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Show Daily ‘SEPTEMBER ee 7, 2005 www.heraldextra.com xk UTAH VALLEY EDITION 50 CENTS YOUR TOWN YOUR NEIGHBORS - YOUR NEWSPAPER Justices pay respects to Rehnquist Roberts, other formerclerks carry casket into Great Hall Gina Holland THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS Roberts, teary-eyed justices and a somber President Bushled long line of Americans paying their last respects to the chief justice WASHINGTON — John Roberts had thought he'd be arriving at the Supreme Court this monthas a new associatejustice, ready to dona black robe and makehistory alongside his men- tor, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. Instead, on Tuesday he helped carry Rehnquist's casket up the marble steps of the court. whose conservatism helped turn the high court towardthe right over the past three decades. The stone-faced Roberts was oneofeight pallbearers who struggled at times to get Rehnquist's flag-draped casket into the court’s Great Hall and onto the Lincoln Catafalque, the structure used for President Lincoln's coffin. Rehnquist died Saturdayat 80 after a battle with thyroid cancer,three days before the Senate Judiciary Committee was to take up Roberts’ nomination to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.Roberts would have becomethe first clerk totake the benchwith his formerboss. Later Tuesday, Bush, his head bowed, and PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS /Associated Press Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor,right, looks first lady Laura Bush spent abouta minute standing near the casket and a short time lookingat the portrait of Rehnquist on a stand down asthe,casket bearing Chief Justice William H Rehnquist's bodyis brought to the SupremeCourt See REHNQUIST, A7 on Tuesdayin Washington. ‘Trial begins ‘for parents in death of adopted girl . Michael Rigert Morethanthree yearssince4 year-old CassandraKillpack died after drinking too muchwater, thetrial of her adopted parents — charged with abusing her and causing her death — began Tuesday in Provo. Richard and Jennete Killpack of Springville were charged with second-degree felonychild abuse homicide in June 2002, accused ofrecklessly causing the death of Cassandra by forcing her to drink wateruntil her brain swelled. The case drew national attention because of the controversial forms ofchild discipline connect- 5e edto the girl's death, including watersatiation punishments and holding therapy. After attorneys ides of the case and the ~ared on national TV shows, a judge restricted attorneys from speaking to the media or the public about the case, The trial, which is expected to span portionsof the next three months,beganinaless ‘CHUCK LIDDY/The News & Observer than dramatic manner Tuesday 3 s 5 Army Sgt. Trevor Strauss, 27, cuts away limbs arounda statueof Jesus Christ behind the Cathedralof St. Louis in New Orleans on Tuesday. The cemetery behind the churchlost an ancient oak tree that missed mostof the statue, whichis over some crypts. The 82nd Airborneis helping with clean-up andsecurity. as prosecutors, defense and a 100-member Draining timetable Caini B eau ESS and corpses, to drain this saucerofa city ina Herculean task that could take weeks — if they are lucky. The ArmyCorps of Engineers said the timetable ranges from three weeks to nearly three months, depending ona string of variables,including rainfall, the still-unknowncondition of the pumps abandoned to Hurricane Bob Dees, thetleroe the “Gilligan's Workalso has been impeded by sporadic gunfire coming’ from “criminals with guns,” said Col. Richard Wagenaar,the Corps’chief district engineer. The contractorsare “getting usedtoit and that's pretty scary,” Wagenaar said. Despite complications, “we haveto get the wateroutof the city or the nightmarewill continue,” said Louisiana over three years, through changed charges and an appeal to the state Court of Appeals Prosecutors hadtried to elevate the child abuse homicide charges against the couple to murder, and also attempted to charge themwith abusing their then 7- Wheneverthe building is open, the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple on the southern edge of Spanish Forkhasa buffet available for anyone whoneeds a meal. broken buildings,trees, trash was measured in inches Tuesday,in the slow dropping of water levels outside New Orleans’ buildings, as engineers struggled tion process. The case hasstretchedout Heidi Toth DAILY HERALD Katrina, and whetherthe system can withstand the flotsam of NEW ORLEANS — Progress down for a one-weekjuryselec- Krishna Temple raising money for relief efforts uncertain for city THE ASSOC prospective jury pool hunkered year-old daughter, because she had witnessed Cassandra's punishment. But those efforts were unsuccessful. From theKillpacl therapist’s account: wasa problem child. She “That's basically our policy worldwide, that no one within 10 miles of our temple should go hun- RICK BOWMERAssociated Press Asoldier patrols the street next to a house Caru Das. Thatpolicy is the reason the Hare KrishnaFood for Life program dis- didn’t bond with her adopted parents and was aggressive tributes meals to people who need it. While the organization brings | fire in New Orleans, Tuesday. Fires continue See KATRINA, A7_ to break out across theflood-besiegedcity. Bob ov Denver, Veriver, TV’s S Gilligan, | 9 John Rogers North Carolinaof complications THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS, television ureasmné dieseS aat 70. | WEATHER “He was myeverything and I Denversai _Denver’s signaturerole was Gil-_ ligan, but when he tookthe role in from treatment he was receiving _will love him forever,” Dreama Denver, who forthe last several _years had lived in Princeton, W.Va., 1964 he was already widely known to TV audiences for another iconic LOS ANGELES — Bob Denver, the bumbling namesake of“Gilli for cancer, his agent, Mike Eisenstadt, told The Associated Press on Tuesday. treatment. He was 70. hour tour and endeared himself to generations of TV fans, has died at _also underwent quadruple heart by- character, Maynard G. Krebs, the pass surgery earlier this year. His bearded beatnik friend of Dwayne gan’s Island” who embarked on what was supposed tobe athreeage 70. Hedied Friday at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital in CBs ‘Associated Press x wife, Mann andhis children Pat~ rick, Megan, Emily and Colin were with aanwea he died. co: = | INSIDE comedy, died Friday of complications arising from his cancer See KILLPACKS, A8 See KRISHNA, A5 81 @ OPINIONS As | Partly coMIcs | cranes | cece | BUSINESS 84 | a aetna | pe | cloudy Li ON SS LOwWS4 i E Island” wa diagnosed bya therapist in Orem with a severecaseofreactive attachmentdisorder, Cassandra gry,” said temple vice president | sports. OT | | VOLUME 83 ISSUE 38 Hickman’s Dobie in the “The Many See DENVER, A5 | 55 50" s mit WWW-.HERALDEXTRA.COM — CALL 375-5103 TO SUBSCRIBE WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7 MPOLOLUG] are, sa KenGarft. CG; Nis + 285 WestUniversity Parkway, Orem + wwwikengarffnissanorem.com We Back Up Every Car WeSell! SALES1000 225-1300 + SERVICE: (801) 494-8686 + PARTS: (801) 494-8599 ‘ ' |
