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Saturday, June 18, 1994 The Bismarck Tribune Page 11 A DavitiianicuEltisils gj their clients were destitute. The judge didn't elaborate on evidence that influenced him in imposing the sentences. He largely followed the sentencing recommendations of prosecutors, who had little to say afterward. The federal system has no automatic parole procedure. If a prisoner accumulates "good time" for good behavior, it is possible they could be released after serving 85 percent of their sentence.

"It's clear that the judge carefully crafted the sentences in what he thought was the proper response," said lead prosecutor Ray Jahn, who earlier dubbed the defendants "religious terrorists." Defense attorneys criticized the five Davidians' 40-year terms. "I hurt for them. I'm shocked," said lawyer Rocket Rosen, who represents Whitecliff and Fagan. Lawyer Douglas Tinker, who represents Branch, said there are plans to appeal. crime.

Paul Fatta, who wasn't present during the initial shootout, got a 15-year sentence and a $50,000 fine for conspiracy to possess machine guns. Ruth Riddle, the only woman on trial, got the lightest sentence five years and a $2,500 fine for using or carrying a weapon during a crime. Jury forewoman Sarah Bain said Riddle's conviction on that count was a mistake and jurors never intended the Davidians to serve so many years in prison. "I feel directly responsible," a crying Ms. Bain said after the sentencing.

"If we had done that (weapons) count properly, the maximum sentence for anyone in there would be 10 years. I just regret that part." Smith ruled all eight defendants would be responsible for $1.31 million in restitution to the families of the slain agents and to the government. Lawyers for the eight said Death rocks music world once again SEATTLE (AP) Tragedy struck Seattle's alternative-rock scene for the second time in three months as the bassist for Courtney Love's band Hole was found dead in her bathtub. Police said a cosmetic bag containing syringes and other drug paraphernalia was found on the floor near Kristen Pfaff, 27. Love's husband, Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain, shot himself to death in April.

Drug paraphernalia was found there, as well. An autopsy Friday failed to determine the cause of Pfaff's death. Friends and associates said she had a heart murmur. Police said there was no indication of suicide. Pfaff, a classically trained pianist who had gone through a drug treatment program earlier this year, joined Hole in 1993.

The band's latest album is titled, "Live Through This." "She was a fantastic musician," said Jim Merlis, a spokesman at Geffen Records' New York office. "She was one of those people who needed to play. She was happy when she played." The so-called grunge rock movement started in Seattle and spread nationwide with the success of such groups as Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots. The music is characterized by a stripped-down, straight-ahead sound featuring loud guitar, bass and drums. "1 1 I Si SAN ANTONIO (AP) Swayed by evidence so grisly he wouldn't let the jury see it, a judge sentenced five Branch Davidians to the maximum 40 years in prison Friday for the deaths of four federal agents.

Three other followers of doomsday preacher David Koresh received more lenient sentences, ranging from five to 20 years, for weapons violations that led to a cataclysmic siege at their Waco compound. None of the eight Davidians apologized for' their crimes, U.S. District Judge Walter Smith said when he imposed the sentences. He reminded them of the weapons they used, the agents left dead on Feb. 28, 1993, and the inferno that ended a 51-day standoff.

Koresh and 78 other people died in the fire that flattened the cult's refuge. Sixteen agents were wounded and six Davidians died in the gun battle between the cult and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. "The evidence from this trial has not faded from my memory. Certain images are clear," Smith said. "I remember evidence the jury didn't see, evidence I ruled was too gruesome." Among the evidence he kept from the jury were pictures of the agents' bodies.

The Davidians showed no-emotion when they were sentenced. On Feb. 26, jurors in the seven-week trial cleared all 11 defendants of the most serious murder and murder conspiracy charges. Three were acquitted of all charges, five were convicted of voluntary manslaughter and three of weapons charges. Smith sentenced Brad Branch, Kevin Whitecliff, Jaime Castillo, Renos Avraam and Livingstone Fa-gan to maximum 40-year sentences 10 years for manslaughter and 30 for using a firearm during a crime.

They received fines ranging from $2,000 to $10,000. DEATHS 4 1 Gary Hulm Gary D. Hulm, 43, 403 W. Interstate Bismarck, died June 15, 1994, at his home of an apparent heart attack. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m.

Monday at Church of Corpus Christi, Bismarck, with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck. I 1 vi ft Gary Hulm worked for 20 years as disc jockey Black Jack Dave Novak for KFYR. ASSOCIATED PRESS Sarah Bain, jury forewoman during the Branch Davidians trial, wipes a year as she leaves the courthouse. 'I feel directly she said after the Davidians were sentenced. Graeme Craddock, who told sentence and a $2,000 fine for Smith he is "not a person who possessing a grenade and using or would harm anyone," got a 20-year possessing a firearm during a Widow beats city in wildflower fight APPOINTMENT BOOK VFW, pinochle, 1 p.m.

DICKINSON SINGLES CLUB, 6:30 p.m. dinner; 8:30 p.m. dance, St. Anthony Hall. Evarist Albers Evarist V.

"Bud" Albers, 72, died of cancer May 12, 1994, at Bonners Ferry, Idaho. He was born Oct. 3, 1921, at Hannover, and graduated from Hazen High School. During World War II he served in the U.S. Air Force in the North African-Italian campaign where he participated in 21 missions and in one was the sole survivor.

Since that time he had lived in Oregon and Idaho. Survivors include his wife, Josephine; four children, Norman, Nathan, Nina and Nancy, all of Vancouver, and one sister, Elizabeth Ellis, Stanley. Daniel Howling Wolf Sr. WHITE SHIELD Daniel James Howling Wolf 25, White Shield, died June 15, 1994, at his home. Services will be held at 1 p.m.

Monday at Ralph Wells Memorial Complex, White Shield, with burial in the Congregational Cemetery, White Shield. He is survived by his wife, Hope; one son, Daniel at home; his parents, Rodney and Donna Howling Wolf, White Shield, and Lois Chapman, Aberdeen, S.D.; one brother, Delmer, Sacramento, and one sister, Melissa Chapman, Aberdeen. (Thompson Funeral Home, Garrison) Anna Pudwill WISHEK Anna Pudwill, 74, Wi-shek, died June 17, 1994, in the Wishek nursing home. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church, Wishek, with burial in Wishek Cemetery.

She is survived by three sisters, Hilda Schwarwalter, Reeder, Mamie Pudwill, Santa Monica, and Grace Campbell, Los Angeles; and one brother, Arthur, Wishek. (Dahlstrom Funeral Home, Wishek) TOMORROW Visitation will be from 1-9 p.m. Sunday at Boelter Funeral Home, Bismarck, where a vigil will begin at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Mr.

Hulm was born Oct. 19, 1950, in Bismarck, the son of Mike and Delia (Beeton) Hulm. In 1968, Gary graduated from Bismarck High School and continued his education as a broadcaster in Minneapolis. He worked as a disc jockey at KFYR for 20 years as "Black Jack Dave Novak." Recently he went to school in St. Paul, graduating with a paralegal degree.

He returned to Bismarck where he worked for Zuger, Kirmis and Smith, Attor-neys-At-Law, in the Provident Life Building. He continued to work part-time at KFYR. Gary loved participating in activities with his children and also enjoyed music and sports. He is survived by his parents, Mike and Delia, Bismarck; two daughters, Jessica, Bismarck, and Jennifer, Oregon; two sons, Michael, Oregon, and Christopher, Bismarck; three sisters, Sandi Peterson, Gresham, Pam Inger-soll, North Canton, Ohio, and Cindy Lesmeister, Bismarck; three nieces and one nephew. "They can go ahead and do that, but they better not touch the wildflowers," she said.

"They can trim a little, but I'll hit them over the head if they get reckless." The city's citation was issued two weeks ago, based on an anonymous neighbor's complaint. The city had planned to charge Mrs. Connors $100 for the mowing. Savage said she received letters from Maine to Florida to Oregon, complaining that the government 1 should deal with more pressing issues than wildflowers. "They're right," Savage said.

"We never intended to cut them down, but we never expressed that very well. I've written to each one of them and told them we worked out a good solution." TULSA, Okla. (AP) Evelyn Connors' paradise on earth is safe from city lawn mowers. The city threatened to cut the 50-foot-long strip of waist-high wildf-lowers she has tended for 27 years, citing codes that uncultivated gardens be no higher than 1 foot. Mayor Susan Savage and a public works official toured her wildflower garden and decided only a pink dogwood tree needed trimming among her patches of buttercups, Jacob's ladders, blue larkspurs and purple yarrow.

"The wildflowers will remain intact. They're not a problem," Savage said Friday. Mrs. Connors, 82, was satisfied with the compromise. i TODAY E3 PUBLIC EVENTS: CHILDREN'S DAY, activities, displays, food for kids through grade six, 1 1 a.m.

to 3 p.m., state Capitol grounds, sponsored by -Junior Service League. DOWNTOWNERS BROADWAY BLOCK PARTY, Family entertainment 7 to 9 p.m., street dances, 9 p.m., Broadway Avenue at Fourth and Fifth streets. SPORTS: YOUTH TRACK, Hershey State Meet, Hegeholz Field, University of Mary. CAPITOL CITY SOCCER TOURNAMENT, through Sunday, Cottonwood Park. CONVENTIONS, CONFERENCES: N.D.

AMERICAN LEGION AND AUXILIARY, through Monday, Radisson Inn. SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CAMP MEETING, Dakota Adventist Academy, north of Bismarck. ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORY PUBLISHERS, through Sunday, Holiday Inn. BENEDICTINE MUSICIANS OF AMERICA, through Thursday, University of Mary. ORGANIZATIONS: BISMARCK DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB, 1 p.m., Bismarck Elks Club.

EL ZAGAL PLAINSMEN, 6 p.m., Bismarck Masonic Temple. PUBLIC EVENTS: AMERICAN LEGION MEMORIAL SERVICE, 9:30 a.m., Radisson Inn Ballroom. 75TH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVALMUSICAL SHOW, 7:30 p.m., Municipal Baseball Park. Sponsored by American Legion. AMERICAN LEGION PARADE, 6 p.m., Capitol to Municipal Ballpark.

FATHER'S DAY AT DAKOTA ZOO, free train rides. SPORTS: CAPITOL CITY SOCCER TOURNAMENT, Cottonwood Park. AUTO RACING, 7.30 p.m., Missouri Valley Speedway. CONVENTIONS, CONFERENCES: N.D. AMERICAN LEGION AND AUXILIARY, through Monday, Radisson Inn.

BENEDICTINE MUSICIANS OF AMERICA, through Thursday, University of Mary. NORTH CENTRAL ELECTRICAL ASSOCIATION, through Wednesday, Radisson Inn. services ca Formula set for milk prices Associated Press John Gossman Earl Merkens The North Dakota Milk Stabilization Board has changed the formula it uses to set milk prices for producers and consumers. The price received by Grade A dairy producers those who produce milk for bottling is controlled by the milk board. For the past four years, the board has had a two-tiered floor price for those producers.

The floor has been $13.13 per hundredweight from February through June, and $14.18 per hundredweight from August through January. The formula worked fairly well until this year, because milk prices have been falling. They'll be below North Dakota's $13.13 floor next month. So, at a hearing this week, the milk board changed the formula. Come August, instead of rising to $14.18, the floor price to the producer will stay at $13.13.

And that will hold off an increase in consumer prices. IN-HOME HEALTH ASSESSMENT, call 224-7888 or 1-800-223-1977 for information. FOR THE RECORD BIRTHS MOBRIDGE, S.D. John Gossman, 63, Mobridge, died June 15, 1994, in the Mobridge hospital. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m.

MDT Monday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Mobridge, with burial in Greenhill Cemetery, Lemmon. He is survived by two children, Randy and Lida; four sisters, Mary Breese, Stockton, Pauline Maher, Mitchell, Kate Christman, Mobridge, and Georgia Satter, Rapid City; four brothers, Peter, Stockton, Rudy, Moorhead, and Robert and Adolph, both of Ben Wheeler, Texas. (Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home, Lemmon) Warren Hanson Warren I. Hanson, 81, Louisville, formerly of Litchville, died June 13, 1994, at his home.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Neurath and Underwood Funeral Home, Louisville. He is survived by Myla Finley Hanson. Bonnie Klein Bonnie Klein, 53, 101 W. Antelope Drive, Mandan, died June 17, 1994, at her home.

Arrangements are pending at Buehler-Larson Funeral Home, Mandan. DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION: Jeremy J. Westman, 18, 330 W. Arbor Bismarck, $150, three days suspended for one year. DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE: Kenneth Flores, 33, White Earth, $300, seven days suspended for one year.

Earl A. Merkens, 70, Ada, died June 13, 1994, in a Fargo hospital. Services were held Friday at Zion Lutheran Church, Ada, with burial in Pleasant View Cemetery, rural Ada. Survivors include his daughter, Beth Kringen, Mandan. (Fredrik-son Funeral Homes, Ada) Elmer Klipstein Elmer Klipstein, 83, 2500 Valley View Heights, Bismarck, died June 17, 1994, in a Bismarck nursing home.

Arrangements are pending at Perry Funeral Home, Mandan. Jesse Adams BEULAH Jesse Thurman Adams, 63, Beulah, died June 17, 1994, at his home after a long illness. Arrangements are pending at Seibel Funeral Home, Beulah. Freda Leer ELGIN Freda Leer, 84, Elgin, died June 17, 1994, in the Elgin nursing home. Arrangements are pending at Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home, Elgin.

Frank Kraft Frank C. Kraft, 88, 107 E. Bowen Bismarck, died June 17, 1994, in a Bismarck hospital. Arrangements are pending at Myers-Weigel Funeral Home, Linton. ST.

ALEXIUS MEDICAL CENTER DAUGHTER, John and Rhonda Fracassi, 1933 N. 20th 3:59 a.m., June 16. DAUGHTER, Bryan and Lori Waege, 1935 Oregon Drive, 4:02 a.m., June 17. DAUGHTER, Joe and Peggy Winbauer, 426 Aspen 8:14 a.m., June 17. SON, Thomas and Stacey Bold, Flasher, 6:07 p.m., June 17.

MEDCENTER ONE TWIN SONS, Rhonda and Greg Obrigewitch, Beulah, 12:51 p.m. and 12:53 p.m., June 17. DAUGHTER, Jacqueline Thunder Hawk and Scott Smith, Cannon Ball, 4:04 p.m., June 16. SON, Leta Brave Bull and Isadora Eagle Boy, Cannon Ball, 6:06 p.m., June 14. "Hello, Doctor?" is a live call-in radio program that invites you to ask physicians questions about your health! Saturday, June 18, 9:30 a.m.

Menopause What changes should women expect? What preventative health measures can be taken? Dr. A. M. Tello, Clinic Critical Care Specialist will be on hand to answer any of your medical questions on "Hello, Doctor?" CRIME STOPPERS POUCESHERIFF CSSS'I BISMARCK VANDALISM: seven tires on five different vehicles, parked inside the Eide Ford security fence at 2400 E. Broadway, were slashed.

The tires were valued at $800. THEFT: at Bismarck Moose Club Thursday evening. Taken from an unlocked car was $1 ,000 Motorola cellular phone belonging to Dave Nelson, 917 N. 8th St. GROSS SEXUAL IMPOSITION: of a 13-year-old claiming to have been raped by a 17-year-old Thursday evening on the 500 block of 7th St.

MANDAN STOLEN VEHICLE: from 106 W. Deer St. between May 27 and May 31. Reported by Walter J. Larson, 1300 Pioneer Trail.

Keys were in the unlocked, white, 1980 Pontiac Grand Prix worth $700. BEG YOUR PARDON 13 If you spot an error that significantly changes the meaning of any Tribune news story, please call the metro editor at 223-2500, extension 250. TIMES FOR CALLS Ef The hours for handling calls for Appointment Book and obituaries are 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. weekdays and 4 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Call 223-2500. KBMR AM Radio 1130 Country Keep these numbers handy: 255-1236 or 1-800-766-5267 (TD Call Bismarck Area Crime Stoppers at 224-TIPS (224-8477) to report information about any crime in Bismarck, Mandan, Burleigh County or Morton County. Information can be given anonymously and you may be eligible for cash rewards if the information leads to an arrest. Medcenter One Health Systems FUNERALS TODAY LEONARD BLACK CLOUD, 46, Cannon Ball, 10 a.m., Veterans Memorial Building, Cannon Ball. (Wei-gel Funeral Home, Mandan) LINDA FIMMEL, 81, Elgin, 2 p.m.

MDT, Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home, Elgin. PETER KOTTRE, 87, Glen Ullin, 10 a.m. MDT, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Glen Ullin. (Mischel-Olson Chapel, Dickinson) THOMAS PALMER, 68, Devils Lake, 1:30 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church, Devils Lake. (Gil-bertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake) COLLEEN ROBERTS, 70, Garrison, 10 a.m., First United Church of Christ, Garrison.

(Thompson Funeral Home, Garrison) STATE DEATHS BELCOURT Morris Allick, 65. BOTTINEAU Lois Cote, 59. CROSBY Evelyn Aaberg, 97; Carl Larson, 87. DEVILS LAKE Thomas Palmer, 68. FARGO Donald Toomey, 69.

LAMOURE Mary Adams, 83. MANVEL Victor Thompson, 85. MINOT Leo Hoffarth, 67; Carl In Leidholt, Infant; Carter Leidholt, infant; Richard Thommes, 69. OAKES Armon Gemar, 83. PORTLAND Myrtle Anderson, 88.

ROLLA Brittany Nadeau, Infant. WILLISTON Eva Goodwin, 85. COURTS 222 North 7th Street PO. Box 5505 Bismarck, ND 58502 (701) 222-5200 (In-State) 800-952-8758 0 BISMARCK JUDGE WILLIAM SEVERIN DISORDERLY CONDUCT: Terrance Brown, 17, Fort Yates, $100, two days suspended for one year. Janelle P.

Fox, 22, New town, $100 and one day. Lisa Fox, 31, Minot, $100 and one day. DOWN IN the dumps? Look over the Classifieds they brighten your day. Call 258-6900 to place your ad..

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