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a SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2000 DAILY JOURNAL PAGE 5 Former FUSS agent in charge says no agents fired guns at Waco as a key focus of John C. Pant'ortli's imfsti-gation of Waco. Although the deposition was do'il. Branch Davidian lawyers and Justice Department sources described what Rogers said. Rogers has rejected previous reque-K for interviews, saying he wanted to wait until the trial of the Branch Davidians' mugful death lawsuit is over.

It is set for May. Rogers. 56. was the commander of tin FBI's hostage rescue team, an elite -member unit trained to handle volatile police The unit had surrounded the Branch Davidian complex known as Mount Carmel and was supposed to use tanks and tear gas to force the sect's members to surrender on April 19. ST.

LOUIS (AP) Federal agents did not fire weapons or use incendiary devices during the final siege on the Branch Davidian complex near Waco, Texas, the commander of that siege said. Richard Rogers, a former FBI agent, was in command of federal forces on April 19, 1993. The Davidians' complex burned, and leader David Koresh and more than 80 of his followers died. Branch Davidian lawyers say Rogers should be an individual defendant in their lawsuit against the government. They say he made an on-the-scene decision to accelerate the forced eviction plan that Attorney General Janet Reno had approved.

Rogers said Friday that he had not deviated from that plan when he ordered tank-driv ing FBI agents to ram deep into the complex during a tear gas attack. Rogers said one converted tank had plowed into the back of the structure to clear a path for another that was to insert tear gas in an area where the sect's members had taken refuge. In the process, the gymnasium was destroyed, but Rogers said he did not order that. Rogers made his statements during an eight-hour deposition in Washington, D.C. He was questioned by three lawyers for Branch Davidian survivors, who say his conduct contributed to the deaths at Waco.

Rogers was represented by two of his own lawyers and six others from the Justice Department and the FBI. Informed sources have described Rogers Ozark voters are checking out both sides but haven't been happy with hat they have seen. Southwest Missouri hist'irirtl-ly is one of the more Repi'MiiMii voting areas in the nation. Simv the 7th Congressional Pwtrii'i was created in the ili-trtet has elected only one lViuoerat to the U.S. House.

cares for two children. "I don't even have to time to watch television or read the newspaper, so how could I make an informed decision on a candidate?" she asked. "No, I have no plans to vote anytime soon." Better informed voters say they have time to read the paper, Dean St Chu" Wit1 Chirtinev C-eaninij Rates Caps ft MFMBFR CHIMNIV GUILD Call: BEST CLEAN PLUS A Cl 756 8157 431-0010 1 800-794 2323 Urys' ven! IP Kendra Thomas, a 21-year-old college student who says she cares about issues like gay and lesbian rights, found herself standing at the rear of an airport hanger, surrounded by "Bush for Family Values" signs. The scene was a political rally for OOP front-runner George W. Bush, who touched down briefly Wednesday at the Springfield Airport to refuel his campaign plane.

Thomas, a Democrat, said she felt like an undercover agent deep in enemy territory. "I can't really vote against the guv if I don't hear what he has to say." said Thomas, who studies political science at Southwest Missouri State University. "I guess I'm still willing to listen to everyone at this point." Slie plans to vote Tuesday she won't say for whom but many of her friends will not because they are either too busy or the candidates don't appeal to them. "I don't think college students are disinterested in politics, it's just that most of these politicians don't speak to people our age," Thomas said. Sabrina Clair agrees, but thinks students are often too busy to pay attention to the issues.

Clair, 21, is manager of the Country Kitchen restaurant in Marsh-field. She commutes 25 miles to school three times a week and Ozark voters checking out both sides By DOUG JOHNSON Associated Press Writer MARSHFIEI.D, Mo. (AP) -Crammed deep into a Ixxith at Tim 's Smokehouse, Richard Wilson decided to try" something a little different: He passed on the ribs and ordered a Cob salad instead. It's not that he has anything against meat. Wilson said, he's just tired of always ordering the same thing kind of like his feelings on politics.

"It used to be I would have voted for Donald Duck as long as he was a Democrat," Wilson said. "But after a while, you lose your taste for voting strictly down party lines." The 46-year-old trucker and lifelong Democrat is picking from a new menu this Tuesday. He plans to vote for Sen. John McCain, the Republican from Arizona, in the second presidential primary in Missouri's history. "I like his military record.

I just think he's a good man," said Wilson. "I'm not trying to send a message to anyone. I've just decided that it's OK to look at the other ticket if you don't like what you see on your own." With Super Tuesday looming, several O.ark voters were still making up their minds. Some were using less conventional methods than others. Serial rapist gets two more life sentences ST.

CHARLES, Mo. (AP) The man convicted of a long string of St. Louis area rapes received two more life sentences Friday to with more than a dozen previous life sentences in other juris-ictions. Dennis Rabbitt, the so-called "South Side Rapist," entered a guilty plea to raping a Lake St. Louis woman.

Rabbitt had earlier pleaded guilty to 14 rapes in St. Louis city, three in St. Louis County and four in Jefferson Count-. In addition, he still faces rape charges in Madison County, just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis.

Rabbitt is scheduled to be sentenced April 7 for the St. Louis rapes. He is expected to be sentenced to five consecutive life sentences. The victim of the Lake St. Louis rape, Sue Kleeschulte, was in the courtroom Friday.

She said hearing Rabbitt 's voice again was chilling. "He should ask forgiveness from every one of his victims," Kleeschulte said. "He may be imprisoned for the rest of his life here on earth. But he needs to think about what happens in the hereafter." Kleeschulte came forward in 1998 to help publicize how devastating the attacks were for the victims. She was raped at her condominium May 10, 1995.

Rabbitt told the judge that he broke in through a back window. Rabbitt, 43, terrorized the region for more than a decade. He earned the nickname "South Side Rapist" because many of the attacks happened in south St. Louis. Wire Rope to idle workers for one week ST.

JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) Nearly 400 workers in three Missouri cities will be idled for a week when Wire Rope Corporation of America shuts down because of a backlog of inventory. Wire Rope said 391 production workers in St. Joseph, Kansas City and Sedalia will be out of work March 12-18. Wire Rope's plant in Chillicothe will not be affected because it makes a different product, company president Charles Salanski said.

"We have a large inventory system across the country, and it is out of balance," he said. Bill Arthur, president of the United Steelworkers of America Local 5783, which represents Wire Rope employees, said the union and the company agreed to the hiatus to help the company. They approached us and the international union and we mutually agreed upon this as the best option," Arthur said. Salanski said the company's financial performance last year was affected by a month-long strike at the St. Joseph plant and the purchase of MacwhyteBroderick and Bascom Co.

in Wisconsin. He said the company has to control inventories to maintain cash flow. Wire Rope said last month that plans to restart the Macwhyte plant in Kenosha, had fallen through. Instead, the company plans to increase production of smaller--diameter wire rope in St. Joseph.

The company, based in St. Joseph, employs 540 workers in St. Joseph, 220 in Sedalia and 180 in Kansas City. Funeral planned for slain Kansas deputy HIAWATHA, Kan. (AP) Hundreds of law-enforcement officers from a four-state area were expected to be on hand today for the funeral of a young deputy sheriff who was killed by a teenage runaway.

"We don't know how many," said Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper David Huerter, who is planning the funeral procession. "I'm sure itH be quite a few, but not everybody's checking in." Funeral services for Todd Widman, shot Wednesday by a if-year-old runaway from Buffalo, N.Y., were to be held today in an auditorium at Hiawatha High School. As many as 750 people were expected to attend, including a delegation from the Buffalo Police Department where the father is a lieutenant. Olathe police will help the Kansas Highway Patrol with traffic control and two highway patrol troopers will handle calls to the Brown County Sheriffs Department so that all deputies can attend the funeral. On Friday, Gov.

Bill Graves ordered that flags at state government buildings be flown at half-staff today to honor Widman. Widman, 21, was a handsome 6-footer with a dream of working in law enforcement. He was working part-time for the Brown County Sheriffs Department while he completed his criminal justice degree at Washburn University in Topeka. Man dies in crash WARRENTON, Mo. (AP) A 25 year-old man died Friday in a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 70, the Missouri State High way-Patrol said.

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