Daily Times Herald (Newspaper) - December 13, 2000, Carroll, Iowa EDUCATION Page 2 Notes from several area STATE 3 Sen. Harkin calls for quick cleanup at SPORTS Pages 13-15 KHS Knights area cage WEATHER Low 0 Thursday's High 18 Iowa Daily Times Herald DEC. 13,2000 Volume 131, No. 244 Single Copy 50 Cents Daily Let it oh let it snow Carroll County naturalist Aaron Hershberger holds an the completed snow globes that kids made during Swan Lake on The youths disco ordinary household items recycled into holiday right was an old Christmas ger glued to the inside of a Mason jar and it became the for the inside of the snow ' Wizer Hamilton pours mineral oil into a Mason jar containing eggshells and craft eggshells were fine powder and the to the realism After the jar was filled two-thirds the lid holding the figurine was screwed tightly in The then inverted and shaken for a holiday Baby can be for the mineral and the shells from two small eggs work for a Workshop participants also included Rebecca and Elizabeth Darrin and Mary Gore to concede To phone Bush then address country tonight Only 4th president to win popular vote but lose Electoral College WASHINGTON - Al Gore decided Wednesday to concede the country's overtime aides clearing the way for George W. Bush to become 43rd president and leader of a nation sharply divided along political The vice president acted after a split Supreme Court ruled against recounts in contested Two senior speaking condition of said Gore would officially drop out in nationally televised address at 9 p.m. EST. race is said one official after speaking with the vice Bush was planning a televised statement of his at 10 part of what aides said would be an effort to heal divisions caused by the campaign and its five-week A senior Bush of- also said the governor would like to meet with a possibility that both men mentioned publicly at the height of their Gore made the decision to drop out 12 hours after the U.S. Supreme as divided as the ruled 5-4 against his bid to recount thousands of ballots in Gore had sought the recount in hopes he could overturn Bush's 537-vote victory margin in the state whose 25 electoral votes will settle the ' 'The vice president has directed the recount committee to suspend campaign chairman William Daley said in a written statement that effectively ended an unbearably close election 36 tumultuous days after the nation Gore topped his Republican rival by about 330,000 votes out of 103 million ballots cast But Florida's electoral to be cast on Dec. 18 and counted on Jan. 6, would give Bush a total of 271 electoral votes to Gore's 267. Bush was in savoring his triumph in as if to give Gore the room he needed for a graceful exit Aides spread the word the governor would speak to the nation the hall where the House of Representatives and would be introduced by Rep. Pete the Democrat who presides over the chamber as Twelve hours after the U.S. Supreme Court shut the door to further recounts of the electorally decisive Florida campaign chairman William Daley issued a vice president has directed the recount committee to suspend Behind the Bush's aides were reaching out to the Gore camp to suggest a meeting between the two rivals - who last were together on in St. Louis in October final debate of the Republican running mate Dick Cheney was in meeting with House Speaker Dennis See Page 2 Storm system spreads south DALLAS Freezing rain and snow iced up highways from Texas into the Ohio Valley on Wednesday and canceled scores of airline flights in the nation's third day of widespread travel All Texas highways north of Victoria and Del encompassing all but the were icy and treacherous Wednesday said Alan a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Fort are slipping and said Janeir a truck stop cashier in are some truckers that are but most are smart enough to park the At least one Texas traffic death was blamed on the and an Arkansas motorist died when he drove in front train while snow was Thousands of customers were without electricity in northern Texas and southern Several inches of snow made Oklahoma highways and some nonessential state employees were told to just stay Most Arkansas schools were closed and state government offices shut and snow and ice also closed schools in parts of Kansas and western we have a ton of cars off the said Arkansas state lice dispatcher had almost 13 inches of snow by late Ten inches of snow was forecast at St. hub of Trans World and the carrier canceled more than 100 of the 660 arrivals and departures at the city's Lambert are coming and but we want to make sure it's in the safest manner said TWA spokesman Chris American Airlines canceled Wednesday flights at Worth International spokeswoman Sonya Whitemon Most other airlines also Canceled Wednesday's according to the Web More flights were canceled at at the state Many flights were canceled or delayed at airports in Oklahoma City and Tulsa because of the icy weather Northwest lines canceled all departures and arrivals at Memphis International one of the because of a threat of heavy freezing Little Rock National Airport spokesman Philip Launius said that many airlines apparently canceled flights there on Tuesday because of the threat of bad terminal is basically which means they got word to he said Stranded at Kathleen Mitchell claimed a cot set up Tuesday night for would-be travelers and contemplated the exams she was missing at University in they'll let me reschedule but if I'll have to See Page 2 Protestants confront Clinton in N. Ireland Northern Ireland - Drawn into the bitter divisions in Northern President Clinton was confronted Wednesday by Protestant who oppose the two-year-old accord that has brought a fragile peace to the On the second day of his Nort Ireland Clinton opened meetings about the future of the peace process with David Protestant first minister in the new Northern Ireland the government's senior Roman and of the Sinn which is linked to the Irish Republican He also met British Prime Minister Tony all except Adams spoke before a large crowd in Belfast's new sports the In a prepared Trimble said he would in his mand for gradual Irish Republican Army an issue has bedeviled Northern Ireland's peace process for the past six Before introducing British Prime Minister Tony Blair defended his government's cautious approach to scaling down its military forces Ireland in to the IRA's 1997 Despite IRA continuing effort to wreck the Blair Britain had already reduced British forces in the province to around 13,000, the lowest level in three Earlier in the as they their way through the Great Hall of the Stormont Parliament the president received a warm welcome from the province's major British Protestant Ulster But he ended up surrounded by Democratic Party members who eluded from the nations because of opposition tp the 1998 Good Friday peace a Leading Democratic Unionists Nigel Dodds and Jr. handed formal protect Unlike his quick Clinton to the v Clinton relieved he broke free from the briefly with the U.S. envoy negotiated the 1998 Cedric Wilson said he told that he had been soft on allowing the street apd ' got rather upset and i he was moving he back rather angrily and said You're accusing of encouraging And I Mr. it was No hugs and Wilson was referring to the early paroles for more than 200 IRA prisoners and the guaranteed role in the Northern Ireland administration for Sinn Fein party - both stipulations of the Good Friday Clinton then went into separate half-hour meetings each Mallon and in between once with White House spokesman Crowley is not about Crowley adding that the talks were meant to assure continued dialogue among the divided That's the message Clinton had delivered the day before in the peace process must Asked Wednesday morning whether he expected progress would be made in the day's See Page 3 Daily Times Herald Photo by Jeff Storjohann The new MRI system at St. Anthony Regional Hospital features a wide couch and large providing maximum comfort for the patient while generating the images available New MRI online at St. Anthony's St. Anthony Regional Hospital has brought its new MRI system ' The 1.5T Eclipse magnetic resonance imaging device provides outstanding diagnostic capabilities to physicians and clinicians in the Carroll according to Peggy director of Eclipse is the latest generation of MRI she delivers the fastest scanning times and images It provides exceptionally sharp It is of tremendous diagnostic benefit to the Key benefits to the Eclipse MRI system are short length and large See Page 3
