Page 12 • The Battalion
* '
Monday • April 24,199;
Clinton plants tree in remembrance of
bomb victims, visits Oklahoma City
□ President and Mrs. Clinton
speak to the citizens and the
victims on a designated nation
al day of mourning.
OKLAHOMA CITY — President Clinton
led an angxiished nation Sunday, in prayers
for the scores of victims of the federal office
building bombing and their families. “In the
face of death, let us honor life,” he said.
On a day he designated a national day of
mourning, a solemn Clinton told a nationally
televised memorial service:
“Those who are lost now belong to God.
Someday we will be with them. But unt^il that
happens, their legacy must be our lives.’
Before flying to Oklahoma, Clinton and
first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton planted a
dogwood tree on the South Lawn of the
White House in remembrance of the children
who died in the blast last week.
“Today, our nation joins with you in
grief. We mourn with you. We share your
hope against hope that some may still sur
vive,” Clinton said at the memorial service.
He shared a platform at the Oklahoma
State Fairgrounds with the Rev. Billy Gra
ham, the evangelist.
“We pledge to do all we can to help you heal
the injured, to rebuild this city, and to bring to
justice those who did this evil,” Clinton said.
Earlier, Clinton planted a tree of remem
brance in Washington Sunday for the vic
tims of the Oklahoma City bombing as his
administration pledged to rebuild the demol
ished federal building and restore services.
On a designated national day of mourn
ing, the president and first lady Hillary Rod
ham Clinton emerged from the White House,
both wearing black, and walked hand-in-
hand to the South Lawn. They then took
turns shoveling dirt into a hole prepared for
"Today, our nation joins with you
in grief. We mourn with you.
We share your hope against hope
that some may still survive."
— President Clinton
the commemorative dogwood.
After standing silent for a few moments,
they boarded a helicopter and departed for
Oklahoma City for a prayer service in re
membrance of those killed in the bombing.
Earlier Sunday, White House Chief of
Staff Leon Panetta, speaking on NBC’s
“Meet the Press,” said Clinton will approve
the rebuilding of the federal building in Ok
lahoma City that was blown up Wednesday.
“The president will make a commitment
today that that building will be rebuilt and
we will restore those services to the people of
Oklahoma City,” Panetta said.
Whether the services restored in Okla
homa City include a day care center located
at the federal building remains in doubt,
Panetta said later Sunday on CNN.
“We have about a 100 day care centers lo
cated in federal buildings across this country,”
Panetta said. “As a consequence, however, of
the increasing threat to federal buildings ... we
need to look at whether day care centers
should be located in those facilities.”
Defense Secretary William Perry, mean
while, rejected assertions that the military
was somehow unwittingly supporting para
military groups.
“I don’t believe it is appropriate to couple
the militia groups, the terrorist groups, with
the U.S. military, and I very much resent
any connection between the U.S. military
and terrorist groups,” Perry said on NBC.
As to the participation of active-duty U.S.
military personnel in paramilitary groups.
Perry said, “What military people do on their
own time is not something we keep records
of or maintain control of.”
Robert Brown, the editor of Soldier of For
tune magazine, told NBC that no one knows
how many people are involved in these groups.
“I don’t even think even the federal gov
ernment can come up with accurate
counts,” he said. “I would suggest in the
tens of thousands.”
Building: Death toll escalates
Continued from Page 1
Visitation: Close yet not 24 hours
Air Force Lt. Col. Joan Ferguson,
a Pentagon spokeswoman, said
Iniguez went AWOL from Fort
Riley, Kan., on Aug. 23, and was
declared a deserter a month later.
On Friday, the FBI arrested
what it said was the first of the
two “John Does” in the agency’s
sketches: Timothy McVeigh, a 27-
year-old former GI with far-right
political views. He was charged
with taking part in the attack.
A senior law enforcement offi
cial, speaking on condition of
anonymity, said someone had rec
ognized Iniguez from the “John
Doe 2” sketch of a dark-haired,
square-jawed man with a heavy
brow. But Russell said Iniguez
was not the second John Doe and
was not a suspect.
McVeigh served at Fort Riley,
as did Terry Nichols, one of two
brothers being held as material
witnesses in the attack.
The FBI said McVeigh had
been infuriated at the govern
ment over the cult disaster at
Waco, Texas.
At the bombing site,gusts
dropped wind chills to the 20s
early Sunday and shifted some
slabs of concrete on ledges on the
building’s upper floors.
McVeigh was being held in the
El Reno Federal Correctional
Center on a bombing charge. Oth
er charges were expected to fol
low. The government has said it
will seek the death penalty.
Continued from Page 1
decision was a step forward,
though they had hoped for more.
Owen Ross, RHA president,
said that he was less than
thrilled when he first heard
the decision.
“I was initially disappointed,
but this really is an accom
plishment for the residents,”
Ross said.
Heather Hunter, RHA visita
tion ad-hoc committee chair, said
she was pleased the hours were
extended but hopes students will
use the decision as a platform for
future changes.
“I think students should try
the new hours for a year, and if
they work, use that as a basis for
more changes,” Hunter said.
The expansion sentiment was
echoed by several others, al
though many added that any ex
pansion efforts would not happen
for some time.
Suzanne Lyons, RHA presi
dent-elect, said next year’s
RHA will not pursue visitation
changes.
“From what I understand, we
want to phase this in,” Lyons
said. “So right now, we’re going
to see what happens.
“This is an accomplishment
for the RHA, but I think we’re
going to focus on other issues
next year.”
Ross said this will be a contin
uing issue, although he does not
expect any more action soon.
Parallels evident in
"Waco occurrences,
Oklahoma bombing
□ Loss of innocent
children, federal
agents and images of
disaster mark simi
larities between the
two tragedies.
DALLAS (AP) — Innocent
children lost and scores dead.
Weapons and federal agents.
Government raids and tele
vised images.
Such are the parallels be
tween the Oklahoma bomb
ing and a deadly siege and
standoff in Waco.
“That’s something that
won’t go away — little inno
cent babies that are thrown
into this because of adult ac-
Wednesday morning’s
blast at an Oklahoma City
federal building came on the
second anniversary of the
Mount Carmel inferno.
The death toll, which in
cludes 13 children, remained at
78 Sunday morning, with an
other 150 people still unac
counted for. More than 400 oth
ers were injured in the blast
In court papers, a co-worker
described McVeigh, the suspect
arrested Friday, as having “ex
treme right-wing views” and
anger over the 1993 clash be
tween authorities and the
Branch Davidians.
Besides the deaths of chil
dren, Harwell said he saw little
similarity in the events that oc
curred in the two neighboring
st ates in as many years.
Vbl. 10
hi
□ The
has ra
of its
By Lis:
The Bat
"That's something that won't go away — little
innocent babies are thrown into this because
of adult actions."
— Jack Harwell,
Sheriff ofMcLennan Count]
tions,” he said in a telephone
interview from his home.
The 51-day standoff near
Waco ensued after a raid by
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobac
co and Firearms, who were
attempting to serve search
warrants for weapons and an
arrest warrant for the sect’s
leader, David Koresh.
It ended when FBI agents
stormed the Branch Davidians’
fortress near Waco on April 19,
1993, and the compound went
up in flames. Eighty-five people
including 18 children and Kore
sh, died in the siege and in an
inferno investigators believe
was caused by the sect.
In addition, four ATF agents
died and 16 were wounded in
the initial raid.
“This was a law enforcement
activity out here that failed to
work the way that everyone
wanted it to. ... This thing in
Oklahoma, that was justtwoor
three people, whatever, a small
group, that decided they were
going to kill a mass of persons.
They did this without any re
gard to how many people they
were going to kill,” he said.
Also, the sight of a hand
cuffed and leg-shackled
McVeigh, shuffling along in or
ange prison garb as he led
away by officials for a court ap
pearance, bears resemblance to
Waco. Branch Da vidian sur
vivors who were arrested as a
result of the siege often were
seen in chains and bright or
ange jail jumpsuits.
I The
SI .5 mi
dential
I Jap a
Sasaki
to Jeb 1
brary I
Preside
I Sasa
rates G
ing the
Re Uni
pre
□ The
ceive
and 8
positi
By Lis
The Ba
The
executi
has re<
tervie’i
ran kin,
’The
Hobsor
preside
Unive]
Allen I
dent a
affairs
setts S
|nd, v
fairs a]
ana Ur
The
vertise
tion, r
80 app
The
applic,
this ye
I Dr.
vice p]
that I
A&M,
would
Loose Diamonds
Round Diamond
Marquise Cut
Carat
.48
.49
—
Color
J
H
H
Clarity
II
SI1
-Sri
Price
$700"°
1,215°°
1,265^
.52
.58
.54
-rfcrr—
Purple
H
H
-f-
SI1
II
II
-SH-
2,500°°
775°°
725°°
1,660“°
Carat
.31
.31
.49
.49
.54
.57
-rtrB
Color
I
H
J
I
H
K
-<3
Clarity
Sil
VS2
SI 2
VS2
SI
Sil
-SH
Price
$475°°
675°”
1,050°°
1,176“°
1,550“'
1,150"°
g*>50“»
.70
I
12
850°°
t6S—
-H-
l,950 lln
-se
0
Stf
1,975" 11
.68
J
VS2
.70
I
Sil
2,100°°
.69
K
VVS2
.71
H
sn
2,200“'
.75
G
VS1/VVS2
.72
I
sil
2,160°°
.76
F
SI3
.72
G
SI1/SI2
2,300°°
.83
H
Sil
.95
I
I/J
11
11
2,275“’
2,450°°
.84
K/L
Sil
1.02
Sil
1.06
K
11
2,050°°
.94
K
1.11
F
SI2
3,950°°
1.02
D
Sil
1.16
J
I
Sil
3,950°°
1.04
F
SI2
1.40
11
3,950°°
1.12
H
Sil
1.64
J
Sil
6,600°°
1.21
K
SI3
1.86
J/K
Si3
"1.76 ■ ■
1.77
J
11
3,950°°
1.89
K
SI3
4,350°°
Pear Shape
2.59
o
SI2
5,500°°'
Carat
Color
Clarity
Oval
.47
F
Sil
.49
H
Sil
Carat
Color
Clarity
Price
.50
F
Si2
.40
J
VS1
$675°°
.61
I
VS1
.50
I
Si2
1,383°°
.79
K
Sil
.53
G
Si2
980“’
.92
K
VS2
.65
F
Si2
1,865“'
1.02
J
Sil
.93
G
Si2
2,738°°
1.05
J/K
11
1.00
G
11
2,700 00
2.01
K
SI3
1.53
I/J
Sil
5,800°°
1.95
1
Si3
4,450°°
Princess
'
Emerald Cut
Carat
.49
.53
.72
7' 7
Color
K
K
1
Clarity
511
VS1
512
Price
$875°°
975“’
1,475°°
Carat
.43
.71
.74
-ss
Color
L
H
H
Clarity
VVS2
512
513
-SO
H
11
1,475“’
.83
SI3
.80
.80
1.00
j
H
H
n
ii
SI3
■ 1-,98Q“»
1,375“’
1,475“’
2,325°°
.88
.93
1.28
G
G
I
512
513
VS2
1,900°°
1,750°°
3,500°°
2,250°°
3,150°°
2,150°°
■•37600"'
2,650°°
5,450°°
3,850“°
3,250°°
3,750°°
4,350°°
a v ' /
% V ^
Professional
200 METERS
f o V
- : OK
Price
$1,300°°
1,253°°
1,100“’
1,220°°
1,675°°
2,300°"
3,250°°
2,300°°
4,675°°
Price
$750°°
1,675°°
1,575°°
■ l,275 liu
? I VS2
£j-ohn
1,575“
1,750“
1,950“
MON. - FRI.
Hours
10-5
SAT.
10-3
An authorized TAG Heuer dealer.
4,650°°
untteu fJnc.
S
d
□ T!
sigr
U.S
By B
The I
Ei
at Te
for t
I Wedr
TI
| for t
! Texa
| Univ
prop<
TI
igy
Class of'79
//
//
Very Personal Investments
Rare Coins, Loose Diamonds,
Precious Metal, Fine Jewelry & Watches
313B South College Ave. (Albertson's Center)
846-8916