Weekend Weather Outlook and Misc Notes
60 TONIGHT A few showers early then cloudy for the rest of the evening Saturday Breezy with clouds and scattered sunshine low 40 Sunday Brisk and cool cloudy and sunny by turns high 55 low 36 Monday Mostly sunny and still cool high 58 low 38 Tuesday Fair and cool high 50 to 55 few in the 30s. The death by own action rate among young people is soaring perhaps because the methods used are more sure. Eight of the nation's biggest newspaper companies form a venture to deliver information electronically over the Internet. A small local company is part of one of the largest paying companies in the world. Thoughts about tragedy columnist Saundra Smokes and Staff Writer Jim McKeever share views about the Oklahoma City incident. Entertainment columnist Joan Vadeboncoeur says Sandra Bullock is charming in her latest film While You Were Sleeping. Music critic David Abrams reviews the SSDs performance of War Requiem. Longtime Hobart coach Dave Drick returns to the school as the coach of the Georgetown Hoyas. The NFL draft is this weekend and quarterbacks are a quandary. Liverpool's Jon Ratliff a prized prospect of the Cubs will work in Orlando this summer.
Bombing of Alfred P Murrah Building Review
After the Oklahoma City blast the death toll is reported as 52 with the governor noting about 50. Warrants target two white suspects for use of a rented truck loaded with explosives. A Jordanian-American witness was returned from London for questioning and possible bomb making tools were found in bags in Rome. A NYC cab driver who arrived near the blast was also questioned. Investigators say the truck held 1,000 to 1,200 pounds of fertilizer fuel. A $2 million reward was offered for bomber information.
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Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
London
U.S
United States
Rome
Dallas
New York City
Oklahoma City
Janet Reno
Families search for missing mother in Oklahoma City blast
Exhausted families display photos in public, seeking word on loved ones two days after the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing. Officials report 52 bodies recovered, more than 400 treated, as cranes, dogs, and listening devices probe the rubble for survivors. Matt Williams pleads for news of his mother Frances Williams, a HUD supervisor on the eighth floor.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Frank Keating
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
Matt Williams
Williams
Frances Williams
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Baby your baby and skip extra starch warns CSPI report
A consumer group says parents should make their own baby food or choose brands without added starch for better nutrition. The CSPI study, released Thursday, criticizes five manufacturers and drew swift pushback from Gerber and Heinz.
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Center For Science
Gerber
Hema
Michael Jacobson
Heinz
Arkansas
Senate
Juror seeks release amid OJ case jury turmoil
A 25 year old flight attendant juror asked Superior Court Judge Lance Ito to be released from the OJ Simpson case during a private meeting. The request followed tense jury disruptions and a rookie criminalist beginning testimony about evidence collection.
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Superior Court
Lance Ito
Tia
Simpson File Kids Help Mark Earth Day Stamp Anniversary
The Postal Service issues four 32 cent stamps for the 25th Earth Day anniversary. Nearly 200 million stamps print nationwide today. Chasty Millard drew Earth being cleaned in a giant bathtub. Winners receive a Washington trip and savings bonds.
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Chasty Millard
Lakewood
Colo
Washington
Orthodox Easter marked by bells and processions in city churches
Orthodox Christians observe Good Friday and Easter across the city with late celebrations at Sts. Peter and Paul and St. Sophia’s Greek Orthodox. Rev. Warnecke notes a new electrified bell system. crowds gather for bier processions and tomb symbolism as faith rituals unfold.
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Tipperary Hall
Alexander Warnecke
Sts. Peter and Paul Church
Emerson Avenue
Jesus
Sts. Peter and Paul
St. Sophia's
Cotias Paviakos
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David Abrams
SSD
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