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11111 1 III 50482 W001 1 I i i 50 cents wwwl ocom Oklahoma City Bombing Trial something special pal Nichols ood Nutrition Page C1 guilty of 106 years of Christmas memories conspiracy a Associated Press 1995 Mike HaskeyLedger Enquirer Tina Watson a registered nurse at Oak Manor Nursing Home presents 1 06 year old Emma Gurley with a birthday corsage Tuesday See NICHOLS A8 See 106 A8 Officer mails gifts for deceased woman Associated Press 1 KT See KOREA A8 See OICER A8 THE VERDICT INDEX C5 B5 D8 C4 A6 Cl LEGAL ADS LOCAL MOVIES PEOPLE SPORTS TELEVISION BUSINESS CLASSIIED COMICS DEATH NOTICES EDITORIALS OOD AP file corn was used to symbolize the number of children in each family And there is Karamu a feast held on the sixth day of Kwanzaa The entire community is encouraged to come together To prepare for your Kwanzaa feast see today's ood Nutrition section for recipes and suggestions At the center of the celebration commemorating African inspired culture is the table set with a bowl of fruits and vegetables a straw place mat a communal cup and a seven branched candelabra with black red and green candles The sell off was prompted by another lowering of the credit rating which put further pressure on chances of obtaining new bank loans or keeping foreign investors in its financial markets It also raised questions about whether a $57 billion bailout arranged by the International Monetary und will be enough to stem the crisis reality is that we have ho President elect Kim Dae jung said after discussions with top US officials B4 B1 D6 A2 D1 D7 World Bank speedily approves a $3 billion immediate loan to beleaguered country Policewoman who found woman dead mailed unsent Christmas packages cards for her Jury verdict clearing Nichols of murder very hollow and shallow says relative of woman killed in the bombing The verdict announced Tuesday in the trial of Terry Nichols GUILTY Conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction for plotting to use an explosive to bomb the Oklahoma City federal building Involuntary manslaughter for the deaths of eight federal agents Involuntary manslaughter was defined for the jury as "the unlawful killing of a human being without malice" INNOCENT Use of a weapon of mass destruction using a truck bomb to kill Destruction by explosive using a truck bomb to destroy the building DENVER A jury convicted Terry Nichols of conspiracy and manslaughter in the Oklahoma City bombing Tuesday branding him the ju nior partner to Army buddy Timothy McVeigh in the deadli est act of terrorism on US soil Nichols who was cleared of murder but still could get the death penalty for conspiracy was somber and frowned as the verdict was read Two jurors wept softly along with several of the victims and relatives in the courtroom Jurors deliberated 41 hours over six days to conclude that the circumstantial prosecution case built on fertilizer receipts phone records and Ryder truck sightings was not enough to make Nichols a mass murderer a very hollow and shallow said Tom Kight whose stepdaughter died in the bomb ing guess those 12 jurors saw something different than I saw an empty forecast Rain and thunderstorms ending late High of 59 Overnight low of 46 or more see AS Terry Nichols shown in a photo still could get the death penal ty for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing SEOUL South Korea South beleaguered 1 stock market suffered its steep 1 est drop ever Tuesday as the country awaited a new $3 billion i loan from the World Bank and 1 the president elect warned that South Korea may not be able to pay its bills wanted you to have wrote Perry who got involved after neighbors told her Taylor had few friends nearby and no immediate family just leave that there like Since receiving the packages and the 41 cards 10 people have written back to thank the officer and tell stories about their old friend you so much for your kindness and wrote friend Betty Con roy who lives in a small Penn sylvania town ever up this way stop up to see Dorothy Hagerty old est cousin said she was shocked when she got the Christmas card because she even know her cousin was sick Associated Press PHILADELPHIA When 77 year old Margaret Taylor died alone in her home this month she left a table full of unfinished business: the Christ mas cards and wrapped presents that never got sent But the police officer who found the body took care of that Officer Aisha Perry stamped the cards and mailed them along with the packages sending along a note telling friendS that she had died sure she would have Winter weather headaches Snowstorm strands travelers in New Mexico before charging across the Plains Page A5 BiacknawK' Down South Korean stocks sink as country awaits bailout bserved from riday through Jan 1 each day of the festivity is based on nualities like self determination unitv creativity faith purpose and collective respon sibility Kwanzaa actually means fruits of the and as is true to most celebra tions food plays a pivotal role When Maulana Karenga developed Kwanzaa in 1966 he envisioned the fruits and vegeta bles as symbols of unified effort An ear of Ledger Enquirer Wednesday December 24 1997 Ga aunt used to be a Parham said to love to ride Parham came to live with Gurley and her family husband Thomas and son Thomas Jr in 1925 following the death of her mother Parham was 14 always treated me like a she said fact she called me her daughter Did everything for And Christmas was indeed a special time around the Gurley home know write Santa a letter telling him everything I Parham recalled my aunt would always get it for me She wanted me to have everything she Gurley whispered use to be so much about presents Not like poor farm girl found joy in a gift of fresh fruit That made the doll an extra special treat baby she was so Gurley recalled on her 106th birthday Tuesday a wisp of a smile on her face other dolls were ugly but not my And she loved that doll for two decades When she left Rome Ga for Columbus around 1920 she gave it to a friend had told her I she recalled I had to do what I think the doll was so special to her niece Doris Parham said she have many toys as a child A Christmas gift in her family was usually apples It was a big family three brothers and three sisters only one of whom a sister now 93 still survives living in Americus Champs crowned Carver girls Shaw boys win Shaw TournamentD1 Make your Kwanzaa feast Philadelphia Police Officer Aisha Perry found the tydy of 77 year old MargaretTaylor along with a table full of unsent presents and cards A Columbus woman remembers Christmases past especially a little red doll By Larry Gierer Staff Writer The name may have been Alice perhaps Mary Emma Gurley just remembers it was big with fiery red hair and that she loved it very much It was Christmas and Gurley was just 5 when Santa brought her a special friend so special that 101 years later the one valued gift of the season that Gurley her memory now clouded by age recalls receiving 1 orget all the mounds of presents and glitter and gold of 1997 1 About a century ago the year the red haired doll arrived Gurley then a I Jr fa jgSKjt I in XV MT WMil MM 05 5 Vi IW a a i i iS MB' TH I wWSP7 Wl 1YV a aft ft VKiiM SI III 1 Rnr wmIW Chapter Rescue HHB i i i Page A3 re rpc THE VERDICT INDEX.