| Show Standard-Examin- national er Monday March McVeigh: Gulf War In Interview he says he prepared to die if and when execution occurs The Associated Press DENVER - For convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh the Gulf War and clashes at Ruby Ridge and Waco loom large Watching those confrontations he said deepened his anger at the federal government In an interview broadcast Sunday on CBS’ “60 Minutes” McVeigh said that he was angry and bitter after fighting in the Gulf War where he won several medals for heroism OKLAHOMA CITY EIMBOfc Convicted bomber Timothy McVeigh was interviewed by CBS correspondent Ed Bradley for 60 Minutes” The interview His anger deepened when Randy Weaver’s wife and son were shot and killed in a standoff with federal agents at Ruby Ridge Idaho in 1992 and dozens of members of the Branch Davi-dia-n sect died in a fire alter a standoff with federal officers in Waco Texas months later McVeigh did not say he was innocent of the bombing of the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995 The explosion killed 168 people McVeigh said that if his latest appeal fails he is prepared to die “I came to terms with my mortality in the Gulf War” McVeigh said during the Feb 22 51-d- ay wasattheUS penitentiary in Terre Haute Irtd The Associated Press interview with CBS’ Ed Bradley Most of the US census forms being mailed out this week Also children in school classrooms will be included in the count The Associated Press WASHINGTON - The government is mailing out 98 million census forms to city and suburban addresses beginning today as it promotes cooperation with the national headcount in the nation’s classrooms Census Bureau director Kenneth Prewitt said “Teach Census HEALTH HEWS Flu shots may prevent heart attacks ANAHEIM Calif - Getting an annual influenza shot may do more than represent a shot in the arm to preventing the flu It might also reduce heart attacks A study released Sunday suggests that heart patients may significantly reduce their risk of a second heart attack if they get vaccinated against influenza The finding is still considered preliminary and needs to be confirmed by further studies Still doctors say it raises the possibility of a' powerful and underused way of jkeeping the heart healthy The study directed by Dr Morteza Naghavi of the University of Texas supports the theory that a variety of infections can inflame the buildups that clog the arteries making them more likely to break open and trigger heart attacks Naghavi based his study on 233 patients who were treated between October 1997 and March 1998 He presented the results at a meeting of the American College of Cardiology At the same meeting two other studies were released showing that heart attacks tend to be more severe during the cold months and cardiac arrest is most common in the winter Naghavi’s study compared people who suffered second heart attacks with those who did not Those who had flu shots reduced their risk of new heart attacks by 67 percent If flu shots truly do protect heart patients he said “educating this population and physicians could help increase the rate of vaccination which is still un- der 65 percent” He cautioned however that studies like his cannot prove that flu shots are the reason for the reduction in new heart attacks That would require following larger numbers of heart patients before they get sick to see if the shots affect their risk Laser holes in heart relieve chest pain ANAHEIM Calif - Two new studies show that lasers threaded into the heart’s main pumping chamber may offer relief for people with such bad heart disease that they often can barely walk The question is why “We are absolutely sure that we don’t know what the mechanism of action is” Dr Emerson Perin of the Texas Heart Institute said Sunday Perin and others presented their latest findings at a conference of the American College of Cardiology The laser is among several new kinds of technology intended to help the sickest heart patients Among other examples discussed at the cardiology meeting are gene therapy and radioactive probes to make angioplasty work better - The Associated Press Week” is aimed at rectifying a problem evident in 1990: Some Americans forgot to count their children in the census “The hope is that this prowill ensure that in gram 2000 every child is counted” Prewitt said in a statement “This program is an ideal way to teach people through chil- - dren’s school lessons - 3 2000 3A Clinton feds made me mad Is 1 about the importance of including everyone living in their household on the census forms” More than 15 million teacher kits have been shipped to partici pating schools Children also are exercises to receiving take-hom-e complete with adults in their households Prewitt said the mailings begun today should have questionnaires in most of the country’s 115 million households by the end of the week About 83 million homes will get short forms which contain seven questions and a randomly sampled list of 15 million homes will get long forms which have 52 questions Tbe rest of the forms were de livered by hand mostly to rural addresses Census figures are used to reapportion congressional districts and allocate federal aid to states and localities Prewitt warned the public to beware of deceptive mailings The official census form comes in an envelope with a Commerce Department return address and the Census 2000 logo “We’ve designed a distinctive-lookin- g package” he said “so everyone will know that this and among other purposes only this is the official census form with a bar code for their household” For the first time people have the option of using the number on the bar code to log on to the Census Bureau’s Web site wwwcensusgov and answer their questionnaire over the Internet They also can fill out the paper form and mail it back Also today census takers will start to survey households in isolated rural areas NRA feud continues The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Escalating a bitter feud with the National Rifle Association the White House today angrily accused the NRA of making “outrageous and disgusting” charges about President Clinton and called on the NRA’s political supporters to repudiate the statements The White House response was triggered by NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre's assertion that Clinton exploits gun deaths for political purposes “I’ve come to believe that he needs a certain level of violence in this country” LaPierre said Sunday “He’s willing to accept a certain level of killing to further his political agenda and his vice president too” White House spokesman Joe Lockhart said LaPierre’s charges were "a sick attack on the presi- dent” “I haven’t seen anything this low in a long time in Washington” Lockhart said He urged political leaders to repudiate the NRA At issue was a new advertising campaign in which NRA President Charlton Heston all but accuses Clinton of lying in his characterizations of the group as an impediment to sensible laws and public safety |
