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BEL-0 SALES SERVICE INC Dial BEL-0 MAN 235-6626 Ai woo the limited umber of study hornet an (elected to oftVmsy be withdrawn withoot GODFREY Police are trvina to identify a skeleton mat waa found in a wooded area in Godfrey on Saturday An Illinois State Police forensic Nam-DMnocnvwH iwimi anthropologist said the remains are that of a black male in his late teens or early 20s The bodv was found in the wooded area off Stamper and Pierce lanes bv two voune men POISONING CHECK: Signal Hill fire- thought it could be carbon monoxide poisoning fiahters responded to Erin's Sales and Service After levels were checked with a carbon monoxide located at Illinois 157 and Illinois 15 to Investigate detector firefighters decided that employees a possible carbon monoxide poisoning case might have a slight case of the flu Simmons and Tuesday morning An employee at the shop said Lifeforce Ambulance Services responded to the employees were experiencing problems and scene but were not needed University of Illinois leader is impressed by area project who were looking for arrowheads in tne woods said Madison County sheriff Cant Dennis Fis- cner "At this point the exact cause of death has not been determined mm Due to evidence found at the scene we do believe foul play was involved We are treating this as a homicide investigation V1995 By Rod Hafemelster Nem-Omoaat EAST ST LOUIS The new president of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was shown $0 Fischer declined to comment on what evidence was discovered near the body Police held off releasing information about the body until after an autopsy was performed Mil "We didn't really have any Tuesday how his school has been working with residents to improve East St Louis James I Stukel who became president on Aug 1 came to see the results of the East St Louis Action Research Project The project links university faculty and students to neighborhood activists in the city to work together on cnmmunitv assistance and devel informaticm to release until after Education of more than 600 students in the design professions Completion of more than 40 community research and design reports plans and studies Planning design and development assistance for the East St Louis Farmer Market Stukel said he was impressed with how university members have "had the good sense to listen to the community" in determining what help the community needs "I hope it the first step in a much longer relationship'' Stukel said The project fits in with one of the goals Stukel expressed earlier in the day during a stop in Belleville re-establishing linkage between the University of Illinois and the people by re-establishing a partnership on issues such as economic development "We have a moral and ethical responsibility to deal with the issues that are important to the people of Illinois" he said Other goals include personalizing the undergraduate experience including a commitment that at least one course would have no more man 20 students in it and reducing the university bureaucracy the autopsy The information was too sketchy Saturday At that point all we knew is that it was human We had to wait for the autopsy to be able to determine the sex and race" said Capt Robert Hertz administrative assistant for the sheriff department opment programs Stukel Some of the project Is accomplishments since 1990 include: Aiding the growth of three community development organizations Rehabilitation of three parks Organization of the first areawide volunteer cleanup Madison County Coroner Burke said the body had been in the wooded area for about two months The body was out of plain sight" Burke said "It couldnt be seen from the road It was in an area with a lot of brush" Man will be put to death by lethal injection today Police said the unidentified man had short black hair and was wear ing a watch with a brown learner band and black face Fischer said they are reviewing several missing persons files in hopes of identifying the man He said police are checking to 1 see wnetner the missing man might be 18-year-old Nckemar Pearson of Alton who was last seen by his family June 24 "We are looking at that possibil husband Tuesday "He started in praying and we prayed for 40 minutes" she said "He doing fantastic He loves God If he doesn't get a stay he wont renounce God Ill be the one here suffering because he will be with God" O'Neal had been moved to a holding cell next to the chamber where the lethal injection would be administered Gorla claims the trial jury that sentenced O'Neal to death wasnt told that one of the prison guards who testified that he saw the murder had a criminal record of assault He said the fact was never disclosed by a prosecutor The appeals court ruled the information would not have changed the outcome of the triaL But in a dissenting opinion Chief Judge Richard Arnold said that wasnt certain 4 Door Full Factory Equipment Dual Air Bags Based on $1500 Down 975 APR 72 mo to Qualified Buyers Tax Title License DOC Fee Additional IM THF err fil AIR At ITOM ALL Associated Press POTOS1 Mo Robert Earl O'Neal Jr a reputed white supremacist who killed a Wack prison inmate over a decade ago was scheduled to die by injection early this morning at the Potosi Correctional Center O'Neals attorney Michael Gorla sought a stay of execution Tuesday from the US Supreme Court An appeal for clemency was pending before Gov Mel Carnahan but spokesman Chris Sifford said it was unlikely that it would be granted On Monday in an 8-2 vote the 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected O'Neal plea for a delay "He holding up pretty well" Gorla said after talking to O'Neal on Tuesday afternoon "I read him the dissenting opinion and told him what was going on that we're continuing to fight for him" O'Neal wife Lynn also spoke by telephone to her ity as well as a few others We have several missing people from the Alton area Fischer said Police are asking that anyone with information about the possible identity of 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