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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 2001
Page
4
Rep. Marion Berry, D Ark, denounces the House backed patients rights bill as HMO protection. He criticizes Rep. Charlie Norwood's amendment and says the measure weakens patient rights while Bush warns of veto. Senate and House dispute delay final action.
Police recovered the body of 3 month old Isaiah Lewis in an abandoned burned building after a tip from a surveillance tape led to the suspect. The case began Aug 3 when mother Shaniqua Betty left the child with a stranger at a bus stop and never returned. Family members mourned as investigators prepared for possible charges.
Teamsters President James P. Hoffa speaks to members at the 26th International Convention. He asserts the union supports President Bush's oil drilling plan in an Alaskan wildlife refuge and denies it causing a rift with Democrats.
AP reports that despite a $206 billion tobacco settlement, only about 5 percent of the money allocated for fiscal years 2000 to 2002 funds tobacco prevention. States also directed funds to health care endowments, schools, research, and grower assistance.
President Bush in a weekly radio address framed his decision to limit rather than ban federal funding for embryonic stem cell research as balancing science and morality. He cited questions on life’s beginnings and science’s ends, stressing careful, morally guided progress and restricting funds to existing cell lines.
Los Angeles AP reports that four men were arrested as FBI seized $10.5 million worth of counterfeit Microsoft software. The group allegedly acquired pirated disks overseas and sold them at deep discounts. The fake discs bore holograms mimicking Microsoft’s security feature. Suspects: Ted Chien, Raymond Wong, Henry Wong, and Eddy King, all from the LA area.
Teamsters president James Hoffa says union backing for Bush Arctic refuge oil plan won’t split Democrats and will aim to sway Senator Lieberman. He argues drilling would boost economy and create hundreds of thousands of jobs, while noting limits on permanent habitat impact and disputed oil estimates.
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