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ily accepting his fate.
• South Dakota has carried out death sentences just three times since the 1913 hanging of Joseph Rickman for the murder of a woman and her daughter.
• George Sitts was electrocuted in 1947 for killing two law enforcement officers, and Elijah Page died by lethal injection in 2007 for the murder of Chester Allan Poage.
• On Oct. 15, Eric Robert was put to death for killing South Dakota prison guard Ronald "R.J." Johnson during a failed escape attempt.
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Inmate, 80, dies at SD state prison
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The state Department of Corrections says an inmate has died at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls.
• Authorities say 80-year-old Delane Wantoch died Friday in a "comfort care setting" at the prison.
• Wantoch was sentenced from Davison County in 2003 to 50 years in prison for criminal pedophilia.
• An autopsy is being conducted.
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Rapid City-based 129th trains on satellite tech
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Army National Guard soldiers trained on state-of-the-art satellite equipment in Rapid City this week ahead of their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.
• DVIDS Direct will give the 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment the capability of providing U.S. news media with real-time broadcast-quality video, photography and print products.
• The mobile satellite will also allow the unit of journalists and broadcasters to provide media outlets with immediate interview opportunities with service members, commanders and subject matter experts.
• The system was used in the spring to feed video of the president's address from Bagram Airfield.
• Sgt. 1st Class Theanne Tangen says the technology allows television or radio stations the opportunity to interview soldiers from their community live on-the-air.
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Holiday tours at Governor's Mansion announced
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota First Lady Linda Daugaard has announced that public tours to view Christmas decorations at the Governor's Mansion will be of (Continued on page 21)
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