The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa • Page 1

Weather hot market METRO, 1 TODAY, IT SATURDAY January 16, 1999 HIGH 40 LOW 28 Breezy and mild with some sunshine; clouds move in late Details: 2M esson rigid or home sales Hi in W.DJ. Pipes burst in house after heat is turned off on the trail Are they crazy? Some cyclists conquer snow D.M.-area numbers are up nearly 21 percent over 1997 SERVING IOWA FOR 150 YEARS Des Moines, Iowa Saturday, January 16, 1999 Price 40 Gents in Stores50 Cents in Coin Racks 0 Gov. Tom Vilsack took the oath of office shortly before 11 a.m. Friday, thpn cravp a arlHrpi; Who said it? Comparing the statements of Branstad and Vilsack. Inauguration parties dominate Des Moines night life.

Page 5A GURATION Reaction to the speech, Page 4A 2 Lamoiu fugitives 1 are arreste -j: mi iu.iiimuM.it.iiin-Mit umii4 iM.DiiiuJiiniiijw A 1 M. M. Taylor T. Taylor Accused of murder bridge back into Texas when they were pulled out of line in a routine border check. Pauza said the Taylors did not resist arrest, but they were carrying two samurai-type swords in cardboard boxes.

The men told authorities their real names, and authorities quickly determined that they were wanted. Relatives of the suspects had feared that the crime spree would end violently. Even though her son could face the death penalty for the Louisiana Lillinrf Tiirmthv Tnvlnr's The men are caught in Laredo, Texas, near the border with Mexico. By JEFF HANSEL Km.istkr St ah Wmti-k Two fugitives were arrested at the Mexican border Friday, eight days after they allegedly went on a crime spree that left a Louisiana car salesman dead and an Iowa police chief seriously wounded. Timothy David Taylor and Michael Andrew Taylor, both of Shreveport, were captured Friday afternoon by U.S.

Customs officers in Laredo, Texas. The men apparently had gone a few miles into Mexico, then tried to cross back into Texas, where they were arrested, said Customs Service spokesman1) Rick Pauza. The 20-year-old men, who also are accused of robbing an Iowa bank, had about $150,000 in cash when they were caught. When asked where they got the money, the men allegedly said they had withdrawn it from a bank. "But they didn't have any withdrawal slip from a bank," Pauza said.

He said the men had intended to go farther into Mexico but were turned back by authorities there because they didn't have proper papers. They had been trying to walk across a mother called his arrest hlessintf." "Actually, I'm very relieved they're not dead," said Frances Potter, who indicated she wasn't convinced that her son had done all that he's accused of doing. Residents in the southern Iowa town of Lamoni, where the men allegedly robbed a bank and shot the police chief, FUGITIVES Yv -1 i hr-taWfr rr-' 1 rn( 1 I. 1 TT- n.i r- n'Hn mi 1 ir i i Tnr- DAVID I'KTKKSONTiik Tom Vilsack and wife Christie make their way through a cheering inaugural crowd at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines. 1 Rehnquist backs Harkin's objection ural stresses Vilsack's inaug 's cliildren Iowa importance HI By DAVID YEPSEN Rf.histkr Staff Writer iff r'i homas James Vilsack was sworn in i "HP as Iowa 40th governor Friday, calling for renewed efforts to protect the environment, improve schools, fight drugs, promote agriculture and keep young people in the state.

"Our challenge at the close of this century and at the beginning of a new century is to preserve whatis best about Iowa and to make it better," he said. I -J- VUsack, 48, a Mourit XWO FULL is- Tom Harkin Some senators say his move may prove pivotal in shaping the impeachment trial. By JANE NORMAN Kf.c.istkr Washington IIcrrac Washington, D.C. The impeachment trial of President Clinton took an unexpected turn Friday when Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa objected to the House managers' repeated use of the term "jurors" to describe senators.

Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist, offering his first ruling in the historic trial, that Harkin was correct. Other Democratic senators said afterward that Harkin's move may have been pivotal in shaping the proceedings and perking up Democrats' spirits. "I believe the Rehnquist ruling on the Harkin objection now assures this Uial has a second phase," said Sen. Robert Torricelli, a Democrat from New Jersey. "The House managers would have restricted the senators to be triers of fact, TRIAL Turn to I'afc 6A PAGES OF COVERAGE Breaks silence in Senate The President TILon Trial 1'ieasani lawyer, iook me oath shortly before 11 a m.

from Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Arthur McGiverin in a ceremony at Veterans TINA YhE-ANn IIOK NAMitlJTHfc Km.mfr Among the Memorial Auditorium. He took the oath on a Bible held by his wife, Christie. A crowd of about 5,500 filled much of the auditorium to see Vilsack and Lt. Gov. Sally Pederson of Des Moines sworn in and deliver their inaugural speeches.

Vilsack is the first Democrat to occupy the governor's office in 30 years, and many in the crowd were longtime Iowa Democrats who had come to see What passes as drama on Capitol Hill seems to be "politics as usual" to many Americans, a new poll finds. The editor of a prestigious medical journal is fired for publishing a study comparing teens' attitudes about sex with the current scandal. Stories, Pages 6A 7A revelers: Dave and Katie Bloom dance at the Millennium Ball; Jim Oatts cuts loose at the Inaugural Ball. something many had never witnessed before. Vilsack opted for low-key oratory and a TINA YEKTiif.

Kkihstf.r Christie Vilsack wears a gown of blue satin as she and the governor arrive for the inaugural dinner at the Hotel Fort Des Moines. INAUGURAL Turn to Page 4A Wards closing its 2 D.M. stores; 219 jobs lost Copyright Ins Moinks Rkdistkr ANTlTKINI'NB COMPANY A GAVfKTT Nf WSPAPFR Primed with SOY IN InsideYour Register Ann Landers Business Classified Comics 5T Crossword Editorials Lotteries Movies. Obituaries Sports Roundup TV Guide Wards closing I Montgomery Ward is closing 39 stores nationwide, -including both Des Moines stores. Opened Square footage Employees Merle Hay store .1974 165,615 122 SouthRldge store 1978 109,114 97 SOURCE: Montgomery Ward Co.

than six football fields. One store is an anchor at SouthRidge Mall and the other is an anchor at Merle Hay Mall. The stores are among 39 that Montgomery Ward Co. plans to close in 21 states as part of a restructuring designed to help the company return to profitability. Wards, which is privately WARDS Turn to Page SH America's most, famous retailing names from the local mar-, ket.

Wards has been a fixture in Des Moines for 70 years. Wards also has stores in Davenport, Burlington and Cedar Rapids. They were not among those targeted for closing. The closings in Des Moines will eliminate more than 200 jobs and will empty out retail floor space covering more area The locations are expecfed to be closed by the end of May. By WILLIAM RYBERG ana KATHY BERGSTR0M RfiISTkk UrsiNKss Writf.ks Montgomery Ward said Friday that it will close its two Des Moines department stores, a move that will erase one of mill! '40901 "1 5006' Till: Uu lsTMi For Register subscriptions call (515) 234-3311 or 1-000-3G5-I0WA.