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LOCAL BUSINESS Fly-in offers Molitor's Writing the Couple plans fun and road to book on Culver's fellowship Cooperstown healing ways franchise PAGE 3A THSECTIONEB HAWKSECTION EYE SLTJION D 168th year — No. 16 BURLINGTON, IOWA SUNDAY JULY 25,2004 $1.50 Spotlight Revisiting the past Vote gap eyed Bush holds slight lead as Kerry seeks to round up Gearing up electoral votes. ByRONFOURNIER for the fair The Associated Press Area youth, along with adult BOSTON — John Kerry nar- volunteers, are preparing for the rowly trails President Bush in Des Moines County Fair, which is the battle for the 270 electoral set to start Wednesday. votes needed to win the White Pag«3A House, as he makes his case at the Democratic National Con- vention this week to topple Top stories the Republican incumbent. Scott Morgan/The Hawfe Eye Tall hurdles Kerry Iowa child support remain in his Des Moines County Sherrif Mike Johnstons, front, Investigator Brett Grimshaw and Investigator Mark Mclntyre look at the area path, including pays collections up where the body of Mary Bernice Lange was found beside a one-lane bridge on Agency Road w e s t of the Iowa Army Ammunition Electoral Col- homage Fueled by a rise in the number of Plant in rural Des Moines County In 1970. lege math that child support cases and innovative col- favors Bush. to Iowa lection techniques, I o w a c h i l d s u p p o r t "It's a tough, Sec page collections hit a record $ 3 0 2 . 7 million tough map. I during fiscal y e a r 2004. Decades-old murder think it's going 4A Page2A to be a close CASES cases remain open race," said De- I Online mocratic strate- media Turmoil has A r a f a t gist Tad Devine, for local investigators who helped plot scale reshuffling posts UNSOLVED Al Gore's state- back By DOROTHY de SOUZA QUEUES by-state strat- A week of turmoil in the West Bank Unsolved murders Christmas 1970. egy in 2000 and See page. and Gaza Strip has had Yasser A r a f a t [email protected] Clues were gathered, plays the same reshuffling top posts and promising to racking a Southeast Iowa has its own unsolved mur- dozens of interviews were role for Kerry. 10A cede some authority—a key U.S. and decades-old , decs. The most notorious reads like a bad conducted, thousands of "But looking Israeli condition for a return t o Mideast homicide case I move script: a real-estate agent was found hours were spent trying to back four years, we're much peace talks. doesn't happen stabbed to death in 1969 in the closet of a find the women's killers. No stronger now. I think we're going Page 9A like it does on ! Burlington home. A year later, a local court one was charged in either into this convention in great televisionC. There, a dedi- f clerk left a party and was found two d a y s later crime. shape," he said. cated — and good-looking — floating in a creek near Danville. While authori- "We'd like to solve them With three months remaining team of highly trained homi- ties were stringing together clues from those discon- all. The reality is they don't in a volatile campaign , Kerry has Scoreboard cide detectives works full certing cases, Des Moines County's sheriff's daughter all get solved," said Lt. Dar- 14 states and the District of Co- time with an always avail- and son-in-law were found dead in a Missouri field. They ren Grimshaw, head of the lumbia in his column f o r 193 elec- are some of the area's unsolved homicides Dorothy de police department's Crimi- toral votes. Bush has 25 states for Cedar Rapids 3 able high-tech lab to re-open nal Investigation Unit. "One Burlington 2 cold case files and crack SouzaGuedes reopens. 217 votes, according to an Associ- them before the closing cred- unsolved homicide in ated Press analysis of state polls Burlington in 40 years is not as well as interviews with strate- In Sports its roll. partment has one unsolved older woman had been mar- In real life, there are few homicide; the Des Moines ried 29 years and had two too bad of a track record." gists across the c o u n t r y. dedicated "cold case" teams, County Sheriff's Office has grandchildren. The other Still, it bothers investiga- Both candidates are short of but detectives busy investi- two. was on the verge of a divorce, tors to have unsolved cases the magic 270 electoral votes. Weather gating current crimes might The county's most com- her husband fighting her for on their books. Some cases The margin of victory will come sneak a few hours — if pelling unsolved murders oc- custody of their three chil- just get under their skin. from: they're lucky, a few days — curred within months of one dren. One woman lived in Dorothy Miller • Toss-ups — Bush and away from their busy sched- another more than 30 years Burlington, the other in ru- Kerry are running even in 11 ules to dust off an old box ago. ral West Burlington. Say "unsolved murder" to states with a combined 128 elec- and pull out files from long- They remain unsolved de- Dorothy Miller was found any longtime Burlington res- toral votes. Florida, Ohio, Iowa, unsolved cases. spite intensive investiga- stabbed to death in the closet ident, and they'll probably Nevada, New Hampshire, New Maybe another set of eyes tions at the time of the of a vacant home in a nice start talking about a real es- Mexico, Wisconsin, Michigan and Intervals of clouds and sunshine. scanning a suspect's inter- crimes and many return Burlington neighborhood tate agent who was found West Virginia are the toughest view transcript or exploring trips to reopen those thick during the summer of 1969; stabbed to death in a closet. battlegrounds. Two other toss- physical evidence with mod- files. Mary Lange was discovered On Tuesday morning Aug. ups, Pennsylvania and Oregon, High 75 Low 56 19,1969, Dorothy Miller, 48, could soon move to Kerry's col- Details, 10B ern high-tech forensic tech- Both involved working in rural Danville, in a shal- niques will piece together mothers at a time when low creek under a bridge on a was found stabbed 22 times umn. enough clues to nail a killer. women were just beginning local lovers lane, hit on the in an upstairs bedroom • Lean Kerry—Maine, Min- Maybe. to move from the more tradi- head, then dragged into the closet of 118 Grand St., nesota and Washington (a com- Tomorrow The Burlington Police De- tional role of housewife. The water to drown just before See Unsolved page 6A See Gap page 7A School board seats across south- east Iowa are opening up for the Sept. 14 election, and nominating petitions are now available for Allawi urges Egypt to stand fast would-be candidates. Intelligence chief In News Diplomat's kidnapping prompts request from Inside opinions mixed Iraqi prime minister. Sept. 11 commission's stances." ByRAVINESSMAN 274 pages, 19 sections The proposal for a single, Tne Associated Press proposal for new cabinet stronger intelligence chief is not City & Region Happenings 7E post has pros and cons. new: A presidential advisory BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi in- Classifieds Horoscopes 7D board and an earlier congres- terim Prime Minister lyad A l l a w i Corrections Iowa & Illinois 2A By KATHEMNE PFLEQEH SHMOER sional inquiry into the Sept. 11 urged Egypt on Saturday to Crossword Lotteries 3A stand fast in the face of the kid- pearAbby Nations, World 5A The Associated Press attacks also floated the idea. A n d Deaths Opinion 6A two California Democrats in Con- WASHINGTON — It won't be gress — Sen. Dianne Feinstein • 'Coalition Family album Reader services 2A easy to decide whether it's appro- nf «ha mate and ig- FortheRecoftTiS TV Week Iniida and Rep. Jane Harman — have 01 UlV militants' priate to create a Cabinet-level introduced separate, but similar, nore official to oversee the nation's legislation to better centralize WHIIltH' demand that it vast intelligence community- * abandon any the intelligence community un- plans to lend Look no further than former CIA der one office, intended to im- Home delivery Director Jim Woolsey. He is 60 security percent in favor and 40 percent prove information sharing, coor- Call 1-800-397-1708 against the move recommended dination and decision-making. time The Associated Press by the commission investigating President Bush has said he is for us to close or visit thehawkeye.com studying the commission's rec- Iraqi Prime Minister lyad Allawi visits tha scane of a car bomb explosion for affordable home delivery. the Sept. 11 attacks. ranks to fight terrorism. There is "I don't think this is one of ommendations. But acting CIA no way to budge to terrorists and In Baghdad, Iraq, in this July 14 photo. Director John McLauglin has those issues which is absolutely give them what they want," gunmen dressed as police ing the Philippines to withdraw clear-cut. I think there is a risk of warned that major structural Allawi said in Damascus, Syria. snatched the leader of an Iraqi troops to save the life of a Filipino layering and adding an added bu- changes could disrupt the The only way t o deal with terror- government-owned construction truck driver last week. The vio- reaucracy," he told the Senate In- agency's work in the war on ter- ism is to promote justice and to company. ror. Officially, the agency is open lence also cast a pall over Allawi's J telligence Committee last week. dose ranks, and we hope Egypt The brazen attacks suggested tour through the region to per- IOWA'S OLDEST NEVVSJ'AJ EK On the other hand, he said, "I be- to considering any proposed and the Egyptian government insurgents were growing bolder, suade reluctant Arab and Mus- ESTABLISHED 1B37 lieve the job could be done by one changes. will act accordingly." particularly since kidnappers www.lhthuwfetyt.com individual in ideal circum- See Chief page 7A Allawi spoke just hours after scored a stunning victory by forc- SVt Allawi page 7A 8A Sunday • July 25, 2 0 0 4 THE HAWK EYE W BURLINGTON, IOWA www.thchawkeye.com FROM THE FRONT PAGE

early the previous morning. Inspector James Ewing was Unsolved in charge of the investigation. Dorothy Ml Her timeline Continued from page 1A Police found blood inside the car Aufl. 15,1969 and a white shag rug that usu- Dorothy Miller, a real estate saleswoman, and her husband, Fred, which was vacant and on the ally was on the Lange's back fnarket at the time. Her hands porch was folded up in the back show Robert Clark the house at 1 1 8 Grand S t . were tied in front of her. seat. Police and Explorer Scouts Monoiy, Am. 18 The primary suspect was a combed a nearby wooded area, 6:30 p.m. Dorothy Miller shows a home to another couple. man who t o l d Miller, a real estate but didn't find anything. 1 or 7:30 p.m. Robert Clark receives a call at the Maple Leaf tavern saleswoman, that his name was William Moore, a rural from a woman, walks out of the bar, gets something out of a black Robert Clark. Miller had an ap- Danville farmer, found Mary truck, then heads down Maple Street. pointment to show h i m the house Lange's body the next day. 7:30 p.m. Dorothy Miller picks up Robert Clark outside Riepe a second time the night she dis- Gravediggers from Long Pharmacy. 91 8 Maple St. appeared. Creek Cemetery had left a pile o f 0 p.m. Neighbors see Doroth y Milter and a man go into the house Her death remains the only dirt on the seldom-used road — at 118 Grand St. unsolved homicide at the a popular lovers lane — near Tueidly, Aug. 19 Burlington Police Department. Long Creek United Methodist 5 a.m. Fred Miller awakes to his alarm and realizes his wife is not Miller had been with Bolick Church and Moore drove a trac- Realty Co. about two years and Carlo DrPovsrrr/Tfir /fowl; Cyr tor from his nearby farm Satur- home; he calls their daughter. had met Clark the previous Fri- day morning to spread out the Dorothy Miller's car is found in the 900 block of Elm Street, t h e day. The Des Moines man was Dorothy Miller's body was found in a closet at 118 Grand St. on Aug. 19, dirt. On his way over the bridge, keys in the ignition. Miller reports his wife missing to police. looking for a house to buy in 1970. The case r e m a i n s unsolved. he noticed a coat caught on a Police find Dorothy Miller's body in a closet in the second-floor Burlington. called to help and eventually the submerged fence and checked it bedroom at 118 Grand St.. Miller's husband of 29 years, BCI took over the case. • Anyone w i t h information on his way back home. Moore Friday, Aug. 22 Fred Miller, accompanied his Miller, a grandmother of two, said he saw a hand floating in 2 p.m. Dorothy Miller's funeral is held. concerning these or any other the creek like it was waving at wife to the first showing of the also was a former Iowa Army A m - local crime is asked t o call the Grand Street home that Friday munition Plant worker and him. Knowing Mary Lange was night. Greater Burlington Area Crime missing, he called the sheriff's Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette Stoppers hot line at (319) 753- The Millers picked up Clark o n proofreader. A $1,000 reward was office. Mary Lange timelin e Maple Street near the Maple offered for information leading to 6835. Callers remain anony- Lange was fully dressed in Ijeaf Tavern and took him to the the conviction of the killer, with mous and, if their tip leads to clothing that matched those she Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1970 Grand Street house. Clark said the newspaper and Burlington an arrest, they could be re- . was last seen wearing. Initially, 7:30 or 8 p.m. Diane Lange said her mother left for a Christmas he wanted to show pictures of the Board of Realtors each offering warded with up to $1,000. her purse and a left shoe were party at Memorial Auditorium. house to his wife and requested a $500. With crime stoppers, it's first- not found. 0:45 or 9 p.m. Lange leaves t h e party early and meets w i t h Charles Saturday-night appointment, Still, the trail quickly went come, first-served. The reward An autopsy determined that Robert Hutson. They go to Fort Madison, then head back t o Burling- which Dorothy Miller declined cold. goes to the first caller whose she suffered three blows to the ton. because of a conflict. An appoint- Police soon believed that information leads to an arrest. head from a blunt object and was Thursday, Dae. 17 ment was made for Monday Clark's name and all the infor- If people prefer to speak di- unconscious when she was 2:45 a.m. Lange and Hutson part ways near Fourth and Washing- night. mation he provided were made dragged into the creek, probably rectly to a detective about the within an hour of being hit. In- ton streets. At 6:30 p.m., Miller met with a up. Lee and investigators eventu- Dorothy Miller case, call the 3 a.m. Brothers Ivan and Don Gugelerare called by Marvin Lange couple to show another house. ally surmised Clark was a psy- vestigators surmised the body Burlington Police Department was taken from the trunk of a to his home to wait for Mary Lange's return. They leave about 5:30 She had a 7:30 p.m. appointment chopath who had killed before Criminal Investigation Division with Clark. and probably planned to kill car and carried to the creek and a.m. Clark gave her the tavern's again. at (319) 753-8353, or about dumped into the water. That afternoon, Dorothy Malloy, Mary Lange's s i s t e r , reports her phone number to call before the Homicide investigations are the Mary Lange case, c a l l the Drowning was listed as the missing to police. appointment. People at the tav- more intense t h a n other c r i m e in- Des Moines County Sheriff's cause of death, but no time was Friday, Dec. 18 ern later said a man fitting vestigations. Investigators try to Off ice at (319) 753-8212. determined because the body 12:37 a.m. Mary Lange's white 1966 Chevrolet I m p a l a is found, Clark's description received a call cover all the bases in all cases, had been in cold water for so locked, parked on Smith Street, just off Plane Street. Police believe from a woman around 7 or 7:30 but sometimes time j u s t won't al- long. Lange hadn't been sexually the car was parked there early Thursday morning. home from school at about 4 p . m . assaulted but did have sexual in- p.m. He left the bar, got into a low. and her mother prepared sup- Saturday, Dec. 19 black pickup truck, removed "In a homicide case you make tercourse shortly before her per. Mary Lange then left at 7:30 death. 10:05 a.m. Farmer William Moore finds Mary Lange's c l o t h e d something, then walked down every effort possible," Fatten said or 8 p.m. for an office Christmas body floating in Long Creek near a bridge in rural Danville about nine Maple Street. Miller picked up in a recent interview. The road was muddy Wednes- party. day night following a daytime miles west of Burlington. Clark in her car outside the old He and several other Burling- Marvin Lange picked up Tuesday, Dec. 22 Riepe Pharmacy, 918 Maple St. ton officers worked on the Miller snow storm and a number of foot Danny at the YMCA at about 9 prints and tire tracks were found Mary Lange's funeral is held. Neighbors on Grand Street case for weeks. Their reports, p.m., then drove a cousin, Bill saw a light-colored vehicle pull typed on onion-skin paper, are 2 in the frozen mud Saturday Lange, to Beaverdale Road. morning. up to 118 Grand St. at about 8 inches t h i c k . Marvin and Danny returned Lange would have people follow he found Lange's body. It was p.m. and watched a man and a 'That's all we lived and Some of her belongings were his wife. The Gugeler brothers opened to "Murder Against My home at about 9:30 p.m. The found along country roads, her woman go into the house. No one worked," said Patton, who even- Lange children, including Con- occasionally would come to wit- Will." recalled seeing them leave. tually became police chief before black purse in a ditch along Iowa ness when Mary returned home nie, a junior college student, 79 and some items along Skunk Cold case, open case Fred Miller, a truck driver, retiring in 1994. stayed up with their father, who as information for the divorce. went to bed at 8:30 p.m. and did Jim Schreiner, who retired River Road. Her purse, which The night Mary Lange disap- Quick, who is retired and lives eventually went to bed at about contained an uncashed payroll not realize his wife had not re- from the police department in 10:30 p.m. Connie wasn't certain peared, the Gugelers were at her in the Quad Cities, still thinks turned home until his alarm 1991, recently recalled that in check and other money, was home. about Mary Lange, e v en though when she went to bed. found west of Middletown along clock woke him up at 5 a.m. 1969 Miller was the only female Mary Lange, a clerk in the Investigators say Marvin he met her only once a n d most o f He called their only daughter, real estate agent in town. Per- the blacktop leading to Geode Lange called the brothers at what he knew about her came municipal court office, was at a State Park. then 27, and the two went to haps Clark saw her name in an party for city employees at their homes at about 2:30 a.m. from talking to other people af- where they knew Dorothy Miller advertisement and zeroed in on Thirty-one items, including Dec. 17. T h e y arrived separately, ter her death. Memorial Auditorium. A t 8:45 or four sets of fingerprints, were had planned to meet Clark. They her, he said. 9 p.m., she left and met with hiding their vehicles down the From the day Lange was searched the area and found her Schreiner believes Clark sent to the FBI lab in Washing- road, then walking to the Lange found until he left office in 1972, Charles Robert Hutson, 42, a ton. Tests were performed on car — unlocked and with the drifted into town during the week married man from Galesburg, home where they met Marvin the case was worked on almost I keys in the ignition — in the 900 of the Hawkeye Fair, which be- blood, fingerprints, mud and the Lange in a darkened kitchen. daily. 111. rug found in her car. block of Elm Street. Miller went gan about two weeks before Hutson later told police that Sitting quietly in the dark, the "Somebody was working it to the police to report his missing Miller was found dead, and left Investigators were careful not brothers said they left around practically constantly," Quick after he met Lange, they drove to to name anyone as a suspect, but wife. after the killing. the Palms Restaurant in Fort 5:30 a.m. when Marvin Lange said. "It was pretty well cov- Police began searching the car "Perhaps this guy was a serial Hutson initially was the target. said his wife probably wasn't ered." Madison for three or four drinks. He denied any knowledge of for clues; her purse was missing killer," Schreiner said. "Maybe he They left and headed back to coming home that night. Thirty years ago, the sheriff's and an unused camera flashcube killed before he came into Lange's disappearance or death. The Gugelers were pallbear- office didn't have any detectives. Burlington, but pulled off onto a The day after her body was was found on the front seat. Burlington — and after." gravel road and parked. ers at Mary Lange's funeral a Investigators from the Burling- Police inspectors Wendall Pat- Schreiner wasn't a lead inves- found, the Galesburg man was ton Police Department and BCI Later, Lange drove to down- given a polygraph test by a BCI week later. ton and Gene Loose went to 118 tigator on the Miller case, but town Burlington and dropped o f f Then-sheriff Merritt Quick joined deputies on the case. Grand St. because of the appoint- like everyone else in the depart- agent in Cedar Rapids. The test "Anybody we could get to do Hutson at about 2:45 a.m. near determined he was telling the endured a lot of criticism about ment Dorothy M i l l e r had set. The ment, he had some involvement. Fourth and Washington streets the case. something," Quick said. house was locked except for the Every lead was followed, particu- truth. Lange's was the only one of s i x before saying she was going Through 1972, investigators "It's a case where all the time back door. Miller was found in a larly with people who said they home. Hutson walked two or in the world is on our side," homicides in 1970 that the state second-floor bedroom closet. may have seen Clark. spoke with more than 175 p e o p l e BCI did not solve. three blocks to his car and drove about Lange. Quick was quoted in the Investigators later said she In every homicide, family to the Voyager Motel where he Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette. Evidence collection was rela- probably was struck in the head members — particularly spouses When police asked Marvin tively primitive and there was stayed the night. Lange why he did not report his He said he would rather the case shortly after entering the house. and lovers — are looked at first None of Lange's children go unsolved than charge an in- little to be gleaned from items The killer tied her hands, re- as suspects. Eighty percent of the wife missing, his attorney, T.K. sent to the FBI lab. heard any noises in the night, Ford, noted that she hadn't come nocent person. moved her undergarments and time, the killer is well known to and when they awoke the next The sheriff said authorities "It was mostly just what you raped her. After she was placed in the victim. home at night on two previous could collect at the scene and morning, their mother was not occasions. were waiting for one good piece the closet, she was stabbed 22 "It's cases like Miller, those 20 home. Marvin Lange told his of evidence, but he wouldn't say people you talked to, trying to times in the face, neck and back. percent, that you really hate to Marvin Lange had filed for di- come up with a pattern," Quick children that their mother did vorce the previous June, and what it was. The bedroom was otherwise let get away from you and go un- not come home, and the three The spring of 1971, Moore s a i d said. clean. solved," Schreiner said. sought custody of the three chil- children left for school. dren. Mary Lange filed a cross he found a mystery book where See Cases page 7A The hunt was on for C l a r k . Mary Lange After a chance conversation Fred Miller and other wit- that afternoon between Mary petition. Newspaper stories f r o m nesses provided a description. the time described Marvin CHECK US OUT BEFORE YOU BUY! The community, still reeling Lange's sister, Dorothy Malloy, Lange as a wealthy farmer and The man who g a v e h i s name as from Miller's b r u t a l slaying, was who worked in the courthouse Clark was described as a good- said a large money settlement shocked by another woman's cafeteria, and her sister's was expected. WNW.videovaultandfumiture.com looking, clean-cut man with a murder less than a year and a coworker, Malloy reported medium complexion, between 20 Ford advised his client not to THE FURNITURE STORE half later. Lange, a normally punctual em- be interviewed or polygraphed. and 30 years old, 5-foot-9 to 5- Floating in a brook, her hand ployee, missing to police. 1525 Avenue G, Ft. Madison, IA • (319) 372-7iM3;| foot-11 and about 175 pounds. H e The Lange farm was searched, seemed to wave from her watery Police began searching for the but a warrant was not re- was driving a dull black cab-over- grave to the farmer who found woman, described as an attrac- engine pickup truck. Harold B. her. tive brunette, with light brown quested. Lee, a psychiatric social worker Mary Bernice Lange, 37, had hair, blue eyes, 130 pounds, Marvin Lange knew about for the Southeast Iowa Mental been missing about two days wearing a white dress, brown Hutson and had several conver- Experience the World with AAA Travel! Health Center, did a sketch sations with Hutson's wife. Po- when her fully clothed body was kerchief, two-tone shoes and lice asked him about $2,000 based on eye-witnesses descrip- found Dec. 19, 1970, floating in black fur coat. Discover the Caribbean tions. 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added electoral votes to states Nevada and West Virginia when he chose Sen. John Ed- nesota and Washington. AH w e r e with population gains and took have a combined 10 electoral wards of North Carolina as his toss-ups in the spring, but no\v Gap them from states losing people. votes, enough to close the gap. Plush with money and leading running mate. Aides are divided lean toward Kerry. A good con- Continued from page 1A The result: Bush's states are New Hampshire, which neigh- a united party, Kerry increased over whether North Carolina will vention could push P e n n s y l v a n i a now worth 278 electoral votes bors Kerry's home state of his odds by expanding the play- remain a battleground through and Oregon into the lean-Kerry bined 25 electoral votes) favor and Gore's are worth just 260. Massachusetts, has four. ing field into a handful of GOP November, but its 15 electoral category. Kerry over Bush by a few per- Even if Kerry consolidates West Virginia voted Democ- states that Bush easily won in votes are too tempting to ignore. Recent polls give Kerry an centage points. Gore carried Gore's states, no easy task, the ratic for decades until Bush 2000, including Arkansas, Missouri, a traditional battle- edge in both states, but strate- them in 2000. Democrat must take 10 elec- made values an issue in 2000; Louisiana, Arizona, Virginia and ground, recently moved to the gists for Kerry and Bush say the • Lean Bush — N o r t h Car- toral votes from Bush's column Kerry is stressing the theme Colorado. Results have been Bush-leaning category and is be- races are still toss-up. , olina, Colorado, Louisiana, Ari- to close the electoral vote gap. this year. In Nevada, an influx mixed. ing written off by some Democ- "There is an angry feeling to- zona, Virginia, Arkansas and Kerry's best prospects may be of Hispanics and the adminis- After testing the waters, Kerry rats. The Kerry campaign re- ward the incumbent because of Missouri (a combined 73 elec- in the five toss-up states won by tration's push to use Yucca pulled his ads f r o m A r k a n s a s and duced its ad campaign in the Iraq," said David Sweet, who toral votes) give Bush modest Bush in 2000: Ohio, Florida, Mountain as a nuclear waste Louisiana, and downgraded his state after polls showed him c o n - managed Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Nevada, New Hampshire and site make the state tougher for focus on Virginia and Arizona. sistently 4 to 6 percentage points Rendell's 2000 campaign. "I leads. He won all seven in 2000. Hispanic voters make Colorado a think Kerry will win in the end, All total, 21 states are in play. West Virginia. Bush than in 2000. behind Bush, with little room f o r Winning either Ohio's 20 Six of the 11 toss-up states prime target, but Democrats ac- improvement. but that's partly based on an as- Some will bounce between knowledge it's a tough state to Republican advantages in ru- sumption of things to come. I t ' s "lean" to "toss-up" throughout electoral votes or Florida's 27 were won by Gore: Pennsylva- would do the trick. nia, Oregon, Michigan, Iowa, win. ral Missouri and the fast-growing close." the campaign. Bush easily won Ohio in New Mexico and Wisconsin. "The race is still fundamen- exurbs make the state tough for Of the states won by Gore, Seeking numbers 2000, but its lagging economy But the margin of victory was tally tied, and the Electoral C o l - Democrats, but Kerry likely will Pennsylvania is by far Bush's top puts the state in play. Kerry just a few thousand votes in lege map reflects t h a t , " said Bush keep it on the table through No- target. The president has spent Four years ago, Bush won 30 must still reduce Bush's advan- Iowa, New Mexico and Wiscon- strategist Matthew Dowd. "But vember in case the political millions of dollars in the state on states and their 271 electoral tages among conservative, ru- sin — meaning Kerry has his there is beginning to be a slight winds shift. Besides, a b a n d o n i n g commercials and has visited 'it votes — one more than needed. ral voters. Florida should favor work cut out to keep them. tilt toward us with Arkansas, a traditional battleground would more than any other contested Gore, who won the popular Bush a bit more than in 2000, Of the three, Bush likes his Tennessee, Missouri and A r i z o n a be embarrassing. state — 3 0 trips since h i s inaugu- vote, claimed 20 states plus the partly because of its relatively chances best in Wisconsin, no longer being seriously con- The four-term Massachusetts ration. District of Columbia for 267 strong economy, but the war in where he is targeting rural vot- tested." senator has begun to gather For Kerry, losing P e n n s y l v a n i a electoral votes. Iraq has helped keep the race ers in a bid to widen the elec- Kerry added another Republi- strength in traditionally Democ- would create a virtually insur- Since then, reapportionment close. toral gap by 10 votes. can-leaning state to his target list ratic states such as Maine, M i n - mountable electoral vote gap.

Opponents have a long list of layers of staffing and bureau- matter how wonderful the pro- ning the CIA, coordinating the numbers of us asked in our hear- Chief reasons why they advise caution. cracy that likely would come posal appears, turf wars will in- 15-agency confederation and be- ings — 'Who is in charge? Who is One is that the CIA director's job with creation of the new j o b . terfere. "In Washington, it won't ing the intelligence analyst-in- our quarterback?' — was almost Continued from page 1A was created intentionally to in- "I can guarantee you would work. It's impractical," said chief to the president. No one uniformly the president of the sulate it from the politics of poli- have a staff of h u n d r e d s in short Goss, who has proposed alter- person can do all these things," United States," said commission As with most reforms, there cymaking that could intrude if order," said Lee Strickland, who nate legislation that would give the Sept. 11 commission said in member Jamie Gorelick, a De- are pros — and cons. the person sat on the Cabinet. retired from the CIA in Decem- the CIA c h i e f more p o w e r . its final report released last mocrat. "But this is not his full- Today, based on the 1947 Na- "A Senate-confirmed intelli- ber after 30 years and now Still, those who favor the new week. time job. And it is an impossible tional Security Act, the CIA di- gence director sitting in the teaches at the University of intelligence chief idea say the Because of limitations on the situation for that to remain the rector not only heads his own White House would be in the hip Maryland. current system simply isn't CIA d i r e c t o r ' s control o v e r the in- case." agency but also oversees the in- pocket of the president," said A n - Key congressional intelligence working. Created after the Cold telligence community, the com- Advocates for the new p o s i t i o n telligence community, which has thony Romero, executive direc- leaders are skeptical — a t a min- War, when the intelligence com- missioners worried that the also dispute the idea that it grown to 15 agencies. But the di- tor of the American Civil Liber- imum. Senate Intelligence munity was much smaller, the president ultimately winds up would be too political. They note rector has neither budgetary au- ties Union. 'That individual Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., CIA director's job has grown into overseeing intelligence — along that the chairman of the Joint thority nor day-to-day opera- would not have the kind of i n d e - says any changes must be care- a massive undertaking. with his vast domestic and for- Chiefs, all the military combat- tional control of the other agen- pendence you need in that kind fully considered. "The community's head — the eign policy portfolio. ant commanders and the exist- cies, most of which are part of the of role." And House Intelligence Chair- Director of Central Intelligence "The answer to the question ing central intelligence director Defense Department. Critics also worry about new man Porter Goss, R-Fla., said no — has at least three jobs: run- that I repeatedly asked and are appointed by the president.

Co., in an audacious daylight op- passed near the town of Mah- pipeline stretches about 124 Meanwhile, officials continued diplomatic missions in Iraq, eration in southeastern Bagh- moudiya south of Baghdad. Two miles from al-Dora oil refinery in to work to free three Kenyans, Kuwait and Cairo are that possi- Allawi dad. bodyguards were killed, but the Baghdad to Beiji, north of three Indians and an Egyptian bly this problem will be resolved Continued from page 1A The kidnappers, wearing po- police chief, Brig. Sabah Fahad, Samarra. The extent of the dam- held by a different militant soon," Indian External Affairs lice uniforms, set up a fake check- escaped unharmed, said Mah- age was unclear. group. Minister Natwar Singh told re- Mm countries to send troops here. point in the Zaieuna neighbor- moudiya hospital director, Da- Allawi was defiant in the face That group, "The Holders of porters in India. Militants grabbed Mohammed hood and stopped Adrian's c a r , woud al-Taie. of new violence. the Black Banners," demanded • Singh said the kidnappers did Mamdouh Helmi Qutb, de- taking him and his driver Attackers in two cars opened "We are not going to give up. Wednesday that the truck driv- not appear to be political, but scribed as the third-ranking hostage, according to police Sgt. fire on a group of policemen at a We are going to win, we assure ers' company stop doing business rather "irresponsible people w h o diplomat at the Egyptian mission Ahmed Ismael. Adnan's driver checkpoint in the al-Shurta dis- you. We will prevail and the ter- in Iraq and their countries with- take such steps for money." here, as he walked out of a was quickly released, Ismael trict of Baghdad on Saturday, in- rorists will be brought to justice," draw their citizens or it would be- Militants in recent months mosque Friday. In a video re- said. juring seven policemen, the Inte- Allawi said Saturday. gin beheading hostages Saturday have kidnapped roughly 70 for- leased by "The Lions of Allah Al-Mansour is a government- rior Ministry said. But Qutb's kidnapping already night. eigners in their campaign to Brigade," the militants said they owned construction company A rocket exploded in the down- force countries to withdraw has hurt the government. In a new video F r i d a y , it upped troops and to scare away con- had taken Qutb to deter Egypt that does building work for Iraq's town Jubairya district in the Egypt said earlier this week it those demands, saying their em- from s e n d i ng troops. ministries. Adnan, a construction northern city of Samarra killing tractors working o n r e c o n s t r u c - one man and injuring three other would consider sending troops ployer must pay compensation tion projects. At least three Egyptian Foreign Minister engineer, was a member of the here after Iraqis restored calm, for those killed by U.S. forces in Ahmed Aboul Gheit appealed to Baath party and helped build civilians early Saturday, police hostages have been beheaded, a Maj. Sadoun al-Dulaimi said. but after Qutb's abduction, Aboul the city of Fallujah and demand- practice that has stirred opposi- the kidnappers Saturday to show some of Saddam Hussein's presi- Gheit said that "sending troops ing the release of all Iraqi de- mercy and said his government dential palaces. In volatile Anbar province west tion from many I r a q i s . was working quietly to free Qutb The 15-month-old insurgency, of Baghdad, a U.S. Marine died or Egyptian military personnel to tainees in Kuwaiti and U.S. pris- and an Egyptian truck driver punctuated by the kidnappings, Saturday of wounds sustained Iraq is not an issue on t h e table at ons. It gave a 48-hour deadline, held by other militants. almost daily bombings, attacks during "security and stability op- all for Egypt." but it was unclear if the deadline "We will not abandon Egyptian and sabotage, has badly dam- erations" Friday, the military Iraqi officials said Saturday had been changed to today or if citizens in that way," he said, aged Iraq's efforts to rebuild the said. they were working furiously to the tape was old. adding that "it is a very sensitive country after years of war and And late Friday, saboteurs set secure Qutb's release. Though the new conditions situation." sanctions. off two explosions on an oil "We will spare no effort to free were unlikely to be met, Indian Early Saturday, gunmen On Saturday, gunmen in three pipeline about 12 miles south of the Egyptian diplomat," Iraqi officials said they were opti- grabbed Raad Adnan, general di- cars attacked a convoy carrying Samarra, police Capt. Khaled Deputy Foreign Minister Hamed mistic. rector ofAl-Mansour Contracting west Baghdad's police chief as he Abdul-Amir said Saturday. The al-Bayati said. 'The indications from our

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