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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 2001
Page
3
The SIU Edwardsville Student Government Association votes to fund the Alpha Phi Alpha program honoring women again this year. The budget is cut to 880 from last year's 1120, despite criticism of last year's risque event. Keith Nichols, an SIUE spokesman, said the decision was reached on Wednesday.
The U S Justice Department is reviewing a complaint that a mentally disabled motorist was killed by a Hudson police officer after a low speed chase that began when he left a Chenoa gas station without paying about 15 dollars for fuel. Shannon Smith, 27, of Weston, was shot several times in the incident.
Wilmette School District 39 trustees plan closed door talks with outgoing state schools chief Glenn Max McGee to discuss succeeding district superintendent Joan Hochschild. If McGee takes the post, it would fill an opening that is not currently advertised.
Benjamin Tappendorf pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the hammer death of 7 year old Todd Schroat. The boy, son of a woman Tappendorf dated, was killed after an argument at a tavern and Tappendorf broke into the home while the mother was away. Todd’s two younger brothers were not harmed.
At O’Hare International Airport three Argenbright Security Inc. workers were fired after allowing a man with knives a stun gun and tear gas through a checkpoint. An X-ray screener resigned, and four other employees suspended will be reinstated. FBI charged Subash Gurang with attempting to carry a weapon aboard a jetliner.
SIU will receive 1.5 million dollars under an appropriation report to fund a pilot recruitment and retraining program with the Library of Congress Joining Hands Across America. The effort addresses a Southern Illinois teacher shortage, with SIU President James E. Walker praising Senator Durbin’s action to improve education.
Woodford County officials investigate up to 28000 dollars in charges to a sheriff department credit card similar to charges on the jail superintendent’s card. Michael Waterworth says he did not know the PIN or authorize cash advances and questions the newspaper’s figure of 27000 dollars. Sheriff Bill Myers is under separate inquiry while state police conduct investigations and officials decline comment.
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