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VOL.101,NO.54
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS KANSA HISKOPEI
KANSAS STATE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7,1991
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Landslides in the Philippines leave 2.300 dead
The Associated Press
TACLOBAN, Philippines — Landslides unleashed by a tropical storm roared down mountains in the Philippines, sweeping screaming victims into the sea. More than 2,300 people died and 1,500 were missing and presumed dead, officials said yesterday.
The landslides hit the central islands of Leye and Negros on Tuesday, burying coastal slanty towns under mud. debris and flood waters.
Yesterday, scores of bodies still lay in the debris, and rescuers collected bodies, sometimes in wheelbarrows, for mass burials.
"The water suddenly rose. Cars and trucks were being flushed into Ormocce Bay like toys," said Ruby Gernale, a
Red Cross official in Ormoc, a city on Royte that was hardest-hit by the furrile.
"People were being carried by the waters, crying out for help. But we were helpless," Gernale said. "The current was so strong."
One landslide that hit the Ormoc area swept over shanty towns, crumbling the shacks under the weight of mud and debris. Workers were digging mass graves yesterday for the victims.
The disaster came during tropical storm Thelma's sweep across the region, 450 miles southeast of Manila. The storm only became aware of the scope of the disaster yesterday, however, because of poor communication with the area.
The storm dumped nearly 6 inches of rain in 24 hours on steep mountains on the island that were so heavily logged there was little to prevent the slides.
Officials said another 52 people died on the island of Negros.
Aurora Ladoy of the Leyte Provincial Disaster Coordinating Center said the death toll on Leyte, 250 miles south of Manila, stood at 2,337.
The storm forced former first lady Imelda Marcos, whose hometown is on Leye, to cancel a planned trip to the island yesterday. It was not known if Marcos, who pledged to visit victims of previous disasters following her return from exile earlier this week, would reschedule the visit.
Thelma, a relatively weak storm,
struck Samar island Tuesday with
winds gusting to 46 mph before passing over Leyte and Negros. There were no reports from Samar, one of the most important largest, of the 7,100 Philippine islands.
Yesterday, many bodies still lay in the mud, stripped of their clothes by the water.
Most of the dead were in Ornoc, the coastal city of about 160,000, which is about 45 miles southwest of Tacolan, and 27 miles north of Ornoc. The death toll in Ornoc stood at 2,002.
"I saw one van with bodies piled on top of each other with legs and arms protruding out," said Vilma Tan, a regional civil defense worker.
Lito Osmena, Cebu provincial governor, flew to Ormoc by helicopter yesterday to offer assistance and said
many of the dead were children.
Officials said thousands of residents were unaccounted for.
City officials set up a makeshift morgue outside the community health clinic. Filipino reporters who reached the city said that throughout the day a grim column of people walked to the clinic carrying the bodies of loved ones.
The disaster occurred five months after the devastating eruptions of the Mount Pinatobu volcano, which caused the deaths of about 700 people, left more than 300,000 homeless and forced the U.S. Air Force to abandon Clark Air Base, a few miles east of the mountains.
Knight-Ridder Tribune Newi
Record lows precede season's second snow
Forecaster predicts 2 inches; November record is 9.4 inches
Kansan staff writer
She had not brought a coat to work.
As snow and cold swept into Lawrence early evening dayening, Ellen Garber waited inside Wescoe Hall for her ride home.
Garber, graduate admissions secretary for the history department, said she loved snowy weather.
"It gives me energy and motivates me," she said
Robert Wavrin, a forecaster for the National Weather Service in Topeka, said yesterday that he anticipated the storm would produce several inches of snow.
The service reported 3 inches of snow by midnight yesterday.
The average snowfall for November is 1.2 inches. We estimate the average snowfall for Winter is 1.8 inches.
He said that temperatures in the past week had been cooler than usual. The average normal high for November is 59
Yesterday's high was 36 degrees,
he said.
"We did see some record-low temperatures last week," Warin said.
But he said the cold weather did not mean that this winter would be particularly harsh. The winter weather did not distress Krystyn Riddle, Overland Park senior.
The white weather and hot distress Krystyn Riddle, Overland Park senior.
"Iruna lo, and it's niceen to get extremely thirsty," she said. "It's a lot niceen than not hot."
Riddle said she enjoyed running in snow.
"The snow is fun to run in, especially when the ice formation through and leave [brush] clear."
But the snow and cold do not make it fun
for Oin Sons to ride his bike around campus.
"It's too early to be cold," said Song,
Chingdu China, graduate student. "I hope it
will be warm."
He said there was absolutely nothing he liked about yesterday's weather.
But he said the snowy weather was kind of nice.
Bryan Burger, Overland Park senior,
argued that wister had come to open.
In the winter you can keep warm by putting on more clothes, he said.
"I don't like summer too much because you can't get comfortable." Burger said.
Kristen Petty (special to the KANSAN) After icy road conditions caused a three-car accident on Louisiana Street near 31st Street, top, a Douglas County paramedic covers Lawrence resident Diane Folsom to protect her from snow. She was taken by ambulance to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, treated and then released.
Federal Reserve cuts discount rate to 18-year low
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve pushed a key interest rate to an 18-year low yesterday in a fresh effort to jump-start the national economy and keep it from sliding back into recession.
Major banks immediately cut their prime lending rates. This lowered the benchmark for many consumer and business loans to a five-year low of 7.5 percent. However, analysts question whether the moves would be beneficial.
President Bush said he was concerned about slipping consumer confidence but suggested that U.S. citizens suddenly would wake up, notice rates were down and go out and buy cars and buses.
The Associated Press
Private economists were far more pessimistic as they surveyed a glut of weak economic statistics showing rising unemployment and plummeting
The Federal Reserve announced that it was slashing its discount rate, the interest it charges to make direct loans to commercial banks, from 5 percent to 4.5 percent, the lowest level since January 1973.
"This is a very troubled economy," said Allen Sinai. chief economist of the
But many analysts said they doubled the latest round of rate cuts would do much to get jittery consumers spending again, given the huge overhang of consumer debt from the 1980s and fears about further job layoffs.
confidence.
Later in the day, the central bank lowered its target for the federal funds rate, the interest that banks charge by, a quarter-point to 4.75 percent.
It marked the 13th time the Fed has nudged the funds rate lower and the fifth time it has cut the discount rate since the recession began in July 1990.
Boston Co. "There was some snapback in the spring in manufacturing, housing and consumer spending, but all three areas look as though they have
Michael Baskin, head of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, said the administration thought the economy would be doing better by the end of 2013 than in interest rates but said the period between now and then was uncertain.
Bush said the results from Tuesday's elections showed that a slow comeback is possible.
"They're hurting out there," he said.
"They're concerned about their livelihood."
"One has to form a judgment about what all this negative news that has beyped by the media will do to consumer psychology, consumer purchases and business investment," he said.
Big banks drop prime
Major banks dropped their base rates immediately after Federal Reserve cut discount rate
Policy bans blocking of disabled access ramps
SOURCE: Knight-Ridder Financial News
Knight-Ridder Tribune News
Bikes, other obstacles will be impounded
By Stephanie Patrick Special to the Kansan
After a month delay, a policy banning vehicles and other obstructions from disabled access ramps was signed yesterday by KU official.
Del Shankel, interim executive vice chancellor, signed a policy that forbids bicyclists and motorists from parking their vehicles on ramps, sidewalks, stairways and handrails and in doorways and halls.
Kelley Hayden, assistant to the executive vice chancellor, said, "There have been several complaints from disabled students and faculty. The policy is meant to address that and other obstructions."
He said that other obstructions refer to things such as boxes tempi-
terials, awnings, and sofas.
The policy was supposed to be signed last month but got lost in a shuffle of paperwork. Hayden said.
There will be a two-week grace period beginning immediately before the policy is enforced.
Offenders will be responsible for reclaiming the vehicle and paying any
Under the terms of the policy, locks and chains of violators will be cut and the vehicles will be stored by a vehicle-to-wiring service.
The Student Assistance Center will respond to student complaints.
Bob Turvey, associate director of the Student Assistance Center, said he was pleased with the decision.
"We are ready to go," he said. "We will consider all complaints and remove the obstructions."
He said recent publicity of the problem had made the non-disabled more aware of the obstacles the disabled face.
"I am impressed," Turvey said. "There are fewer bikes on the ramps. They are obviously being responsible about the problem."
Facilities operations will handle faculty and staff complaints. The department also will be responsible for removing the obstructions.
Mike Richardson, director of facility
services at Airbus and out bvey-
deloks at the group's headquarters.
KU police are required to witness all removals for identification purposes, according to the policy.
For Chris Hamilton, Lawrence senior, the new policy means he will have an easier time navigating the campus on his crutches.
"I glad the policy was enacted," he said. "It is harder for disabled students to get around, especially in this weather. I think now that the policy has been enacted it will be easier for disabled students to get around."
Bicyclist Karen Clifton, Tulsa, Okla., senior, agreed.
Although she has seen fewer vehicles on the ramps later, she is in favor of a policy prohibiting such obstructions altogether, she said.
There are plenty of other places to park the bikes, Clifton said.
Former KU Marching Band director dies after heart attack
Kansan staff writer
Bv Rochelle Olson
Russell Wiley, director of the KU Marching Band for 35 years, died yesterday morning from natural causes. He was 87.
Wiley suffered a heart attack during a one-car accident Oct. 31. He died of apparent natural causes at 1:48 a.m. in Kansas City, Mo.
Wiley started the Midwestern Music and Art Camp, which has drawn thousands of high school students to KU every summer since 1836. He directed the camp until 1975.
He conducted the University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra from 1942 to 1957.
Raised in a Texas family of musicians, Wiley began playing the violin when he was 7.
Former students and colleagues said Wiley had developed a good reputation for the KU department of music and theater, and many students to the University.
Don Shaffer, Kansas City, Mo., resident, attended the band camp in 1960 and decided to attend KU because of Wiley he said.
Shaffer said.
Wiley was like a father figure, Shafer said.
"He provided by example what could be done if you believed in something," he said.
Shaffer recalled an incident that illustrated band members' feelings about Wiley. The band was waiting to begin an outdoor Sunday concert.
Shaffer turned to his friend and said they might not be able to play because of the rain clouds filling the sky.
The friend replied, "It's not going to rain. Mr. Wiley would not let it rain during our concert."
"That's the kind of respect he had."
Wiley had a dignified air and a hearty laugh that were evident around kings and paupersalike, Shafer said.
"He related to both kinds of people and
made them feel better about who they were and what they could become," he said.
Shaffer, who taught music for 32 years, continued to consult Wiley through the years.
"I called him because of my continued respect for him." Shaffer said.
Colleagues in the music department also spoke fondiv of Wilev.
Tom Stidham, assistant director of bands, said, "I suspect in the dictionary beside the word gentleman is Mr. Wiley's picture."
The music camp has had a great impact on the KU band program, he said.
David Bushouse, professor of music now directs the camp
Wiley will lie in state from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at the Rumsey Funeral Home, 601 Indiana St.
Services will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Country Club Christian Church in Kansas City, Mo. Burial will be at Lawrence Memorial Park.
A memorial service will be at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow at First Christian Church, 1000 Kentucky St.
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