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By The Associated Press • Edited by Michelle Garner Girl snatched from bicycle is found slain ARLINGTON, Texas—Less than a week after Amber Hagerman was dragged screaming off her bicycle in the middle of the afternoon by a man in a pickup, her nude body was found floating face-down in a creek, her throat cut. The gruesome discovery Thursday hit hard in the neighborhood where the 9-year-old Girl Scout was kid napped Saturday. Balloons and ribbons hanging from homes and cars in Amber’s favorite color, pink, blew in a cold, stiff wind. “It ’ s j ust so overwhelming to think that somebody could do something like that to a small child,” said Archie Price, 71, who lives down the street from the home of Amber’s grandpar ents, where the girl had been playing before her disappearance. “I hope whoever has done it is caught quickly.” The body was found late Wednes day by a man walking his dog outside an apartment complex about eight miles from the middle-class neighbor hood where a witness saw a man drag Amber as she fought and screamed. “All I could tell was a naked body, face-down, with the head in the water and the head had black hair,” said Jerry Wurst, 33, a resident of Forest Ridge Apartments who called police to the body after hearing shouts. Investigators believe the body was dumped upstream and washed north as strong thunderstorms swelled the creek. “We are all a little numb,” police spokesman Dee Anderson said. “We certainly didn’t want this outcome. I’m not going to say we are shocked or amazed, but we are really disap pointed.” The body was identified by way of a fingerprint card that her parents had filled out in the event of such a trag edy, said family friend Coy Carlton. The case was ruled a homicide. A preliminary autopsy indicated Amber died of cuts to the neck, said J.R. Helm, investigator with the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office. In the search for the girl’s kidnap per, police got help from up to 30 federal agents, and prison officials scoured records for recently released child-sex offenders. Police also plan to talk to a witness who reported seeing a man drive slowly through the neighborhood in a black truck the day Amber disappeared, and several clues were found near the creek, Anderson said. Amber’s mother, Donna Whitson, and her children took part in a Dallas TV station’s documentary about people who are trying to get off wel fare. Nann Goplerud, WFAA executive producer of special projects, said there was no reason to believe there was a connection between the abduction and the documentary. DOUGLAS THEATRES Movie Info: 441-4222 Call for Showtimes! 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Presented bv ************* HOURS: Fri. 6-1 lpm; Sat. 11-I0pm; Sun. 11-7pm Yeltsin claims victory over Chechen rebels KEMSI-YURT, Russia — Boris Yeltsin declared abitter victory Thurs day over Chechen rebels: They were wiped out by Russian troops and most of their hostages survived an assault that turned a tiny village into a waste land of cinders and corpses sprawled in snowy ditches. His account, which attempted to put a humi Hating and political ly cost ly episode in the best possible light,could not be independently confirmed. Other government and military officials said fewer hostages lived through the bar rage and some rebels survived. Photographers allowed into Tervomayskaya after the four-day as sault found bloodied bodies lying in makeshift bunkers alongside rows of rifles and stacks of ammunition boxes. Those images may bolster Yeltsin’s image for taking a tough line against well-armed rebels—or they may in crease the perception that the country is on the brink of chaos and the Chechen war is a mistake. There was no immediate reaction from rebel forces to Yeltsin’s remarks and it was not clear if they had reached rebel sympathizers who were holding a Turkish ferry hostage and threaten ing to kill the Russians aboard. Trying to explain why a huge Rus sian force took so long to defeat a band of no more than 250 rebels, Yeltsin claimed the village masked a giant underground rebel base with concrete gun emplacements. The claim about Pervomay skaya, a remote ham let of simple brick houses, seemed highly unlikely. Chechen separatists humiliated Russia last week when they slipped past the border into the neighboring Russian republic of Dagestan, seizing hostages to press their demand that •Mpscoy. pull its troops out of Chechnya. A hostage who escaped on Thurs day told the ITAR-Tass news agency that he had been forced to bury killed rebels. “There were a lot of them,” Ali Aliyev said. Another, Niyamuddin Amrakhov, said hostages were also forced to dig trenches, carry ammunition and act as human shields for their Chechen kid^ nappers during the Russian assault. TALENT AUDITIONS For Singers & Dancers "All the World's a Stage" at Worlds of Fun from our lively 60's - 70's rock revue, STAX OF WAX, to our spectacular contemporary country music show at the Tivoli Music Hall. Performing at Worlds of Fun is FUN, and it can be that important First Step toward a professional career. More than 1.3 million Worlds of Fun Guests are waiting to discover YOU! AUDITION INSTRUCTIONS If you arc a singer, please sing one verse and chorus of two contrasting styles of song: one up-tempo and one ballad. Sing any type music you enjoy: rock, country, show tunes, etc. (No Rap.) 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For more information and a complete audition schedule, contact the Worlds of Fun Live Entertainment Department at (816) 454-4545, Ext 1350. E.O.E. ——————■mm—— News Jg in a (M| Minuter High-tech hockey puck makes debut BOSTON—The bigproblem with watching hockey on TV—trying to see that little puck — is about to be solved by James Bond-style technology: a computer chip embedded in the disc to help it stand out on the screen like a neon light. The Nat ional Hockey League and the Fox network unveiled the high tech puck Thursday. On television, the SuperPuck appears with a fidgety, animated halo that follows it around like a little brother. When a player lets loose with a slapshot, the puck is trailed by an electronic comet tail that streaks red across the screen. FoxTrax, as the puck-tracking system is known, will make its debut in Saturday’s All-Star Game at Boston’s FleetCenter. Reagan to miss 85th birthday party Alzheimer’s disease, will not attend a major celebration for hL 85th birthday. “He does not make public appearances any longer,” said spokes woman Lynda Schuler, adding that he was “doing very well.” Former first lady Nancy Reagan will be on hand, however. The celebration on Feb. 6 will take place in the building that once housed the famed Chasen’s restaurant, which will reopen for the occa sion. Among those expected to participate: former President Ford and Colin Powell. Reagan announced his diagnosis in November 1994 in an emotional, handwritten letter. It was then, Schuler said, that Reagan decided not to make any more public appearances. Callers back Judge who gave wrist slap STANTON, Mich.—Phone messages, most of them positive, piled up for a judge who literally slapped a man on the wrist for spousal abuse, a court administrator said Thursday. After Marshall, 38, was convicted Jan. 4 of misdemeanor abuse for shoving his wife, Crystal, against the wall, District Court Judge Joel Gehrke suspended all fines and instead slapped Marshall’s wrist with three fingers, saying, “Don’t do that.” The altercation between the Marshalls stemmed from an affair that Mrs. Marshall had with her husband’s brother that resulted in a preg nancy. “If you touch, it’s battery,” said LeeAnn Ehlert of Crystal, a member of the jury. “We had to say guilty but we felt he was set up.” Net>iraskan Editor J. Christopher Hein Night News Editors Rebecca Ottmens http://www.unl.edu/DailyNeb/ FAX NUMBER 472-1761 The Daily Nebraskan (USPS 144-080) is published by the UNL Publications Board, Ne braska Union 34.1400 R St, Lincoln, NE 68588-0448, Monday through Friday during toe academic year, wockly during summer sessions. Readers are encouraged to submit story ideas and comments to the DaBy Nebraskan by phoning 472-1763 between 9 am. and 5 pm. 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