Ruston Daily Leader (Newspaper) - February 14, 2003, Ruston, Louisiana column Area celebrates Black History Month with See page LOCAL BRIEFS Genealogical society to meet Saturday The North Louisiana Society will meet at 2 Saturday in the conference room at the Staff Report Bereavement support meeting scheduled The next meeting of the bereavement support Wounded will be held at Tuesday in Room 219 at Trinity United Methodist For more call 255 6992 or Staff Report CCC accepting applications for grant Community Coordinating Council is accepting applications for mini grants from organizations and churches in District The deadline for applica tions is Call 2476676 or 2553632 for more Staff Report Coroner Child did not was sexually abused VIDALIA AP A 5yearold boy found dead in a pond did not drown and had been sexually a coroner has The finding by the coroner in Adams was issued a week after Concordia Parish Sheriff Randy Maxwell said it was possible Eric death 9 death was Maxwell said there was no evidence the boy had been The boy was found facedown in his pond behind their Vidalia His Rachel had allowed him to play outdoors a few then went out to check on him and found police Coroner James Lee initially told investigators that the boys cause of death was Lee received the autopsy report Thursday from Steven a Mississippi forensic The final forensic report shows the boy was murdered and Lee Sheriffs spokes woman Kathleen Stevens said Thursday that the department had no NATIONAL Bad tip may have helped boost alert WASHINGTON AP A senior government official said today the administration now believes some of the information which led to the nations terror threat level last week to or was likely Authorities drew that conclusion based on polygraphs given to terrorist suspects interviewed by the said this speaking on condition of The appar ent fabrication was first reported by ABC Investigators Shuttles skin breached WASHINGTON AP Superheated air almost certainly seeped through a breach in space shuttle Columbias left wing and possibly its wheel compartment during the crafts fiery descent from or an investigative board has In also disclosed Thursday that Columbia had begun to have in spikes in temperature readings in its left while it was well off the California much farther west than initially Price 500 Copyright Ruston The Ruston V Daily Leader roll on WAG leaders make it 18 straight See page Arrest made in Sims case By George Graham Staff Writer Leader photo by GEORGE GRAHAM West Monroe Police Chief Larry with Jackson Parish Chief Deputy Andy Brown left and West Monroe Police Major Stan Hayden hold an onsite press briefing shortly after a body believed to be that of Stephanie Pepper Sims was GSU nursing students work on compromise A south Louisiana man has been ar rested and charged with second degree murder in connection with the finding of a body police strongly believe to be that of missing Louisiana Tech English in Stephanie Wayne Joseph Guidry of Luling in Charles Parish was arrested Thurs day in New Orleans on a warrant accus ing him of murder Jackson Parish Chief Deputy Andy Brown There has been an Brown Officers now have Guidry in cus tody for the second degree murder of Stephanie Pepper He was arrested without a struggle at approximately 7 by the New Orleans Police and is being held without bond at the Orleans Parish Brown believes Guidry was unem ployed at the time of his arrest and even though he was located in New he wasnt trying to dodge He said Guidry was an acquaintance of Sims but wouldnt release any further infor mation about the was under surveillance all day Thursday until the moment of the Brown Brown said the case was close and per sonal for I knew Stephanie all my Brown We attended the same church to gether for I feel very safe that the body we found is Investigators on the case were all sad at the but said at least the family will now get See page 3 Body found in the northwest corner of search area By Tre Bischof News Editor GRAMBLING Grambling State University nursing students and admin agreed Thursday to three strat to better prepare students for a change in grading The agreements include keeping the nursing computer lab Tues days and and 8 to 7 Wednesdays and This mea sure is already in offering tutorials on Wednesdays and Fridays with nursing organizing a group of students to speak with acting President Warner and associate vice president for academic affairs Curtis Baham privately regarding faculty members students feel are not doing their The basis for the problem dates back to a decision by the School of Nursing to require students to earn at least an 80 percent on the comprehensive final exam of courses in order to Students say that system diminishes the work done throughout the semester and makes it more difficult to pass the Changes were made in the grading sys tem because students graduating from the School have not passed the state board test to become a certified nurse at a high enough It became necessary this semester to See page 3 Race to fill District 13 vacancy Saturday Staff Report The election to replace Rodney who va his District 13 state representatives seat after winning the 5th Congressional District ends Five candidates are vying for the open Democrats Todd Jim Loyd Sowers and Leslie Thomp son and Republican Benton Young are in the open Polls for the District 13 race will open at 6 and close at 8 District 13 encompasses one precinct in Lincoln four precincts in Ouachita 16 precincts in Bienville 13 precincts in Winn Parish and all of Jackson Leader photo by HANNAH MAY Mardi Gras preparations made Ruston Civic Symphony Society board members Donna Smith left and Elizabeth Turnley work on decorations for tonights Krewe of Allegro Mardi Gras The which is the main fundraiser for the will begin at 8 in the Ruston Civic Blix Inspectors find no weapons of mass destruction UNITED NATIONS AP Chief in spector Hans Blix told the Security Council in a crucial report today that his team has not found any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq but many banned materials remain unaccounted The inspectors have not found any such only a small number of empty chemical which should have been declared and de he Another and one of great sig is that many proscribed weap ons and items are not accounted One must not jump to the conclusion that they that possibility is also not Blix spoke at a council meeting that could determine whether the United States gets backing for military ac tion against Iraq for failing to nuclear chief Mohamed then began address ing the which was attended by Secretary of State Colin Powell and other foreign The ministers and ambassadors of the 15 council nations were to then speak publicly before head ing into a private The United States and Britain are gear ing up for war and will almost certainly spotlight an Iraqi missile program which exceeds limits and questions about nerve agents and They were to argue at the meeting that Iraq has no intention of disarming On the other China and Germany were expected to emphasize new signs of Iraqi coopera including its decision to allow U2 reconnaissance flights and private inter views with and to establish commissions to search for weapons and Blix cast doubt on some of the evi dence presented by Powell last week at the Security Powell suggested that the Iraqis had removed banned weap ons and materials shortly before tors arrived at suspect In no case have we seen convincing evidence that the Iraqi side knew in ad vance that the inspectors were Blix Blix said if banned materials Iraq should turn them over for If they do not credible evidence to should be Blix Blix also reported that findings by a panel of experts found one of new missile systems exceeds the range limit set by Security Council The experts concluded based on the data provided by the two de clared variants of the Al 2 mis sile were capable of exceeding 150 kilo meters 93 miles in This missile system is therefore proscribed for Blix On a second the Al Blix said his experts needed more informa tion before deciding if it violated range See page 2 WEATHER Tonight A 70 percent chance of Windy with lows in the upper Saturday A 70 percent change of Highs near INDEX Pages 1116 4 8 Page 5 Sports 7 TV Preview Pages 910 Weather Page 2 QUOTE The time on either side of now stands Maxine Kumin American poet Call 2553071 TODAY to receive home delivery of Thp Ruston Daily Leader ONLY for 4 months
