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Thursday • October 17,1951
Nice Shot
Ryan Rogers, The Battalion
Betzy Brussell, a community health major, takes part in the festivities outside
the MSC Wednesday. The festivities were part of MSC Awareness Month.
► Nation
‘Reckless’ words
embarrass Brokaw
NEW YORK (AP) — During an
unguarded moment picked up on a
satellite feed, NBC anchorman
Tom Brokaw said CBS’ Dan Rather
often reported false stories fed to
him by the Nixon White House.
Brokaw, who has since said the
remark may not be true, made the
aside during a rehearsal at the Re
publican convention in San Diego
on Aug. 13 when someone said
Rather was reporting Colin Powell
would be in a Dole cabinet.
“Rummy,” Brokaw said, referring
to Donald Rumsfeld, the former
White House official who now is
chairman of Bob Dole’s campaign.
“Rummy used to get even with
guys in the White House by leaking
stuff to Rather that didn't have any
basis in fact.”
He added that in the past,
Rather was "factually wrong a lot
of the time because he was Rum
my’s vessel.”
The rehearsal was intercepted
and taped — illegally, according to
NBC — by Jed Rosenzweig, pro
ducer of the New York cable pro
gram Wild Feed TV, which special
izes in catching broadcasters in
unguarded moments.
NBC said it has sent two letters
to Rosenzweig warning him that it
would be illegal for him to broad
cast the tape.
Brokaw’s office confirmed
Wednesday that the remarks, ap
pearing in two local newspapers,
were reported accurately.
Brokaw said he regrets having
made what he now calls a “reck
less” comment. He said he was
new in Washington during the Wa
tergate era when he heard from
colleagues that Rather was being
fed information from Rumsfeld.
“I don’t know if it’s true,”
Brokaw said. “I’d put it out of my
mind, and it just popped out. It
was wrong.”
Rather, through a spokesman,
declined comment. Rumsfeld and
Rosenzweig did not immediately
return calls Wednesday.
Simpson attorney
talks of frame-up
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) —
O.J. Simpson will attack the Los
Angeles Police Department with
“harsh” and “confrontational”
questioning of officers to prove a
frame-up, Simpson’s attorney told
jury prospects today.
“We are asserting that the LAPD
— one or more officers — planted
evidence," lawyer Robert Baker told
candidates during jury selection in
the wrongful-death lawsuit against
the former football star.
The remark drew an objection
from plaintiff attorney DanielPsl
celli on the grounds thatBsl
was trying to indoctrinatejm
who will decide if Simpsonu |
for the deaths of NicoleBru
Simpson and Ronald Goto,
The judge sustained theotj
tion, but Baker continued.
Baker asked jurors to keep!)
minds about the possibility pul
"seeded” the crime scenetoWs r,
the case against Simpson.
Shooting susped
hides in dormitii]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP - k
Purdue University student si#!i I
killed another student whocs r
dormitory counselor Wedrsii k
then holed up in the rested |
with a shotgun.
The victim, an uppercta f
who acts as a resident supensa k.
the dormitory, had discover F*
caine in the younger students) |l ?
session on Tuesday, said ik
spokeswoman Ellen Rantz. jL
The counselor told camp.:! ||
lice, who searched theste | |
room and car and confirme: I [
drug possession, Rantz said, j Ms
The names of the victimadj
man were not immediatelyreita |
Police cleared the area® i i
the dormitory as the armed sti! i i
remained in the dormitory.
West Lafayette is about60i j I
northwest of Indianapolis.
This day in history
Weather
(AP) — Today is Thursday, Oct. 17, the 291st day of
1996. There are 75 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1931, mobster Al Capone was convicted of in
come tax evasion and sentenced to 11 years in prison.
(He was released in 1939.)
In 1933, Albert Einstein arrived in the United States
as a refugee from Nazi Germany.
In 1973, Arab oil-producing nations announced they
would begin cutting back on oil exports to Western na
tions and Japan; the result was a total embargo that
lasted until March 1974.
In 1978, President Carter signed a bill restoring U.S.
citizenship to Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
In 1989, an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the
Richter scale struck northern California, killing 67 peo
ple and causing $7 billion worth of damage.
Ten years ago: The U.S. Senate approved and sent
to President Reagan an immigration bill prohibiting the
hiring of illegal aliens and offering amnesty to millions
of illegal aliens already here.
Five years ago: The Atlanta Braves won their first Na
tional League pennant, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates
4-0 in Game 7 of their playoff series.
One year ago: President Clinton told wealthy contrib
utors at a Houston fund-raiser that “you think I raised
your taxes too much. It might surprise you to know that
I think I raised them too much, too” — a statement that
drew criticism from both Republicans and Democrats.
Today
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Today’s Birthdays
76°F
Playwright Arthur Miller is 81. Actor Tom Poston is 69.
Newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin is 66. Daredevil Evel
Knievel is 58. Actress Margot Kidder is 48. Actor George
Wendt is 48. Actor Howard Rollins is 46. Country singer
Alan Jackson is 38. Reggae singer Ziggy Marley is 28.
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turning cooler.
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