Jurors Told of Possible Nichols, Phone Card Tie

A telecommunications consultant testified that a prepaid calling card linked to Terry L. Nichols was used to call the agency where the Ryder truck used in the Oklahoma City bombing was leased.

FBI agents found the card, bearing the name of Daryl Bridges, at Nichols’ Herington, Kan., home after the blast. The name is one of several aliases tied to Nichols, who is being tried on state murder charges.

John Kane testified that company records indicate that the card was used a few days before the bombing by someone who called Nichols’ home from a bus station in Junction City, Kan. A few minutes later, he said, the card was used to call a Ryder agency in Junction City.