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The University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, September 21, 1999
The University of Kansa School of Fine Arts Lied Center New Directions Series presents
--already evacuated and sent to the hospital and another 11 people evacuated uninjured.
--already evacuated and sent to the hospital and another 11 people evacuated uninjured.
For more information call 864-9533 or 864-9500
MMR
MMR All new students are required by the University to submit a completed Health History form to Watkins Health Center indicating compliance with the immunization policy for Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR). Deadline is September 22. Failure to comply places a hold on your spring enrollment.
Fall 1999 Organizations and Leadership Lecture Series Sponsored by the Student Organizations and Leadership Development Center
6:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 22, 1999 McCollum Hall Lobby
How to Get Involved in KU's Student Organizations Students who get involved in clubs and organizations get better grades, stay in school, and enjoy their college experience more than those who don't. Come to this program and find out what is available and how to join.
Presenters:
Danny Kaisser, Director, O&L.
O&L
Student Organizations
481 Development Center
750-865-3411 Kansas Union
865-865-4311
World
--already evacuated and sent to the hospital and another 11 people evacuated uninjured.
Sponsored by KU Student Organizations for KU Students (ASHC, AURH, Ph Kappa Theta, KU) $ ^{2} $ (EAD, Alpha Gamma Delta, SAA, SUA)
Taiwanese jolted awake by devastating earthquake
The Associated Press
TAIPEI. Taiwan — The strongest quake in Taiwan in decades jolted the island early in the morning, wrecking a 12-story hotel in Taipei, destroying more than 100 homes islandwide and killing at least 269 people, the government said. About 1,000 people were injured.
The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 and was centered 90 miles south-southwest of Taipei, the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center said. It also issued warnings of possible tsunamis, or huge waves that sometimes follow earthquakes.
In Taipei, the island nation's capital, the quake wrecked the 78-room Sungshan Hotel, collapsing the bottom stories and setting the badly damaged top listing to one side.
Ellie Hajek / KANSAM
Fire crews turned hoses on the wreckage as smoke poured from fires raging in several destroyed rooms. Sixty people were still feared trapped in the building, with 49 people
A woman pulled from the wreckage urged rescuers to look for more injured.
"Hurry, go rescue people. They're in there. They're inside," said the unidentified woman, who was dressed in street clothes and did not appear to be injured. "I lived on the ninth floor.
but now it's the fourth floor."
Meanwhile, 50 people were reported injured when a 12-story apartment building collapsed in the Taipei suburb of Hsinchuang. An estimated 100 others were still trapped within the building, which collapsed onto a neighboring five-story structure.
The Interior Ministry's disaster management center reported 269 dead and about 1,000 injured islandwide.
In Washington, President Clinton said he and Mrs. Clinton were saddened by news of the quake.
"We are in touch directly with the Taiwan authorities to determine what assistance from the United States may be needed," he said.
Tuesday's quake was Taiwan's worst since a 7.4-magnitude one hit the island in 1935, killing 3,276 people. Taiwan is jolted by dozens of quakes each year, but most are centered in the Pacific Ocean east of the island and rarely cause damage.
The latest quake struck at about 1:45 a.m., while most of Taiwan's 22 million people were sleeping.
International peacekeepers arrive in ravaged East Timor
The Associated Press
DILI, Indonesia — The international peace force assigned to bring order to East Timor's murderous chaos landed without resistance yesterday, effectively marking the end of Indonesia's control after 24 turbulent years.
Armored personnel carriers rolled from transport planes and clattered down the rubbish-strewn streets of Dili, Timorese refugees watched in amazement.
But the real test for the 7,500-member international force will come when it spreads to remote areas to protect a still terrified populace. It was unclear whether the militias would fade away or transform themselves into guerrilla fighters sniping and harassing the unwanted foreigners.
In wave after wave, the transport planes from Northern Australia airlifted more than 1,000 soldiers and tons of ammunition, explosives, land mines and supplies.
The troops arrived in an abandoned city left in smoking ruins, with no food, electricity or clean water.
fills, with no food, electricity or clean water. Within hours of beginning the operation at dawn, heavily armed combat troops from Australia.New
As they moved through town, the troops could see black smoke from fresh fires billowing over the city and, in the evening, the glow of flames in the countryside.
Zealand and Britain were in control of the airport and the harbor, the two vital links to the city.
"There is a lot of destruction," Australian Maj. Chip Henriss-Andersen said.
Some residents emerged and shook hands with the troops and smiled.
The airlift was to continue through the night, and operation commanders said they hoped to have 2,300 troops in the half-island territory by daybreak today.
The arrival of the force, just five days after it was authorized by the U.N. Security Council, spelled the beginning of the end of Indonesian rule in East Timor, where four-fifths of the people voted for independence in an Aug. 30 referendum.
Despite threats to attack the international force, there was no sign of the pro-Indonesian militias who launched a campaign of arson, terror and murder, driving tens of thousands of people from their homes in hopes of nullifying the ballot.
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