The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 39, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 16, 1997 Page: 3 of 18
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Come hear your favorite Christmas carols
December 17th at 10:00 a.m.
Lamar Elementary will be performing
and
December 18th at 9:30 a.m.
Walden Oak School will be performing
in the lobby of
THE BAYTOWN SUN Tuesday, December 16,1997 3-A
Closing arguments wrap up Nichols’ trialDENVER (AP) — Hammering
at everything from witness credi-
bility to FBI standards, attorneys
for Oklahoma
City bombing
suspect Terry
Nichols fought
for his life by
suggesting he
was the fall
guy for a
botched case.
With their
Nichols client facing a
possible death
sentence if convicted, defense
attorneys Ron Woods and Michael
Tigar told jurors the government
mishandled its investigation and
molded evidence to fit faulty con-
clusions.
“The Marine Corps builds men.
The FBI builds witnesses,” said
Tigar, while Woods insisted that
Nichols cannot be executed for the
deadliest act of terrorism on U.S.
soil based on “woefully lacking”
evidence. j
.The defense was-expected to
wrap up closing arguments today.
Prosecutors will have the chance
for a brief rebuttal before jurors
receive instructions from U.S. Dis-
trict Judge Richard Matsch and
NATION
begin deliberations.
After prosecutor Beth Wilkin-
son told jurors Monday that there
was more than enough circum-
stantial evidence to justify a guilty
verdict, the defense took aim at
the government’s case, froth the
search for Nichols to the work
done at FBI labs and the credibili-
ty of its star witness.
Woods, a former FBI agent, said
the agency’s biggest manhunt in
history boiled down to speculation
on Nichols’ role in the April 19,
1995, bombing. He said the
strength of the evidence should
match the potential penalty.
“You don’t convict somebody
on proof like that. You certainly
don’t execute somebody on proof
like that,” Woods said, drawing a
warning from the judge to avoid
raising penalty issues for now.
“The government has skimmed
over a lot of holes in the case and
asked you to speculate,” Woods
said. “It’s woefully lacking.”
Tigar recalled that Michael
Fortier, the prosecution’s star wit-
ness, initially lied to FBI agents
then changed his mind and impli-
cated Nichols and Timothy
McVeigh, who was convicted ear-
lier this year and sentenced to die
for the bombing that killed 168
people.
Fortier’s testimony was “bought
and paid for,” Tigar said. He
reminded jurors that Fortier testi-
fied in hopes of receiving a
reduced sentence for lying to the
FBI and failing to warn authorities
of the bomb plot.
Tigar also accused the FBI of
mishandling evidence, including
the Ryder truck panel that con-
tained embedded ammonium
nitrate crystals, and drill bits at
Nichols’ house that purportedly
link him to a robbery of explo-
sives; • ‘
The crystals have mysteriously
vanished, Tigar said, and the drill
bits were corroded in an accident
at the FBI lab.
As for the day before the blast,
when prosecutors contend
McVeigh and Nichols built the
bomb at a Kansas lake, Woods
said one prosecution witness
recalled seeing a Ryder truck but
changed his description of an
accompanying truck from a gray
pickup to a dark GMC truck that
resembled Nichols’vehicle.
The defense had called witness-
es who referred to various dates
they saw a Ryder truck at the lake
and others who brought up John
Doe 2, a man investigators deter-
mined was not involved. Wilkin-
son dismissed the likelihood of
other co-conspirators as “Elvis
sightings.”
Prosecutors contend Nichols,
42, and McVeigh, 29, bombed the
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
to avenge the April 19; 1993, gov-
ernment raid at the Branch David-
ian compound near Waco, Texas,
which left about 80 people dead.
They concede Nichols was not
in Oklahoma City the day the
building blew up but say he helped
build the bomb and arrange
McVeigh’s getaway.
Wilkinson argued earlier that
even though no one saw Nichols
build the bomb or acquire explo-
sives, the evidence was over-
whelming.
She used an 8-by-4-foot picture
of a two-lane road marked with
green road signs detailing each
step the Army buddies allegedly
took: hiding behind aliases, rent-
ing storage sheds, collecting bomb
components and finally building
the bomb.
FUNERAL NOTICES
Man chained with
theft, intoxication
Officers patrolling the 200 block of West Main Street around 1
a.m. Monday observed a man staggering down the road and push-
ing a shopping cart
loaded down with beer.
After a brief investiga-
tion, they discovered the
26-year-old Baytown resi-
dent had apparently stolen the beer from a local supermarket. The
man was charged with public intoxication and theft.
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Police arrest man for family violence
Police arrested a 46-year-old man after he allegedly beat his
estranged wife on Sunday night at a residence in the 1200 block of
South Alexander Drive.
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Tail light cover stolen from parked car
Two men reported that the tail light cover from a car was stolen
from a parking lot on Wednesday in the 6900 block of Garth Road.
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Police arrest man for civil disturbance
A man was arrested on Friday after police were called to the
4200 block of Decker Drive for a civil disturbance and caught the
man with a half-smoked marijuana cigarette. Police also found he
had warrants out for his arrest.
NOW THRU
SUNDAY!
Police charge man with DWI
A Dayton tree surgeon driving through Baytown was arrested
Saturday morning at Highway 146 and Missouri Street and
charged with public intoxication after he reportedly failed two
field sobriety tests.
Gas worth $5 was stolen from the 4900 block of Garth Road.
Man arrested for harassment
Several Baytown police detectives arrested a man at the intersec-
tion of Cedar Bayou Road and North Main Street on Friday after
he sped past their car and made an obscene gesture.Jewelry stolen from student
A student reported that jewelry worth $690 was stolen from him
on Friday at Ross S. Sterling High School.
Food, tools stolen from garage
Someone Sunday night or Monday morning broke into a garage
in the 3300 block of McKinney Road and stole $92 worth of food
and tools valued at $1,158.
Juvenile assaults another child
A 9-year-old boy hit another boy with his fist on Friday in the
4200 block of Decker Drive.
Man arrested for spousal abuse
Officers arrested a 45-year-old man Saturday morning at his res-
idence in the 3100 block of New Meadow Drive after he reported-
ly assaulted his wife. The couple was in the process of getting
divorced.
STEWART
Gaston Stewart died Tuesday,
Elec. 16, 1997, in a local hospi-
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Man arrested for intoxication
A man, who was parked in a fire lane in the 4500 block of Garth
Road on Friday, was arrested after police found him to be intoxi-
cated.
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A minor was caught with a keg of beer at a hotel room on Friday
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A bizarre play in the 1997 NFL sea-
son was when Minnesota Quarterback
Brad Johnson threw a TOUCHDOWN
PASS TO HIMSELF ..It happened in the
Minnesota-Carolina game on
Oct. 12.. .Johnson tried to pass, but the bail
was batted back to him by Carolina line-
man Greg Kragen...Johnson then caught
his own pass and ran the back for a TD .
★ '■ ★ *
Only one man ever played on a
national championship team in college
football- and then coached a'college team
to the national championship and also a
pro team to the Super Bowl champi-
onship.. .Who is tie?...Answer: Jimmy
Johnson...He played for Arkansas when
they won the national title in 1964 . He
coached Miami to the 1987 national colle-
giate title...And he coached Dallas to
Super Bowl titles in 1993 and '94.
★ A ? ■ ★
Which is the only husband-and -wife
combination who are both in a major sports
Hall of Fame?...The late Don Drysdale is
in the football Hall of Fame for his pitch-
ing with the Dodgers . His wife, Ann
Meyers' is tn the basketball Hall of
■ Fame..She was an All-American at UCLA.
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Doris Wheeler of Dallas.
The funeral service will be
held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at
Earthman Funeral Home. Inter-
ment will follow at Memory Gar-
dens Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Jim Holden,
Randy Donnell, Robert Drake,
Sim Roberts, Bradley Eric Bur-
ton, Bradley Burton and Tommy
Fenley, - £_ j / .
HUBER
CALLAWAY Warren Andrew Huber, 15, of
Margaret N. Callaway, 75, of Crosby, died Monday, Dec. 15,
Baytown, died Monday, Dec. 15, 1997, in a local hospital.
1997. Services are pending with Ster-
Arrangements are pending ling Funeral Home in Dayton,
with Earthman Funeral Direc-
tors.
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Francisca Avila, 63, of Bay- direction of Carter Funeral Home Frazier Fbneral Home.
town, died Saturday, Dec. 13, Inc. ■ . • . .
1997. .
She was born on Jan. 29, 1934
in Yancey to Martin and Juanita
Sanchez.
Avila is survived by children,
Paul and Sheila Salinas of Hous-
ton, Quadalupe and Donna Sali-
nas of Baytown, Christina and
Gerald Davis of Orlando, Fla.,
Rosa and Gabriel Ybarre of Baiy-
,, town, Janie and Jose Arellano of
of Highlands, Tammy I. Fenley Houston, Sylvia and Fernando
of Huffman and Cynthia L. Oliveros of Baytown, Adriena
Korenek of Highlands; three and Mario Nitch of Houston;
step-sons; one step-daughter; brothers, Raymond Sanchez of
seven grandchildren, Chasity Pearsall, Catalina Sanchez of
Burton, Bradley Eric Burton, Pearsall, Martin Sanchez Jr. of
Rachael Drake, Lacy Fenley, Pearsall, Esidro Sanchez and
Lucas Fenley, Emma Drake and Mario Sanchez of California; 29
Shannda Korenek and one sister, grandchildren and 29 great-
grandchildren.
The funeral service will be at
10 a.m. Wednesday at Carter
Funeral Home Chapel. Graveside
service and burial will be at noon
at Cedar Crest Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Jose Arel-
lano, Reyes Martin Chavez,
Robert Reynolds, Paul Anthony
Salinez, Johnathon Morlin and
Fernando Oliveros Jr.
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direction of Earthman Funeral Samuel R. Ybarra and Ricardo
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Dobbs, Gary. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 39, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 16, 1997, newspaper, December 16, 1997; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1176771/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.