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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 20, 2003
Page
3
State surplus items including a 33-foot Dry Freight Trailer a Toro mower a field sprayer a Ford tractor plus computer equipment copy machines and furniture go to auction May 28 at the Illinois Central Management Warehouse Springfield. Inspection May 27 9 to 3 p.m. registration starts 6:30 a.m. on sale day.
The Pentagon funds Georgia Tech research to identify people by how they walk using a radar based device. DARPA seeks gait signatures to feed a broader Total Information Awareness program, aiming to link data from passports to arrests for terrorist pattern detection.
Illinois lawmakers question Gov Blagojevichs plan for a 7.4 billion five year road program a 12 percent cut from last year downstate districts face steeper losses Cook County 11 percent Central Illinois 35 percent District 9 23 percent and District 7 23 percent The plan also moves 392 million from transportation to other agencies including secretarys office and state police plus 197 million for administrative fees to fund other state government needs.
Springfield awaits a budget and gambling and death penalty reforms as a new governor, Rod Blagojevich, faces unclear paths. lawmakers worry about engagement, while Republicans threaten to block and blame. The end of the session draws near with deals uncertain.
About 100 experts from NCAR and the National Weather Service began a six week, four million dollar study at MidAmerica Airport to track bow echoes and mesoscale convective vortices across Nebraska to Ohio. Researchers aim to improve forecasts of destructive storm paths after May tornado activity. A bow echo system contributed to a series of weaker tornadoes and strong straight line winds in Missouri and Illinois on May 6.
The FBI bulletin warns al Qaida could attack U S and Western interests domestically or overseas after Riyadh bombings on May 12. It notes the group’s active, capable network and cites ties to Morocco attacks that killed 41. No specific imminent threat reported.
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