The Virginian-Pilot
THE LEDGER-STAR
SERVING SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
: Sunday, March 24, 1996
SCOPES TRIAL REVISITED ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ISSUES THAT WERE FOUGHT OUT IN A TENNESSEE COURTROOM MORE THAN 70 YEARS AGO ARE RESURFACING IN CLASSROOMS, SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AND STATE LEGISLATURES. MANY RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISTS ARE PUSHING FOR CURRICULA TO INCLUDE CREATIONISM.
2ND FALLEN FIREFIGHTER IS SALUTED FOR HIS DEVOTION TO FAMILY AND CITY JOHN HUDGINS JR., 32, AND FRANK YOUNG, 38, WERE KILLED MONDAY WHEN FALLING DEBRIS TRAPPED THEM IN A BURNING STORE.
WOMAN SAYS SHE WAS PAWN IN BANK SCAM THE ALLEGED MASTERMIND OF THE SCHEME QUICKLY LED THE FBI TO $215 MILLION OF THE $323.5 MILLION TAKE, BUT HE REMAINS JAILED UNTIL MORE IS RECOVERED. THE WOMAN ARRESTED WITH HIM SAYS HER ONLY INVOLVEMENT CAME ON THE DAY THEY WERE ARRESTED, WHEN SHE AGREED TO HELP HIM SAFEGUARD A SECRET PROJECT.
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