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t- -M lhr tr 2A Tuesday June 3 1997 THE OLATHE DAILY NEWS 1 AROUND McVeigh convicted of bombing -Weather Report- in IEfAREV Moon Phases not over dead 9 Broxterman bombing victim JMO Tomorrow's 5:53 E3 E3 0 EJ 0 Ana Forecast Today: Moatty doudy High 70 to 75 Low in the mkUOe Wednesday: Mostly doudy with a high 70 to 75 ThureOat: Dry Thursday High in the 70s Low in the 80s Dry Friday and Saturday Highs 75 to 85 Low In the 50s Yesterday's Numbers Temperaturas High 77 Low 56 PradpKation at 6 pjik Yesterday None Month to date None Normal to date 054 Year to date 1088 Normal YTD 1429 of hundreds of people assembled on the sidewalk Hartzler who has multiple sclerosis stopped his electric wheelchair to speak briefly to the crush of reporters obviously very pleased with the results We always had confidence in our he said ready to move on to die next Jones who had walked across the courtroom to shake hand after the verdict congratulated prosecutors and the FBI and said will be ready for die second In Washington President Clinton said the verdict heralded very important and long overdue day for the survivors and families of those who died in Oklahoma I say to die families of die victims no single verdict can bring an end to your Clinton said in a statement your courage has been an inspiration to all Americans Our prayers are with The verdict came just over two years after the explosion gutted die nine-story federal building Immediately after die bombing there was speculation among members of die public that die attack like the World Trade Center bombing two years earlier was the work of foreign terrorists arrest instead cast a spotlight on militia movement and like-minded right-wing extremists who see Waco and the 1992 FBI siege at Ruby Ridge Idaho as evidence die federal government is extinguishing die constitutional rights of its citizens McVeigh was arrested 75 minutes after die explosion about 80 miles north of die blast site He was pulled over by a state trooper for failing to have a license date on his yellow Mercury Marquis He was traced to die bombing through a composite sketch of the man who rented the Ryder truck In the speedy 18-day government case prosecutors called people close to McVeigh to testify he divulged detailed plans to bomb the building months before the attack and devoured the anti-government novel Turner which describes the destruction of a federal building to spark a civil war The government also produced rental documents phone records and witnesses who identified him as the man who rented the Ryder truck under the alias Robert Kling Other evidence pointed to efforts to buy and steal bomb-making supplies a MCVEIGH From Page 1 A avenge the disaster at Waco exactly two years earlier and spark a second American revolution Hie bomb went off at 9-02 am turning die morning into a swirl of flying glass collapsing walls and crumbling concrete Nine floors collapsed into an area the size of three crushing the victims in the words of one rescuer Among the dead were 19 children most of whom had just been dropped off at the building's day-care center The hunt for the bomber yielded one of own the fresh-faced former Army sergeant who was raised in the small town of Pendleton NY and was decorated for his actions as an armored-vehicle gunner in the Persian Gulf When die verdict was read McVeigh stared at the judge None of his attorneys comforted him or said anything to him As jurors were polled as to whether they were sure of their decision the foreman stared at McVeigh and answered in a loud firm voice Two red-eyed jurors held tissues in their hands and appeared close to tears After Matsch dismissed the jury McVeigh was escorted out by four US marshals He shook lead attorney Stephen Jones' hand and the two exchanged whispered words Just as he was taken out of the courtroom he shook hands with another of his lawyers Christopher Tritico McVeigh was convicted of conspiracy and using a weapon of mass destruction both punishable by the death penalty In addition he was convicted of murdering eight federal law enforcement officers in the line of duty Each of those eight counts is punishable by the death penalty Peggy Broxterman who listened to the verdict in an auxiliary courtroom called it an thrill" but said vindication for the death of her 43-year-old son and others wasn't complete "It's not over until he's dead" she said Prosecutors Joseph Hartzler and Patrick Ryan spoke at a gathering of more than 100 relatives and survivors at a nearby church that they had been using as a haven Complimented mi their handling of the case Hartzler replied that the work a labor of love" Hartzler left the federal courthouse to die applause until Peppv mother of Stock Market Dow Industrials: 725941 -4163 Monday's Market NYSE Volume: 435939260 Shares Shawnee plans annual festival The 1997 Old Shawnee Days Parade will be 10 am Saturday beginning at Nieman Road and Shawnee Mission Parkway heading north and west and ending at Old Shawnee Town Following die parade will be the Old Shawnee Days festival There will be a full-scale carnival Wednesday through Sunday in die Hy-Vee parking lot Pflumm and Shawnee Mission Parkway There will be a square dance at 7 pan Thursday in die parking kit of the Shawnee City Hall Johnson Drive at Nieman The Old Shawnee Town (near downtown Shawnee) festival begins Friday and continues through Sunday It includes living history games musical entertainment and food booths A new addition to die festival will be the cultural garden featuring the local German heritage Brcwhaus will be serving German food and beer and proceeds will go to die Betty Charlton Scholarship Foundation Accordionist Juha Sil-fverbeig will be featured in the cultural garden which will be located directly behind the Old Shawnee Town trading post Water district elects officers The board of directors for Johnson County Water District No 1 has reorganized and elected a new chairman and vice chairman At a May 13 board meeting Dick Weisser was elected chairman and Bob Reese vice chairman Botii will serve two-year terms Weisser an engineer and owner of Weisser Associates Ltd has been a member of the board since 1993 He has served as chairman of its operations committee for the past two years Reese an information systems manager for Sprint Corp has been a member of the board since 1993 He has served as chairman of its finance committee for die past two years Weisser and Reese were both reelected to foe board April 1 along with Jim Vader a former member of die board Also during the May 13 meeting Weisser appointed new committee chairmen They are Robert Olson administrative Anne Lyddon public affaire Reese finance and Vader operations All committee chairmen will serve two-year terns New conceit series to open in Olathe a new concert series Saturday Nite at the Creek kicking off Graves picks weighty topics for conference experts who have agreed to participate" Graves said Retail wheeling came to die forefront in die Kansas Legislature during the 1997 session but no action was taken A legislative task force studying the issue plans to attend the Monday morning session on retail wheeling Keynote speaker on retail wheeling will be William Hogan a professor at Harvard Kennedy School of Government and recognized expert on die topic Members of a retail wheeling panel include John Hayes Jr president and CEO of Western Resources Inc Topeka William Mayben of the Nebraska Public Power District Mark Cooper of die Consumer Federation of America and John Anderson of die Electricity Consumers Resource Council The telecommunications discussion in the afternoon will be moderated by Laska Schoenfelder of die South Dakota Regulatory Commission Members will be James Casseriy of die Federal Communications Commission John Hoffman of Sprint former US Attorney General William Barr now with GTE and Susan Weinstock of the American Association of Retired Persons GRAVES From Page 1 A for customers at the home or business level It would allow competitors to pay to use transmission facilities of companies now delivering electricity to residences and businesses so they could distribute power they generate themselves or purchase at wholesale to those customers The goal is to give consumers a choice of which electric company they buy their power from as telephone companies now compete for long distance business Issues include how to create competition in rural areas where there typically is just one supplier how to deal with paying off the costs of generating plants called stranded investment companies' obligation to serve certain areas and how best to implement competition Kansas Electric Cooperatives Inc commissioned a study by the Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University It concluded retail wheeling would cause electric rates to rise significantly in rural areas Deregulation of the telecommunications industry still is evolving will soon be front burner Issues in die Midwestern states and I am grateful for the lineup of QuoM ptotttad by tea OUN oNoa ol Eduard Jonaa ntn NYSE Edwardjones Serving Indhridiial Investors Since 1871 Kent Donley Scott Lawrence Ridgcvicw ft Santa Pe 764-2400 1 Kwt Bonify HtWllWHW Lotteries Olathe rings in new phone system at Gty Hall Here are the winners in Monday's lottery drawings MISSOURI SHOW ME 5 13-14-19-20-29 MISSOURI PICK 3 5-9-0 KANSAS CASH 2-4-8-9-10-18 KANSAS PICK 3 0-8-4 Daybreak OLATHE From Page 1 A the old analog phone system could not effectively have voice mail added The city's Information Services department will administer the new system which was installed by the Sprint Corporation Along with voice mail for city employees Seifert said die new system will provide a platform for die city to add public access services "We'll he able to add voice forms for citizens to fax info buck any time of the day and Seifert said City officials also plan to add information boxes for residents to access data on court dates water bills traffic tickets building permits and other services the city provides In the next two weeks system technicians will work toward adding the public library to the system and Seifert said the service can provide phone service to the library's new proposed branch if needed Most of the service departments have used the new system for two weeks but Monday die city management building and other departments started using the system As part of die overall package Sprint has provided training for city employees but Seifert said three are few bugs to wok out Employees throughout the building echoed die sentiment are a few bugs to work For awhile residents will have to get used to reaching phone extensions without names attached to the mail boxes and even occasionally getting disconnected but Seifert said employees should be used to the new system within die next few weeks never had voice mail assistant city manager Susan Sherman said never been able to park someone on another line and other things on the old The grills get hot at 6 pm and die music at 7 Get to know the featured artist The series includes an unplugged Sunday morning concert series at 9 in the ICCC Youth Center the schedule of artists: June 78 Jennifer Knapp June 1415 No Ones Judge June 2122 Hallelujah Cowboys June 2829 Big Tomorrow Band July 56 Larry Campbell Friends Party scheduled for Bill Richards The family of Bill Richards longtime owner of Richards' Service in Spring Hill invites new and old friends to celebrate Bill's 95th birthday The party will be from 2 to 4 pm Sunday at the old Spring Hill Grade School 401 Madison Spring Hill Richards requests no gifts stays on top of film list LOS -The Lost World: Jurassic dropped 62 percent hum its record opening weekend but still tupped the box-office charts by a wide margin I11 flx1 the $34 1 million it took in represented the fourth-best second weekend ever posted trailing only Park" and Duy" Emeituinnient Data Inc said Monday Industry pnrjcctiuis now suggest the sequel to Park" will gross about $250 million at North American theaters far less than Park's" $357 1 million but a great showing nonetheless Lost World" figures to fall from No 1 this coming weekend when the heavily promoted "Con Air" debuts released in 1993 was the naiitNi's favorite film for its tint three weekends Three new films that opened in wide or limited national release this past weekend all fared modestly The most popular was the comedy "Gone Fishin'" which finished thinl mid Error" and Magic" did poorly The honor film passed the $100 million mark The hip movies at North American theaters Friday through Sunday followed by studio gross number of theater locations receipts per location total gross and number of weeks in release as compiled by Entertainment Data and Exhibitor Relations Cu: 1 Lost Jurassic Universal $34 1 million 3282 locations $10395 average $1415 million two weeks 2 "Addicted hi Love" Warner Bros S62 million 2JH9 various $3089 average $20 1 million two weeks 3 Fishin-" Disney $58 million 1841 lucatiuns $3142 average $58 million one week 4 'Trial and Error" New Line $49 million 2298 hvarions $2134 average $49 million mk week The Associated Press Council to have hearing on bonds for AlliedSignal vote on the proposal by the end of the month The public hearing will be conducted during the city council meeting at Gty Hall 100 Santa FeSt million for machinery and equipment and $42 million for project contingencies Susan Sherman assistant city manager said council members will not take action on die Allied proposal Tuesday but are gathering information as part of die deti-sion-making process Sherman said the council will COUNCIL From Page 1A 7 and K-10 will consolidate more than 1500 employees from Allied's manufacturing plant in Olathe and offices in Lenexa If approved Allied will use $326 million of the bond money for the manufacturing and office space $32 million for land $40 TimaHiy PO'Doa 1W7 krlwia 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