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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 2002
Page
1
Column notes ongoing Olympic size scandal in figure skating at the Salt Lake City Games. Ice dancing opens Friday with compulsories, one fifth of total score. Mentions Chris Klug comeback from liver transplant and American Great Goebel finishing third. TV schedules and weather follow with multiple NBC CNBC listings.
Four thieves including a sex offender and a forger are among Carbondale Police latest Top Ten Fugitives. The list names ten suspects with crimes from felony theft to unlawful possession of controlled substances. Armed and dangerous labels apply to Porter Waller Rivers Beltran Nelson. Tips may yield up to $1000 reward. anonymous tips via Crime Stoppers at 549 2677.
SIU President James E. Walker approved a salary plan with raises from 2.9 to 15.5 percent for nine staff members but delayed implementation while awaiting governor budget details. The Carbondale campus faces about 30 layoffs as part of a 7.4 million dollar cut, with Kaludis Consulting hired to study pay levels.
William County investigators concluded a reported attempted child abduction was not an actual kidnapping. Four Marion boys aged 8 to 12 said a man in a small red car tried to lure them near Fowler School and Hartwell Church roads while they played near grandparents. A dark-haired woman in a white vehicle allegedly stopped behind the man after he shouted profanity.
Enron whistle-blower Sherron Watkins told Congress that accounting pressures from former president Jeffrey Skilling broke the company and that Kenneth Lay seemed unaware of the scandals when she met him after Skilling’s Aug 14 retirement. Watkins defended Lay’s integrity despite his self-incrimination claim.
A Texas A&M team led by Dr. Mark Westhusin reports the first cloned cat, a female shorthair named copycat or cc born Dec 22. The project aims at research uses and futures for pet owners, though clones may differ in appearance and lack shared memories.
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