Flight crews learn karate in Naperville studio
Seventeen flight attendants and pilots from airlines attended a free self defense class at Sharkey's Karate Studio in Naperville. The session focused on dexterity and balance to subdue knife attackers, highlighting a gap in flight crew training while emphasizing readiness when in the air. Beth McCann, a 33 year old United Airlines flight attendant from Plainfield, said she would definitely participate again.
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Naperville
Sharkey
Beth McCann
Plainfield
United Airlines
Santa arrives for annual home party in St Joseph
Dan Harman portrays Santa as the Freedom of the Road Riders drive him to the Noyes Home in St Joseph Missouri on Sunday. For two decades the motorcycle club has held a Christmas party for disadvantaged children at the home on the first Sunday in November each year.
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Santa Santa Claus
Dan Harman
Noyes
St. Joseph
Freedom of the Road Riders
Motorcycle Club
Sunny skies and mild highs to start the week
Weather today brings sunshine with a high near 60 and a northeast wind around 10 mph. Tonight will be clear with lows in the lower 30s and calm winds. Tuesday calls for sunny skies and highs in the lower 60s.
Coretta Scott King to speak at SIU Carbondale lecture
Civil rights leader Coretta Scott King will give a free public lecture at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Arena at Southern Illinois University Carbondale as part of the What I Have Learned and Would Like to Pass on Lecture Series co sponsored by SIUC Black Affairs Council. Her talk outlines her late husband Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream and legacy.
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Carbondale
Coretta Scott King
Southern Illinois University
SIU Public Policy Institute
King
SIUC
Black Affairs Council
Alabama
Martin Luther King Jr
Boston
New England Conservatory of Music
Simon Says Carbonale: SIU teaching reform minded senator
Former senator Paul Simon lectures at Southern Illinois University on fostering religious tolerance after 9 11 while guiding undergraduates in nonfiction writing and the legislative process He leads SIU s Public Policy Institute earning 120 000 a year and plans to influence low income students seeking college access and reform He values quiet public life over lobbying and national spotlight.
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Matt
Paul Simon
Southern Illinois University
Simon
U.S
Capitol Hill
SIU
Illinois
Kentucky
University
Public Policy Institute
Harvard
Lincoln body heist plot drains nerves at tomb stakeout
In 1876 at Lincoln Tomb in Springfield Illinois a counterfeiting gang planned to steal Abraham Lincoln's body during a tense Hayes Tilden election night. Secret Service agents infiltrated the ring and a chaotic standoff followed as authorities thwarted the audacious scheme. The bungled caper left writers and historians weighing myth versus fact.
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Springfield
State Capitol
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Tomb
Nan Wynn
Patrick Tyrrell
U.S
Secret Service
Boyd
Terrence Mullen
John Hughes
Mullen
Chicago
Hughes
Bonnie Stahlman Speer
Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel Tilden
Hayes
Tilden
Lincoln
Indiana
Tyrrell
Bauer
Lewis Swegles
Hub
Swegles
Memorial Hall
Ken Gray Honored in Benton at JFK Dinner
Former Congressman Kenneth J. Gray received long awaited military honors at the Franklin County Democrat Organization JFK Dinner in Benton. The WWII veteran and former pilot was awarded the European-African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal the World War II Victory Medal three Bronze Service Stars and a Marksman Badge with Carbine Bar for his overseas service.
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Benton
Kenneth J. Gray
Franklin County Democrat Organization
Benton Civic Center
Gray
U.S
David Phelps
Picture Perfect Picture Perfect Fancy Facelift
Courthouse undergoes major renovations in a bold makeover project. Interior work boosts teaching spaces and exhibition areas while preserving historic features for the community. Renovation timeline and funding details are announced by local officials.
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