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Janklow will open that gathering with a more substantive state-of-the-state address. "Bill Janklow, Carole Hillard and all the rest of us have the responsibility to hit the ground Janklow See3A through 1986. Janklow wore a dark suit and a patterned red tie as he recited his oath, flanked by his wife, Mary Dean, and his mother, LouElla Janklow spoke of growing up in Flandreau in the 1950s. "It was Norman Rockwell's America," he said. "We had values, all of us did." Repeating a theme he used during campaign appearances, he talked of the need to become "modem cowboys" in a world made smaller by technological advances.

"Today, our values haven't More Capitol news 1.2P changed," he said. 'But they're under incredible stress." As soon as Janklow was finished, his campaign running mate and former Republican legislator from Rapid City, Carole Hillard, was sworn in as the state's first female lieutenant governor. "No state in the history of this nation has ever been able to harness 720,000 people focused in one direction, working together to bring about solutions," Janklow said in a 20-minute inaugural message. Janklow campaigned on a By TERRY WOSTER Argus Leader Staff PIERRE Gov. Bill Janklow mixed glimpses of a Norman Rockwell past and modem cowboy future in an inaugural message Saturday that urged South Dako-tans to solve problems together.

An estimated 1,800 people packed the state Capitol to watch Janklow, 55, take his oath of office for the third time and become the first South Dakotan to return to the governor's office after serving the constitutional two terms and stepping down. Now the state's 30th governor, he was also its 27th, serving from 1979 Uoyd B. Cunningham Argus Leader Bill and Mary Dean Janklow have the first dance at the inaugural ball in the state Capitol rotunda Saturday night. More photos of Janklow's Inaugural. 3A.

What happened to Mary Agnes Gross? Russians intensify Chechnya assault Mother won't stop until she finds out if child really died at birth or was snatched away while at the hospital By JAMES RUPERT The Washington Post KHASAVYURT, Russia Russian gunners Saturday increased their bombardment of Grozny, the shattered capital of separatist Chechnya. artillery barrage, on the Russian Orthodox Christmas Day, was the most intense of Russia's eight-day assault on the city. Russian gunners poured fire into central Grozny, hitting the presidential palace, where the rebels have maintained their headquarters, and turning it into a multi- rfti to find out whether her daughter is buried in Worthington's St. Mary's Cemetery. "I'll tell you one thing, I'm not going to rest until I find out what happened," Thomas said.

"My heart says she was taken from me." Her lawyer, Scott Heidepriem of Sioux Falls, is preparing the paperwork to excavate at the grave site. "She really wants to know what happened if her daughter is alive or if she's not, where she's laid to rest," Heidepriem said. "What happened to Mary Agnes Gross? That's the question." Thomas' concerns stem from conflicting facts about the birth: Worthington Regional Hospital records indicate the baby was healthy at birth. Dr. F.L.

Schade, who delivered Mary Agnes, gave her an Apgar rating of 4 2 for heart beat and 2 for color. Apgar is a score doctors give newborns based on physical conditions. Five factors heart rate, muscle tone, respiratory effort, color and reflexes are rated from a low of 0 to 2 for normal. Schade also noted: "The color was good upon birth of baby." If a newborn is not breathing, the child's color most likely will be pale or Baby See 6A 8A By CARSON WALKER Argus Leader Staff WORTHINGTON, Minn. Marlys Gross Thomas remembers well the June day in 1962 when she awoke after giving "birth to her first child.T She recalls even more vividly the doctor's telling her that her 6-pound baby girl was dead.

Still groggy from anesthesia, Thomas insisted on seeing the baby, whom she named Mary Agnes Gross. The mother later divorced Mary Agnes' father and remarried. The doctor at first refused, but Thomas, now of Sioux Falls, persisted until a nurse held up the baby briefly. "The blankets fell off, and I asked what happened to her forehead. The doctor said they used forceps (to deliver her)," she said.

"She looked like she was sound asleep. Her eyes were tight. She wasn't purple." Thomas, 52, said she eventually accepted her baby's death, but her questions never went away. Why, for example, wouldn't hospital officials tell her how the baby died? Why wasn't there an autopsy? Why is the time of the baby's death recorded differently in hospital and court documents? Now, almost 33 years later, she wants Russia an old foe (4 Sioux Falls Worthington story torch! Videotape brought out of Chechnya by foreign television crews showed the building burning as some of the thousands of residents still trapped in the central city tried to flee along its cratered and littered streets. Chechen guerrillas have been expecting a new Russian offensive by elite troops who reportedly have been brought to the region to replace conscript units.

A BBC television crew reported small advances by some Russian groups, but there was no clear sign before nightfall whether Saturday's barrage was the start of a new drive. Since the Russians began trying to capture the city Dec. 31, the Chechens have broken up two Russian armored thrusts to the center, reportedly killing hundreds of Russian soldiers. Russian military officials put the Russian death toll at 256 as of Friday. The Russian government announced Saturday that its troops had killed about 2,500 Chechen fighters in the month-long offensive, the Associated Press reported from Moscow.

The weekly Moscow News, however, said approximately 2,000 Chechens and 1,800 Russian soldiers had died. Saturday's escalation disappointed Orthodox Christians among the mostly Muslim population who hoped Yeltsin might declare a Christmas cease-fire. ii Timeline: "frMD m9-2Marlys Gross Thomas gives birth to a 6-pound, 12 12-ounce girl named Mary Agnes at the Worthington, Community Hospital. 6:30 p.m. Death certificate states baby died.

June 13, 1962 Thomas' mother attends funeral for baby at St. Mary Cemeterv in Worthington. Summer 1993 Thomas questions whether her daughter is buried in the grave because a headstone for another baby was erected where she thought her JanuaiySgM6- Thomas starts legal process of exhuming the casket to determine if Mary Agnes is buried there. Mike Roemer Argus Leader Marlys Gross Thomas of Sioux Falls stands next to the headstone at St. Mary's Cemetery In Worthington, where her daughter, Mary Agnes Gross is supposed to have been buried.

She questions whether the infant died at birth or was taken from her for adoption. Lynn SchlefelbelnArgus Leader It's hard to picture this one: Elvis at 60 INSIDE legion of American youngsters pected in Memphis this weekend Low -3 High 18 Fans celebrate birthday passing time for those who sought as teenagers to affect his youthful swagger. "I can imagine him at 60. I can imagine him havine eotten Business Section Classified ads Sections E-P Crossword puzzle 4B Ann Landers 7G Life Section Lottery results 1D Movies 5G National news Obituaries 3D Opinion 6-7D Sioux Empire Section Sports Section Stocks 2-38 Weather World news 8A Partly cloudy. Wind becoming southeast 5 to 15 mph.

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Highs, 20s. Lows, single digits. Full report. 2A their first sweet taste of rebelliousness. But that time is often overshadowed by Presley's later years of drugs and excess, the Elvis who keeps the tabloids and comedians busy.

"What people judge him by often is the last three years of his life and at that point, he was genuinely lost," Guralnick said. "If you think of the story as the story of a friend of yours, it's not a joke. It's not sensational headlines either. It's what happens to people sometimes." for commemorative activities mat include a dance party, a cake-cutting on the Graceland lawn and a symphony concert. Presley died of heart disease at 42, locked in a self-imposed isolation darkened by drug abuse and depression.

But had he made it through that time, Guralnick thinks he undoubtedly would still be singing. Guralnick's book, covering Presley's life up to 1958, chronicles the rise of an ambitious but insecure young man on his way to stardom the Elvis who changed pop music and gave a of King of Rock 'n' Roll By WOODY BAIRD Associated Press MEMPHIS, Term. Somehow, the picture won't come into focus: a pompadoured but graying Elvis, in sensible shoes, sipping warm milk in Graceland's Jungle Room. Sixty years old? Not the King. But yes, Elvis Presley would have turned 60 today.

And though he died nearly 18 years ago, that doesn't stop the faithful from celebrating the day. Nor does it soften the rub of Elvis through his pe- Presley riod of despair, just as so many people have," said Peter Guralnick, author of a new Elvis biography, "Last Train to Memphis." Thousands of fans were ex- Printed on recycled paper with toybean-based ink. For S.D. recycling center nearest you call 1-800-438-3367..