► Nation
Superdome death
leaves questions
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Volunteers
were controlling the cord of the
bungee jumper who fatally plunged
into the Superdome floor, and may
have let out too much line, The Times-
Picayune reported Sunday.
The newspaper quoted police
sources as saying the rope and pul
ley used to feed line to Laura Pat
terson showed no obvious problem,
although experts had not been
called in to examine it.
Patterson, 43, of Sarasota, Fla.,
died of head injuries after hitting the
ground on her second dive Thursday
night during a rehearsal for the Su
per Bowl’s halftime show. A profes
sional aerialist who once performed
with the Ringling Bros, and Barnum
& Bailey’s circus, she had never
bungee-jumped before being hired
for the Super Bowl job.
California-based Branam Enterpris
es, which set up the stunt, had ex
pected local experts to act as riggers
but found only volunteers, the news
paper said. Phones at the company
were not answered Sunday and police
did not return a call for comment.
Patterson was one of eight jumpers
who were to perform acrobatics before
being lowered to the ground along the
football field’s sidelines during the half
time program. The segment was
scrapped after her death.
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Olympic bombing
link investigated
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Three
men charged with several bomb
ings and bank robberies in the Pa
cific Northwest also are being in
vestigated for possible links to the
Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, a
newspaper reported Sunday.
However, while anonymous Jus
tice Department and FBI officials
told The Spokesman-Review that
the Spokane bombing suspects are
being investigated in the Atlanta
case, they cautioned that they have
other leads and no solid suspects.
The three men are being held
without bail on charges of robbing
banks and bombing one of the
banks, an abortion clinic and an of
fice of The Spokesman-Review.
They were arrested Oct. 8 near
Yakima, Wash., after a military sur
plus dealer, encouraged by a
$130,000 reward, reported that he
recognized a parka worn by a
masked gunmen in a bank surveil
lance photo.
The dealer, from Coeur d’Alene,
Idaho, told the FBI he sold two of
the men a military backpack and
spoke with them about time-delay
detonators, and also told them how
to wash fingerprints off the back
pack, the newspaper said.
The Olympic bomb was hidden in
a military backpack and triggered by
a battery-operated timer.
► This day in history
Today is Monday, Jan. 27, the 27th day of 1997. There
are 338 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
In 1967, astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward
H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire dur
ing a test aboard their Apollo spacecraft at Cape
Kennedy, Fla.
In 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in
Salzburg, Austria.
In 1880, Thomas Edison received a patent for his elec
tric incandescent lamp.
In 1943, some 50 bombers struck Wilhelmshaven in
the first all-American air raid against Germany during
World War II.
In 1944, the Soviet Union announced the end of the
deadly German siege of Leningrad, which had lasted for
more than two years.
In 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentra
tion camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland.
In 1951, an era of atomic testing in the Nevada desert
began as an Air Force plane dropped a 1-kiloton bomb on
Frenchman Flats.
In 1973, the Vietnam peace accords were signed in
Paris, formally bringing to an end the longest foreign war
in U.S. history.
In 1977, the Vatican reaffirmed the Roman Catholic
Church’s ban on female priests.
► Today's birthdays
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Troy Donahue is 61. Singer
Bobby “Blue” Bland is 67. Actor James Cromwell is 57.
Ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov is 49. Country singer
Cheryl White is 42. Actress Mimi Rogers is 41. Rock
singer Margo Timmons (Cowboy Junkies) is 36. Rock mu
sician Gillian Gilbert (New Order) is 36. Actress Bridget
Fonda is 33. Country singer Tracy Lawrence is 29.
► Weather
Today
Cloudy with a chance of
showers.
Tonight
Cloudy and windy with
a chance of showers.
Tomorrow
Mostly cloudy with
clouds decreasing.
Highs & Lows
Today’s Expected Hii
74°F
Tonight’s Expected Lot
47°F
Tomorrow’s Expectec
High
55°F
Tomorrow
Expected Low
44°F
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