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SKENE "Watercolor U.SA '97" exhibit at art museum brings medium to life 2E Springfield Springfield, Missouri 500 GOOD MORNING Friday June 6, 1997 AM HPIPWI IMCTHfWWW. L- l.ll II Ull.WWWypafWjjpp mm Gruesome photos and testimony on injuries highlight the case for McVeigh's death. Fury grows over choice for top U.S. military job Gen. Ralston is accused of sacking another general for adultery in 1995.

The Associated Press audience section where bombing survivors, victims' relatives and reporters sit. Two women jurors who sit in the front wiped away tears with tissues. But at the McVeigh By day's end, the jury started to appear to have grown weary at sitting through 34 witnesses. Jurors fidgeted in their chairs and often looked up at the courtroom clock. Prosecutors, who were winding down their penalty case, have argued death by injection is the only verdict that fits the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S.

soil. The April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building killed 168 people and injured more than 500. Following the prosecution's presentation, the defense will begin its attempt to spare McVeigh the death chamber. The witnesses are expected to include McVeigh's family mem- City bombing to free a woman by cutting off her leg, without anesthesia.

"Once I started cutting, she started kicking and screaming," said Sullivan, who performed the operation on Daina Bradley in a cramped corner while lying on top of his writhing patient Finally, his surgical tools dulled by scraping concrete, and with two efforts to free her already failed, Sullivan reached into his back pocket for his remaining tool: "I completed the amputation with a pocket knife." Soft gasps rose in the courtroom DENVER Jurors winced and dabbed at tears Thursday as prosecutors seeking the death penalty for Timothy McVeigh confronted them with searing images of survival, from an amputation with a pocket knife to a slide show of torn flesh and shattered bone. As the penalty phase shifted from the horrors of death to the torment of the injured, Dr. James Sullivan recounted how he crawled into a dark, wet cave of rubble from the Oklahoma The New York Times defense table, McVeigh's face was blank. He sat in the same pose he had when he was convicted of murder and conspiracy Monday: hands clasped tightly and pressed up against his chin. Later, at breaks, McVeigh smiled and laughed as he spoke to his attorneys.

WASHINGTON While insisting that an Air Force general who had an adulterous affair remained a leading candidate to become the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Secretary William Cohen was confronted Thursday with rising criticism for his decision to support the general and with new questions about the officer's past. Some members of Congress sup- A ns oi to uadruple helpi "sssjn su- A Bolivar couple gives birth to 3 boys and a girl with no fertility drugs. Seth apparently was camera shy, but he's the identical twin of Ryan (far left). Their siblings are Katherine (center) and Kyle. A 7, Cohen I I rSVS.1 in By Traci Shurley News-Leader ported Cohen's effort to put an end to what they described as a witch hunt against adulterers in the military.

Others suggested he was encouraging a double standard with one set of rules for the highest ranking officers, and another set of rules for everyone below them. Cohen acknowledged that he was weighing information that bers, teachers and military officials to describe the influences and events including the FBI siege at Waco that turned the decorated Gulf War veteran against his own government. It will have to counter a wrenching series of photographs presented Thursday of the wounds suffered by bombing survivors. Although the judge edited out the most gruesome images, the presentation still had jurors looking sickly. Narrated by Oklahoma epidemiologist Sue Mallonee, the pictures showed backs strafed and pockmarked by flying glass, eye sockets crushed and bruised, faces disfigured and necks scarred by ripped-open jugular veins.

Labor dispute looming Associated Wholesale Grocers' Teamsters fear a lockout when their contract ends. By Tamlya Kallaos News-Leader Teamsters Local 245 employees at Associated Wholesale Grocers plan to show up for work Sunday even though labor negotiations fell flat Wednesday and their contract expires at midnight Saturday. After three months of intense talks, Teamsters leader Jim Kabell-said Thursday he thinks Associated management is unwilling to set- tie the dispute Grocer that could affect strike wont affect about 800 customers. 11 A employees. "We hope we'll be able to resolve things, but I will tell you it's becoming difficult," KabeE said.

"The company appears to want a strike." Morris Henry, an Associated senior vice president in Springfield, declined to discuss the negotiations. "I have no comment at this time," he said. Associated President Mike DeFabis, from the company's Kansas City, office, did not return telephone messages. Kabell said Associated management has hired an out-of-state team of security guards, clad in black clothing and boots, to guard the property. They arrived Sunday, he said.

"They're goons. We think they're strike breakers," Kabell said. "It appears to us that the company is trying to provoke its employees, our members." See LABOR, Page 11 A Debate over adultery growing in America. 3A Military leaders prefer to keep coed training. 3A i ft I.

...3.. if 4 1 When Sara Skopec went into the delivery room on Thursday afternoon she got four of everything. Four neonatologists, four neonatal nurses, four respiratory technicians and less ton an hour later four babies. Without fertility drugs, the 28-year-old Bolivar woman became pregnant with quadruplets, a chance, one of Skopec's doctors said. Such a case of "spontaneous quadruplets" was a big event "It was pretty exciting," said Julie Vestal, the doctor who performed Skopec's Caesarean section.

Vestal had delivered multiple births in the past, but these were her first quads, she said. The doctor and at least 24 other medical personnel, plus father Steve Skopec, also 28, crowded into the delivery room at St. John's Regional Health Center. The big event was over in just three minutes. Identical twins Ryan and Seth came at 1:13 p.m., sister Katherine at 1:14 p.m.

and Kyle at 1:15 p.m. The babies, born at 31 weeks, were the first set of quads born at St John's in at least 25 years, said Cora Scott, a spokeswoman for the hospital. The babies were in the neo-natal intensive care unit at St. John's on Thursday night. Vestal said they likely will remain there for a few more weeks.

But, that's normal for quads which are almost certain to be premature, said Skopec's other physi- the officer, Gen. Joseph Ralston, had been involved in a case in 1995 in which he ended the career of a lower-ranking Air Force general who had also confessed to committing adultery with a civilian. "I'm still gathering the facts," he said. A day after Cohen announced that he would stand by Ralston, who admitted to an affair 13 years ago with a civilian employee of the Central Intelligence Agency, the White House appeared to distance itself from the decision. The White House issued a cautious statement that praised the general but also made clear that the final judgment on the nomination of the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs would be left to President Clinton, not the Pentagon.

On Capitol Hill, some House Democrats criticized Cohen. "This is an 'Alice in Wonderland' scenario," said Rep. Nita Lowey, "The same good-old-boy network that has given General Ralston a pat on the back gave Kelly Flinn the back of its hand." Lowey was referring to the case of 1st Lt. Kelly Flinn, the B-52 bomber pilot who was forced to resign from the Air Force after confessing that she had lied to her commander about an adulterous affair. St.

John's Regional Health Center Steve Skopec comforts his wife, Sara, as she gives birth to quadruplets on Thursday at St. John's Regional Health Center. The premature infants will be kept in intensive care several weeks, doctors said. cian perinatologist Gary Thurnau. already calling her Katie has a view Thursday night from his home "They are very stable for 31-week jump on them at 3 pounds and 4 near Brighton.

babies," said Karlyle Christian-Rit- ounces. Vestal and Thurnau decided to ter, a neonatologist at the hospital. Trent Sara Skopec's father, said deliver the babies Thursday The Skopec boys Ryan, Seth family members are relieved the because the identical twins were and Kyle weigh just over 2 quads have finally arrived. suffering from a condition called pounds each. Their sister Kather- "Boy there's a whole bunch of ine granddad Jim Trent is 'em," he said in a telephone inter- See QUADS, Page 13A 1 ft Carnahan signs money-saving bill Loss ends great year for Catholic V.

4 'It By Teni Gleich News-Leader From Our Staff 5B tax cut made the state's tax code fairer and helped Missouri families. Carnahan has been pushing a tax cut for two years, because Missouri is taking in more money than it can legally keep under the constitutional tax lid known as the Hancock amendment. As of June 30, the state will owe taxpayers $530 million in income tax refunds for three years of excess collections. The refunds are on hold, however, because of a lawsuit. The tax-cut package signed Thursday is intended to eliminate or reduce the need for future refunds.

Noting that tax increases are more common in Jefferson City than tax cuts, State Revenue Director Janette Lohman said: "I will enjoy See SALES TAX, Page 11 A Springfield shoppers looking forward to a break in food bills. 11 A Private pensioners say tax change was overdue. 11 A Louis and Kansas City to publicize the action. In addition to the food-tax cut, the bill also: Gives retirees with private pension income the same $6,000 tax break as government pensioners. Gives donors to domestic violence shelters and residential maternity homes a tax credit equal to 50 percent of contributions over $100.

I Repeals the sales tax on bottled oxygen used for medical purposes. The bill's sponsor, House Speaker Steve Gaw, D-Moberly, said the food- Springfield Catholic came up short in its bid for a Class 2A state baseball championship on Thursday, losing 3-1 to St. Mary's of Independence. The second-place finish caps a tremendous year for Catholic. The Fightin' Irish reached the state championship game in football as well as the state quarterfinals in boys basketball.

"I'm sure they hurt now," football coach Bobby Cornelison said. "But later on they'll realize just what they've accomplished." InSirfC: Our report. 1C JEFFERSON CITY Beginning Oct. 1, groceries in Missouri will get a little cheaper. Gov.

Mel Carnahan signed a $330 million tax-cut package on Thursday that includes a 3-cent reduction in the state sales tax on food. The sales-tax cut will save consumers $3 on every $100 they spend on most food at the grocery store, or $137 a year for the average family of four. "House Bill 491 represents real savings for all our citizens savings they can see at the check-out stand and feel in their pockets," said Carnahan, who signed the bill in his Capitol office and who also appeared at grocery stores in Springfield, St. Christina Oicken News-Leader Jack Greene of Springfield shops for bread at Consumers Food Drug, 3850 S. Campbell on Thursday.

A new law signed by the governor includes a 3-cent reduction of the state sales tax on food. LOTTERY INDEX HEATHER A Gannett Newspaper Vol. 107, No. 157 1997, News-Leader Fishing Report 5C Garage Sales 8C Across Ozarks 2B Auto News 1D Branson Today16E INSIDE Marketplace: The New York Stock Exchange on Thursday said it will quote stock prices in dollars-and-cents instead of the 200-year-old system of fractions by the year 2000. 6A Lite Times bb New grants: The Community Foundation announced 28 new funds Thursday, including one to benefit medical education and another to help teach educators about the Holocaust 1 78i 531 Classified 6C Ozarkers can look forward to another mild and partially sunny June day today.

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