THE UNABOMBER: THE BOMB IS IN THE MAIL

THE MYSTERIOUS UNABOMBER STRIKES AGAIN. BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 17 YEARS,HE WANTS TO EXPLAIN WHY

If the receptionist at the Califor nia Forestry Association office in Sacramento hadn't had so much trouble opening the shoebox-size package that arrived in the mail last Monday, she would now be dead. She survives only because she carried the box in to her boss, the organization's president, Gilbert Murray, and left it with him. He started to unwrap it-and the package blew up in his hands. The blast, which killed Murray,47, instantly, was powerful enough to knock two doors off their hinges and blow gashes into the ceiling panels. And it was loud enough to be heard for blocks around,...

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