TERROR IN OKLAHOMA CITY : The Name Behind the Building

Alfred Paul Murrah namesake of Oklahoma City’s federal building, was a leading lawyer and judge in Oklahoma from the 1930s through the mid 1970s. He was a judge of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, serving from 1940 to 1970, 11 of those years as chief judge. In 1970, he became director of the Federal Judicial center in Washington, where he served until he retired at age 70 in 1974. He died Oct. 31, 1975, in Oklahoma City.

To Make Matters Worse

More than 1,000 people at a hospital treating victims of the federal office building bombing were evacuated for two hours Thursday because of a bomb threat.

Children’s Hospital didn’t move any patients in critical condition, including five children wounded in yesterday’s blast. Their parents also were allowed to stay.

A bomb squad searched inside and outside but found no explosives, hospital spokesman Jake Lowery said. Everyone was allowed back after about two hours.

Details of Suspect Truck

The vehicle used in the Oklahoma City bombing was a rented Ryder truck, CNN reported on Thursday. A rented Ryder truck was also used in connection with the 1993 bombing of the New York World Trade Center. Ryder is a major truck rental company in the United States.

CNN said it had learned the truck was rented in Junction City, Kan., about 250 miles north of Oklahoma City. It reported that operators of the rental agency in Junction City said they had been contacted by the FBI but declined to provide any more information, referring questions to the FBI.