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Monday, December 1, 1986 / University Daily Kansan
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Star entertainer Cary Grant, 82 dies in hospital of a stroke
DAVENPORT, Iowa — Cary Grant, who epitomized the suave, elegant man-of-the-world in movies for more than three decades and co-starred with some of the screen's most beautiful actresses, died of a stroke. He was ??
Grant died at 11:22 p.m. Saturday with his wife, Barbara, at his side at St. Luke's hospital. He was taken there by ambulance from his hotel room, said James Gibson, a physician. The actor was comatose upon arrival and did not regain consciousness.
Grant's body, which was accompanied by his wife and friends, arrived in Los Angeles yesterday, said his lawyer, Stanley Fox. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
Grant had gone back to his hotel after becoming ill during a rehearsal of his one-man show called "A Conversation With Cary Grant" at the Adler Theater in Davenport.
Grant began his entertainment career on the mauveville stage in the 1920s and eventually became one of America's favorite romantic actors. He appeared in more than 70 films.
"He was the most handsome, witty, and stylish leading man both on and off the screen," said Eva Marie Saint, who starred with him in "North by Northwest."
In 1969, the soft-spoken actor was honored with a special Academy Award in recognition of his 34-year career. His last film role was in "Walk, Don't Run," released in 1966.
RELEASE DATE 1948
Born Archibald Alexander Leach, in Bristol,
England, on January 18, 1904. Grant became a U.S.
citizen in 1942.
Hiiackers kill at least 24 on bus
CHANDIGARH, India — Suspected Sikh extremists yesterday singled out the Hindu passengers aboard a hijacked bus and opened fire with submachine guns, killing at least 24 people in a bloody massacre in Punjab state, police said.
Five suspected Sikh terrorists boarded the bus at Khudda, a village about 110 miles northwest of Chandigarh, Punjab's capital, and ordered the driver to take them to a deserted country road about three miles away. There the terrorists singled out the Hindu passengers and ordered them off the bus, a police snookman said.
rose who refused were shot on the bus, police said. The gunmen then lined up the remaining Hindus and shot them at point-blank range with automatic weapons, using more than 100 bullets, he said.
The Press Trust of India put the death at 26, and the United News of India reported 24 dead, as did the police, who said 21 of the victims were men and three were women.
The United News of India said the gunmen draped the victims in garments painted with slogans saying "Long Live Sakhira," a reference to Sukhdev Singh Sakhira, the leader of a militant Sikh organization who was killed in a battle with rival Sikhs in January.
The Press Trust said the gunmen escaped on motor
scooters that accomplices drove to the scene of the massacre. The massacre is believed to be the bloodiest single act of violence by separatists in Punjab since extremists of the Sikh religion launched their bloody rebellion in 1981.
The separatists are demanding the creation of an independent nation, to be known as the凯什人, in Punjab.
Mob repelled at Taiwan airport
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Riot police, firing tear gas and water cannons yesterday, repelled thousands of demonstrators trying to march on Taipei airport to meet two dissident leaders who were blocked in their bid to return home from U.S. exile.
Witnesses said at least four policemen were injured in a series of confrontations with demonstrators about a mile from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, and 33 police cars were smashed and overturned by demonstrators trying to march to the airport to meet the dissidents.
Dissident leaders Hsu Hsin-liang and Tsihsung min were barred yesterday from boarding a plane in Tokyo for Taiwan. Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, accompanying the dissidents to insure their safety, also was prevented from boarding the Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific airlines flight.
Hsu and Hsie, who have been living in exile in the United States for seven years, said they would try today to find another means of travel to Taiwan. Both men are supporters of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party trying to oust the Nationalist government of President Chiang Ching-kuo.
The Nationalists have ruled under martial law since fleeing to the island in 1949, when the communists took control of mainland China.
Muslim seeks hostages' release
BEIRUT, Lebanon — A leading U.S. Muslim arrived in Beirut yesterday hoping to win the release of the U.S. hostages held by extremists in Lebanon.
Hommamel Melii, secretary general of the New York-based National Council on Islamic Affairs, asked the captors to contact him in the spirit of Islamic unity. He said he hoped to win the release of at least one hostage by Christmas, but he would not elaborate.
"We came carrying the book of God, the Holy Koran. We want to address our brothers in Islam in the language of the Koran," said Mehdi, an Iraqi who emigrated to New York in 1949.
He said he decided to launch the two-week mission after the credibility of Anglican Church envoy Verry Waite, who has played a role in previous hostage releases, was damaged by news about U.S. arms shipments to Iran.
Mehdi blamed President Reagan for the impression that Waite's mission could not be effective.
we do not question his (Waite's) credibility. But Reagan is trying to steal the show from him and assume further credit for his own political gains, like claiming that the hostages were released as a result of his arms to Iran." Mehdi said.
Mehdi denied carrying any deal from the U.S. government and blamed the problem on U.S. foreign policy.
The Islamic Jihad, a pro-Iranian group that claimed to hold two Americans and three Frenchmen, has demanded the release of 17 comrades imprisoned in Kuwait for bombing oil rigs. The group is being held by the Islamic Jihad
are Terry Anderson, 39, the bureau chief of the Associated Press in Beirut, and Thomas Sutherland, 54, dean of agriculture at the American University of Beirut.
MANILA, Philippines — President Corazon Aquino met with advisers yesterday to discuss the final phase of a Cabinet shakeup, and she may remove her lefewing labor and local government ministers this week. palace sources said.
Aquino talks of Cabinet changes
Aquino had been expected to attend a rally to build support for approval of a new constitution in a February vote, but her brother-in-law, Agapito Aquino, told the crowd she was working on the Cabinet
Last week Aquino fired rebellious Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile after the government announced it had thwarted a military coup.
Press Secretary Teodoro Benigno said Aquino would announce the final changes in her 25-member Cabinet by Wednesday. On Friday she replaced the ministers of highways and natural resources, citing allegations of corruption.
Palace sources said Aquino was studying possible replacements for left-leaning Labor Minister Augusto Sanchez and Local Governments Minister Aquilino Pimentel.
Sanchez is popular among militant laborers, who have warned of unrest if he is removed.
Both men are regarded as central representatives of the left and champions of the poor, but their political power is restricted.
About 20,000 people, carrying banners that read "Yes for Cey, For Democracy, Yes for the Constitution," marched to the seaside Luneta Park, but the crowd soon decreased to fewer than 10,000.
The nationally circulated Manila Bulletin reported yesterday that officials had arrested two soldiers in connection with the Nov. 12 murder of militant trade union leader Rolando Olalia and that the case was vir-
The arrests were not confirmed officially, but sources close to the Olaia family said they expected Justice Minister Neptali Gonzales to release details during a news conference tomorrow.
4 prisoners with AIDS escape
TRENTON, N.J. — Four inmates escaped from an AIDS treatment unit at a maximum security prison by cutting through a wire fence and dropping 15 feet to the street, but one was caught a few blocks away in a stolen car, officials said yesterday.
Law officers pressed a statewide manhunt for the three prisoners remaining at large after Saturday's escape from the AIDS unit at Trenton State Prison, Greer Hall, corrections commissioner, said.
It is thought to be the only AIDS prison unit in the country, Hilton said.
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome was diagnosed in all the escapes, Hilton said, but they are in remission. He said that he did not think they presented any immediate public health problem and that they were not thought to be armed.
One of the four inmates, Quinton McKie, 28, was apprehended in the city center, which is blocks from the prison, while driving a car reported stolen. Hilton said McKie, from Newark, was serving 40 years for robbery.
The inmates at large were identified as Tatamullah Hassan Sadat, 24, of Newark, serving 20 years for armed robbery; Donald Bowen, 30, of East Orange, N.J., serving a 4-12 year sentence for robbery, and Anthony Talarico, 24, of Edison, N.J., serving eight years for burglary and theft.
Nixon documents to be released
WASHINGTON - About 1.5 million documents from Richard Nixon's White House, which the former president has long sought to keep private, will be released publicly for the first time today.
None of the papers, from the White House central and executive files, are expected to contain any bombshells from the Watergate era, said Jill Merrill Brett, a spokeswoman for the federal archival. Instead, the files will include letters to and from Nixon to officials and citizens, press releases and official documents and papers about the Ash Commission, which was Nixon's panel on government reorganization.
However, the federal archivist determined that the papers being released today would not likely involve national security or classified material and thus could be made public.
Nixon resigned from the presidency Aug. 9, 1974, when the Watergate scandal unraveled and the subsequent coverup forced Congress to consider articles of impeachment against him.
Since then, the former president has fought legal battles trying to keep his White House papers private under the 1974 Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act.
The papers, numbering about 1.5 million, represent only a small portion of the total Nixon material in the series.
John Ehrlichman, a key White House aide to Nixon, said in an article published in yesterday's Parade magazine that the former president once discussed a more permanent method of keeping the papers secret.
"When I retire," he quoted Nixon as saying, "I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned. No one needs to see those things."
Snipper gives unexpected trims
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The mysterious "Jack the Snipper," who has cut the hair of six unsuspecting women studying in the University of Virginia library, sound may like a prankster but police say they will press assault charges if they find him.
Authorities said the well-dressed young man, who may not be a student, was not a laughing matter.
"You've got an individual with scissors," said Michael Sheffield, head of campus security. "It could hurt you."
A description of "Jack the Sniper" was circulated after the attacks began two months ago, but no attacks have been reported since Nov. 18.
Extra guards have been added at Alderman Library because "the library administration doesn't consider it a laughing matter," said Carol Pfeiffer, the facility's director of administrative services.
Suzanne Sumpter was one victim who lost two inches of hair.
"I didn't know he'd done anything until I reached back, scratched my head and had a whole gob of hair in my hand,"
From Kansan wires.
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