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Jones understands that he has set himself up for many such threats. He realizes too that in the coming months it will be necessary to explain repeatedly to Americans horrified by the blast why the Timothy McVeighs of this world deserve legal counsel. But the Louisiana-born, Texas-bred, aw-shucks county lawyer tells Time that he is fully prepared to stick with his role as champion of the underdog. After all, he has supported losing causes before: Nixon and Roger Dale Stafford, Oklahoma's most notorious death-row inmate, and his own three unsuccessful bids for electoral office. Says...
...cash and support himself without a job. According to Ralph McPeak, an associate of McVeigh's, many of these people fooled around with designing and detonating explosives. In February a bomb blew out the windows of McPeak's house; the authorities have not yet determined the origins of the blast...
Hours after Asahara's arrest, a parcel bomb exploded at Tokyo City Hall, injuring two people. One of them, an aide to Tokyo Governor Yukio Aoshima, lost his left hand and right thumb in the blast. No one took responsibility and police have established no link to Aum Shinri Kyo. The package was addressed to Aoshima, who recently announced that he wascanceling the Aum cult's status as a religious organization...
Although the involvement of the Nichols brothers -- who are still being held in Wichita, Kansas, on bombmaking charges -- remains unclear, the evidence linking them to the blast appears to be growing. Agents found a receipt for a ton of fertilizer in Terry Nichols' house; the purchase was made in Kansas under an alias, but Time has learned that a salesman picked out Terry Nichols from a lineup. The receipt has McVeigh's fingerprints on it. According to a government source, the same phony name was used to purchase a second ton of fertilizer. Agents have also found evidence that Nichols...
...deal with an even higher authority: his Stars & Stripes found a mysterious breeze that allowed it to make up a seemingly insurmountable 4-min., 42-boat-length lead on the final leg to overtake Mighty Mary. No wonder that each morning, as Conner's boat leaves the dock, loudspeakers blast the team's anthem: the Bee Gees' Stayin' Alive...