World News Tonight (ABC) - 1996-04-01
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[0:00] Last minute tips to save you money on
[0:02] your taxes tomorrow at 9:00.
[0:09] >> The judge who said that 80 lb of heroin
[0:11] and cocaine were not evidence, he has
[0:13] changed his mind.
[0:15] ATM users beware, an automatic teller
[0:18] machine may now charge you twice.
[0:21] And the standoff in Montana, how well
[0:23] are the Freemen armed?
[0:27] >> From ABC, this is World News Tonight
[0:30] with Peter Jennings.
[0:31] >> Good evening. For the second week, we
[0:33] begin in Montana. There was supposed to
[0:35] be a big rally in support of the
[0:36] so-called Freemen who were still holed
[0:38] up in their compound today. But you're
[0:40] looking at it, the rally 120 mi away was
[0:42] a bust. Eight people showed up.
[0:45] In Billings, a third member of the
[0:46] Freemen, Richard Clark, was arraigned in
[0:48] court today after surrendering to
[0:49] authorities over the weekend. He
[0:51] declined to enter a plea to the judge.
[0:53] The judge did it for him, not guilty.
[0:55] The latest on the standoff tonight near
[0:57] the town of Jordan from ABC's Barry
[0:59] Serafin.
[1:01] >> As the Freemen move around the ranch,
[1:03] they are never seen without guns, some
[1:05] of which appear to be automatic weapons.
[1:08] A plane believed to be an FBI
[1:09] surveillance aircraft periodically
[1:11] circles overhead.
[1:13] Some family members have been going in
[1:15] and out of the compound to try to help
[1:17] negotiate a peaceful surrender. Most of
[1:20] them have refused to comment except to
[1:22] say that the Freemen do not want an
[1:23] armed confrontation. One visitor,
[1:26] Shannon Nygaard, added this.
[1:28] >> Yeah, everybody's doing fine.
[1:30] Uh
[1:31] everybody's normal.
[1:32] >> But a friend of Gloria Ward, the
[1:34] Michigan woman see