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...McGown, the proprietor of the Dreamland Motel, also in Junction City, is another witness who links McVeigh to a Ryder truck. On April 14, McVeigh showed up at the Dreamland and registered under his own name. It is a mystery why, after previously using aliases, McVeigh would have chosen this moment not to hide his identity. McGown has a theory, though. In a recent interview with author Gerald Posner, she said in her years managing a motel frequented by prostitutes, she learned how to spot men registering under false names. "People are so used to signing their own name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OKLAHOMA CITY: THE WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

...McGown has said she saw McVeigh drive a Ryder truck into the Dreamland parking lot on April 17. At around 4 a.m. on April 18, McGown recalled, she saw McVeigh sitting in the cab of the truck with the light on. However, her testimony could have a complication to it--she has also said she saw McVeigh in a Ryder truck on the 16th, and that this one looked different from the one he drove on the 17th. Prosecutors may also call McGown's son Eric, who has said he saw McVeigh and the truck. According to Eric, when McVeigh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OKLAHOMA CITY: THE WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

Elliott and Kessinger first spoke to the FBI on April 19, when McVeigh was still completely unknown. A composite sketch based on their description of "Kling" was shown to motel owners around Junction City. On April 20, Lea McGown, proprietor of the Dreamland Motel, recognized the man as a guest named Timothy McVeigh. The agents searched a database and discovered that someone of that name was arrested on April 19 for speeding 90 miles north of Oklahoma City; he looked almost exactly like the composite sketch. So, the government argues, Elliott and Kessinger described McVeigh before anyone knew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OPENING SHOTS | 2/10/1997 | See Source »

MAJOR GENERAL D. W. McGOWN Chief National Guard Bureau Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 20, 1961 | 10/20/1961 | See Source »

...Will there be a United States of America in too years?" This subject will be discussed by Rear Admiral William Snowalen Sims, United States Navy retired, and Chancellor C. S. McGown, director of the American international College of Springfield, at 8 o'clock this evening in Symphony Hall, Boston. These will be the main speakers at the patriotic meeting which is being held under the auspices of the Loyal Coalition, the object being to set forth the broad issues confronting the country today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SIMS SPEAKS IN BOSTON TONIGHT | 2/1/1923 | See Source »

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