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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ? Investigators issued an
alert Thursday for a missing clue in the federal building
bombing?Arizona license plate LZC646, tags
that may have fallen off suspect Timothy McVeigh's
getaway car.
One possibility, said a law enforcement source,
was that the plate may have been shifted to another
vehicle used by the suspect known as John Doe
No. 2. And it is feared that John Doe No. 2 may strike
again.
At a hearing for McVeigh, FBI Agent John Hersley
said his "primary responsibility is to find the
1 other subject to prevent another bomb from going
off."
But in a possible snag for the government's case,
Hersley also testified that three witnesses to the
bombing couldn't identify McVeigh for certain in a
lineup.
The death toll in the nation's largest terror attack,
meanwhile, passed a grim milestone: More
than 100 bodies have now been found in the rubble
of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
At the hearing at the federal prison 30 miles west
of Oklahoma City where McVeigh is being held, his
lawyers renewed their requests to drop out of the
case and for a change of venue. U.S. Magistrate Ron
Howland denied both requests for now.
Defense lawyer Susan Otto bolstered her plea to
be let out of the case by reading a list of 10 people
she knew who were killed in the blast and an eleventh
who was still missing. Her colleague, John Coyle HI,
has also said he knew someone killed in the blast.
"We heard it, we smelled it We lived through it,"
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Hersley testified at the hearing that three witnesses
who thought they saw McVeigh outside the
building before the bombing were not able to conclusively
pick him out of a lineup. He said explosives
residue was found on McVeigh's clothes after his arrest.
McVeigh followed the proceedings intently, showing
little emotion but chuckling a few times during
light-hearted moments. He seemed most interested
when one of his attorneys showed the court a large
collection of newspaper headlines about the case.
v TODAY % I t
Today is Friday, April 28, the 118th day of 1995.
There are 247 days left in the year.
Today's highlight in history:
Fifty years ago, on April 28,1945, Italian dictator
Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci,
were executed by Italian partisans as they attempted
to flee the country.
On this data:
In 1940, Glenn Miller and his Orchestra record
ed rennsylictor.
In 1947, a six-man expedition sailed from Peru
aboard a balsa wood raft named the Kon-Tiki on a
101-day journey that took them across the Pacific
Ocean to Polynesia.
In 1952, war with Japan officially ended as a
treaty that had been signed by the United States
and 47 other nations took effect.
In 1958, Vice President Nixon and his wife, Pat,
began a goodwill tour of Latin America.
In 1967, heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad
Ali refused to be inducted into the Army, the
same day General William Westmoreland told Congress
the U.S. "would prevail in Vietnam."
In 1969, French President Charles de Gaulle resigned
his office.
In 1980, President Carter accepted the resignation
of Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, who had opposed
the failed rescue mission aimed at freeing
American hostages in Iran.
In 1986, the Soviet Union informed the world of
the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl.
Ten years ago: Several thousand people attended
a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the
liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Dachau,
near Munich.
Five years ago: Anti-abortion demonstrators
marched in Washington, D.C.; authorities put the
number of protesters at 200,000, but organizers
claimed a turnout of about 700,000. The musical "A
Chorus Line" closed after 6,137 performances on
Broadway.
One year ago: Former CIA official Aldrich Ames,
who had betrayed U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union
and then Russia, pleaded guilty in Alexandria, Va.,
to espionage and tax evasion charges, and was sentenced
to life in prison without parole.
NOTEBOOK
Philosophy colloquium today
David Blake will speak on the "Philosophical Challenge
of Bioethics" at 4 p.m. today in Gambrell 258.
The event will be preceded by a reception at 3:30
p.m. in room 615 of the Welsh Humanities Office
Building.
Women's Tun Run" to bo Saturday
"Moving Celebration," a five-kilometer women's
run/walk in the Shandon neighborhood, will begin
at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The event, which will benefit the Women's Shelter
and the Children's Law Center, is sponsored by
Strictly Running, a runner's store in Five Points.
Theentiy fee is $15.
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Pat Conroy was on campus Thured
with students involved with the
Reading Experience, a program for
men.
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pated in the program were asked t
ro^s book "The Water is Wide" la
and then convened with faculty
themes of the book at the first of
year.
The book, which takes place or
Island off the coast of South Carol
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MARTHA HOTOP Staff Writer
With the latest news reports of 110
neonle dead from the Oklahoma Citv
bombing, people in Columbia are remembering
the dead in their own way.
There will be a candlelight march
Sunday evening, organized by USC
freshman Anwar Abdelsalam and the
Muslim Student Association, to remember
the deceased.
Abdelsalam said he got the idea for
the march when he heard that officials
had a lead on two men suspected in the
bombing. He thought the march was
something people would want to do,
"We want to show the people of Oklahoma
City that Americans are concerned,
that the people aren't forgotten
and that we stand behind them,'
he said. A
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count.
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payment deadline than in recent
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Participants will gather in front of
the Russell House at about 8 p.m., with
the actual march to the State House to
begin at 8:30.
Because only a limited number of
candles will be provided, students are
encouraged to bring their own. At the
i State House, an as-yet-unannounced
speaker will offer a few words.
Other campus organizations, in.
eluding Student Government, PALM
i ministries and APO service fraternity,
, are co-sponsoring the march,
i There has been a strong sense of cooperation
among the groups working
on the march as they enlist the help of
noncampus organizations. Efforts have
been made to get child development
? centers involved, and organizers have
sought candle donations from local fu
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classes.
ts' requests "The majority of students
ines of Col- walk-in activity at the Caroli
hard Bayer spring told us they would si
payment deadline if it mean
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would elim- Bayer said,
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dents are encouraged to cor
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years. This the start of classes for schet
expected to and faculty receive more acc
week before Joe Taylor, university bur
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USC was honored
presence of renowned J
Conroy.
Conroy was honor
Cooper Society, an or
in support of USC's 1
nual dinner. He addr
and was presented w
USC President Jol
the several hundred
quet.
"He's been a generous
contributor to
the life of the mind,"
Palms said of Conroy.
"He gave us the opportunity...to
see ourselves
as others see
us," said College of
Charleston President
Alex Sanders, who introduced
Conroy. "And
for that, we should all
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Conroy discussed
c fci how South Carolina
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K r ill,. "People tell me I ex
aggerate about this
state in my books, bul
it is impossible to exaggerate
about South
Carolina," he said
Conroy received the
? . first Thomas Coopei
mec Medal for Distinctior
ooper Society in the Arts and Sci
ences at the dinner
_ This award is given t<
J Atl fQ a distinguished write]
JLCJLIIO who best embodies the
ideals of the Thomae
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ticulariy fitting as the
in the local school. Thomas Cooper Me<
rn in Atlanta, he man, president of the
oughout his child- ated a distinguished
saufort, where his on tradition, on the v
Beaufort Air Sta- on the importance of
a Beaufort High have."
Citadel. Conroy also attend
jo to the military tion and answer sess
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a program that alio1
men to read the same
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"We want to bring together as many
people as possible from diverse backgrounds,"
said USC junior Alan Howard,
who's helping with the march efforts.
The Oklahoma City bombing and
organizing the march have helped students
see that much is going on in the
world. The bombing showed students
from all majors that they can't only be
concerned with their primary studies.
"There are a lot of fanatical people
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more going on around the world than
at USC, and people of the world can
come together in the face of tragedy."
The coming together of various organizations
and ethnicities symbolizes
that people shouldn't make general
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to 10-fold. Walk-in registi
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exaggerate about
South Carolina'
Author Pat Conroy
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society. "He haa ere- p f.
body of work based Beoauseoft
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building on what we rjence wil ec
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Service obs
Remembra
NANCY SAL0M0N8KY Stefl Writer p
There was a memorial ser- 01
vice Thursday at Beth Shalom
Synagogue in Columbia to honor
the 6 million Jewish people d
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Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust e
Remembrance Day, was ob- ^
served by local Holocaust sun- ^
vivors, their families and temple
congregation members, tl
The evening was highlighted b
by a march from Tree of Life
Congregation on Trenholm 0
Road to the synagogue less than e
a mile away. Marchers then d
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f fees
jtrative processes," Taylor
lursar's Office is downsizjenefit
from the addition of
ie lines for use when pay
re than yu percent ot stujfore
walk-in registration,
to see the same numbers of
>S to pay fees," Taylor said.
>rms to use the new fee payavailable
in the Fall 1995
of Classes on page 159 or
Office in Petigru room 206.
ration and fee payment at
be Aug. 21-24.
ides
medal
dinner
y*s novel The Water is
lents were really turned
) efforts as a high school
, which were described in
lavid Coryell, student serr
for the Honors College,
y was invited to USC for
per Society's banquet, the
e First Year Reading Exhim
to participate in an
>n with the students involved
in the proIgram.
"We asked him if
he could give just one
hour of his time to
the freshmen and
teachers who read
his book," said Don
Greiner, provost of
undergraduate studies.
"He didn't want
to give a lecture. He
just wanted to answer
questions that
the students had."
I Greiner initiated
. the idea of a group
reading experience
at USC. He said he
was ecstatic about
the achievements of
the program and
|Q about Conroy's presence.
"I started this as
to an experiment,"
Greiner said. "I wanted
to bring some innovation
to the undergraduate
program."
Hie program even
rnition in the Journal of
ion, as well as other public
success of the program
^irst Year Reading Expeontinued.
Another South
r, Josephine Humphries,
program in August to distich
in Love" with students
sr books include "Hie Prince
?Great Santini" and "The
est book, "Beach Music,"
I in June. Most of ConroVs
Kperiences he had in South
b he attended The Citadel.
serves
nee Day
articipated in a ceremony honmnfv
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The somber service includi
poetry readings from chilren
in the congregation. Next,
anya Shmagina, a Holocaust
urvivor, relived her experince
of hiding out in a forest
ith her mother to evade the
lazi persecution.
Local Holocaust survivors
hen lit six candles on the alir
in memory of the 6 million.
The service closed with the
mgregation reciting the moumr's
Kaddish, a prayer for the
ead.