Actuality; Actuality August 1995

The court ordered a retrial in June for Thomas B. Tiger, who was convicted of first degree murder in June and May's county. Now facing the death penalty, he pleaded guilty in the July 1986 slaying of Glenn Robin Bush during a burglary. The court says that when authorities accused Tiger, they should have included more facts about the burglary. The May's county charge says that Tiger killed Robin Bush during a burglary, but didn't state the law defining burglary or any of the circumstances surrounding it. Richard Winnery of the AG's office says that prosecutors don't often have all the information when they file a charge. He says more requirements could put prosecutors in jeopardy. But Jamie Pibas of the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System says prosecutors have just been sloppy in several cases. For the Oklahoma Update, this is Sky Arnold. The relatives won an investigation of the downing and the subsequent military inquiry.

Kay Mounsey told a House panel that the results must not go unchallenged. Her husband was one of the helicopter pilots killed. The Pentagon has said it will take another look at the actions of Army and Air Force personnel. The review comes weeks after a court marshal at Tinker Air Force Base found Air Force Captain Jim Wang innocent. Wang was a supervisor aboard an AWACS plane monitoring the no-fly zone. He was the only officer charged criminally, but seven other officers received letters of reprimand or admonishment. Three of those were AWACS crew members, two were at 15 pilots who shot down the two Army helicopters, killing 26 people. For the Oklahoma Update, this is Sky Arnold. An Israeli prosecutor touring criminal justice agencies in the United States, thought a trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma would be boring. A high-speed police chase proved otherwise to help the bomb. She was in a police car Monday when police chased a suspected drug dealer through North Tulsa.

The chase ended when the suspect abandoned his car and fled on foot. Bomb says it was just like a Hollywood movie. She adds she called her mother in Israel to tell her about the big event. Bomb and six other foreign legal professionals had been riding with police and visiting court rooms in such cities as Washington, Seattle, and Raleigh. Gloria Scott, a judge in Liberia, is not riding with the police during the tour, however. She says it might remind her of civil unrest in Liberia, adding, I didn't want to hear gunshots until I got back home. For the Oklahoma Update, this is Steve Carmody. A judge has refused to certify a class action lawsuit brought against the district. An association president, Cindy Dornick, said yesterday that teachers and school officials were shocked by Washington County District judge Jan D'Rillings' decision. D'Rillings asked attorneys to bring information about alternative payment options to the court tomorrow. D'Rillings asked whether the district has insurance that could cover the costs of salaries and bills owed.

That's due to a $1.1 million budget shortfall. The class action sued filed by employees and vendors for using a legal judgment to pay salaries and bills. A judgment would be charged to Bartlesville residents as a three-year property tax increase. D'Rillings reportedly wants officials to examine other options before laying the burden on the tax payers. For the Oklahoma Update, this is Steve Carmody. By failing to disclose the fact of the payments, that in turn deprived investors about information, concerning the tax exempt status of the bonds, Steve will agree to settle the action by consenting to the entry of a final judgment of permanent injunction, bar and future violations of the federal securities laws, in addition they agreed to pay $922,000 into a fund to which the fraud and investors from which the fraud and investors can be repaid.

If you look at Oklahoma historically, you'll find that some of our heavy rainfall amounts that occur in the late part of the summer and into the fall are associated with the remains of some tropical system. Well, of course, the path of tropical storms and hurricanes is one of the most difficult things to forecast, but the best guidance we have at this point is to where Aaron is going to go is a generally westerly path across the southern part of the United States and eventually our best forecast would take it somewhere in the east Texas by late in the weekend. Coffin and Thelma make a decision very speedily, either to Nile or most likely I believe that they'll grant a stay of execution so they can have time to review the issue of the issue. The issue is important after that they'll grant a stay because they won't grant a stay very confident that the federal courts will and we're confident that some court will go to the stay between now and next Friday morning.

As the actuality real for Thursday, August 3rd, 1995, this will be the actuality real for Friday, August 4th, 1995. Public enemies is the movie's working title about Maul Barker, a mountain girl on her own since age 10. Her four sons became her murderous gang that became the most financially successful bank robbers in history. Head in the 1930s during Great Depression, the movie features actors Theresa Russell, Dan Cortez, Frank Stallone, Eric Roberts, and Alyssa Milano. About two-thirds of the 110 cast and crew members are Oklahoma's. Filming began the last week of July and is expected through August 22nd. Oklahoma native Jimmy Margdon plays Maul Barker's son Doc, the Putnam City North graduate left Oklahoma State University two and a half years ago for Los Angeles and has since had appearances on the nanny, party of five, and ambush in Waco. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Harnel. For weeks, the panel has been hearing testimony and examining exhibits related to the April

19th terrorist bombing. Recent weeks have seen testimony from those related to the key suspects in the case, Terry Nichols and Timothy McVeigh. Last week, McVeigh's sister testified before the grand jury, a report published by the Daily Oklahoma claimed Jennifer McVeigh gave her testimony after receiving immunity from federal prosecutors. This week, federal prosecutors may try to call Terry Nichols 12-year-old son before the grand jury. The boy's mother, Nichols XY, has pledged to fight the subpoena in court. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Harnel. Thursday, a group of investigators in St. Louis got a close-up look at how to handle disasters such as the Murrow Federal Building bombing. Ray Blakeney, with the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's office, addressed more than 300 people gathered at St. Louis University's medical school for a four-day conference on investigating deaths. Blakeney let his audience step by step through the process of pulling out 168 bodies and identifying them.

Blakeney said the effort turned up some surprises. For one, rescuers' boots and gloves didn't last more than two hours. Blakeney says that's because the explosion turned glass into powder, which ripped up gloves and boots. In addition, Blakeney said the type of bomb used caused less damage to bodies because it pushed them instead of tearing them apart. He went on to describe a five-step identification system that relied on fingerprints and dental records. For the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmody. Officials in Grant County yesterday used boats to evacuate many residents of Jefferson, a low-lying town of between 40 and 80 people. And while in Cherokee, Alfa County authorities said five families left their inundated houses and business owners barricaded their stores and offices with sandbags. Cherokee Police Chief Steve Vetter says utility workers from the city and the county rescued a woman whose car was swept off a city street by high water. Vetter says they tied a nylon rope to the front end loader and her car, which allowed the woman to get out.

He says the rope snapped and the car was lost in the high water. Of course, in Grant County, had to help two farmers who tried to drive through high water and tractors in the northeast of Nash, officials say the rescuers were able to get the men late last night. For the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmody. What they are designated to do is provide mass care feeding, basically that's helping feed all of the victims and the relief workers that are there on the job and the information that I have, there have already been 51,000 mills that have been served, so that's quite a bit. There's a lot of people involved in this. When you look at flooding, usually that is a pretty dirty, not fun recovery effort and it does take a long time. I think what we're seeing is a lot of people who had worked downtown in the area and who may have returned back down there to work but who are ineffectual in their jobs, they just cannot handle primarily returning to the side and the fear of the psychological

cues that brings back. The people that we will probably be seeing, and those are people mainly who are wanting to get other jobs, who may have seen this as one of the life events that makes them re-evaluate what they had been doing and maybe this was the fun that I should do something else. We've had a lot of support from the public, which you didn't have in Rogerdale Stafford, there's an overwhelming bitterness and hatred towards him, whereas I think with Mr. Perkeen, there's a general viewpoint that if anyone deserves mercy, it was just Robert Perkeen. We had like over 700 people signed a petition or the pardon and parole board, many hundreds of letters coming out in his support. If anything, the exact opposite of Roger Stafford's have a public outcry for relief, pardon the parole board and the governor and people who were in a position to show mercy in this

case, just completely ignored all the attempts to show that there are people out there that have a different viewpoint than what you would perceive the general public perception being than I for an eye. There are many, many people that have a different viewpoint and those people really have no form. President Clinton wants to keep welfare as an entitlement. This ends welfare as an entitlement, and that is a major big distinction between the two bills. This bill does what President Clinton said he wanted to do. He wanted to end welfare as we know it, this bill does it. Not everyone got everything that they wanted, but they got things that they could live with. The long distance curious, I think they were hoping that it could have been a little more equitable as far as setting a standard for competition, but I think overall it's a very good bill.

I encourage them to go a little further in setting a standard to determine true, fair, and open competition. My effort was defeated, however, I think there's some good quality, some good features of the bill. And that's actuality real for Friday, August the 4th, 1995. This actuality real for Monday, August the 7th, 1995. The state medical examiner's office has recovered an unidentified severed leg from the bombed out mirror of federal building. In a statement released yesterday, chief medical examiner Fred Jordan said authorities are still trying to identify the leg, which was found on May the 30th. It was clothed in a black military-type boot with two socks and an olive-drab elastic strap. Jordan says an analysis of the leg indicates that it most likely came from a man under 30 years of age with light skin and dark hair. The attorney for bombing Suspect Timothy McVeigh says the leg's discovery throws a wrench into the government's argument that three people with little explosives training carried

the bombing off. Instead, attorney Steven Jones says the limb could belong to the real perpetrator of the April 19th explosion, which killed at least 168 people. Jones further accused the government of not being candid and said he only found out about the leg because of an honest cop. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold. The board is recommended that the city purchased the Turner Brothers trucking site located on South May Avenue for $1.7 million. If approved by the city council, the site will then house the city's bus maintenance facility, which is currently located on the side of the future brick town ballpark. Several weeks ago, reports leaked out that the board was considering Turner Brothers trucking, and this had city councilors worried that the early disclosure would cost the city hundreds of thousands of dollars. This apparently wasn't the case, though, as the maps board had initially recommended the city spend $3.5 million on copter's relocation. The city council still has several issues that remain undecided, including who gets the title, the city or copter.

For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold. An attorney for the Cheyenne Rapaho tribes, which owned the land where the cemetery would be built, says they won't sign a quick claim deed for the 130 acres of land, unless all the land the tribe's claims belongs to them is returned. But attorney Rick Gellner says there is still a way to work out the impasse. Another meeting has been set for August 21st between tribal and city leaders. Oklahoma senior US Senator Don Nichols had asked the tribe and Al Reno city officials to reach an agreement by August 1st, or the cemetery would be built somewhere else. The tribe's chairman wrote Nichols back and asked for more time. The Department of Veterans Affairs said they wanted at least 50 acres of land within a 50-mile radius of the intersection of interstates I-40 and I-35. For the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmody. Officials with the news magazines say the publication cover is drawn from the new picture and text book in their name.

The book is edited by Clive Irving and tells the story of the April 19th bombing of the Alfred P. Murafetero building. It will be published August 19th by Random House, and a 13-page excerpt will be included in the national edition of US News and World Report. Officials say profits from the book will go to recovery efforts in Oklahoma City. Merrill McLaughlin, co-editor of US News, says because money is going to benefit bombing victims, officials decided to give Oklahoma readers a special commemorative edition. Before the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmody. We've had a lot of support from the public, which he didn't have in Roger Dill's staffer. There was an overwhelming bitterness and hatred towards him, whereas I think with Mr. Pakeen, there's a general viewpoint that if anyone deserves mercy, it was his rival Pakeen. We had like over 700 people's reputation or the pardoned pro board, many hundreds of letters coming out in his support. If anything, the exact opposite of Roger Stafford's have a

public outcry for relief, pardoned pro board and the governor, and people who were in position to show mercy in this case, just completely ignored all the attempts to show that there are people out there that have a different viewpoint than what he would perceive. The general public perception being that I for an I, there are many, many people that have a different viewpoint and those people really have no form. I originally had several groups coming to me with money wanting to donate it to a daycare center, and I had a couple groups coming to me saying that they wanted to build a daycare center, and we just didn't have a need for three or four different daycares downtown. I pulled all the groups together, which involved the YMCA, the Rotary Club, Statewide, a group called Oklahoma's for Oklahoma's, which is a non-profit fundraising group, and also the mayor's office to bring them together to talk about a common goal of building a really

nice state-of-the-art child care facility in downtown Oklahoma City. We are taking all of that into careful consideration because we don't, we want to deal with the emotional side of having a daycare downtown too, there's been some thought of building it back where the YMCA used to be, we can always build it back where the federal building used to be, or we can build it anywhere in that particular site. My particular preference is that we don't get on the bombing side itself. We've been contacted by Governor's offices in a couple of other states, and by labor commissioners offices in a couple of states, and the Congressional Oversight Committee that's looking into this problem has been contacted by several states. We're in a battle right now with the US Department of Labor to get our hands on the documents that we need to identify who in Oklahoma has defrauded the taxpayers, and we still haven't seen those documents, and we certainly believe that this is very possible, this is going

on in other states, in fact it seems very likely to us now that we've uncovered the methodology. This is Actuality Real for Monday, August 7, 1995. This would be the Actuality Real for Tuesday, August 8, 1995. Don Lynch says he'll have more opportunities for advancement if he returns to the State Department of Civil Emergency Management. The 31-year-old Lynch handed in his letter of resignation a week after delivering letters of apology to people he disturbed during an argument in May, a University of Oklahoma housing official had complained to county commissioners that Lynch disturbed students while arguing with a county volunteer worker at a dormitory. Lynch says the allegations have nothing to do with his decision to resign by Friday. For the Oklahoma Update, this is Steve Carmody. In Coil, voters will decide whether to fund a new school.

Similar measures failed the last three times the school district asked for money to build a new high school, but Superintendent Larry Northcut says a state law mandating class sizes makes the new high school a must, one building currently houses all 400 students from kindergarten through grade 12. In more, the measure on the ballot would raise the city's sales tax and authorize the sale of general obligation bonds. The money would be divided between four separate projects. And in Pottawatomie County, commissioners are asking voters to decide two sales tax propositions, together there were three fourths of a cent. Both propositions are set to expire in ten years. For the Oklahoma Update, this is Steve Carmody. FBI director Lewis Free has named Weldon Kennedy to the number two job at the agency. Free says Kennedy is qualified for the deputy director position because of his years of service and outstanding performance and dedication. The 32-year veteran replaces Larry Potts.

Potts was demoted after a controversy erupted over his oversight of the deadly 1992 FBI siege of a white supremacist group in Idaho. Kennedy was chief of FBI's Phoenix office, but was put in charge of the Oklahoma City bombing case. He's credited with leading an investigation that resulted in the quick arrests of suspects Timothy McVey and Terry Nichols. For the Oklahoma Update, this is Sky Arnold. Authorities say Fortier has admitted to casing the federal building as a target with McVey. And that's something the federal grand jurors investigating the case will probably want to hear about if Fortier is called before them. But one of McVey's attorneys, Rob Ney, points out that Fortier said months ago that he didn't know anything about the bombing. And then McVey wasn't involved in it. Meanwhile, Fortier's wife appeared before the grand jury yesterday, having been granted immunity for her testimony. For the Oklahoma Update, this is Sky Arnold. It's been, I believe, thoroughly researched and stayed out for value and it's a nice facility. It was a supporter of Mr. McCain and that he, Mr. McCain, did take care of him while

he was in his cell. So we would be concerned about him anyway because of his poor health. But he's already been moved to a medical unit, so he will just be continued to receive the type of medical treatment that he's been receiving. This cannot be used for loss of their income. However, it can be used for capital losses. An example would be if they had a small restaurant, it could be used to buy stoves and replace furniture that may have been destroyed. It could be used to do any sort of capital improvements. We have found that a lot of these small businesses in the bombside area did not have insurance at all, that they were operating without insurance and some that had insurance have a deductible to meet and that was hard for them to manage, considering that they'd been basically unemployed and out of business since the morning of April the 19th.

That was the actuality reel for Tuesday, August 8, 1995. This would be the actuality reel for Wednesday, August the 9th, 1995. In a poll conducted by State Congressman Tim Pope, 159 of 217 officers who responded, say they could do their jobs better if they were removed from under the Department of Corrections. But officers who took part in a legislative hearing said they would be better off staying under the Corrections Department. Pope has been a staunch critic of the Department's administration of probation and parole officers. The Republican from Mustang says it discourages officers from sending violators back to prison. But at the hearing, Tulsa probation and parole supervisor Ernest Snyder recommended that probation and parole functions remain where they are. Other supervisors and officers from Tulsa and Woodward said the same. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold. Getting appointed Ricks to the jobs yesterday. The appointments require Senate confirmation when the legislature resumes next year. Ricks has been with the FBI for 26 years, including the last six as Special Agent and Charge

of the Oklahoma City FBI Field Office. He was one of four FBI Special Agents called Awaco, Texas in 1993 to lead the FBI operations in the standoff with the Branch Davidians. Ricks says his goal is to make the Oklahoma DPS the finest law enforcement agency in the nation. Ricks were placed as Kenneth Van Hoey as Public Safety Commissioner. As Public Safety Commissioner, Ricks will be in charge of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold. The State Education Department is encouraging extra disaster drills and other preventive measures be taken in all 550 public school districts. Schools Chief Sandy Garrett says all disasters have critical elements in common, so schools should have a plan to cope with emergencies. Procedures range from knowing what public agencies to call if an emergency arises to stocking classrooms with first aid kits. School officials are being asked to arrange for alternative class sites at libraries,

community centers, and churches where space is available. With the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmody. Attorneys want U.S. District Judge Frank Say to hear claims that Robert Brachine was denied a fair trial. Brachine slated to die by lethal injection for the 1983 murder of an Ardmore woman. If Say rejects the latest appeal, Brachine's lawyers plan to send copies of the appeal to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver and the U.S. Supreme Court. Meanwhile, death row officials haven't curtailed any of Brachine's activities in the state prison at McAllister. He's the unit so-called Runman and has more freedom of movement than any other person on death row. Unless there's a state of execution, Brachine will be moved to a holding cell next to the execution chamber tomorrow. He's arranged to spend most of the day tomorrow meeting with relatives. Officials say he has yet to make a request for his final meal. Before the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmady.

Our public will see that the drop boxes, the male drop boxes will be removed from the airport terminal. Our parcel lockers will be removed from the airport terminal. News stands will arrange with the newspaper companies to not put the facing addition to the front so that our survey teams can keep an eye on what's inside those news stands. I'd like to emphasize the point that it's not going to slow down passenger traffic through Oklahoma City's airport. These are measures that is in our plan to protect our citizens, but it's not going to interfere with the flow of those citizens through this airport terminal. Based on whether the commission thinks it's a one-time thing, whether they find any willfulness in the act or not.

But the first thing that it's our policy here in the office to do is ask that the contribution be refunded. They've always taken the position that receiving a corporate contribution into a pack of forever taint the fun so that it can't be used for contributions to any candidates. They've always seen that it can be cured by refunds. It was the actuality real for Wednesday, August the 9th, 1995. This would be the actuality real for August 10th, 1995. Mississippi Representative Charles Williams says the Oklahoma City bombing has terrorism on everyone's mind this year. Because as he says, you don't know where it's going to happen next. So terrorism will be a new topic of discussion at the Southern Legislative Conference. The annual meeting is designed to give state lawmakers a chance to discuss common problems and share ideas.

More than 1300 legislators and staff members from 16 states are expected at the 4-day meeting. It begins Saturday and ends Wednesday. Besides the Oklahoma City bombing and threats against government buildings, those attending will discuss NAFTA, the 1995 Farm Bill and welfare and justice reform. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold. Foreign says this doesn't mean he's re-entering partisan politics though. The former Oklahoma Senator says he has no intention of becoming a candidate for president or vice president in 1996. Foreign says he's speaking simply as an American citizen concerned about the nation's future. He says his main message at the conference will be that Americans deserve better than the politics of division and partisan bickering. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold. Oklahoma City residents have been warned in recent weeks that a robber was praying on ATM customers, forcing them to withdraw money than drive him a few miles. Now 21-year-old Daniel Madison Wright is behind bars on three complaints of robbery or

attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon. He was also booked on three complaints of kidnapping. The last victim was robbed Saturday. A surveillance camera caught the bandit's face during one of the recent incidents, Oklahoma City television stations broadcast that tape in newscasts. For the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Karmady. Gary Maynard is the director of the Southwest region for the corrections department. Maynard says there's no excuse for inmates to escape from a medium security prison. But it's happened time and time again in granite. The escapees include Randolph Dyle, who apparently kidnapped the deputy warden's wife a year ago. The last time either of them was seen. Most recently, a convicted killer in a man serving time for forgery tunneled their way to freedom from the prison. That was last weekend. The two men were then involved in a string of alleged thefts and possibly a rape before a shootout with law enforcement officers led to their capture. Maynard said one of the issues prison officials will consider is whether to keep Jack Cowley

on as the reformatories warden. Cowley says he knows what the problems are at the prison and he knows how to fix them. Both he and Maynard agree that low staffing is one of those problems. For the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Karmady. We wish he had done this sooner. Can't be too soon for us anything along those lines would help them instantly. The tobacco lobby is too big, too much money, too much depends on it, it's always been a hard thing to overcome. I thought of high school friends that died in the bombing. I thought of many of the pictures that were in the US News and World Report this week. Many many people that I saw in the halls in the restaurant in the building that I went

to 68 of the generals because they're going to relive the memory of the traumatic event of April 19th and since. In doing so, this will be an emotional rollercoaster for them. Our history has been that there hasn't been much reaction out of the other death row in mind. So I don't know that this one will cause much more of a concern there. The people of Oklahoma and indeed the entire nation deserve to have those responsible, brought to justice in a swift and fair manner. The remaining eight counts are for violating a federal murder statute that punishes the killing of federal law enforcement officials.

One count for each of the eight law enforcement officials killed in the blast, the indictment by a list by name, all of the persons who died inside the building. The maximum penalty possible is death. I realize that the natural deduction is to assume that Michael 48 has reached some deal whereby if we agreed not to charge him with the bombing, so I repeat, we charged Michael 48 with every violation that we could prove against him. Michael 48 was charged with every crime we could convict him up. He was not charged in the bombing conspiracy, not pursuant to some plea agreement where we agreed that he would not be charged for the bombing for which he was guilty. I know that may be the appearance. I intend to recommend a Department of Justice in the Attorney General of the United States that the death penalty be sought against both McVeigh and Nichols.

I mean, the process of finalizing the written recommendation to the Department of Justice and it should go to the Attorney General and the Department later this week. Just because a horrible crime occurs doesn't mean that the citizens of that community can't give a fair trial. Look at the citizens of Atlanta were able to give a fair trial to the killer of a number of young boys, people all over the United States give fair trials to horrible vicious criminals who are accused and ultimately convicted of horrible vicious crimes. I think it's a very important to emphasize the fact that we can give a fair trial. People look at the facts on the law and decide for themselves whether or not an individual should be convicted, but that doesn't suggest for an instant that a juror shouldn't have a knowledge of the case, nor even an opinion. But what the juror should have is an open mind when he is sworn in and a willingness to listen

to the facts and law and apply them fairly. But what we're looking for again is a fair trial in a fair forum for Terry Nichols. Because Terry Nichols' response to this indictment is to go to the arraignment, to plead not guilty, and to take the position that we have taken all along, now with the opportunity to have the aid of the court, to get the evidence we need to defend his innocence in the trial. There is very little in this indictment that is a surprise. It is nothing but a warmed-over version of the thin circumstantial case presented to the magistrate at the preliminary hearing. That was the actuality real for Thursday, August 10th, 1995. This would be the actuality real for Friday, August 11th, 1995.

Lennon Padilla says Nichols had just bought a home in Kansas and flown his son out from Las Vegas. 13-year-old Josh Nichols returned to his mother's home two days before the bombing. Padilla told the Kansas City Star that Nichols didn't hold anti-government views or go-to-gun shows during their eight-year marriage. She doesn't believe he could have been involved in the April 19th bombing that killed 168 people. Padilla says Nichols isn't like the other suspects, Timothy McVeigh and Michael Fortier. She describes him as a good father and a kind person. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold. The arrangements for both suspects are tentatively scheduled for Tuesday. Last week, McVeigh's attorney, Steven Jones, said his client was not guilty, and alleged that the real perpetrator of the bombing was killed in the blast. Meanwhile, Nichols' attorney, Michael Tygar, claimed Terry Nichols was not guilty, saying Nichols wasn't there when Michael Fortier cased the building. Fortier himself was indicted on four counts last week, and he pleaded guilty to all charges.

In exchange for testimony against McVeigh and Nichols. Fortier is currently in federal custody and is expected to be the government's star witness in the case. Both attorneys have asked for the trial to be moved out of state, citing the level of media attention and the difficulty of finding unbiased jurors. His decision will most likely be made by the judge assigned to the case, US District Judge Wayne Alley. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold. The state medical examiner's office confirms that one of two severed legs found in the rubble of the federal building has been identified. But another leg, which has prompted speculation about another possible suspect in the bombing case, remains a mystery. Ray Blakeney, his operations director for the medical examiner's office, Blakeney says the office originally identified one of the women killed in the bombing as missing a right leg. That was wrong. The woman's body was missing a left leg. That matches one of the unidentified left legs among 80 pieces of human tissue and other

material state workers have been trying to identify. But that still leaves another left leg, believed to be a man's, that was found with a military style boot, two socks, and an olive drab blousing strap. Blakeney says forensic pathologists will continue combing through its cases in an attempt to identify that body part. For the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmity. Doctors Andy Sullivan and David Tuggle are among the first recipients of a new International Medical Award. They're in Dallas to receive the Well-Get Wallace Award, the only international award honoring doctors for exceptional patient care. Sullivan and Tuggle both work for the University of Oklahoma's Health Sciences Center. On April 19th, they crawled through the rubble of the Afro-Pimera Federal Building to wear Deanna Bradley leg pinned beneath a concrete slab. The only way to free her was by amputating her leg. When they learned about the award, the doctors were gratified, but added that they did not

feel like special heroes. The Well-Get Wallace Award and the two men are getting was created by a Texas philanthropist to recognize extraordinary dedication and sacrifice on behalf of medicine and mankind. A British doctor is the third man who will receive that award. Professor Angus Wallace re-inflated a woman's collapse lung on a British airways flight last May. For the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmity. There's a commitment on both sides of the aisle. I mean, on both sides of Congress on the Health Center side, they're strong bipartisan support in the House and the Senate to balance the budget over the next seven years. To have significant welfare reform to do away with unfunded mandates. The president and those running for president are the ones that are going to have to face the wrath of the American people if they're not supportive of these things.

There are plenty of copies here, we've got one more shipment coming in, so we'll be prepared for this week. And I think a lot of people, particularly here in town, are going to probably be picking up a copy to keep. It is going to be a very strong seller all over the nation, but particularly here, surely. We wish he had done this sooner, can't be too soon for us. Anything along those lines would help immensely. The Tobacco Lobby is too big, too much money, too much depends on it. It's always been a hard thing to overcome.

We support the laws against you smoking, but we also feel it's the right of the parents to enforce the fact that it's whether or not the children do or do not smoke. The federal government's getting involved one more time in the rights of something that I feel they should be taken up by, if nothing else, the parents of the United States, and they're taking the role of a parent who hates one more way and saying, hey, we're going to say what your children can and can't do. I don't know that we'll be able to find out all of those questions, but certainly that's what we're going to have to look at is how these drugs were made available to him. Just as we don't know right now where he got the drugs, we really don't know when he got them. So we'll have to be interviewing a lot of people that may have come in contact with him and just talking to the prison officials to see exactly maybe how in their minds maybe how

this happened. That's the actual unreal for Friday, August 11th, 1995. Good luck this week, Steve. This is the actual real for Thursday, August the 17th, 1995. Yesterday, Assistant US Attorney Steve Mullin said he doesn't expect the leg to impact the case all that much, although authorities would like to know if there's another victim from the bombing. The severed limb was found in the rubble of the bomb federal building last May and has yet to be matched to any of the victims. The attorney for bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh has suggested that the leg may belong to what he calls the real bomber. The state medical examiner says the death count from the disaster could be raised to 169 if the leg cannot be matched to any of the known victims. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold, a national day of mourning for the Oklahoma City bombing has been costly for taxpayers in Cincinnati. The city has paid more than $112,000 to city workers who have taken time off.

City personnel director Betty Baker says city workers have taken more than 8,000 hours off since June. A labor contract with Cincinnati City workers grants them time off on national holidays and days of mourning. 18 members can seek over time if the day falls on a Sunday. The national day of mourning for the Oklahoma City bombing was held on a Sunday. Some Cincinnati City officials say the union is exploiting the tragedy. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold. The 507th air refueling wing converted just last year from fighters to tankers. Now some Oklahoma congressmen are meeting with the reserve's chief on a proposal to change the wing into an auxiliary AWACS unit. Senator Jim Inhoff recently told Major General Robert McIntosh he wouldn't sign off on the plan, that's according to an Inhoff spokesman. Aids to Representative JC Wants of Norman were to meet today with Pentagon officials about the proposed conversion.

Watts District includes tanker air force base. One of Watts spokesman says the staff is still gathering information on the idea. The 1200 member refueling wing is Oklahoma's only Air Force Reserve unit. It has an operating budget of about $21 million that includes funding for about 200 full-time workers. Most of them live in Oklahoma. Congressional aides weren't sure whether the conversion could mean a loss of jobs. One of Senator Don Nicolzades said the plan was, quote, very, very preliminary. For the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmody. The telephone company and the communications workers of America have agreed to extend the contract until just before midnight tonight, while talks continue in Dallas. The contract represents about 5,000 GTE Southwest employees in Oklahoma, Texas and other states. The contract had been set to expire late Tuesday night, but now negotiators have agreed to their second straight 24-hour extension. The workers voted by a 17-to-1 march in last week to authorize a strike if no agreement

was reached. The negotiators say they're seeking employment security, saying they feel threatened by massive company cutbacks over the last three years. They also want protection from extreme overtime and excessive use of temporary agency employees. The new contract would cover employees in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. For the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmody. Put it in the roadway in a tactical manner, and then, of course, the violator would have their vehicle drove over it, and the tires deflated, hopefully, that they would end the pursuit quicker than it would otherwise end it. The traffic present on the roadway is certainly a factor that the officers have to take into consideration. You would not want to use it in an area where there's a high volume of traffic because it could create more problems than it would alleviate. So the volume of traffic is certainly a consideration in determining whether or not you want to utilize

them. The president and those running for president are the ones who are going to have to face the wrath of the American people if they're not supportive of these things. There's a commitment on both sides of the aisle. On both sides of Congress on the House and the Senate side, they're strong bipartisan support in the House and the Senate to balance the budget over the next seven years to have significant welfare reform to do away with unfunded mandates. That was the actuality reel for Thursday, August the 17th, 1995. This is the combined actuality reel from Monday, August the 14th to Wednesday, August the 16th. The Air Force announced yesterday that it's holding seven officers accountable in a friendly fire shoot down.

Two U.S. fighter planes shot down two American army helicopters over northern Iraq last year, killing 26 people. The chapters were mistaken for Iraqi aircraft violating a no-fly zone. Yesterday the Pentagon officially announced the disciplinary measures it's imposing. The two F-15 pilots will be barred from flying duties for three years, effectively ending their careers as fighter pilots. In addition, three radar plane crewmen are grounded and the Air Force has written highly critical letters of evaluation for the pilots, the radar plane crewmen, and two Brigadier generals. The letters make it highly unlikely any of them will receive another promotion. For the Oklahoma update, I'm Clark Stroud. James Nichol says he's tired of hysteria and rumors and the Oklahoma City bombing case which has led to charges against his brother. The Michigan farmer was in federal court house yesterday as Terry Nichol was arraigned. Afterward, he told reporters he wants to see hard facts in the case. He referred to experts who have said it was impossible for a truck bomb to have destroyed the Alfred P. Murrow building.

When asked if his brother could get a fair trial in Oklahoma City, Nichol replied, You tell me, I don't live here. He also thought the back row seats he and family members had in the courtroom showed a lack of respect. People said he joked around with his brother during a visit and that he left Terry Nichol's in good spirits. For the Oklahoma update, I'm Clark Stroud. Yesterday, Assistant US Attorney Steve Mullin said he doesn't expect the leg to impact the case all that much. Although authorities would like to know if there's another victim from the bombing. The severed limb was found in the rubble of the bomb federal building last May and has yet to be matched to any of the victims. The attorney for bombing Suspect Timothy McVeigh has suggested that the leg may belong to what he calls the real bomber. The state medical examiner says the death count from the disaster could be raised to 169 if the leg cannot be matched to any of the known victims. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold. A national day of mourning for the Oklahoma City bombing has been costly for taxpayers in Cincinnati.

The city has paid more than $112,000 to city workers who have taken time off. City personnel director Betty Baker says city workers have taken more than 8,000 hours off since June. A labor contract with Cincinnati City workers grants them time off on national holidays and days of mourning. Union members can seek over time if the day falls on a Sunday. The national day of mourning for the Oklahoma City bombing was held on a Sunday. Some Cincinnati City officials say the union is exploiting the tragedy. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold. We are concerned about the areas of Dallas and Atlanta because we believe that Floyd and the boy may have been in those locations shortly after the kidnapping in September

of 1994 and, of course, when we did not have any publicity in the case because of the gag order, we weren't getting very many leads at all so we're hopeful that this new information or this additional information will generate leads from the public. We feel that there's a possibility that there's someone out there that may have had some knowledge of this child shortly after the kidnapping case and that if someone is with this child or has custody of this child, they need to contact the local office of the FBI. If you come down, you're arguing with a banker whether you can get another 1.25% interest out of him, you're trying to squeeze him for the last, you know, for the last penny. If that banker had given you a $5,000 contribution, then you might be a little hesitant, you might let him get away with a, you know, paying you a 1.25% less than he should because he's your friend. And I think that same thing would follow through in all those offices. You know, if we vote on it by the vote of the people, it probably passed 90 to 10 because all of the rate payers would be, you rate payers, the people with insurance or the people

who, you don't want to stay treasured to get highest interest rate possible. The public at large, I think, would support my bill like 90%, but in the legislature, it's just the opposite. It would put it in the roadway in a tactical manner and then, of course, the violator or a theoretical drove over it and, you know, the tires deflated, hopefully that they would, you know, it would end the pursuit quicker than it would otherwise end it. The other traffic present on the roadway is certainly a factor that the officers have to take into consideration. You would not want to use it in an area where there's a high volume of traffic because it could create more problems than it would alleviate. So the volume of traffic is certainly a consideration in determining whether or not you want to utilize them. I guess we could figure that they would return when the danger is passed, but I think in terms of, you know, what kind of damage are these bases sustained, you know, the runways

open or trees down, that probably would drive how long they'll stay at Tinker. Well, we're taking in a large number of their aircraft and we recover them here at Tinker and keep them on our ramps until the storm has passed and they can return home. Obviously, the concerns or the things that have happened out there or things that we need to be concerned about, you know, director, regional director has indicated that we need to look at the policies and the procedures out there and to make some changes. President and those running for president are the ones that are going to have to face the wrath of the American people if they're not supportive of these things. Mr. Maynard and the warden agreed that if they were going to restructure the facility operations at OSR, it would be best accomplished by a new warden at that facility, so that's

best for the reason. There's a commitment on both sides of the aisle, I mean, on both sides of Congress on the House and the Senate side, they're strong bipartisan support in the House and the Senate to balance the budget over the next seven years to have significant welfare reform to do away with unfunded mandates. That was actuality real for Monday, August the 14th through Wednesday, August the 16th combined. Now we're going to do the actuality real for Friday, August the 18th. National Guard officials say a smaller defense budget will force them to trim the number of guardsmen in the state, but officials say guardsmen will keep their jobs and no armories will be closed. Colonel Gary Jackson is the Guard's director of plans, operations and training. He says the reorganization plan calls for eliminating about 1100 authorized guardsmen by 1999. Jackson says the number of authorized members will be trimmed to about

7500, mostly through retirement and attrition. The plan goes into effect in September for the 145th medical company of Broken Arrow. Jackson says all 127 guardsmen, including two full time members, will be reassigned to another unit in the company or another town. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold. Officials install the larger-than-life statue of the former U.S. House Speaker earlier this month. An assistant to O.U. President David Boren says they will officially dedicate the statue when the 87-year-old Albert feels well enough to attend. He was Speaker of the House from 1971 to 1977. The statue is a gift from Clark and Wanda Bass of McAllister. The artist is Paul Moore, an 80-vocal homin, now living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Moore has also been retained to create a larger-than-life statue of former O.U. President George Lynn Cross. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold. James Nichols says his brother Terry is confident he'll be cleared of charges in the Murrah

Federal Building bombing. The Michigan farmer says he'll never believe his younger brother was involved in the April 19th blast that killed 168 and injured hundreds more. Still, he says Terry Nichols is a bit nervous about being charged with the worst terrorist attack in America. Nichols and fellow suspect Timothy McVeigh could face the death penalty if convicted in the case, both men have pled innocent to the charges. James Nichols visited his brother for three hours this week at a federal prison in El Reno. He says Terry Nichols and Timothy McVeigh were set up by what he calls the real bombers, bad apples within the U.S. government. For the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmody. DOC Operations Chief Steve Kaiser says there are now more than 14,000 inmates in prison facilities in Oklahoma, and that means the DOC is operating at 130 percent of capacity. Kaiser says early-release programs have not relieved overcrowding or helped remove inmates from condemned cell blocks into prisons. He also says the Department staff, again, is discussing

the use of private prisons in Texas to house medium security Oklahoma inmates. In addition to overcrowding, the board was told millions of dollars are needed to hire and equip more probation and parole officers. Oklahoma now has 315 probation and parole officers, fully equipping them with items from handheld radios and pages to laptop computers and fax machines would cost more than $3 million. A report on probation and parole officers also notes the need for 116 more officers in Oklahoma and other staffers. That would cost around $4 million, but the 39 percent increase in officer staffing would lower the caseload rate to 60 inmates per officer. For the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmody. This year we've run into a brick wall because we cannot conceive right now how to do the work that needs to be done with what we presently have, but we will continue to try to figure

out how to do it and we will continue to economize and to save and to make things more efficient as we can. We have managed until now to figure out how to continue to do the ever-increasing work load. I mean, money may go down, but the cases to which we're assigned keep going up. And so, we, until now, have been able to figure out how to scrimp and save and economize. And what he has done with the back door deal with Governor Keating is basically circumvent that and attempt to write his own budget for the amounts that he thinks that he wants without the authorization of the elected representatives of the state. One of the things that we discovered late in the legislative session is Mr. Crawford had given

several members of his staff pay raises on the average of 13%. All other state employees did not get any kind of pay raises for obvious reasons of our type budget. This is the actuality reel for Monday, August 21st, 1995. The study is asking whether the emotional damage is greater for survivors of the Oklahoma City bombing than those who survived a natural disaster. Charles Benite is an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. He was awarded the grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to study the stress levels of Oklahoma City residents now and again next year. He thinks the Oklahoma City survivors will have a harder time coping with the tragedy than the survivors of Hurricane Andrew. Benite and a team of graduate

students will interview about a hundred people in Oklahoma City who were within a five block radius of the April 19th blast. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold. The group is threatening the Department of Corrections with a lawsuit if its officials don't make amends. The Department announced effective July 1st that no religious group will be paid to council inmates. The department cited a need to be fair to all religious groups as put forth in federal mandates about religious equality. The Muslims and Catholics were the only churches under contract with the department. The Catholics were paid $20,000 a year while the Muslims had a $59,000 year contract. Corrections spokesman Jerry Massey says the Catholics have decided to continue working with inmates using volunteer priests. But the Muslims are against the plan. They say the organization can't afford an entirely volunteer ministry. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold.

About 556 inmates over the age of 55 populate state prisons. Many have expensive medical problems that cost state taxpayers. And some people are asking if it's practical to keep older criminals locked up with so many crowded prisons and small budgets. But Department of Corrections spokesman Jerry Massey says if a criminal reaches 65 in prison, he or she is usually there for a violent crime such as rape or murder. Rex Moore senior is an inmate at the Joseph Harp Correctional Center near Purcell. He wrote a recent newsletter about older inmates saying that they are simply doing time and waiting to die. A national study by the project for older prisoners in New York says the number of older inmates in state and federal prisons has doubled in the past four years. For the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmody. Officials hope to get ideas about transportation needs as the U.S. House prepares to consider legislation involving $89 million for the state. Deputy director Jane Garvey will begin in eastern Oklahoma today looking at transportation projects and seeking comments. Garvey will

travel on state roads proposed to be included in the national highway system. The Senate has already passed the bill calling for the highway system in which states designate routes to be included. The House has until September 30 to act on the bill. For the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmody. I'm not putting any pressure on him and I'm certainly not interested in the specifics of that report because at this juncture, the criminal justice decision has to be made first and I'm going to let that decision be made before I take any other action. We have an area of expertise there. I know staff is utilizing them to some extent, but I think they should be used to 100% of the time whenever there is anything going on in the selection process. We are having a little bit of a difficult time, I think, in keeping in line with our budget as it relates to the professional services contracts cost of the overall all of the match projects. I think that the project coordinator could assist

in those areas. Seeing their methods of giving presentations and we feel like it gives him an undue advantage in the marketplace because the other consulting firms have not been allowed to come to those meetings and critique or oversee the process whenever they are applying for other projects. It would be inappropriate for the consulting engineer that is doing the coordination to be involved. We have had meetings and looked at short lists, had his input in his comments and every step of the program as we go through except him setting in the interview process to where he is watching other consulting engineering firms that he is going to be competing against perhaps the next day or the next week. His actuality reel for Monday, August 21st, 1995. This would be the actuality reel for

August 22nd, Tuesday, 1995. The center's managing director, Lee McGudwin, says Oklahoma are calling in record numbers with concerns about bites from poisonous snakes and spiders. He says that on a single day in July the center recorded more than 180 calls. The center recorded more than 200 during the entire month and McGudwin says the number of calls about poisonous snake bites have doubled. The center ordinarily has an average of 50 calls a year about poisonous snake bites. The rising number of calls may be due to an increased public awareness of the center, but McGudwin says he is less concerned with the number of calls than with fears that people may use in proper treatments for snake bites. Those treatments include snake bite kits, turniputs and movie style, cut it and suck it techniques. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold. Attorneys for Suspect Timothy McVey claim Alley like other Oklahoma City judges was to

affected by the bombing to remain impartial. Alley wasn't in the federal courthouse when the Alfred P. Murrow Federal Building exploded just across the street, but one member of his staff was slightly injured and his chambers were damaged. Alley has said he doesn't fill the need to recuse himself from the case though. He didn't lose any friends in the April 19th explosion. The motion for removal can't be appealed immediately unless Alley approves a special challenge to the 10th Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver. But by filing the motion, McVey's attorneys have the option of raising the issue after trial if McVey is convicted. The motion also seeks the recusal of all judges in the Western District of Oklahoma. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold. The center is being financed by $17.9 million from a 1992 bond issue and $6.1 million from private funds. Dr. Joseph Ferretti is the interim senior vice president and provost of OU's Oklahoma City campus. Ferretti says research at OU's Health Sciences Center

has increased by more than 250% over the past eight years, but the campus hasn't gained any new laboratory space since 1976. He says the center will generate about 800 jobs and $38 million annually for the Oklahoma City economy. For the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmody. Oklahoma's House Speaker could be close to revealing whether he'll run for Congress in the second district next year. Democratic sources say Glenn Johnson is still weighing his decision, but plans to make an announcement soon. It could come by the end of this month. The Democrat from Okima has long been rumored as a possible candidate for the seat. That seat is now held by freshman Republican Dr. Tom Coburn of Muscogee. Last month, Johnson confirmed he had talked to Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee officials in Washington about his possible candidacy. Before the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmody. The parents, these are parents that have their lower end of the earnings scale. Yet their income is too much to qualify for Medicaid, and they just don't have enough money left

over it during the month to provide health care, and this foundation will provide health care for those children. Every penny, the contributions to the foundation will go in providing health care coverage to these children. Blue Cross and Blue Shield will administer the program, but every penny that is contributing will go toward providing health care coverage. Because of the extended nature of the projects, they're all through our secondary schools, some of the work is going to continue into the first part of this first semester. Because of the nature of our bond projects are ongoing, some of these sites will still have some small construction and cleanup going on as school starts. Several of our middle and high school sites will have ongoing construction related to heating and air conditioning.

It's pretty popular for this to go out around school time when kids are getting back to school to start what they're doing essentially is trying to scare parents. We want to know that there's simply nothing to these types of warnings. You'll see these bullets and boards in public places. Some people will leave them on coffee tables in a doctor's office or a church. Not necessarily to scare people, some of them actually believe these are true, and that's what we want to do is just get the word out that this is simply an urban legend. That was Actuality Real for Tuesday, August 22, 1995. This would be the Actuality Real for Wednesday, August 23, 1995. The lawsuits filed yesterday in Oklahoma County District Court, also named Michael Fortier and ICI Explosives. Fortier has pleaded guilty to four lesser charges, including having advanced knowledge of the bombing and not alerting authorities. The five separate lawsuits each seek at least $60,000 from McVeigh Nichols in Fortier and $60,000 from ICI Explosives.

ICI manufactures ammonium nitrate, a fertilizer that authorities say was a component of the bomb. The lawsuits were filed on behalf of the survivors of Francis Williams, Catherine Anne Finley, Leora Lee Cells, Peter Avila-Nosa, and Richard Lee Roy Cummins. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold. Johnson is a Democrat from Okima, and he says whether he mounts a campaign for Congress depends on the amount of grassroots support he gets. He says early support has been spontaneous and strong, but Johnson says he'll be the underdog if he decides to run against U.S. Representative Tom Coburn, a freshman Republican from Muscogee. Johnson says Coburn has already raised a lot of money, and he says Coburn will have the support of U.S. House Speaker, Newt Gingrich. Johnson says Coburn is voted in lockstep with Gingrich. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold. Roberta Bennett says a leg found in the rubble could belong to her son. She hasn't seen 29-year-old

Sydney Aaron McCallum since three weeks before the blast, but McCallum apparently had larger feet than the unknown victim. Ray Blakeney, spokesman for the Oklahoma State Medical Examiner's Office, says the unknown victim was wearing a size seven-and-a-half military boot with an olive-drab blousing strap for snugging pants into the boot, but Bennett says her son wore a size 9. Blakeney says McCallum hasn't been ruled out yet, his office is awaiting a police investigation. For the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmody. State Representative Sean Voskel was returning to his home last year with a friend, Dan Amoris, to watch television after buying a six-pack of beer at a Marshall bar. Voskel says each opened a can of beer shortly before the accident occurred. The 28-year-old Democrat from Marshall pled no contest to transporting an open container of 3.2 beer, failing to wear a seatbelt, and driving a vehicle with an expired tag. He paid fines totaling $212.27.

27-year-old Dan Amoris received a blow to the head when she was thrown out of the Jeep. She was in a coma for more than a month, and some of her injuries are considered permanent. Garfield County Assistant District Attorney Silas Lyman said yesterday that prosecutors didn't have enough evidence for a conviction. For the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmody. They were primarily a pharmaceutical supplier, and where they made their money was an overbilling for home infusions, for hemophilia treatment, oncology, and human growth hormone treatments, and they were paying end supplies, and they were paying kickbacks for referrals, and then charging inflated prices for what they were doing, all of which was reimbursed by Medicaid. It has only been since 1994 that Oklahoma joined in the lawsuit that had been filed nationally and it was brought to a negotiated settlement that included both reimbursement and fines

and penalties. The total amount of penalties in the Oklahoma portion was just over 391,000 with over 450,000 being actual restitution to the state Medicaid program. If it requires a bunch of more memory, if it requires a bunch of more dis space, upgrade, if it requires users to be retrained, all of those things come into consideration when a business decides to move off of an operating system, so I think it's probably going to be waiting to see attitude with business while it's probably going to be the latest and greatest thing in the retail market, businesses are going to be slower to accept. Most businesses that I know are probably going to wait and see, they're going to wait and see just how viable the Windows 95 is, just what kind of an impact it makes before

they jump into buying lots of upgrades for their machines. The Statewide Awareness Campaign is aimed at reducing highway deaths associated with sleepy drivers over the Labor Day holiday. Governor Frank Keating says statistics show fatigue drivers are deadly. He says experts estimate that fatigued and sleepy drivers contribute up to 54% of all crashes nationwide, and he says the crashes result in up to 36% of all highway fatalities. 11 people died on Oklahoma highways over the Labor Day weekend last year, Keating says that was almost 28% of the year's total holiday fatalities. The State's campaign will include radio and television public service announcements and brochures that will be handed out at state rest stops.

For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold. An Arizona mail drop manager says FBI agents never told her she couldn't talk to defense attorneys and investigators searching for information about a bombing suspect. Linda Willoughby released a sworn affidavit yesterday. The affidavit was part of federal prosecutor's arguments in a newly filed brief that defense attorneys' claims of witness interference shouldn't be rehashed as a legal issue. U.S. District Judge David Russell rejected the defense claims on July 31. But Timothy McVey's defense attorney, Stephen Jones, later filed new evidence to try to revive the issue. Willoughby is the manager of the mail room in Kingman, Arizona. She submitted the affidavit in response to a claim that FBI agents told her not to talk to anyone about McVey's mail drop when he lived in Kingman. For the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmody. The state wide... Winston County deputy coroner Frank Dodd identified the victims of Tuesday's crash as 64-year-old

Paulo Smith and his wife, 59-year-old Betty Smith of Norman. The plane crashed in a wooded area near a small airport in northwest Alabama. Sheriff David Sutherland says they were the only people aboard the small plane, which was bound for Gadsden. The twin-engine Piper PA-3400 crashed about 11.30 a.m. near the double springs airport. A witness, Rusty Banks, says the plane appeared to have one dead engine as it went over the airport, turned and dove into some trees. Sutherland says there was no fire and no smoke, making it difficult to find the wreckage. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold. The Federal Davis-Bacon Act passed in 1931 requires that the U.S. Department of Labor determine prevailing wages on construction projects nationwide on a county-by-county basis. Those wages must be the minimum paid on all federally funded projects. Senator Jim Inhoff commended members of the Oklahoma Municipal Contractors Association

for the initial research package that eventually led to the U.S. Department of Labor withdrawing to of its Oklahoma wage surveys because of faulty information. State Labor Commissioner Brenda Ranau used the Association's initial research to begin an investigation. It's now being used by a Congressional subcommittee looking in to the effects of the Davis-Bacon Act. For the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmady. He fled the Saddam Hussein Army because he don't believe in what is happening there, and he thought this country will all be in a door for him for opportunity and for freedom and for making living and improve his life. And here what he's facing is a disaster. He's a prisoner in his home home. He can't leave his home without somebody accompanying him, and when he tried to go and buy some food from the grocery store, some people chase him, spit on his face and beat him up,

so he had to run for his life. He was working for a restaurant and the manager told him not to show up, come from the back door because I don't want any problems with the customer seeing your face because they recognize you from the TV. Here's a man that came to America seeking freedom and was put in imprisonment by local TV station. And we believe that that's not what America is about, and we believe that will be shown during the course of preparation and during the trial that we believe will come about as a result of this lawsuit. The way that the investigation was conducted by this television station not only shows malice but an absolute disregard for this man's integrity as a human being.

As you may or may not know, he was a political prisoner under Hussein and basically was freed during the Gulf War to come back to the United States. He came back here hoping to find the better way of life and what he found was he had to live in his car for two weeks to avoid the harassment. How's the actual on a real for Thursday August 24th 1995? See actual on a real for Friday August 25 1995. Attorney Stephen Jones heads the defense team for bombing defendant Timothy McVeigh. He has followed a motion asking U.S. District Judge Wayne Alley to step aside. The motion maintains Alley was too affected by the blast to be impartial. Jones says his objection to Alley is based largely on the damage to his chambers in courtroom suffered during the blast.

Alley himself was not in Oklahoma City when the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was bombed on April 19th. Jones also says he will ask that McVeigh's trial be moved far away from the emotionally charged atmosphere of Oklahoma City. He says that suggestions Alley may be biased would diminish if the judge agrees to move the trial. For the Oklahoma update this is Sky Arnold. U.S. District Judge Wayne Alley's order stems from the department's alleged attempt to organize a visit from Labor Secretary Robert Reich to the Dayton tire company plan in Oklahoma City last year. Attorney G. Thorne Stallings Jr. represented Phyllis Gillian. Gillian's husband had been fatally injured at the tire plant six months before Reich's visit. In 1994 the Labor Department contacted Gillian before Reich's visit and offered her a deal. If Gillian stood with Reich at a news conference in Oklahoma City, the department would provide her with information that would help in a product liability lawsuit. She did but when Stallings tried to collect on the promise, he was Stonewall.

When he filed Freedom of Information Request for the information, he was told what he sought was not in the public's interest. The department's lawyers argued the information should be released only if it helped the public make vital public choices. Judge Alley disagreed. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold. The two men have been arraigned on felony charges and have had bonds set at $250,000 each in Arkansas, but their identity is still in question. Deputy prosecutor Brian Cole told Benton County Circuit Court Judge David Klinger that his office has made several attempts to determine the men's identities. What authorities do know is that one man holds two Oklahoma driver's licenses, each with different names. The other man had no identification. The two share a post office box in Spiro, Oklahoma. The two are being called Billy Cooper and Ray Billy Harrison. Harrison is charged with theft by deception and aggravated assault. Cooper is charged with being an accomplice to theft by deception.

Prosecutors say the duo is accused in the scheme in which about $100,000 worth of checks were written on the account of a certain Arkansas man. For the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmody. One of two Texas men accused opposing as military bomb disposal experts to scam businesses after the Oklahoma City bombing says he's innocent. An October 12 trial date has been set for 22-year-old Andrew Tarzon of Arlington. Tarzon was named in a five-count indictment August 16, with alleged co-conspirator 19-year-old Brian Martin. Martin is in the Harris County, Texas jail, and will be a rain next month. The two allegedly used fake army identification and posed as members of a defense department explosives ordinance disposal unit. Prosecutors say the two spent four days in Oklahoma City, obtaining free hotel rooms, computers, radios, and a helicopter ride. For the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmody.

We traditionally have a high turnover rate in drivers, so essentially we are always open and taking applications for drivers for a pool to hire from when we need drivers. We anticipate that every route will have a driver come the first day of school and don't anticipate the problems that we've had in past years where some of the routes weren't manned. This is a pain killer for those who don't know, and it's also highly addictive, and a lot of people can get very dependent upon this, and that's why we want to make sure that this does not happen again at this hospital, and we want them to come forward and show us that they are willing to put in the proper controls. It's actuality real for Friday, August 25th, 1995. This is the actuality real for August 28th, Monday, 1995.

Miami natives, Terry Dill-Bottes and James Dwayne Blile were charged along with Marvin Alexander of Cwapaw, bail has been set at $300,000 each, and their trial is set for October 23rd. Alexander, Bottes and Blile are accused of robbing the Larry Spargo family of Hokesy Arkansas, the day after the escape from the Ottawa County jail. They allegedly stole up to three cars and led police on a high-speed chase. A fourth man was arrested later in Arkansas, while the last two escapees were caught late Saturday in Texas near the Mexico border. The men used pencils to gouge a hole in the brittle wall of the century old jail. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold. The foundation for the advancement, education, and employment of American Indians was incorporated in Oklahoma in 1976. The group paid more than $468,000 in June to a Tennessee bank for Mary B. Brady, who had to pay the money as restitution.

Brady, the bank's former assistant vice president and an employee for more than two decades, was hired in the foundation's Morristown office after resigning from the bank in August 1994. She pleaded guilty in federal court earlier this year to one count of bank embezzlement after admitting she stole $453,000 from eight elderly customers. The IRS says it will have to consider whether the loan to Brady fell under the guidelines of helping American Indians. For the Oklahoma update, this is Sky Arnold. University of Missouri economists estimate the average national price will be $3.75 a bushel this season. That's 35 cents more than last year's average. Prices have already reached a high of $4.40 in Kansas City this summer. Economists say wheat production has dropped 100 million bushels this year. Kansas's average winter wheat yield was down 11 bushels an acre. Oklahoma's dropped 6 bushels an acre. And while in Missouri winter wheat yields actually rose one bushel over last year to 39 bushels

an acre. Nationally, the spring wheat harvest was down 850,000 acres compared to last year. Green analyst Gary Adams says poor wheat harvest around the world are allowing the United States to export wheat at higher prices. For the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmedy. Crocker has been a vocal opponent of U.S. Representative JC Watts. In a statement released today, Crocker said he expects to officially kick off his campaign after the first of the year. Crocker says he had to file with the FEC because he is actively raising funds and has surpassed the level for which application is required. The Norman resident is in the middle of his third term in the state house. He was critical of Watts, a Republican elected last year, for his voting record on a number of issues including tinker air force base, farmers and the environment.

Crocker was Watts chief opponent earlier this year when a business venture by Watts sought tax exempt bonds financing for real estate projects in Cleveland and Oklahoma counties. Crocker wrote legislation prohibits public officials from participating in tax exempt projects. For the Oklahoma update, this is Steve Carmedy. I've spoken with the U.S. Attorney, Mr. Ryan and the Warden both and they have assured me that there was no contraband, there was no syringe, there was no cutting to and I am confident in the warden's ability to maintain security for my client. I am not concerned that there is a security break down. I have spoken with the U.S. Attorney, Mr. Ryan and the Warden both and they have assured me that there was no contraband, there was no syringe, there was no cutting to. We do expect sold out weekend for the Labor Day wind up, although we do advise people

not to give up because there are last minute cancellations so if you would like to spend a week at one of the parks to call ahead, but it is going to be very full. To check this matter of fact, if I get a room myself and couldn't, so they are pretty well sold out, however as I say, there are always a few cancellations at the last minute so if you still really are interested, by all means give a call, but to check this matter of fact, if I get a room myself and couldn't, so they are pretty well sold out, however as I say, there are always a few cancellations at the last minute so if you still really are interested, by all means give a call. But do call ahead, don't go without a reservation. That's Actuality Rule for Monday, August 28, 1995. That's Actuality Rule for Tuesday, August 29, 1995. The agency is considering the action amid allegations that patients in the emergency room

were being treated by a physician and no doctors were available. The Health Department, which allegedly discovered this during a surprise inspection July 7, requires a hospital to have a physician available on-site within 20 minutes. Hospital Administrator Jesse Hayes says the emergency room wasn't staffed on July 7, as all four doctors were called to testify at a civil trial involving the hospital and Dr. John Flynn. Hospital was placed on probation in 1993 after the Health Department investigated Flynn's complaints about the quality of emergency room care. For the Oklahoma Update, this is Sky Arnold. A report by Oklahoma City Radio Station KTOK says the Democratic leaders have urged former OU quarterback and television sportscaster Dean Blevenz to run for the Senate seat. The report says that Blevenz has met with former Democratic State Chairman Mike Turpin, Democratic strategist Richard Mildren and other top Democrats on the matter.

This may not seem unusual when you consider the fact that Oklahoma has two former football stars as representatives. J.C.Want and Steve Largent. The proposition is unusual, though, and that Blevenz is registered as a Republican. The podcast reports have said that Blevenz was intrigued by the offer, but non-committal. Blevenz is currently under contract with ABC Sports to broadcast football games this season. For the Oklahoma Update, this is Sky Arnold. The Potawatomi County Development Authority says Stiefel Nikolas' company, built it out of $302,000 in a 1990 bond deal. The authority contends that Stiefel levied extra unigree to fees on an $18 million water reservoir bond. The authority has joined a growing list of governmental customers, suing the once-powerful Oklahoma firm. The lawsuits concern alleged undisclosed and questionable fees. Earlier this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Stiefel had agreed

to pay a record $1.4 million to settle a complaint. For the Oklahoma Update, this is Steve Carmody. In the statewide gas prices are averaging about $1.8 per gallon, which is about $0.7 down from Labor Day of last year. In some of the metro areas, Oklahoma City is averaging right at $1, Tulsa at $1.1. In some of the rural areas, Woodward at $1.11 is the high for the state, and Ardmore $1.12 is also a high part of the state. So we average about $1.7, $1.8 across the state, which is down $0.7 from Labor Day and down $0.3 million from July 4th. Motor is going to comprise about 88% of everybody traveling, so there's going to be a lot of people on the road. We're predicting $33 million plus travelers this holiday weekend. So it means there's a lot of competition out there for hotel reservations, attraction reservations.

So planning ahead is probably the biggest thing you'd say to somebody. Make sure your reservations are sound and intact and guaranteed. Make sure you have everything in order. That's Actuality Real for Tuesday, August 29th, 1995. This would be the Actuality Real for Wednesday, August 30th, 1995. Dr. Fred Jordan says DNA analysis by the FBI changed the original determination that the leg belonged to a light-skinned male. Jordan says the leg in the military-style boot belonged to a female, about five feet five inches tall in between 16 and 30 years of age. He says it doesn't match any of the previously known victims who were missing left legs. Attorneys for bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh sound skeptical. They had speculated that the leg might belong to the real bomber. Defense lawyer Stephen Jones says now no one can have confidence in the forensic work done in the case. For the Oklahoma Update, this is Sky Arnold. Oklahoma County District Attorney Bob Macy says even if their federal trial has moved

out of state, he's charging Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols with murder in state courts. Defense attorneys for McVeigh and Nichols say they believe their clients can't get a fair trial in the emotionally charged atmosphere of Oklahoma City. And they want the federal trial moved far away from Oklahoma. Macy says that under Oklahoma law, the suspects have no right to ask that a trial on state charges be moved outside of Oklahoma, although he does say he'd be happy to try it in any city in the state. For the Oklahoma Update, this is Sky Arnold. Corrections spokesman Jerry Macy says authorities took 19-year-old Bobby Zirkel into custody about 230 this morning at a Shawnee Motel. Macy says Shaw and Holt also 19 was arrested at his grandmother's home in Oklahoma City about five hours later. Both were taken into custody without incident. Macy says authorities developed information that led them to the two men, who along with a third inmate used a hacksaw to break out of the Pittsburgh County jail in McAllister

on Sunday. Zirkel was serving a 10-year sentence for armed robbery in Potawatomi County while Holt was serving 35 years for several Oklahoma County convictions. Pittsburgh under Sheriff Steve Burrows said jail trustees are suspected of providing the three inmates with a hacksaw used to cut through the bars of their cells. The third inmate was arrested Monday. For the Oklahoma Update, this is Steve Carmedy. It's going to drastically reduce their wages than the everybody's wages, whether they're union or non-union, and it's going to affect a lot of things. The income, for the workers, they're standing in the community as far as buying power. There have been abuses to the system to such an extent that it's really causing the taxpayers of Oklahoma a sizeable amount of impact. It's abusing and hurting the cost of these projects, these public projects that are paid

for by taxpayers' dollars. The need for this federally enforced law not only is not working, is not necessary, but is being abused to the extent to where it is actually hurting the workers by skewing the wage data that exists within each county, which is what these wages are compared to for jobs in the private or the public sector. This is a worker issue, it's big business, and a few people that don't know, that don't have any idea what the construction business is about, and they're convinced that they can save a bunch of money by working cheaper and you just can't do it. This is actuality will for Wednesday, August 30, 1995.