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BONNERS FERRY, Idaho: The latest murder charges filed yesterday in the Ruby Ridge case appear to have shocked locals, who remain divided over who was in the wrong in the FBI standoff with white separatist Randy Weaver five years ago. "Most people thought this was over," says TIME's Judy Hanson. "Why this prosecutor has decided to press charges now is anyone's guess." It may have to do with the fact that Boundary County prosecuter Denise Woodbury is new to the job. Woodbury has only been in office for about seven months. Now by opening the Ruby Ridge wound...
...cranberry-juice commercial on television, people in my neighborhood could not understand what the Duchess of York was saying, so they did not buy the product. ABC should be ashamed even to consider her. What's wrong with Fergie's getting jobs at home? MARY G. WEAVER Chester...
DIED. ROBERT WEAVER, 89, the first African American appointed to the Cabinet; in New York City. In 1966 President Lyndon Johnson named him to fill the new post of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development at a time of intense inner-city turmoil...
...What quite likely happened," says Weaver, "is that people who saw these dummies mistook them for aliens." And, he notes, because no mention of aliens was made until 1978, those "who were interviewed were trying to recall events that took place 30 years earlier." Weaver blames UFOlogists for "linking" these sightings, which occurred after 1947, to the original Roswell incident...
...millions of Americans who believe that U.S. officials are withholding the truth about Roswell specifically and UFOs in general are not about to be swayed by the facts. Echoing The X-Files, they insist the truth is still out there. Says Weaver: "What I hadn't realized [before we issued our first report] was the vehemence of the pro-UFO people. Telling them there was no saucer at Roswell was like telling a kid there is no Santa Claus." With the urge to believe so strong, the legend of Roswell will doubtless...