THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 2000
NEWS
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INTERNATIONAL
Dust storm delays flights, aggravates asthma in Australia
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SYDNEY — Millions of Australians were wiping a film of reddish Outback grit from nearly everything Thursday after the country's worst dust storm in seven decades played havoc with transport systems and sent asthmatics scurrying inside.
The country's largest airport said it hoped to resume normal
Thursday, a day after the dust cloud caused almost 20 international flights to be diverted away from Sydney and threw domestic schedules into turmoil.
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Aman walks to work past an almost unseen Sydney Harbour Bridge during a dust storm Wednesday in Sydney, Australia. Flights were diverted and ferries canceled as a blanket of red dust shrouded most of Sydney after the weather system moved in from central Australia.
"The dust was quite spectacular, but didn't in itself cause a lot of damage."
Skies over east
Bridge and even reaching underground to coat subway stations.
ern Australia were mostly clear and blue, and New South Wales state health officials said they expected air pollution to drop to normal safe levels after reaching record highs the day before. But child care centers in Sydney were keeping young children inside Thursday until an official all-clear came through.
The haze, churned by powerful winds that lifted thousands of tons of topsoil from the arid and drought-stricken inland, was visible from space, appearing as a huge brown smudge in satellite photographs of Australia.
The dust storm Wednesday had shrouded Sydney and surrounding areas for about eight hours, blotting out landmarks such as the Sydney Opera House and Harbour
The Sydney Morning Herald called it "the day the country blew into town."
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As it cleared away from Sydney on Wednesday afternoon, the dust moved north along the heavily-populated eastern coastal area clogging skies over the Queensland state capital of Brisbane. The city enjoyed clear blue
skies on Thursday, though the dust cloud continued to push further north into remote parts of the state.
Officials in New South Wales said almost 500 emergency calls came in on Wednesday from people complaining of breathing trouble, but there were no serious problems. Emergency services responded to hundreds of calls about tree branches brought down by strong winds.
"The dust was quite spectacular, but didn't in itself cause a lot of
damage," state Emergency Service Minister Steve Whan said.
The dust so thoroughly blanketed everything in its path —
clothes, cars, train seats — that New South Wales and Queensland government promised to lift water restrictions, imposed because of
the drought, so residents could clean their homes and vehicles.
Airlines on Thursday were still trying to get back on schedule.
after diverted and canceled flights sent a ripple of delays and congestion through airports in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.
CRIME
Dogfighting operation discovered alongside home day care service
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CHICAGO RIDGE, Ill. — A home day care was the site of a dogfighting ring, authorities said Wednesday, and investigators who raided the house found a blood-spattered garage floor and battered and malnourished dogs not far from where the children plaved.
Three men were charged Wednesday, including the day care operator's husband, and authorities were seeking two others. Authorities had initially said four people had been arrested.
Nine battered dogs — four of which were puppies — were rescued, police said.
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"The dogs were in horrific condition," Cook County Sheriff Todd dart said at the Animal Welfare League in suburban Chicago Ridge, where several of the dogs were undergoing surgery and rehabilitation. "This is as bad as we've seen"
Cook County, Ill., Sheriff Tom Dart cradles a pit bull rescued from Maywood day care center during a press conference Wednesday at Animal Welfare League in Chicago Ridge, Ill. The dog will receive treatment and be put up for adoption. ASSOCIATED PRESS
All three charged were from Maywood; Charles Sutton, 42, the husband of the day care operator, and Lance Webb, 27, were charged with felony dogfighting. Martez Anderson, 38, was charged with being a felon in possession of an unspayed or unneutered dog. Phone listings could not be located for the men and it was not immediately unclear if they had attorneys
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services spokesman Kendall Marlowe said the Maywood day care was shut down Wednesday and was under investigation. He said it had been licensed since March 2004 and for a capacity of seven children.
Dart said approximately 10 children were found in the day care during the raid Tuesday, but they were not in the immediate vicinity of the dogs. Neighbors and authorities say the day care was operated out of the basement of the house and a fenced in play area was in the backyard.
He said two complaints were received — in 2006 and 2007 — about dogs at the home. But after DCFS officials made unannounced visits, dogs were only found locked in the garage and not near chill
He described a gruesome scene in the day care's garage, with blood all over the floor and a car. Police also found items such as syringes, bite sticks and a treadmill that had been altered to be used specifically to train the dogs. Officers also recovered a 1996 edition of "Sporting Dog Journal."
Day care officials could not immediately be reached. No one answered a knock at the door of the home, a cream stucco building with a neatly trimmed yard and potted plants.
dren.
Marlowe said the day care operator agreed to a plan to keep dogs from the day care areas of the home.
"This day care home is now closed, and we will monitor the home going forward to ensure that it does not reopen," Marlowe said in a statement Wednesday.
lice that she was not involved in dogfighting and that children were never near the dogs or dog fighting equipment.
Anetta Smith, who lives near the day care, said her daughters — ages 3 and 5 — had been going there since they were six weeks old. The Maywood resident said she has been happy with the level of care they received.
Dart said the operator told po-
--was used to write the word on the chest of Bill Sparkman, a 51-year-old part-time Census field worker and teacher. He was found Sept. 12 in the Daniel Boone National Forest in rural southeast Kentucky.
CRIME Foul play suspected in death of Census worker
CRIME
Associated Press
MANCHESTER, Ky. — A U.S. Census worker found hanged from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery had the word "fed" scrawled on his chest, a law enforcement official said Wednesday, and the FBI is investigating whether he was a victim of antigovernment sentiment.
crime scene.
The official, who was not authorized to discuss the case and requested anonymity, did not say what type of instrument
"Our job is to determine if there was foul play involved — and that's part of the investigation — and if there was foul play involved, whether it is related to his employment as a Census worker," said Bever.
The Census Bureau has suspended door-to-door interviews in rural Clay County, where the body was found, pending the outcome of the investigation. An autopsy report is pending.
Sparkman's mother told The Associated Press her son became a census worker to supplement his income.
FBI spokesman David Beyer said the bureau is assisting state police and declined to confirm or discuss any details about the
Attacking a federal worker during or because of his federal job is a federal crime.
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