| Show imf!?1 winfHi iwwpgo!! f mgm r— yyy wr'iri'MrwviyllilllNllir11 rfyMwnr i Page 2 —The Herald Journal Login Utah Wednesday July 1998 1 ircnErrT I 1 Storm survivors pick up pieces In brief RIPLEY WVa (AP) — First came die water grabbing mobile homes rad sending them careen- before floodwaters swept her to her death Another watched an old friend slowly lose her grip on tree and fall into a raging torCreek Mill down flooded ja ing until they crashed into a bridge rent where she drowned And Then came worry about looters one couple was calling their baby amiracle And now another feat “We don't know where we're Thirteen mobile homes were going to go or what we're going washed away in the eastern West to do” Debbie Ramsey of Mill Virginia town of Mill Greek their remains piled up against a conCreek said as she smoked a ciga rette and rested from boxing up crete bridge — a pile of belongings ‘We lost about broken furniture cinder blocks : everything” fj? '' Few states in the path of the More storms were predicted today from West Virginia to New storms escaped damage In suburban Pittsburgh three England today on survivors were cut by flying glass But nuns of Tuesday APptwto the storms floods and lightning Tuesday when a storm shattered Protesting constmction workers block traffic on Fifth Avenue on Tuesday that left at least 26 dead or misswindows and tore holes in the in Manhattan The demonetrators saying their Jobs are being taken away across the eastern half of the roof of their convent One person ing by nonunion workers accused the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of car crash country this week told stories of died in a head-o- n awarding work to contractors who use nonunion heg and rain about as and loss caused the of hope wrenching by they tried to put their lives back 100000 people lost power A together reported tornado hit southern One man got a call from his Connecticut though no injuries 12-fo- ot ?v ' ' - " 'Vtsv Vrj Workers’ union offers apology after Manhattan melee leads to injuries wife on her cell phone moments NEW YORK (AP)— There were 31 injuries There were 38 arrests Police say someone even punched one of their horses And there was the traffic jam the one that made a mess of midtown Manhattan for hours After all of that a spokesman for a union involved in Tuesday's massive protest by angry construction workers had an apology “We extend a roll apology to anyone who was either injured or had property damaged and we intend to make full payment for any of those damages" said Paul Fernandes of the Building & Construction Trades Council Police estimated the number of demonstrators at up to 30000 though Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said it was 40000 at its peak The workers began gathering early Tuesday a few blocks from Grand Central station to protest a $33 million transit contract awarded to a non-unicompany Before long they had disrupted one of the most crowded rush hours in the country Police Commissioner Howard Safir said organizers had told the city about 10000 people would show up No one expected the large turnout More than 100 police officers eventually cut through the noisy chanting mob Scores of police vans and horses were at the scene and police helicopters hovered overhead Officers surveyed the melee from rooftops Among those injured were 18 police officers who were hit with bottles and punched Some whacked demonstrators with nightsticks The demonstrators accused the Metropolitan Transit Authority of awarding work to a contractor they say uses non-unihelp and has committed numerous safety violations The state Labor Department was scrutinizing the firm's practices before the demonstration s Six to 10 inches of min M over the weekend in Vie Midwest and East having at least 24 people dead or missing Raina were tf rest of warn humid air being Qflad over a cool dnr air mass to the north Northeast weather systems were holding In a blocking pattern Little movement of the opposing air masses caused thunderstorms to continue to form In the same area over a 24-4- 8 hour period were reported Mf JAnmaSiy AeeuWmtm Paper: McVeigh hated ‘evil’ government NEW YORK (AP) — Months before the Oklahoma City bombing Timothy McVeigh told his sister that he was deeply frustrated and even suicidal because he was unable to tell his family how much he hated the “evil king" government The New York interviews by investigators both cited by the Times were not presented at his trial McVeigh was convicted and sentenced to die for the April 19 1993 attack that killed 168 people die deadliest act rtf terrorism on US soil tell you and only you” He then described how he and other Special Forces trainees In one letter dated Oct 20 Times reported today Previously unreleased letters written by McVeigh to his sister Jennifer in 1993 reveal a man so angry and alienated about the government that his family sus- -' pected him almost immediately after the blast two years later The letters and summaries 1993 McVeigh tells of going to his grandfather’s house where he considered killing himself because he had become disillusioned with the McVeigh told Army officials he quit Special Fences training because he could not ipeet the physical demands But be told his sister it was because the trainees were told they could be ordered to help the Central Intelligence Agency “fly drugs into the US to fund many covert operations' The US government has He told Jennifer “I have an urgent need for someone in the family to understand me I will US Army after he was told he might be asked to violate the law on behalf the of were brought to a private intelligence briefing at Fort Bragg NC where they were told they might be required to take part in assassigovernment-sanctione- d nations rad drug trafficking denied such acts LOGAN 4th OF JULY FIREWORKS f Friday July 3 1998 'Gates Open and Entertainment to Start at 8:00 pm Internet mom free after brief jail stay — ORLANDO Fla (AP) People across the world watched on die Internet as she gave birth more than two weeks ago But it was that moment of virtual fame that landed Elizabeth Ann (River in trouble Authorities said they believed she was wanted for writing bad checks Mrs Oliver 40 walked into the Orange County Jail on Tuesday and turned herself in She was freed Tuesday night cm more than $9000 bond after a brief stay in jail Though authoritieaeqqgaized her after the June 16 broadcast by the time they acted 'thcxouple hid left-th' Sarli hospital and were nowhere to be found ' Mrs Oliver who was known only as Elizabeth to Internet birth watchers was wanted on nine misdemeanor warrants in Orange County said Orange County Sheriff’s spokesman Cmdr Steve Jones Her husband Gilberto Oliver was wanted by authorities in Seminole County on a probation violation charge also stemming from bad checks authorities said Officials didn’t know where he was Tuesday night Mrs Oliver also faced charges in Seminole County In all the couple was being sought on charges Of writing at least 23 bad checks for more than $1300 in 1989 and 1990 at central Florida supermarkets according to state and court documents Fireworks begin at Dark ' f A OMISSIONS $30(J Adults' e x K‘ ? ” tickets can be purchased b advance at :KK£'0" USI cs°pgrlICON ordered from homes People again — MIMS Fla battled flames in back (AP) Firefighters yards this morning as wildfires marched to within 50 yards of some homes and put dozens of others in danger in this eastern Florida community As dawn arrived firefighters confirmed that no hones had burned overnight But the battle was not over “We know we lost some cars pole barns (and) sheds” said Jeffrey Money assistant chief of Brevard County Fire Rescue On Tuesday firefighters and deputies went to tell more than 300 people to leave said Lt Paul Stepina We're having a very hard time because it’s a very rural area a very wooded rea” Stepina said “The fire has lots of fueL There's loto of palmettos and palms 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