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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 2001
Page
3
Democrats delay a vote on a new Illinois legislative map after Republicans demand time to present witnesses. The eight member commission wrestles with competing plans from Democrats and Republicans as a Oct. 5 constitutional deadline nears.
Cairo School Board launches an investigation into Superintendent Robert Isom to decide if he should retain his job after a police report alleged domestic battery. Isom, 54, was suspended as the district appoints interim administrator Connie Williams and hires an attorney to present findings at a hearing.
Daniel Salley pleaded not guilty to bank robbery and weapons charges in Chicago federal court after a confrontation with Detective Joseph Airhart. Judge Joan Lefkow denied bond, calling it absurd. Salley, recovering from gunshot wounds, faces no charge yet for Airhart’s shooting.
Governor George Ryan used the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum steel frame in Springfield to frame a message of resilience after the September 11 attacks. The four story 99,000 square foot library is due to open late next year with the museum in 2004. Ryan noted federal support and warned of possible state budget cuts while vowing no tax increases.
Illinois health officials report low influenza vaccine supplies with targeted groups urged to vaccinate first. Dr. John Lumpkin says elderly and high risk should act now while others wait for November restock as shipments from CDC forecasts place 60 percent ready by late October and remaining doses arriving later. In the Metro East, VNA Health Care canceled clinics after a shipment delay tied to yesterday's events.
Dr. John Lumpkin, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, warns that influenza can be serious and life threatening for the elderly and high risk individuals, urging precautions and vaccination.
The note mentions Moscow and Sichuan in a discussion about flu shots. It states that a typical flu shot needs about two weeks to provide effective immunity.
FBI adds Clayton Lee Waagner, 44, an Illinois inmate who escaped in February, to the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. He faces federal firearms and auto theft charges and is sought in connection with a Pennsylvania bank robbery, Tennessee firearms violations, and a Mississippi carjacking. A pipe bomb and antiabortion literature were found after a Memphis car crash, and a Tunica casino evacuation followed a tip he was there. Waagner previously entered Illinois with his wife and eight children in a stolen Winnebago. The FBI offers a $50,000 reward for information leading to his capture.
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