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Titolo: FBI indaga sulla morte Senatore democratico Wellstone...

Reuters
Ottobre 26 2002  11,53
By Todd Melby
EVELETH, Minn. (Reuters) - Investigators searched a Minnesota pine forest on
Saturday for clues to the plane crash that killed U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone
as Democratic Party officials tried to figure out what to do with his spot
on the ballot 10 days before crucial congressional elections.
The National Transportation Safety Board deployed a team of inspectors after
dawn. The FBI also sent agents into a rugged area near a country airport 135
miles north of Minneapolis where the twin-engine plane crashed on approach
on Friday, killing Wellstone and seven others.
Investigators were searching for a flight recorder thought to be on the
plane, said Carol Carmody of the NTSB.
At the time of the crash, there was light snow, freezing temperatures and
low clouds, said Carol Christenson, a meteorologist for the National Weather
Service in Duluth.
Officials earlier said there was no reason to suspect foul play. The Federal
Aviation Administration said there were no transmissions from the doomed
plane to indicate trouble. The FBI said its presence was routine in cases
involving the accidental death of a member of Congress.
The crash added still more uncertainty to the Nov. 5 congressional
elections. Democrats controlled the U.S. Senate by only one vote before
Wellstone's death. Thirty-four of the 100 seats are up in the November
election and Wellstone's was one the Democrats were counting on to hold to
their slim edge.
Minnesota party officials appeared to be moving toward replacing Wellstone
on the ballot. If they do, state law requires that he be replaced by four
days before the election.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported on Saturday that the party would
probably not name a replacement before Tuesday.
If Wellstone's name remained on the ballot and he won, it would be up to
maverick Gov. Jesse Ventura, an independent, to name a replacement who
apparently would serve for two years. Ventura said on Friday that he would
not name himself.
Leading the list of possible replacements was former vice president Walter
Mondale, 74. Also mentioned were Wellstone's son, David, Alan Page, a former
football star who is now a Minnesota Supreme Court justice and two House
members, Reps. James Oberstar and Martin Sabo.
LIBERAL LOSS
Wellstone, 58, was an unapologetic flag-waver for the left in American
politics at a time when there were few on the national scene. He was seeking
a third term, despite an earlier promise that he would only serve two, and
was locked in a race with Republican Norm Coleman, the former mayor of St.
Paul.
A former professor at Carleton College and passionate liberal in the same
populist Minnesota vein as former vice presidents Hubert Humphrey and
Mondale, he fought for expanded social programs and recently opposed a
Senate resolution authorizing President Bush to launch a possible attack
against Iraq.
Also killed in the crash were Wellstone's wife Sheila, 58, and daughter
Marcia, 33, a high school Spanish teacher and mother and stepmother of four
children, campaign staff members Will McLaughlin, 23, Tom Lapic, 49, and
Mary McEvoy, 49, as well as pilots Richard Conry, 50 and Michael Guess, 30.
The Wellstones, who also had two sons, had been headed to northern Minnesota
for a funeral.
Rescue workers said they found the plane with its wings sheared away from
the fuselage, which had caught fire.
The crash that took Wellstone's life was similar to an Oct. 17, 2000, plane
crash that killed Democratic Senate hopeful, Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan. His
plane went down in southeast Missouri shortly before that year's election
but his name remained on the ballot and he was elected. His widow was
appointed to the seat.
The type of plane involved is a workhorse popular with business executives.
Executive Aviation of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, which operated the Beechcraft
King Air 100, said the plane was built in 1978 and last inspected on Aug.
28, at which time "the inspection was normal and uncovered no problems."

dalla tua notizia si legge:
The National Transportation Safety Board deployed a team of inspectors after
dawn. The FBI also sent agents into a rugged area near a country airport 135
miles north of Minneapolis where the twin-engine plane crashed on approach
on Friday, killing Wellstone and seven others.
e
 The FBI said its presence was routine in cases
involving the accidental death of a member of Congress.
...messa cosě fa meno effetto...le indagini son in mano al NTA che sa il
fatto suo e l'FBI interviene in quanto la morte di un senatore č un caso
federale.
ciao

 on the ballot 10 days before crucial congressional elections.
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