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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)?Unidentified in death
even by sex, the baby who was carried from the smok- 2
ing ruins of the federal building in a photograph dis- ^
played on front pages around the world ended up as
just another of the bombing's victims. h
The child was pronounced dead by emergency a
medical technicians, said firefighter Chris Fields, ^
whose attempt to rescue the baby was captured by
an amateur photographer and transmitted world- a
wide by The Associated Press. el
I ne pnotographer, bank clerk (Jharles Sorter 1V,
figured when he first heard the explosion that dek
molition crews were tearing down a building and a
he'd have a chance to snap some neat amateur photos
with his camera.
Instead, five minutes later, he came upon a po- ^
liceman carrying a baby up from the smoking ruins
of a federal building ravaged by a car bomb explosion.
The child was believed to have been in a government
day care center on the second floor of the
building. Neither the center's operator nor a worker
could identify the child from the photos.
Fields estimated the child was 6 months to 9 A
months old, but said he couldn't tell if the baby was G
a boy or a girl. yj
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Today is Friday, April 21, the 111th day of 1995.
There are 254 days left in the year. t{
Today's highlight in history: A
1 On April 21,1918, Baron Manfred von Richthofen,
known as the "Red Baron," was killed in action dur- w
ing World War I. 81
On this date:
In 1649, the Maryland Toleration Act, which provided
for freedom of worship for all Christians, was
passed by the Maryland assembly. ^
In 1789, John Adams was sworn in as the first
vice president of the United States. P
In 1836, an army of Texans led by Sam Houston ^
defeated the Mexicans at San Jacinto, assuring the ^
independence of Texas.
In 1910, author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, ^
better known as Mark Twain, died in Redding, Conn.
In 1940, the quiz show that asked the "$64 question,"
"Take It or Leave It," premiered on CBS Ra- ^
dio. R
In 1955, the Jerome Lawrence-Robert Lee play
"Inherit the Wind," loosely based on the Scopes trial
of 1925, opened at the National Theatre in New
York. "
In 1960, Brazil inaugurated its new capital, Brasil- 0
ia, transferring the seat of national government from
Rio de Janeiro.
In 1972, Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and
Charles Duke explored the surface of the moon.
In 1975, South Vietnamese President Nguyen
Van Thieu resigned after 10 years in office.
In 1977, the musical play "Annie," based on the
"Little Orphan Annie" comic strip, opened on Broadway.
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In 1992, Robert Alton Harris became the first ^
person executed by the state of California in 25 years
as he was put to death in the gas chamber for the "
1978 murder of two teen-age boys.
Ten years ago, The president-elect of Brazil, Tan- j?
credo de Almeida Neves, died after an illness that
had prevented his swearing-in the previous month
as the country's first civilian president in two decades. *?
Five years ago: Pope John Paul II was greeted
by hundreds of thousands of people as he visited
Czechoslovakia to help celebrate the nation's peace- P*
ful overthrow of Communism. ^
One year ago: The U.S. House of Representatives nc
passed a $28 billion "Get tough on crime" bill by a n<
vote of 285-141.
Today's Birthdays: Former California Gov. Ed- P(
mund G. "Pat" Brown is 90. Actor Anthony Quinn to
is 80. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is 69. Actress-comedian-writer
Elaine May is 63. Actor Charles Grodin
is 60. Former Sen. David Boren (D-Okla.) is 54. f?
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NOTEBOOK Hi
n:
Homeless awareness project today of
"Sleep in the Streets," a homeless awareness project,
will be at 6 p.m. today in front of the Russell ^
House. .J.
The first 300 students to come will be allowed to ^
participate. Food will by donated by a local Burger ,
King. Other sponsors include City Year Columbia,
Palmetto Project, Russell House Union, S.C Denai+mprt
rtf TTrlnr-ofinn S f! ETV and thf> flflvpmnr'a
Office for Volunteerism.
MS volleyball benefit Sunday
The Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity will be the host
Sunday of its annual spring Sorority Volleyball Tour- D?
nament to benefit the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
The event, sponsored by Addam's University Book- - o1
store, will be at the Blatt P.E. Center's volleyball tc
courts from noon to 4 p.m. ei
There will be a raffle for prizes and trophies for C
the winners of the tournament. The money will go
to research and support services for more than 2,000 T
people within the state who are suffering from the M
disease. ol
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Correction ti
Graduation for engineering majors will be May
12, and English majors will be graduated with hu- r<
manities majors May 13. The Gamecock reported 'c
otherwise in Wednesday's "Measuring Up" article.
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Annual Aw
UCY ARNOLD Staff Writer
USCs Annual Awards Day ceremony hor
00 undergraduate and graduate student
le Horseshoe.
Awards Day was sponsored by Omicro
onor society, the Division of Students Affe
nd Awards Commission, Student Gover
ISC Educational Foundation.
USC's two most prestigious undergrade
warded at the ceremony. The Steven N. I
rship Award, which honors significant cor
mior, was presented to Ben Martin of Go
The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award
nd a female student for their "influence f
silence in maintaining the high ideals of li
ual qualities and generous service to oth
> the Southern Society of New York, which {
Cassie Sturkie of Clemson and Brian C
Death to!
?ociated Press
KLAHOMA CITY ? As the rubble slowly
ielded more dead, the FBI struck back swiftr
Thursday and issued arrest warrants for
vo men suspected of renting the truck that
lew apart the federal building with a half>n
of home-brewed explosives.
The death toll rose to 52, making the atfVl
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bout 150 people remain unaccounted for.
FBI Agent Weldon Kennedy said arrest
'arrants have been issued for two white men
ispected of using aliases to rent the truck
sed in the bombing Wednesday morning at
le Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The
len's identities were not known, he said.
Investigators said the truck was rented
pril 17, packed with fuel-and-fertilizer exlosives
and parked outside the office buildig,
where the blast tore away half the struclre
and blew a crater eight feet deep and
D feet across.
In London, a third man, a Jordanianmerican
described by U.S. officials as a posble
witness in the attack, was flown back
?the United States for questioning Thursay.
Italian officials said his bags, seized in
ome, contained possible bomb-making tools.
Rescue teams crawling through the nine;ory
hulk briefly suspended their work so
lat the shattered columns could be reinrced
with steel and concrete.
Gov. Frank Keating reported a firefight
told him: "You find out whoever did this.
11 I've found in here are a baby's finger and
i American flap."
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An axle thought to have come from the
jhicle was found about two blocks away,
lid a police source who spoke on condition
' anonymity. Major auto parts are marked
ith an ID number to thwart thieves. Two
jars ago, the vehicle ID number on a piece
' axle enabled investigators to break the
rorld Trade Center bombing case.
A federal law enforcement official, deanding
anonymity, said investigators bejve
the truck was rented in Kansas and are
lecking fertilizer dealers in that state to try
trace the fertilizer used in the bomb.
Dave Russell, a Ryder Truck Rental of-ial,
said the FBI had contacted his commy
about a truck rented from Elliott's Body
iop in Junction City, Kan., about 270 miles
>rth of Oklahoma City. Russell said he could
3t comment further.
The FBI issued sketches of the two susjcts
after sending an artist to Junction City
i talk to witnesses.
In Washington. Attorney General Janet
eno announced a $2 million reward for inrmation
leading to arrests in the case.
Up until Wednesday, the deadliest bombig
in U.S. histoiy was in 1927, when a man
arful he couldn't pay his property taxes
led a school near Lansing, Mich., with dyimite
and blew it up. Forty-five people, 38
'them children, were killed.
Worried friends and relatives of the missig
gathered at St. Luke United Methodist
hurch, where the Red Cross posted a vicms
list. Clutching photographs of the missig,
some stayed to eat, talk to counselors or
eep.
'It's just not knowing," said Carl Johniazardous
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IARTHA HOTOP Staff Writer
Cardboard tombstones with the names
r extinct animals and a new time capsule
) be buried in front of the Thomas Coop
r liiDrary were part oi usus uartn L>ay
elebration.
The celebration began about 11 a.m.
hursday when Katrina Nylund from the
fatural Guard spoke about the dangers
f the Savannah River Site. Hie state has
jcently proposed starting a new producon
reactor to create tritium at the facility.
The release of tritium into the envimment
has resulted in genetic defects in
>cal animals, she said.
Nylund said there is currently enough
ards Day ho
son, both seniors, received th
lored more than Other awards presented i
ts Thursday on Pel Award and the Mortar Boe
The Rempel Award is given
n Delta Kappa faculty member who has pre
lirs, the Honors students. USC President Jol
nment and the this year.
The Mortar Board Womai
ate honors were sented by the Mortar Board ]
Swanger Lead- chor Carolyn Sawyer,
ltributions by a The recipients of Fulbrigh
ose Creek. Scholarship and Barry M. C
s honor a male were recognized. Charles Stai
or the good, ex- Jennifer Morrison have bee
ving, their spir- study in a foreign country.
iers," according Steven Burritt is the secon<
jives the award, arship from USC. Robyn Kel
omer of Ander- ners of the Goldwater Schola
II continue
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The flag In front of the Strom Thurmond I
files at half-mast Thursday at the reque
the Oklahoma City bombing victims.
son, 44, awaiting word of his mother, who
worked in the federal building. "I hope she's \t
alive. But if she's still in the building, there's s;
not much hope left."
The dead included at least 12 children, n
Two toddlers were burned beyond recogni- ji
tion, and one was decapitated; the bodies of ol
others were mangled.
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One rescuer's tale a
Bodies were buried so deeply under the h
rubble that John Brozek was looking for any e
sign whatsoever of a human being.
He found it in thick sheets of insulation T
from third-floor ceilings that collapsed to ft
ground level when the bomb went off. laterial
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tritium to last until 2016 and that a new c;
production reactor doesn't need to be built.
"It's Sen. Strom Thurmond's last dying n
wish to see a reactor built in South Car- a
olina," she said. it
Nylund's speech stressed that it's future d
generations that will have to live with the E
clangers or the reactor.
Throughout the celebration, there was o
an emphasis on how students need to take I
an active approach regarding the envi- o
ronment. Speakers stressed that simple p
actions made today will affect future generations.
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"You, as an individual, make an impact ti
every day by the choices you make and the a
products you buy," said Chris Thomas, re4*
nors over 2
ie awards. for degrees
ncluded the Richard A. Rem- There w
ird Woman of the Year Award, awards cere
by Student Government to a presentatioi
>vided outstanding service to "Over the
in Palms received the award to the ceren
for it to lasl
i of the Year Award was pre- Governmen
Honor Society to WIS-TV an- "So this
ucational fo
it Grants, the Harry Truman emony, and
Joldwater Scholarships also ty meeting.1
iford Hall, Melinda Scott and Only stui
n given Fulbright Grants to were includ
"To redu<
i winner of the Truman Schol- had written
lly and Jennifer Wu are win- day coordim
rships for students preparing still actually
>s to rise
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JAMIE CLARK The Gamecock
Federal Building on Assembly Street
>st of President Clinton In honor of
The only way to find a body is the insuition.
It's red. Its soaked with blood," Brozek
aid.
Shining his flashlight through dark tunels
of contorted metal, concrete beams and
unbled office furniture, he followed the trails
f the once-yellow insulation.
Wearing fatigues, a hard hat and a surical
face mask to keep out the dust, Brozek,
sergeant at Tinker Air Force Base, joined
nnrlrarla nf aoarr-Viora in ovnlnrinrr
very accessible corner, crevice and closet.
From 7 p.m. Wednesday until 3 a.m.
burs day, Brozek crawled through a former
jderal building that one doctor now described
BOMBING page 2
if Earth Day
ycling coordinator at USC.
Thomas talked to students about the
iew time capsule, which will be buried in
few days. The capsule will contain 20
;ems symbolic of the Earth's situation toay,
including a $1 bill, a condom and an
Icomug.
Thomas said the condom is the symbol
f zero growth in the world's population,
t's expected that by 2050, many regions
f the world will be near their carrying capacity.
The shift from an individualistic conern
about the world to one focusing on
he needs of the entire world was supported
it the celebration.
EARTH DAY page 2
00 students
in math, natural sciences or engineering,
ere some changes made in the format of the
mony this year to cut down on the length of the
as.
1 years, more and more awards have been added
lony, and two-and-a-half hours is just too long
said Woody Carothers, adviser to Student
t.
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year, me awaras win De spread oui. oome eaundation
awards will be given at another cerfaculty
awards will be given at the last faculient
awards and awards presented by students
ed in the ceremony.
:e time, two emcees read what the departments
up about awards," said Teresa Wilson, awards
itor for ODK. The people from the departments
V gave the awards."
Of Church
and State
RELIGIOUS CULTS ON CAMPUS
Leaving
the fold
This is the second in a three-part
series about religious cults. Carolina
student Adam Katzman left the Columbia
Church of Christ after his parents
became concerned and brought
in exit counselors.
ERIN GALLOWAY News Editor
At the beginning of the fall 1994 semester,
USC freshman Adam Katzman was playing
volleyball near the sand pits by Bates. After
the game, another player invited Adam
to a Bible study.
"I said, 'OK, I'll go,' and so I went, and it
was pretty fun," Adam said. "They were all
nice. They were all friends with you even
though you just met them."
Next, the group invited Adam to attend a
church service at the Columbia Church of
Christ.
"Then I started going more and more, and
soon...on Mondays I went to Bible study and
Wednesday and Sunday to church," he said.
"Friday night, they had a college night."
Adam had mentioned the Bible studies to
his parents, Seth and Kathy Katzman of Allentown,
Pa. They were glad he was finding
friends, Kathy said, but curious that most
members of the group were graduate students.
"When he first started talking about his
friends at school, we were concerned because
they were all older," she said. "Isn't it sort of
strange that they'd be hanging around a
younger person? We felt that normally when
you start school, you meet other freshmen
and hang around with them."
When Adam told his parents he was going
to be baptized into the Columbia Church
of Christ, they became more concerned and
wanted more information about the group.
"He just suddenly called and told us that
he wanted to convert his religion and he was
going to be baptized, which obviously shocked
us," Kathy said. "He was making a life-changing
decision in a very short time."
"They said I sounded programmed and
that four weeks was not enough time to change
your religion," said Adam, describing how his
parents felt when he told them about the upcoming
baptism.
Adam, however, agreed not to be baptized
until after he went home for fall break, but
he said the church discouraged him from wait
ing. Meanwhile, Adam's parents were trying
to find out more about the church.
"We contacted our rabbi and asked him if
he would meet with us," Kathy said. "He said
CULT page 2
Governor, chemist
chosen to speak
at graduation
Staff Reports
Gov. David Beasley and celebrated chemist
Carl Djerassi will deliver separate commencement
addresses at USC.
Beasley will address the 3 p.m. May 12 commencement
and receive an honorary doctor of
laws degree from the university.
Djerassi, a chemist and prolific writer of both
scientific works and popular literature and poetry,
will deliver the 10:30 a.m. May 13 commencement
address and receive an honorary
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