Wednesday, October 17, 2001 

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• Rep. Wright attends governor’s briefing on domestic preparedness

• Logan County Board:
  Final budget meeting set for Oct. 25; zoning issue returns to appeals board

• Gifts to benevolent fund will be dedicated Thursday

Book Look:  ‘Fair Weather’

• Special Deliveries sibling class scheduled

• High school volleyball:
  Senior perfect

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The Francis Report

289th day of the year

"This American system of ours ... call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call it what you like, gives to each and every one of us a great opportunity if we only seize it with both hands and make the most of it." — Al Capone, U.S. gangster

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." — Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Birthdays

1903 — Irene Ryan, El Paso, Texas, actress (Granny in "The Beverly Hillbillies")

1915 — Arthur Miller, playwright ("Death of a Salesman," "The Crucible")

1938 — Robert "Evel" Knievel, motorcycle daredevil

1948 — George Wendt, Chicago, actor (Norm in "Cheers")

1948 — Margot Kidder, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, actress (Lois Lane in "Superman" films; "The Amityville Horror")

Events

1781 — Cornwallis is defeated at Yorktown

1860 — First British Golf Open: Willie Park shoots a 164 at Prestwick Club

1910 — Julia Ward Howe, composer ("Battle Hymn of the Republic"), dies at 91

1931 — Al Capone convicted of tax evasion, sentenced to 11 years in prison

1933 — Albert Einstein, a refugee from Nazi Germany, arrives in the United States

1945 — Juan Perón becomes dictator of Argentina

1991 — Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer, dies of liver disease at 72