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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 21, 2004
Page
2
An early Lewis and Clark journal describes their day arranging the party and gathering provisions. The keelboat carried 50 kegs of salt pork seven barrels of salt 600 pounds of grease and 3 400 pounds of flour along with whiskey clothes and 176 pounds of gunpowder in 52 lead containers for bullets.
SIUC electrical engineering junior Westlund faces court action on alcohol charges after a Cedar Lake camping trip tied to Pi Kappa Alpha. The coroner ruled Johnson's death a drowning during the event. Pledges allegedly brought alcohol. toxicology showed blood alcohol 0.109 percent and vitreous 0.186 percent. An inquest is set for next Thursday in Jackson County.
The Illinois Innocence Project says Tommy Lynn Sells confession and corroborating details challenge Bea Harper’s claim she acted alone in 1997 killing of 10-year-old Joel Kirkpatrick in Lawrenceville. They cite Sells’ 2003 interview and 53 point matches, while noting memory distortions. The group urges clemency scrutiny and capital-litigation reform alongside ongoing ISP review.
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