordinate cleanup of roadways and dumped non burnables, aiming to improve impressions for visitors and boost tourism. Larry Bowman, Williamson County ELITTER director, notes varying estimates of the problem.
Gary Weston, a Vienna retiree and Illinois Department of Corrections veteran, was shot Saturday in Kosovo. In critical condition, he travels back toward the Midwest with his wife Nina, after being among about a dozen Americans wounded or killed by a Jordanian UN police officer.
A Union County jury found Joseph Perruquet Jr. guilty on three counts criminal sexual abuse aggravated kidnapping and child abduction for an Oct 14 2003 incident in Anna in which he posed as store security to lure a 14 year old girl into his car and touch her before driving to a secluded spot where he claimed to search her for stolen candy. The verdict came after overnight deliberations and additional judge instructions.
Cunningham, a 26 year old from North Carolina, was a standout SIU Carbondale sociology student who earned a full graduate scholarship. She sought extra income by selling drugs, leading to a 20 year prison sentence reported by Ken Seeb er.
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