Supreme Court upholds Scott conviction in tax case
The Supreme Court affirmed former Illinois Attorney General William Scott's 1972 income understatement, clearing the way for a 1 year 1 day federal sentence. The ruling ends his appeals over alleged improper closing arguments and presumed receipt of unreported cash from campaign gifts.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Illinois
William Scott
Scott
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
High Court
Court of Appeals
Scott Turow
U.S
Appeals Court
Federal Trial Court
Turow
Bill Scott
Leonard Ring
Ring
Illinois Attorney’s Registration and Disciplinary Commission
Four Thunderbird jets crash during practice at Indian Springs
Four T-38 Talons of the U S Air Force Thunderbirds collided during a routine practice flight at the Indian Springs auxiliary air field of Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. Spokesman Sgt John Conner said the four crew members were unaccounted for at approximately 10 a.m. local time. The base lies about 40 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
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Indian Springs
Nev
Nellis Air Force Base
U S officer slain in Paris by lone gunman
Lt Col Charles Ray 43 assistant U S military attache shot dead outside his Paris apartment near the Italian Consulate. The ambush mirrors a previous attack on U S Charge d Affaires Christian Chapman. Police seek lone gunman. ambassador Galbraith and White House condemn the murder.
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Paris
U.S
Charles Robert Ray
France
Evan Griffith Galbraith
Ray
Washington
White House
Larry Speakes
Emile Augier
16Th District
Marcel Lecerc
Tache
Christian Chapman
Chapman
Weather outlook mainly cloudy with warming trend expected
The National Weather Service forecasts mostly cloudy skies with a warmup. Tonight is nearly steady with lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s and Tuesday similar temps. From Wednesday to Friday a chance of rain with highs in the 50s and overnight lows in the low 30s.
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National Weather Service
Tail section raised from Potomac Air Florida crash site
Divers using a barge crane lifted the critical tail section of the Air Florida jetliner from the ice filled Potomac River. Investigators seek two black boxes to illuminate the Wednesday crash that killed 78. Debris appeared as the 15 foot segment was retrieved though a larger 40 foot portion broke away. The Army Corps placed a barge beneath and lowered the tail onto it.
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Washington
Air Florida
Potomac River
Army Corps of Engineers
Carbondale Park District debate over Court Club purchase
Opponents and supporters gear for a possible referendum on the Carbondale Park District plan to buy the defunct Court Club behind University Mall. District projections claim no tax rise, with potential uses including an indoor recreation facility and future park improvements.
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Tom Woolf
Southern
Court Club
Park District
W. Elm St
Illinois 13
University Mall
Larry and
Ann Brown
Champaign
Carbondale Savings and Loan
Whitehead
Carbondale
Citizens For
Mark Kloever
Curse on Kaskaskia Island Brought to Canvas by Naomi Picou
Naomi Picou, artist on Kaskaskia Island Illinois, has painted The Curse and a church scene to record island history. The tale ties an Algonquin youth Ampakaya's doomed romance to 1881 Mississippi floods that reshaped the island, revealing artifacts like the Liberty Bell of the West.
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Grover Brinkman
Southern Illinoisan
Naomi Picou
Kaskaskia
Illinois
Mississippi River
Marie Bernard
Ampakaya
Church of the Immaculate Conception, A Victim of the River. Kaskaskia Island
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U. S
Ann Landers
Wit’s End
Opinions
Rts
Carbondale Park District
Northern Illinois
Kloever
Kaskaskia Island
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