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...Capano family, credited with the rapid commercial development of Wilmington, has its share of dirty laundry. In the late 1980s, Louis admitted making illegal campaign contributions. He also participated in an FBI sting that led to the conviction of a county councilman. Another brother, Joseph, 43, was arrested and charged with kidnapping and raping a 27-year-old woman in 1991. He later pleaded guilty to assault, imprisonment and unlawful sexual contact...
...force of the blow to the city of 60,000 and the college of 9,000 was immeasurable. Among those lost in the crash were head coach Rick Tolley and athletic director Charles Kautz, four physicians, a city councilman, a state legislator, a car dealer and several prominent businessmen. And the pain wasn't confined to Huntington alone. Four of the players--including Ted Shoebridge, the starting quarterback, and Arthur Harris Jr., the team's leading rusher and pass receiver--were from northern New Jersey. As fate would have it, Arthur Harris Sr. was also on the plane because...
...entirely possible, though, that the cops and the D.A. have just about all the physical evidence they are ever going to get. Given that, and the seeming deadlock between the investigators, some Coloradans are calling for a grand jury to examine all the evidence. Says councilman Bob Greenlee: "If it turns out the investigation was compromised from the first day, we need to know...
...Beltway, Hollywood-style. Follow Jimmy Stewart to town with 1939's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Frank Capra's valiant paen to all that's great about this country of ours. Back that up with Born Yesterday, the 1950 Holden/Holliday original, and you'll be running for city councilman by the time the tape's rewound. So be sure to wash it all down with a movie or two from Column B. The Senator Was Indiscreet, with 'Thin Man' William Powell, is a still-funny Washington lampoon from 1947, before we knew there was so much to satirize. Throw...
...crack into the inner city. Los Angeles Congresswoman Maxine Waters, who was among the first to take up Webb's reporting as a political cause, has reaffirmed her belief that the basic story is sound and has vowed to continue pressing for congressional hearings. Says Los Angeles city councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas: "There is a lot of suspicion that there was some truth associated with the claims in the story. Frankly, those suspicions will not go away...