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Beyond fudge Fudge isn't the only chocolate treat that can be cooked up at home Food IB Our Lady of Guadalupe Wichita Hispanics honor the Virgin Mary Local State 13A SNOW EARLY 122 IMIS DEIJULS 14A scans WBbJMScfaitlCflylBaGQII DECBBBU2000 Prominent Democrats call on Gore to concede The US Supreme Courtis split derision to reverse recount ruling provokes fierce dissent from four justices BVSIBIBI11IMU Knight Ridder Tribune George Bush did not issues statement late Tuesday night but his spokesman said Bush was Very wfih the Supreme Court ruling The US Supreme Court late Tuesday reversed the Florida Supreme Courft decision to recount disputed votes across the state essentially securing a victory for Republican George Bush exactly five weeks after Election Day Vice President Al Gore did not i immediately react to the decision but key Democrats promptly declared his quest for the presidency a likely lost cause In an extraordinary late-night decision the court said a recent recount ordered The developments in the Florida presidential election recount 4A Questions answere about the high ruling 8A by the Florida Supreme Court violated equal rights and that tittie was not enough time to conduct a new recount that would pass constitutional muster Tuesday was the technical deadline One senior adviser to Al Gore said several members of staff have determined that the vice president almost certainly has to drop out of the for states to appoint presidential electors Gore and Bush remained sequestered late Tuesday night as aides and attorneys pored over the court decision and its six different race opinions Pressure to call it quits Bush campaign cheers Supreme Court ruling MOBEHSDE Stephen Hathaway right a Democrat and hia Repubfican friend Stephen Dea Marleau had plenty to tak about after the Supreme decision Tuesday night in hs right mind would want to be the person who gets up in the morning looks in the minor brushes hia teeth and says Tm the one who made Al Gore or George Bush President? Hathaway said know half the against it' See story 8A the court ruling would lead to concession of the election certainly looks like the vice president is out of options and out of time" said Rep Joseph Hoeffel a Pennsylvania Democrat It looks to me like we are now in the beginning of the said Sen John Warner R-Va Gore lawyer Laurence Tribe told NBC he disagreed witb the decision but that tile country should respect iL think the place in our lives is such that we all should rally around even if we disagree with the said Tribe Soon after the decision was announced Ed Rendell the blunt-spoken general chairman of die Democratic Party said it was Please see COURT Page 4A Gore is expected to have a statement today after he and aides sort through the ruling Cheers erupted at Bush campaign headquarters in Austin Tuesday night after the US Supreme Court handed the Teas governor a crucial win in ha bkl for the presideny but his aides stopped shut of claiming final victory in the lengthy election saga This has been a long and arduous process for everyone involved on both said former Secretary of State James A Baker Bush's point man on the Florida recount Baker emerged in Tallahassee Fk more than an hour after the nation1! high court reversed Supreme Court ruling allowing more recounts in the state He dree his words carefully as the Bush camp waited for Gore to decide whether to miwdp Meanwhile Vice President Al Gore his family and aides scrambled to sort Please see BUSH Page 8A Rax ToUmIIm McMi Bla i i i i i I Hollywood paints El Dorado gold McVeigh wants his execution date set Hh From golden lights to golden streets golden floats to golden wreaths DreamWorks transforms HI Dorado for the video debut (fits namesake movie Two acton representing Miguel and Tufa the main characters in the DreamWorks animated film The Road to served as grand marshals for a parade Tuesday mgnicwQoronwQ the video and DVD release of Ihe movie BY J0 HOMS NewYork Tunes Timothy McVeigh has decided to end the appeal of his death sentence for the 1995 Oklahoma Gty bombing and has asked a federal judge to have him executed within four months do not wish to pursue any further appeals in this McVeigh told US District Judge Richard Matsch in an affidavit filed on Monday This decision to forgo appeal is done against the advice of my lawyers" McVeigh asked Matsch to set an execution date or order die director of the federal Bureau of 9000 Vm VWcMi wd Bwon RiMing Oft PjOl to 800 MfcNta Km 67201 nr nh mini Hie Wichita Eagle Streetlights dimmed The crowd dianted down from 10 Then golden lights fladied and cascaded reflecting off the sparkling gold-painted streets In an instant downtown El Dorado became a City of Gold beautiful" called out Jessica Larson a Wichita resident as golden floats portraying scenes from the movie Road to El Dorado" paraded down Main Street it just gorgeous!" gloves and scarves hundreds checked Peoptem this city of about 13000 got out the parade and celebration an up-dose look at a Hollywood pro- The event was thrown by the Los duction Tuesday Bundled in thick coats stocking caps Please see EL DORADO Page BA within 120 days The 32-year-old former soldier was convicted of the April Please see MCVEIGH Page BA is sWvl-er I -focUy yid I KnightRidder Information for Uff 4 I I if -a a tv 1 1 I.