Show A2 —The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday December 18 20Q3 : 0 Nation )' 7 :i M v V f l CHICAGO (AP)- - Former Clov: George Ryan who gained a worldwide reputation as a' critic of the death penalty w as indicted Wednesday bn charges oT taking payoffs in a corruption scandal that shad- -' owed his entire four years in office and cut short his polity ' fcal career l’rosecutors said the 69- year-bi- d Republican and his twkeash family gills vaca-lioand other fayors to steer 'state business to friends and ' associates while he was gov- -' If- ' ernorand before that Illinois secretaiyof state- : : a statement saying he' was confident Ryan “will be exon- crated and a jury will find him not guilty of all charges’r ' Ryan who served as sec re- tary of state from 1991to 1999 gnd governor from 1999 to last January has said he knewthere was a culture of v corruption in the secretfuy of state’s office-huwas unaware of the specifics: Tv ' ‘‘Basically the stale of yS!(o: Attorney i Patrick : Fitzgerald said Ryan did nof immediately return a Call for comment and no one answered the door at his home in Kankakee: His attorney Dan K Webb issued' : 1 ns " " T- V known as an ardent critic of the larity was considered a ni&jor will close a sordid chapter in reason GOP candidates were our politics and open the possi-bili- ty wity capital punishment is car- ried out He declared a morato- - touted statewide in 2002 for a fresh start and new riiun on executions in Illinois V including the election of a : ' opportunities” GOP Senate after it was discovered that 13 Democratic govemorfor the candidate Andy McKenna said The five-ye- ar first time since 1972 federal inves- wrongfully convicted men had been sent to death row Now the indictment resur- tigation initially focused on ( Last January just before rects the issue heading into an the selling of driver licenses for bribes at the secretary of --! leaving office he cleared out important election year for Illinois’ death row pardoning state’s office which oversees Republicans GOP candidates four condemned prisoners and for the U$ Senate and Legist the motor vehicle agency But ' ’ lature face the task of appeal- the investigation was soon commuting the death sentences ' of 167 others to life in prison expanded to a range of coriup--i Ihg to voters seeing headline i The scandal was a factor in after headline about corruption1 tion under Ryan a glad-hanhis 2001 decision not to seek a in a Republican administration baby-kissiing politician ' V second term aridhis unpopu- from the old school “Hopefully this indictment - : ‘ : t He becomes the third Illi- -' nois governor indicted in the V past 40 years- Outside Illinois Ryan is best - r y d- ' ng First Bush halving deficit concern " at capture of Saddam ' HOUSTON (AP) — Prcsi- dent Bush’s parents were “oveijoyed” to learn of Sad-dam Hussein’s capture last weekend the former president said Wednesday in his first ’public remarks about the arrest J Former President Bush who spoke briefly to reporters while touring ' ' the vascularsurgery ' warnings circulating on Capi- tol Hill that they might define their goal as halving the 44 percent shure of the US economy that a $500 billion deficit wtiuld be next year' — to 22 percent in five years That would make their target 2009 deficit about $32Q billion leaving their task $70 billion easier ' The deficit for the budget 30 that wits ended Sept 'year $374 billion the highest ever ' in dollar terms Administra-- j tion officials say the more ' important measure is how the shortfall compares with the size of economy with Iasi ' year’s 35 percent share far " below the 6 percent post- - World War II peak of 1983 White House officials say to achieve their goal Bush wilj ' rely chiefly on two strategies-lioxHe will propose extending tax cuts that would otherwise expire which they say will spur the economy and limits Jing the' growth of spending that Congress must approve each year probably to 4 per- cent or less We’re- working with Con: gress to hold the line oh spending” Bush said Monday “And xveckVhave a plan to cut jhe deficit in half" WASHINGTON ( AP) T- -' rcsident Bush’s goal of cut ' ting in half ii projected $500 billion federal deficit within live years' is being dismissed as loir timid by conservatives unachievable by analysts andv laughable by Democrats Bush will include' the ohjec- jive in the $23 trillion budget for '2005 he sends Congress in February nine months away I'roiil the presidential and con- -' gressional elections The goal is hacked by many Republir V cans but conservatives want a holder move against the v record deficits and big spend- in! increases the aiiininistra- -' ' Mion has run tip 'Tl's a riithcr anemic goal actually’’ said Stephen Minire! president of the con- scrvaiivc Clublor Growth:' “We should be talking about id balance the budget’4 Administration officials say llicir goal 7s a 2(KW deficit that is half of this year’s level which White House budget chief Joshua Bolien has said he cspocls id hit $500 billion Achieving a $250 billion deficit in five years however could take hundreds of bil- - - pro-gra- - ' Bush Sr V “But it’s a far more impo- rtaiit and wonderful blessing for our country" he said “It was qpc magical moment lt made up for the fact that' ' a bowling alley the theater ' and a shopping mall The' (President Bushj invited me for Thanksgiving and didn't : Secret Service watches ' Hinckley whenever he leaves even show up because he was inBaghdadv the hospital grounds He was referring to his son’s The psychiatrists said while the ‘?P leave to allowing Hinckley firri couple their twin former was next the tinsupervised and first lady step in his recovery from his- granddaughters Laura’ Bush at the preset dined niental illness: dential ranch in Crawford in the news : I Man who shot - Reagan allowed to leave hospital - - r-- j - Iq Texas ' '“Lunch was prepared 12 and five of us did jt in We took a’nap:ate turkey sand- - for' -- ' - ' Bush said of famiy son wasen route back to the United ' : ’ ' - - replica llicir airplane failed to gel off ilk‘ground and splashed into a puddle:: ' cr ' hinway to wait for the rain to ' On a rainy'day wheii the pnJSorth Carolina’s ( hiler Bah were uricharacter - isiically calni a team of engif ikvrs tinkered with ihc plane and waited for the breeze to pick up before they finally ' lAtvidlr'klflut uiuin'lruinfl gaveup the two feat of bicycle mechanics from Day- - ease and the winds to pick upt Using' a crew of Wright ancestors and de'seendants of: ' the locals to help move the plane into position' Kochers-- i bergtr wearing! 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