Anti-war senator Wellstone dies in plane crash [Guardian];Eerie Parallels in Wellstone Crash [AP]

[Mike Friedman <mikedf@xxxxxxxx>]

The Guardian
Special report: United States of America

Anti-war senator Wellstone dies in plane crash
Democrat liberal killed with wife and daughter

Suzanne Goldenberg in Minneapolis
Saturday October 26, 2002
The Guardian

Paul Wellstone, called the conscience of the US Senate for his passion and
liberal convictions, was killed in an air crash yesterday, in the final
days of a knife-edge mid-term election campaign.

Wellstone, 58, was seen as a symbol of the anti-war movement for voting
against President George Bush earlier this month on the resolution
authorising the use of force against Iraq, a stand that gave this contest
in Minnesota national significance.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,819725,00.html

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Eerie Parallels in Wellstone Crash
Fri Oct 25, 6:07 PM ET
By SCOTT CHARTON, Associated Press Writer

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Another plane crash in the closing stretch of a Senate
election, this time in Minnesota, brought back memories of two years ago in
Missouri, when Gov. Mel Carnahan (news - web sites) was killed in the final
weeks of a bitter battle with John Ashcroft (news - web sites).
[...]
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20021025/ap_on_re_us/wellstone_carnahan_crash_2


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