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The Inside Front
Monday September 21,1998
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
Tropical Storm Hermine causing evacuations
GRAND ISLE, La. — There wasn't much left to be packed Saturday when Grand Isle's 1,500 residents were ordered to head for the mainland because of approaching tropical storm Hermine. It was their third storm evacuation in as many weeks.
Along with Mayor David Carmadelle's evacuation order for Grand Isle, about 600 residents of two low-lying parts of Lafourche Parish were ordered out after Hermine grew from a tropical depression during the morning.
Terrebonne Parish also issued a voluntary evacuation order in the late afternoon for low-lying areas.
By 11 p.m. EDT Saturday, the eye of Hermine passed over Cocodrie about about 70 miles southwest of New Orleans. Meteorologists predicted the storm's center would be over New Orleans at about 8 a.m. EDT.
Tropical storm watches for the weakened system were discontinued west of Intracoastal City. The National Weather Service expected Hermine to be downgraded to a tropical depression.
Hurricane may cause most damage in years
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua — Hurricane Georges began lashing the eastern islands of the Caribbean yesterday, forcing families to huddie in basements and businesses to pile sandbags in front of their entrances.
Government officials throughout the region warned that Georges could cause the worst damage in decades.
winds were gusting to 50 mph in Antigua by the early afternoon, with forecasters predicting the arrival of the hurricane's full 135-mph fury by yesterday evening.
The eye of Georges was expected to pass over the small, eastern Caribbean islands later yesterday before moving on to the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico today, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Georges strengthened Saturday to a category-4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale — comparable to Hurricane Andrew, which devastated parts of southern Florida in 1992, or Hurricane Hugo, which caused severe damage in the Caribbean in 1989.
Storm-whipped waters cause ferry to sink
MANILA, Philippines — A ferry that sank with 454 people on board was carrying heavy cargo that may have shifted in high waves, causing the ship
to tilt and sink, the chief investigator said Sunday.
Seventeen more people were rescued Sunday after spending more than a day in chilly, storm-whipped waters, bringing the number of survivors to at least 311, officials said. At least 39 people were dead.
Rough weather continued to hamper rescue operations. A navy ship was forced to turn back yesterday before reaching the accident area because of powerful waves.
The Princess of the Orient sank during a tropical storm Friday night. Maritime officials said several other ships had also reported difficulties during the storm, and passengers in other boats had been injured.
the company said there were 352 passengers and 102 crew aboard, revising earlier figures to account for people not listed in the manifest, the coast guard said. No foreigners were reported on board.
United States, Japan to look at missile defense
NEW YORK — Concerned about North Korea's ballistic-missile development, the United States and Japan agreed yesterday to conduct joint research on
a missile-defense system that could protect the island nation from attack.
"No one should doubt our commitment to defend our interests and to work together for peace and stability in Asia," Defense Secretary William Cohen said at a joint news conference with Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and their Japanese counterparts. "And this is the best way to protect both the United States and Japan."
Cohen: United States committed to helping Japan.
The United States has 100,000 troops in the region, about one-third of them guarding the always-tense demilitarized zone between North and South Korea.
Yesterday's agreement comes after North Korea launched a rocket over Japan on Aug. 31 in a failed attempt to send a satellite into orbit. It was the latest example of Pyongyang's aggressive program to develop long-range missiles that could one day hit American shores, U.S. officials said.
Sara Ferguson's mother dies in auto accident
of the Duchess of York, was killed in a car crash in Argentina, dealing the former Sarah Ferguson another blow just a year after her onetime sister-in-law Princess Diana died in a Paris crash.
LONDON — Susan Barrantes, mother
The duchess, or "Fergie," ex-wife of
Queen Elizabeth II's second son, Prince Andrew, heard the news early Saturday while on vacation in Italy.
She was flying back to Britain and planned to leave last night for Argentina, where Barrantes settled in 1975 with her second husband the late Hector Barrantes.
Ferguson: Mother killed in wreck in Aarentina.
Susan Barrantes, 61, was killed instantly Saturday night when the Land Rover she was driving in a collision with a van on a rural road near Tres Lomas, about 310 miles southwest of the capital. Buenos Aires, police said.
Barrantes was decapitated in the crash, Tres Lomas Police Commissioner Hector Dimas Moleneuvo told The Associated Press in Buenos Aires.
Barrantes's passenger, nephew by marriage Rafael Barrantes, 25, received minor injuries.
The driver of the other car, Jose Maria Rodriguez, suffered a broken ankle, police said
Avalanche devastates small Mexican town
VALDIVIA, Mexico — The small town on Mexico's Pacific Coast is no more. It was buried under tons of mud, rocks and fallen trees brought by torential floods earlier this month that devastated much of southern Chiapas state.
Several hundred survivors in the community of 7,000 people say as many as 200 bodies may be buried under the avalanche that rolled off mountain-sides down the Novillero River and into the lowlands.
Many more were injured and missing — perhaps swept out to sea. No official death toll has been given and Valdivia was still largely isolated Saturday.
After days of rain, the slide began in the early morning of Sept. 8, said survivor Alejandra Domiguez.
A KU employee's 1993 Lincoln Continental was stolen Tuesday morning from the 1300 block of New Hampshire Street, but was recovered later that day by Lawrence police when they arrested the Lawrence youth who had stolen it, Lawrence police said. The car was valued at $11,000
ON THE RECORD
The rear passenger window of a KU student's car was smashed and a CD player and four CDs were stolen Tuesday afternoon in the 2000 block of Stewart Street, Lawrence police said. The damage and stolen property were valued at $310.
A 12-inch cactus in a ceramic clay pot was stolen from a KU student early Wednesday morning in the 1000 block of New York Street, Lawrence police said. The cactus and pot were valued at $50.
Several CDs were stolen from a KU student's car parked in the 1500 block of 24th Street Wednesday, Lawrence police said. The CDs were valued at $760.
A CD player and several CDs were stolen from a KU student's car parked in a parking lot at 1 Gower Place Tuesday, Lawrence police said. The stolen property was valued at $530.
One hundred-eighty one dollars were stolen from a KU student's car parked on Riverfront Road Thursday, Lawrence police said.
KU student hurt after another bicycle-car crash
An 18-year-old KU student was hospitalized Friday after a bicycle-car accident at Iowa and 15th streets.
The car was being driven south by a Lawrence woman, police said.
The student was riding his bicycle west on 15th Street about 8:20 a.m. when he ran the stoplight and collided with a compact car, Lawrence police said.
ON CAMPUS
Levi Reznicek, Baldwin freshman,
received minor lacerations and a head
injury. He was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, 325 Maine St.
Dustin Heath Barnes, Lared senior, is in good condition at the University of Kansas Medical Center after an Aug. 23 accident in which he crushed his bicycle into a car.
The bicycle accident was the third this semester involving a KU student falling to stop at an intersection near campus and colliding with a car.
Andrei Marusov, Ukraine graduate student, was treated at the Med Center after he hit a car while bicycling on Sept. 4.
None of the students were wearing bicycle helmets.
The African Studies Resource Center will be showing We Jive Like This, a South African film, at 4 p.m. today at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Pia Thielmann at 864-3054.
Campus Girl Scouts will have a picnic at 7 p.m. today on the northwest side of Potter's Lake below Carruth-O'Leary Hall. The event is open to the public. For more information, call Christy Rieder at 864-6388.
The African Studies Resource Center will be showing The Blue Eyes of Yonta, a Guinea-Bissau film, at 4 p.m. tomorrow at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Pia Thielmann at 864-3054.
The Christian Science Organization will hold an open meeting on "How Does Christian Science Heal?" at 7:30 p.m. today at Alcove A in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Kara Kelly at 865-3658.
By Keith Burner
Students Tutoring for Literacy will have an orientation and information meeting at 6:30 p.m. today at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Scott Hendrix at 864-4073 or 832-1298.
Jayhawker Campus Ministry will meet at 8 p.m. Mondays at Partlers A, B and C in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Dave Dieffendorf at 840-9469.
The Linguistics Department will have a conversation,
"Demonstrating Acoustic Phonetics to Introductory Linguistics Classes" at 3:30 p.m. today in
206 Blake Hall.
Chi Alpha will have an open swim with the Pool Boats at 8:45 p.m. tomorrow at Dows Auditorium in Dyche Hall. Call Mark Fleske at 832-6228 for more information.
- The Environmental Studies Student Association has an open meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Oread Room in the Kansas Union. Call Todd Simmons at 838-4673 for more information.
Career and Employment Services will have an Experiential Education/Internship Workshop at 3 p.m. tomorrow. Call Jolene Byer at 864-3624 for more information.
■ The KU Meditation Club will meet at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday at the Daisy Hills Room in the Burge Union. Call Beng Beh at 864-7754 for more information.
The Latin American Solidarity will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow. Call Megan Hope at 331-2403 for more information.
- The SUA Feature Films Committee will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow. The SUA Fine Arts Committee and Public Relations Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow. The SUA Forums Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow. The SUA Special Events Committee will meet at 6 p.m. tomorrow. All meetings are in the Kansas Union. Call the SUA box office at 864-3477 or visit www.ukans.edu/~sua for more information.
The University Christian Fellowship will have Bible study and worship at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries. Call Tim Watts at 841-3148 for more information.
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