NEW CLUES IN THE BOMBING

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As investigators examined several strong new leads inthe Oklahoma City bombing, emergency workers at the Alfred P. Murrah federal building were forced to resort to using heavy equipment to dismantle sections of the dangerously unstable structure, as a safety measure. Law enforcement officials have found a receipt for a ton ofammonium nitratewith bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh's fingerprints on it in the Herington, Kan. home of Terry Nichols, the DallasMorning Newsreported today. FBI agents are also searching a lake near Herington where a witness saw a Ryder truck days before the bombing. Authorities believe the ingredients needed to make the bomb could have been assembled at the lake. Arizona state police announced the FBI is looking for a 1982 white Thunderbird, Arizona plate JWK923, driven by Gary Allen Land, who may have been a witness to the bombing. Also today, the FBI released athird sketch of John Doe 2, with the added information that the man the FBI is seeking is "very tan" and muscular, possibly a weightlifter. At the Murrah building, Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating said that further digging by hand would endanger the lives of rescue workers. After 12 days, he said, any victims remaining inside are almost certainly dead. So far, 137 deaths have been confirmed.Oklahoma Explosion Page