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I Wit ft it tfiV-V -Weather Tomorrow Cloudy H3gfv72 Low55 DetaIIs2A Commissioners review covered bridges Page IB Plam commission draws complaint -fa. lelri 3MH I i Man says office slow to respond By MARCU B. WALKER Haskett said the commission ordered the trailer removed in October, but that wasn't done and the property then was sold. The new owner was aware of the problem, Haskett maintained, and in April the commission gave the new owner 14 days to move the second trailer. Haskett said when the new owner didn't comply, the commission's attorney, John Rothring, filed suit.

But at the commission's May meeting, the board told Rothring not to take any further legal action and gave the owner another 30 days to move the trailer. Haskett also claimed there are no min to make a decision and then follow through on that decision," Haskett told the board. Haskett 's comments stem from efforts to have one of two trailers on property adjoining his removed. Two residences on a single tract violates county regulations, which also require at least an acre for a residence. The property in question measures 910 of an acre, Haskett said, noting the commission has been talking about the violations since July with no results.

"The burden of getting the trailer removed has been up to me and my he said. utes of the April meeting. "That last meeting was a farce," he said. Haskett also questioned the actions of the building Commissioner Irene McKain, citing difficulty with obtaining information from both the commissioner and from the plan commission. "It's like a little game of Ping-Pong and nobody has the answer," he said.

County commissioners agreed to research the matter and to request a copy of the minutes of the plan commission's April meeting. Associated Praaa Volcanic eruption The small town of Santiago Xallxintla, Mexico, is dwarfed by the Popcutepal volcano as it sends out a column of smoke, steam and ash into the air on Tuesday. Civil protection authorities said there was no reason for alarm. Tribune Staff Writer Complaints about the actions of the. Jackson County Plan Commission surfaced at the Jackson County Commissioners' meeting Tuesday, brought to the table by John Haskett, a resident of Vernon Township.

"I've lost confidence in their ability IndL 7 National Fishing Week wreck it, l- I Thieves steal FBI weapons MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Someone stole an FBI SWAT van full of weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition out of the parking lot of a hotel where agents were staying during a domestic terrorism training exercise. The burned-out shell of the truck was found early Tuesday across town, but the weapons including automatic rifles and two grenade launchers were missing. The unmarked GMC Suburban had been parked outside a Budgetel motel on the eastern edge of Memphis late Monday, the FBI said. Agents discovered it missing several hours later.

The agents from Little Rock, were in town for a weeklong training exercise organized by the FBI. Classmates plan memorial PAOU (AP) Former high school classmates of a man killed three years ago will use their class reunion this week Tribune photo by Aubrey Woods Rick Reynolds of Brownstown tries out his hand at fly fishing at Knob Lake in the Jackson-Washington State Forest east of Brownstown on Tuesday evening as his son, David Reynolds, watches. Overcast skies and a light rain failed to dampen fishing activities at the lake. This is National Fishing Week. North Vernon man killed in crash Tuesday TRIBUNE STUFF REPORTS A 63-year-old North Vernon man died after he was struck by a vehicle along Ind.

7 just north of that Jennings County city on Tuesday morning. According to a report from the Jennings County Sheriff's Department, George E. Law-son's 1990 pickup was parked along the south side of Ind. 7 about a half-mile north of the city and he was apparently securing items in the bed of his truck at the time he was hit Lawson was struck by a 1986 automobile driven south by Scottie W. Fletcher, 26, also of North Vernon.

Fletcher told investigating officers he dropped a cigarette and took his eyes off the road for a moment to pick it up when he felt his vehicle strike Lawson's vehicle. Investigators said the impact threw Lawson onto the right front of Fletcher's vehicle and into its windshield. He then was thrown into a ditch. Jennings County Coroner Harold Pickett pronounced Lawson dead at the scene of massive head trauma and internal injuries. Fletcher took a chemical test, which revealed no alcohol in his system, police Jennings County Sheriff Jim Lamb investigated the wreck reported at 8:22 a.m.

Lamb was assisted by county Detective Officer Scott Davis, city officers Steve Hoppick and Ivory Sandefur, and Jennings County EMS. New law lacks funds to back it until April 1998. "You've got to realize, however, that there General Assembly end to appeal for clues in his killing and remind friends that the case hasnt been solved. The Paoli High School reunion is Saturday. There will be a memorial service Sunday for Delmar Wilson, who was found shot to death in June 1994.

Karie Baker Becht said she will be at the 2 p.m. service at Wilson's grave in Stampers Creek Cemetery east of town. "We're going to go out there, and then everyone will split up and go distribute some fliers to let people know we haven't forgotten about his murder," she said. Wilson and Becht graduated five years ago. Police say a key part of the investigation is to keep the word out to the public that the case isn't closed.

Stacie Fields Durbin said the group will take the fliers with information about the killing to area businesses. Law targets campaign finance INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Legislators passed a bill this spring to enhance enforcement of campaign laws and computerization of records, but they left something out election officials say they really need. Laurie Christie, co-director for the Election Division of the Secretary of State's office, said regulators had sought $250,000 to computerize campaign contributions now listed in thousands of pages stuffed in file drawers. handling the. paperwork itself, not being able to do any kind of analysis on the data, any kind of auditing functions," Christie said.

On Tuesday, elections officials reviewed cases in which corporations may have exceeded contribution limits. The election office didn't discover the alleged violations, Instead, they were reported in a series of stories by The Indianapolis Star and The Indianapolis News in April. Tuesday's event was scheduled as an informal hearing in which corporations could answer questions about limits they may have exceeded. The money could be used to routinely audit records and find errors. But how much did the General Assembly give election officials for the computerization effort this past session? "No additional funding," Christie said.

"It never appeared." Officials are now "kind of scrambling" to find ways of computerizing all the with existing funds, she said. Not that they must in order to comply with the new law. Christie said a previous deadline for having all contributions computerized was pushed back from January was also a clause put in there that was kind of a contingency clause, (saying) that if funding is not made available, additional funding, you don't have to do anything," Christie said. They do want to do something, said Christie and co-director Mary Ann Tippett. They just havent been able to figure out how.

"Right now, so much of their (staff) time is being consumed A Judge warns of 'lynching' Dcath chamber If Timothy McVeigh gets the death penalty, he could be put to death at either the Indiana federal penitentiary or a state prison in Colorado. Monitor hooked to camera. Executioner's room One-way glass 'A dull victory' Death penalty? See editorials on Page 2B Accent. Classifieds 58 Com let Hometowa Report Obituaries 2A Reconibook Seorts -5A He also refused to let the defense present evidence on the handling of the fatal government raid against Branch Davidians near Waco, Texas, which the defense could claim drove McVeigh to commit the worst act of terrorism on U.S. soil.

"We have to guard this hearing to ensure that the ultimate result and the jury's decision are truly a moral response to appropriate information rather than an emotional response," Matsch said. DENVER (AP) Jurors deciding whether Timothy McVeigh lives or dies will hear wrenching testimony about the Oklahoma City bombing, including that of a 10-year-old boy who lost his mother and a rescuer who held a hand buried in the rubble, only to feel the pulse stop. U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch ruled Tuesday that testimony from those who sur: vived the bombing and lost loved ones is relevant to the jury's decision on McVeigh's Mewing iCamen 't room restraints jl-p. OS ffx.Js-f-'Vm y.jjv sSr Curtained window waistheigtri TheOS.

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But Matsch did not allow everything the prosecution wanted to present during the penalty phase that began today, saying he hoped to avoid inflaming juror sensibilities. that McVeigh blew up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995, as retaliation for the deadly 1993 FBI raid near Waco. Prosecutors were expected AWTon Cowan. 1M Bnda 2E egkKssBpstAKLai.