Daily Times Herald (Newspaper) - April 7, 2003, Carroll, Iowa Weather I Message Center Iowa Troops into By MEG RICHARDS Associated Press Writer U.S. forces barreled into the heart of Baghdad with a dramatic show of force Monday and met pockets of fierce British officials said troops found a body in southern Iraq that they believed was the notorious Iraqi general known as Missiles screamed over the Iraqi capital just after dawn and thunderous explosions shook buildings as the 2nd Brigade of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division moved north into the city and seized a presidential In southern Iraqi rockets struck a group of Army personnel carriers at the brigade's field according to a military soldiers and two journalists were and several others were To the British troops gained control over much of Iraq's and were pressing into the old city where the last paramilitary fighters had Some Basra residents cheered the while others went on a looting streaming out of the Central Bank of Iraq and the Sheraton Hotel with carpets and other Some civilians lashed out at Saddam ing several militiamen and a The U.S. war Gen. Tommy visited troops inside including soldiers in the holy Shiite city of Central Command Spokesman Capt. Frank Thorp said Franks made three stops in Iraq on but gave no U.S. troops in Baghdad stormed Saddam's New Presidential Palace and set up a prisoner of war holding pen inside the elaborate compound on the west bank of the a winding river that divides the The ruling Baath Party headquarters nearby was completely Up the river at the Old the sound of explosions and heavy fire could be In the center of the U.S. forces used explosives to destroy two statues of Iraqi snipers later fired on U.S. soldiers from rooms inside the Al-Rashid U.S. tanks returned fire with their main guns and caliber machine according to military radio Iraqi forces also took up positions in the University of across the river from the New Presidential and fired heavy machine U.S. See IRAQ on Page 7 Supreme Court upholds ban on cross burning WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court upheld a state ban on cross ruling Monday the history of racial intimidation attached to it outweighs the free speech protection of Ku Klux Klansmen or others who might use it. A burning cross is a particularly powerful instrument of and government should have the power to stamp out or punish its use as a weapon of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor The protections afforded by the First Amendment not she The court split 5-4 to rule that the ban does not violate the constitutional guarantee of free but the vote was 6-3 to uphold the ban Justice Clarence the court's only black agreed that cross burning is abhorrent but said the court didn't even have to consider the First Amendment implications because the state had a right to bar conduct it considered as one cannot burn down someone's house to make a political point and then seek refuge in the First those who hate cannot terrorize and intimidate to make their he At issue was a 50-year-old Virginia law that makes it a crime to burn a cross as an act of A lower court ruled the law muzzled free a burning cross does not inevitably convey a message of often the cross burning intends that the recipients of the message fear for their O'Connor when a cross burning is used to April 7, 2003 Single Copy 500 An M&M candies figure joins pianist Lindsay Ross and trumpet player Daily Times Herald Photo by Jeff Stor Erik Lamp as they rehearse for the Iowa Jazz Band See COURT on Page 7 advances to State Jazz for 9th time in 11 years Director Dean Lamp calls his High School jazz band this year a group of That may seem surprising considering has been nearly a fixture in the Iowa High School Jazz and this year's band makes it nine appearances by in the last 11 Lamp has been a year that has really rewarding for me mostly because this is a year the so-called conventional wisdom wouldn't have given us much of a chance to weren't even close to being rated at the beginning of the and right now I'd put us about eighth or ninth in the Motivated by tradition and a strong desire to return to the state championships after a one-year the hard work has paid off. is one of 15 bands that will compete in the Class A portion of the Jazz Championships on April 8, in Des will perform at 11 a.m. at the Des Moines Convention qualified for the state event by placing second behind highly rated Guthrie Center in the Southwest District contest Feb. 22 at Western Iowa Community College in Council The Jazz Championships feature competition in five The top two bands in each class in the preliminary sessions will play again in the finals Tuesday night at the Civic Admission for the daytime portion of the contest is for adults and for Admission for the finals is for adults and for Southern Cal has string of four finishes in state's top 3 The Southern Cal High School jazz hand has the brass and so now it's a matter of seeing how the group stacks up in the Class 1A competition of the Iowa High School Jazz Championships Tuesday in Des Southern Cal will be making its seventh consecutive appearance in the State and the group has challenged for state titles the last four finishing second and Southern Cal band director Tom Plummer notes that the band features three musicians who were named to the Jazz Band this year and has experienced players in key he cautions that it's difficult to know how this band compares to the 14 other Class 1A Southern Cal captured first place at both the North Central Iowa Bandmasters Jazz Festival at Webster City and w the Coyote Jazz Festival at the University of South Dakota in and finished second to defending state champion at the Iowa Lakes Jazz Festival Other than Southern Cal has not faced any other bands that qualified for can say that after seven years we have a tradition Plummer seniors want to go down there and play in the The whole band I think we're capable of but you never know until you get down not totally in your hands like where you can score a final See SOUTHERN CAL on Page 2 Colors of A forsythia shrub already bearing yellow blossoms stands covered with snow following a storm that dumped 5.8 in the past 16 While the moisture is welcomed by a part of the state lacking the heavy snow can create some concern for tender plants and small Advice from Earl May Nursery and Garden Center suggests that gardeners should leave the snow where its as removing it can actually do more harm that The snow acts as an insulator for blooming plants and protects them against cold Heavy snow accumulated in small bushes can be easily removed with a or with the use of a broom to the snow upwards and Care should be taken to not break the Mother Nature springs a snow storm slows closes in By BUTCH HEMAN Herald Staff Writer A spring snowstorm didn't deliver as much of the white stuff as feared but did make travel treacherous in the Carroll The city had received 5.8 inches of snow as of late according to And it was wet The precipitation reading at Carroll Broadcasting was 0.85 Weekend forecasts from the National Weather Service had warned that Carroll could be in for up to 14 inches of But the heavier amounts fell farther School kids got to sleep in this as most area schools canceled A couple started two hours No crashes or injuries were Highways and roads throughout Carroll County were although at low The precipitation started as rain Sunday evening then combined with the damp snow to make most routes and Carroll County Secondary Roads Department crews began operations at 4 this we had not yet put our snow equipment away for the said county engineer Dave got all the roads opened before most people came out this And the maintainers started working on the gravel roads at 7 plows were still clearing paved roads late this With intermittent snow in the Paulson was expecting them to be running throughout the Winds howling into the 40-mph range caused albeit drifting Paulson said his crews encountered one 5-foot drift on a gravel drifting was real mostly at sheltered he it wasn't too bad getting Carroll County authorities responded to a report of a ditched vehicle along U.S. 71 south of Carroll this There were no injuries or There were no other calls Sunday night or this according to Cindy dispatch supervisor at the Carroll tions St. Anthony Regional Hospital reported it had treated no one for Winter returns to sleet and snow roads DES Iowa - Travel was not recommended across northern Iowa on Monday as a strong winter storm brought at least 8 inches of wet snow that closed See STORM on Page 7 Inside Veteran coaches aim for first NCAA basketball 11 3 4 Life & 5 11 and 12 9 9 Vol. 134, No. 68
