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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 2003
Page
5
About 300 demonstrators march to the Oak Ridge Y-12 nuclear facility carrying ashes to mark Hiroshima. An arrest occurs for blocking the roadway as a counter demonstration grows, while the plant’s role in parts for every U S nuclear warhead remains highlighted.
Five stranded pilot whales nursed to health were released into the Atlantic Sunday near the Florida Keys after nearly four months in care. The whales, four adult females and one yearling male, were tagged for tracking and will be monitored for two weeks to ensure they thrive.
The Oct 7 recall ballot in California features about 155 candidates led by Georgy Russell and Ned Roscoe with dozens more including Arnold Schwarzenegger Peter Ueberroth Larry Flynt Arianna Huffington and Cruz Bustamante. Candidates needed only 3500 dollars and signatures to run. The secretary of state will randomize ballot order and Davis could lose with under 49.9 percent. The winner may take office within about 30 days after certification.
Washington AP profile of Dr. Jeffrey Runge head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. He recalls his two Saturdays in ER that spurred his push for safer cars and seat belts. Runge outlines five priorities including seat belt use, impaired driving, data on accidents and defects, rollover prevention, and protecting small cars. He notes record child seat belt use and upcoming data on defects.
In Greenbrier County West Virginia deputy Nathan Hershman pulled over double homicide suspect John Richard Mayhew Jr. He was shot in the chest but kept pursuing while relaying details. Mayhew was captured after a gunbattle that left his 18-year-old daughter Christina McKibben dead and Mayhew critically wounded. the former wife and her fiancé were killed in Ohio days earlier. Mayhew’s daughter died in a West Virginia hospital. police say he likely shot himself after fleeing a barricade. Colonel authorities say the suspect survived a serious chest wound and remained hospitalized in Virginia. the deputy was hospitalized in fair condition. The Columbus, Ohio killings preceded the West Virginia case.
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