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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 10, 2006
Page
2
On May 10, 1806, Lewis records proposing to trade a good horse for a young one to kill. Broken Arm’s people refused the exchange but offered two fat young horses, one killed and one spared for later. He praises Nez Perce hospitality as unrivaled since crossing the Rockies.
May 10 1806 at Ordway the women pitched a leather lodge built a fire and chiefs invited officers to stay while they talked business. In the evening fiddles played and dancing occurred as Indians from other villages observed the scene.
More than a thousand fans greeted Tom Cruise and fiancée Katie Holmes in Aberdeen Washington for a makeshift Mission Impossible III premiere. The couple arrived late after autographs signed and Cruise briefly played a snare drum as a high school band played the film’s theme. The 175 foot red carpet was borrowed from a Seattle event planner. Cruise recently welcomed a baby girl.
In St Louis twelve first and second graders are accused of sexually assaulting an eight year old girl during recess. One supervising teacher was fired and another suspended with pay. Ten boys ages six to eight are suspended for the rest of the year, two more get five day in school suspensions. The injured girl will not return to class.
U.S. District Judge Sue Robinson issued an injunction delaying the execution of Robert W. Jackson III, an ax murderer, until the Supreme Court rules on a Florida inmate's challenge to lethal injection. Jackson had been slated to die in Delaware next week, contending the chemicals could cause pain in violation of the Eighth Amendment.
Militant groups tied to Hamas and Fatah say they will cooperate to stop internal fighting in Gaza after two days of clashes. Nine Palestinians, including five children, were wounded in Gaza City as gunfire erupted during a school run. The violence followed an attack on a Fatah funeral in southern Gaza that left casualties.
The New York Court of Appeals refused to hear Sean Combs case over more than $19,000 monthly child support for his 12 year old son Justin with Misa Hylton-Brim. The Appellate Division upheld a 2005 Westchester Family Court ruling.
In Los Angeles Tim McGraw discusses watching American Idol with Faith Hill and his daughter fans. In St Paul Tom Petty Pearl Jam tickets sold online faced cancellations of about 460 seats set aside for fan club members, with plans to reoffer under stricter rules. The Associated Press reports.
June 6 7 8 hotel and bus trip details outline driver tip day two to Amana with cash back of 60 dollars. Three discount meal coupons valued at 118 dollars. May 15 Aztar case bus 8 dollars noon meal. Total cost 15 dollars. Depart from Little Nashville.
A callout invites readers to report inaccuracies in The Southern by contacting the Accuracy Hotline. Local readers in Jackson County are urged to dial (618) 529-5454 Ext. 5033, while callers from elsewhere use 1 800 228 0429 Ext. 5033 for assistance.
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