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The Desert Sun A2 Wednesday, May 22, 2002 News from back home EAST MIDWEST WEST High winds fan wildfires Three indicted In Illinois Prosecution rests case in Arizona forest land on corruption charges In Skakel murder trial CHICAGO A close friend of 0m rThe Desert Sun MMnMda, May 23 2002 T5th vti. No 292 rmxtuuxup ixcOttClwSonnll.UlUSPS l(XX (70) 322488 IKtSUNT ANll BUSHMt Robert J. Dickey 7-'8-4S() H.ctt LfetoyAlfiftkMnMia von mivhkiimnu raw-nut Michelle Knaiw 778-4699 MfchcHr Kmu4ilMilaMnjii.cuai IHU'lAHON DIHK'UIK Greg Qutro tint (Mmrtdwikumun com Sherrl Muurer 77K-4601 Stem MaunrrtUHklneniull cum Human niwi-nw Albert lidwardt III 778-4516 Aftm tidwirawthiitiMi nnii.com PKHDUCTKIN IXKFimW Hal Kuonex 778-4678 H.1 KuuntaijihcdcMtlMiiuva INKW.MA1UIN TO HNOIIH1V DIRKCTtW Mike McLeland 77K-46U3 Milu.MclitinoHiihcdcacTiiuiicam ONUNK DIKIitntW Lorl Edwards 778-4760 Lan bJwaroWthnlncmufl com N0RWALK, Conn. The prosecu-tion in the murder trial of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel rested its case Tuesday after playing a tape in which Skakel described his attraction to Martha Moxley and his activities the night Gov. George Ryan was indicted Tuesday on charges of shaking down state vendors for $2.8 million and sharing the cash with a powerful lobbyist and an unidentified state official.

"For the better part of a decade, when it came to contracts and leases with the secretary of state's office, the fix was in," U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald told a news conference. she was killed. The tape, recorded in 1 997, was seized by investigators from i i Richard Hotiman, who planned jt PHOENIX A wildfire spotted by an airliner early Tuesday grew to nearly 3,000 acres as high winds whipped across southern Arizona's Coronado National Forest. Fires also burned in parts of Colorado and New Mexico, where a small blaze burned part of a maintenance building before it was contained.

High winds fanned the flames of Arizona's Bullock wildfire and grounded air tankers working the fire, forest dispatcher Peter Taylor said. "It's a very active fire," Taylor said. "You can see smoke from Tucson (15 miles away)." About 100 firefighters planned to battle the blaze through the night with 40 more joining them this morning, forest spokeswoman Gail Aschenbrenner said. Utah Judicial board balks to write a book with Skakel that was never published. Skakel, 41, a nephew of Robert F.

Kennedy's widow, Ethel, is charged with beating Moxley to NEWS Mm Springs Palm Desert 8 am. 6pm. 778-4618 8p.rn.-la.fn. 778 4619 Fa 778-4654 JOb KAtMUNU, 1Kb ASSOCIA 1 Mil I'KlibS 7754205 IndmenV a.m.-Sp.m. After 5p.m.

Fax 7784620 Chased away: Diane Anton, formerly of Kokomo, sits in her apartment in South Bend, on Tuesday. CIRCULATION Hoiiw dollvcfy Custom Srvtc Mon fn. 6 a.m. -6 pm. Sat Sun.

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Huppke THK A.HSOClATtm PHHSS KOKOMO, Ind. It started as a MIDWEST diesel engine. He said the "fixer" was Lawrence Warner, 62, a longtime friend of the governor. Warner had the run of the secretary of state's office under Ryan. Donald Udstuen, 58, former lobbyist for the Illinois State Medical Society, was also named in the indictment with Alan Drazek, 61, a Ryan appointee to the Chicago Transit Authority board.

SOUTH More child sex abuse suits filed in Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. Twelve lawsuits were filed Tuesday against the Archdiocese of Louisville alleging child sexual abuse by priests. Among them was a suit naming Lexington Bishop J. Kendrick Williams. Williams is accused of abusing an altar boy in 1 98 1 when he was a priest in Louisville.

Diocese spokesman Tom Shaughnessy said Tuesday night that neither Williams nor the Lexington diocese would comment until they had a chance to see the allegations. Judge sides with critic in newspaper name fight INEZ, Ky. A judge has ordered a Kentucky newspaper to stop pub $19.064 weeks In CA subject to775 aim tax Zones 5, 6, 7. 8 $21.384 weeks In Riverside County $17.124 weeks Includes 7.75 taies Lai WEEKEND Sat, Sun.) Zones 1,2,3.4 $12.884 weeks lnCAwbtectto7.7& tales lai Zones 5, 6, 7. 8 low hum, barely noticeable.

But death in October 1975 with a golf club later traced to a set owned by the Skakel family. Deaf student convicted In Gallaudet murder trial WASHINGTON A jury Tuesday found Joseph Mesa Jr. guilty of premeditated first-degree murder in the slayings of two fellow freshmen at Gallaudet University that had shaken the nationally known school for the deaf. After about three hours of deliberations, District of Columbia jurors convicted Mesa of all 15 charges against him, which included robbery, burglary, credit card fraud and forgery in connection with the deaths of Eric Plun-kett and Benjamin Varner, both 19. As the jury foreman pronounced the verdicts, Mesa, who is deaf, watched the court's interpreter without expression.

Institute review policies after priest's suicide LAN HAM, Md. A psychiatric in- -stitution that specializes in treating Roman Catholic clergy accused of sexual abuse is tightening suicide prevention courthouses, saying it jeopardizes public safety. "We decided, rather than sit on The 10-member Board of Dis within months, the endless throbbing was like a corkscrew twisting into Diane Anton's temple. our duffs and talk about it, let's try trict Judges voted unanimously in to do something, Ferries said The city intends to request pro The walls of her home vibrated. favor of continuing the policy of prohibiting guns in courthouses.

Her bed shook. Bouts of nausea, posals for the study by the end of Citizens come to us to resolve short-term memory loss and hand tremors followed. their most serious and sometimes (800) 233-3741 Fv 341 6701 5pm. All othar areas (800) 233-3741 Vbu ma cancel or change a classified ad Or calling IS mo a 76 4b31 Tha hour senwe is aveuaMt Monday Sunday fVa leave a message ano me chanfjr win be made within two business days. IN SPLAY Mon -Fn 5p.m.

Palm Springs 778-4720 Fax 778 4528 Palm Desert and India (800) 233-3741 Fax 341 6201 GENERAL "The noise was so penetrating life-altering disputes," 3rd District Judge Ron Nehring said and invasive," she said. "It was $13.844 weeks FOREIGN COUNTRIES Mon Sun. $39.524 weeks Fti Sat. Sun. $21.284 weeks N.I.L (Newspapers tn Education) 778 4783 E-mail Add 7 7b the above prices lot all newspapers mailed within the Stale of just not getting better." So Anton quit her job, aban Monday.

"We owe them as safe of an environment as we can possibly provide." doned her $180,000 house and fled. She was the first person driv Utah Attorney General Mark en out of the city by what's come to be known as "the Kokomo California Publisher reserves 1M.a,J'n?1???r6M Shurtleff said judges must obey the law. P0 B234 the nght to change the month. Those who suffer the hum, and have had years to educate themselves about low-frequency sound, say it's about time. They point to evidence, grounded in science, that exposure to consistent, low-frequency noise can cause vibroacoustic disease.

It has symptoms that mirror the ailments those in Kokomo are complaining about nausea, headaches and dizziness, to name a few. Unidentified sounds that bother a handful of people have popped up in communities around the world, but because so few are affected, the issue hasn't received much attention. Some in Kokomo claim city gov hum." But she may not be the last. Palm Spnngs.CA 92263 Palm Desert Office 72-624 fcl Paseo Ste B6 Palm Desert. CA 92260 Indlo Office Subscription rates during tne term ol a subscription upon 28 days notce This notice may be made by mail, by notice contained in the newspaoer or otherwise Montana governor takes As many as 90 people in this in print reporters to task 82-632 Hwy HI dustrial, central Indiana city of Subscnption changes may be implemented by changing 92202 HELENA, Mont.

Gov. Judy UW ouraiion 01 me rvunioi about 47,000 have complained about a low-frequency hum over the past three years, City Attorney Martz, who has frequently com plained about the print media's coverage of her, says she no longer Send address changes to P0 Box 2734 Palm Spnngs, CA 92263 Ilk Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations 2002 Member Mjj California Newspaper Publishers Association -The 1 Ramonfta will grant interviews to some re methods after a priest hanged himself there last week. The suicide of the Rev. Alfred Bietighofer, who was found Thursday in his dormitory room at St. Luke Institute, was die first at the suburban Washington center in its 25-year history.

St. Luke is one of a handful of centers in North America that specialize in treating clergy for psychiatric conditions. Wire reports lishing under its name, which has been legally acquired by the head of a water board that has been the subject of several critical stories. Judge Daniel Sparks issued the restraining order Tuesday against Mountain Citizen Inc. The name was acquired by Martin County Water Board Chairman John Triplett after the paper inadvertently allowed incorporation papers to lapse.

porters because of their "mislead Ken Ferries said. While most residents don't hear a thing, beyond the typical sounds of the city's factories and busy roads, the City Council approved a $100,000 study of the mysterious noise, often described as the constant idle of tractor trailer's ernment knows the noise comes from an industrial source but believe officials are in cahoots with local industry and refuse to make companies fix the problem. theds-ert sijj.com wwwmedesertsijn.com 2002, The Desert Sun Publishing Co. All ngrits reserved ing stones. Martz said she would take only written questions from some of the reporters who cover her and respond to them only in writing.

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