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By The ; Associated Press Edtted by Jennifer Mlratsky News Digest News... in a Minute Howard Cosell dies at 77 NEW YORK — Howard Cosell, whose caustic “tell it like it is” personality made him the world’s most celebrated sportscaster and turned “Monday Night Football” intoanational institution,died Sunday. He was 77. Cosell, who underwent cancer surgery in 1991, died of a heart embolism at New York University’s Hospital for Joint Diseases, grand son Justin Cohane said. " He was the strident, colorful voice of ABC radio and television from 1953 to 1992. It was a period of phenomenal growth and change in America’s pastimes, spurred by television’s cascading millions and increased greed among athletes and promoters. He is survived by two daughters, Jill and Hilary. His wife, Mary Edith Cosell, died in 1990. ATLANTA—After a second night of looting and traffic jams, the huge Freaknik street party slowly dispersed Sunday as revelers made one last cruise around the rainy city before heading home. Freaknik was expected to draw more than 200,000 black college students and other youths downtown Atlanta, but students who attended said about half that number came this year. The large crowds, traffic jams and unruly behavior in past years led officials to close off 200 blocks and crack down on lawbreakers. But police efforts didn’t prevent trouble over the weekend. Revelers Friday night ransacked 11 stores near Underground Atlanta, a downtown shopping and entertainment complex. Freaknik party ends Suspects Continued from Page 1 Other charges were expected to follow. The government has said it will seek the death penalty. Brothers Terry Lynn Nichols, 40, and James Douglas Nichols were or dered held as material witnesses. “We have at least, one and there could be others,” said Weldon Kennedy, FBI agent in charge of the investigation. “There is much work left to be done.” CBS Radio reported that authori ties were focusing on Terry Nichols as a possible suspect and were looking far as many as three additional peopled No sources were cited for that infor mation. Clinton prays with nation, mourns bombing victims OKLAHOMA CITY — Presi dent Clinton led an anguished na tion Sunday in prayers for victims of the federal office building bomb ing. He also outlined a series of broad steps to give the government new powers to fight terrorism. Clinton said the bombers should be executed. “If this is not a crime for which capita] punishment is called, I don’t know what is,” Clinton said in an interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes” after presiding over a nationally televised memorial service. Clinton also directed his admin istration to replace the office build ing devastated by last Wednesday’s blast and appointed Attorney Gen. Janet Reno to oversee a 60-day high-level review of the vulnerabil ity of federal buildings. There are more than 8,000 such structures in the country. He said Americans may have to exercise some “discipline” in their freedoms in order to allow law of ficers to prevent terrorism at home. On a day he designated a na tional day of mourning, a solemn Clinton told a nationally televised memorial service: “Those who are lost now belong to God. Someday we will be with them. But until that happens, their legacy must be our lives.” “In thefttfce of death, let us honor life,”he told Oklahoma City mourn ers. Clinton also denounced para military groups and those who glo rified the Branch Davidian cult members who died in a bloody standoff with federal agents two years ago. “Those people murdered a bunch of innocent law enforcement offi cials who worked for the federal government,” Clinton said. He said there are potential prob lems in trying to crack down on paramilitary organizations. “I don’t want to interfere with anyone’s constitutional rights,” he said. However, he said that no one has the right to violate laws against life and property. Among the steps announced on Sunday by Clinton: •Legislation to establish a Do mestic Counterterrorism Center to be headed by the FBI; creation of a special fund to be used for infiltrat ing suspected terrorist organizations and other means of combating ter rorism. •Legislation to give the FBI in creased authority to comb through hotel and motel registers and to search phone logs, greater access to credit card records. •Pressing for passage of the administration’s Omnibus Counter terrorism Act, which would give the government more power to fight terrorism greater authority to pro tect the confidentiality of sources in official proceedings. This provi “In the face of death, let us honor life, ” m PRESIDENT CLINTON sion has been criticized by civil liberties groups. “We have got to take steps ag gressively to shut it (this kind of violence) down,” Clinton said. “I’m going to do everything in my power to do just that.” Before flying to Oklahoma, Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton planted a dogwood tree on the South Lawn of the White House in remembrance of the chil dren who died in the blast last week. “Today, our nation joins with you in grief. We mourn with you. We share your hope against hope that some may still survive,” Cl inton said at the memorial service. He shared a platform at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds with the Rev. Billy Graham, the evangelist. “We pledge to do all we can to help you heal the injured, to rebuild3-i this city, and to bring to justice those who did this evil,” Clinton said. back your used textbooks at Nebraska Bookstore for the best possible prices. & 20% off any one item at Nebraska Bookstore. textbooks and computer software not included. ' V 2 - • • '•: > 'i • • - '* leister to Win FREE Textbooks for Life* ‘Never pay for textbooks until you graduate or for & semesters, whichever conies first. TEXTBOOK. DEPT. UPPER LEVEL Right-wing extremist stabs Japan senior cult leader TOKY O—As police and dozens of report ers looked on, a right-wing extremist on Sunday ambushed and fatally stabbed a senior leader of the doomsday cult suspected in the lethal nerve gas attack cm Tokyo’s subways. The attack occurred as Hideo Murai, 36, head of the Aum Shinri Kyo (Supreme Truth) cult’s “Science and Technology Ministry,” was returningto the cult’s Tokyo headquarters Sun day night. Murai was erne of the five top leaders of the cult. Murai underwent surgery, but died of blood loss and internal injuries several hours later,, according to a hospital spokesman. The stabbing was the latest chapter in a wave of violence that has deeply shaken Japan, which has long taken the safety ofits streets as a matter of national [Hide. Reporters mid TV crews have been staked out in front of the cult headquarters for days, and several networks broadcast video showing a man pushing through the throng and slashing at Murai. The attacker dropped his bloody weapon, a long-bladed kitchen knife, in the melee that followed and was arrested. Police identified him as Hirpyuki Jo, 29, a member of a rightist organization. Japan’s state-run television network, NHK, said Jo told police he wanted to punish Murai because of trouble caused by the cult . The cult has denied any connection with the Tokyo attack, which killed 12 people, or with Nd&an FAX NUMBER 472-1761 The Daily Nebraskan(USPS 144-060) is published by theUNL Publications Board, Nebraska Union34.1400 R St, Lincoln, NE 68588 0448, Monday through Friday during the academic year; weekly during summer ses sions. Readers are encouraged to submit story ideas end comments to the Daily Nebraskan by phoning472-1763 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Hiday. The public also has access to the Publications Board. For information, contact Tim Hadegaard, 436-9258. the Daily Ne braskan, Nebraska Union .Lincoln, NE DAILY NEBRASKAN two cases last week in which hundreds of people complained of stinging eyes and sore throats at a train station and shopping center in Yokohama, just south of the capital. Y et the cult has beat the focus of an intense police investigation since the March 20 subway killings. Japanese media reported over the weekend that police were planning to round up top lead ers of the cult — including founder Shoko Asahara—as early as Monday in connection with the subway attack, and reporters had been staking out Aum facilities around the clock. Pol ice have conducted daily searches of cult compounds since die subway killings and dis covered tons of chemicals and equipment that could have been used to produce sarin, the land of nerve gas used in the subway attack. Reports quoting anonymous police sources said that officials have also uncovered evidence ofrifle production facilities, biological warfare labs and even plans to purchase nuclear weap ons from Russia. Ten days after the subway attack, Japan’s top police official, who was responsible for the investigation, was shot and nearly killed as he left home for work. And, as Parliament passed a law banning the possession of sarin last week, hundreds ofpeople were sickened by toxic fames released at a major train station just south of Tokyo. Nearly two dozen more were hospitalized in a similar incident at a shopping center near the same station Friday. Correction ■ In Friday’s Daily Nebraskan, a story dealing with welfare debate in the Legislature erroneously reported that the bill capped welfare benefits to mothers after two children. The bill caps additional welfare benefits for mothers who get pregnant within ten months of applying for welfare.