Possible bomb
destroyed at
Nelson's home
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tective bomb suit.
He set up a cannon 4 to 8 feet from
the shoe box.
Using an explosive like a shotgun
load, Moody said, a stream of water
was fired into the box. Parts of the box
and batteries used for the motor were
scattered into the street and mansion
lawn.
The investigation was turned over
to the Nebraska State Patrol. Sgt. Ron
Osborne said Thursday afternoon that
all parts of the box were at the crime
lab for tests.
Osborne declined to give specifics
about the tests, but said the time it took
to finish the lab work depended on
what they found.
“We’re going to find out who put it
there,” he said.
After the package was destroyed,
Moody said, no components for a
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THE BOX, which was partly destroyed by a blast from the water
cannon, bore the words “sometimes they only tell lies.*
bomb were found in the package. Bid
Osborne said they had not ruled out the
possibility of an explosive device.
Fire department officials told spec
tators to take shelter when the device
was fired. Moody said there was a 50
percent chance that the device—had
it been a bomb — would have ex
ploded.
Bomb technicians have been get
ting more calls since the pipe bomb
explosion at the Olympics in Atlanta,
Moody said. He said most have been
hoaxes, but some were designed to
scare.
Moody said caution was protocol
when walking up to any suspicious
device.
“Everything lodes like a bomb to
w
me.
French abortion pill
ignites Lincoln debate
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The drug offers fewer danger
ous side effects than what can oc
cur with surgical abortion, such as
perforation of the uterus, Keller
said.
“Both chemical and surgical
abortion involve far less risk than
carrying a pregnancy to term,” he
said.
Julie Schmidt-Albin, executive
director of Nebraska Right to Life,
condemned the pill’s expected use.
“I don’t think anyone should be
delighted with chemically-aborted
children,” Schmidt-Albin said.
“It’s sad that Planned Parent
hood is so bent on promoting the
abortion industry.”
Nebraska Right to Life will
combat the drug’s availability in
Lincoln with education, she said.
RU-486 was “greased through”
the FDA approval process by Presi
dent Clinton, Schmidt-Albin said.
The FDA approved the drug in
six months, while last year’s median
approval time was 16.5 months, she
said.
She worries that the drug could
endanger the mother’s life with ex
cessive bleeding.
Schmidt-Albin also is concerned
that approval of the drug would in
crease the abortion rate in the
United States.
But the pill will not be cheaper
than current surgical abortions,
Keller said. Surgical abortions cost
around $325 during the first trimes
ter of pregnancy, and the drug could
cost more, he said.
RU-486 is actually two drugs,
and requires a woman to return to
the doctor’s office for a four-hour
visit two days after taking the first
dose.
If a miscarriage does not occur
after the second dose, a surgical
abortion would be necessary. The
chug is most effective early in preg
nancy.
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