14
Friday. April 5, 1991 / University Daily Kansan
4 men take 30 hostages in California store holdup
The Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Lawmen stormed an electronics store yesterday in a burst of gunfire to end an 8½-hour standoff with four hostage-taking gunmen. Three of the gunmen and at least two hostages were killed, an official said.
Several hostages were wounded,
one seriously, and the fourth gunman
was seriously wounded in the seige
County Sheriff Glen Craig said.
About 30 hostages were taken in the incident.
One witness said he saw a gunman shooting randomly at hostages shortly before the officers stormed the store.
A television station reported that the gunmen demanded $4 million in cash, in addition to guns, bullet-proof vests and a helicopter. There was no immediate confirmation of the cash demand.
Nine of 30 hostages taken — two men, two women and five children — were freed earlier from the south Sacramento store in Florin Mall, the tree in a mother and her two children in exchange for one bullet-proof vest
The last hostage to be freed, Sean McIntyre, was shot in the leg and sent hobbling to safety through the Good Guys store's glass front doors.
An explosion from a sheriff deputy's concussion grenade blew out glass in the front door. As the glass shattered, a young girl, her hands behind her back, covered near the core front. She survived the ordeal.
Loftv work
Cliff Hadi, facilities operations employee, scrapes old and ineffective caulk from a fifth-floor window wills at Hambleton Hall on West Campus. With the aid of a cherry-picker. Hadi spent about an hour yesterday scraping the caulk from two of the building's windows before applying new caulk in an effort to stop persistent leaking.
6.1 earthquake in northern Peru injures one
The Associated Press
obama.
LIMA, Peru. A strong earthquake struck northern Peru yesterday in the same jungle region where a slightly stronger tremor a year ago officials said. Radio reports said at least one person was injured
The tremor caused roofs to collapse in one northern town, said the Peruvian Geophysics Institute.
The U.S. Geological Survey, however, said the earthquake registered a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale
The institute officials said the quake measured 5.5 on the Richter scale and was centered 30 miles south of Moyobamba, in a highland jungle 400 miles north of Lima. The institute said roots collapsed in the town of Rioja. 15 miles east of Moy-
Yesterday's quake was felt as far away as Piura, on Peru's Pacific coast 250 miles northwest of Moyobamba, the Peruvian institute said. A house painter in Moyobamba was injured when his scaffolding collapsed, radio reports said.
The epicenter was in a mountain- area north of the Peruvian capital of Lima, the same area where a 6.5 magnitude earthquake on May 30, 1900, killed 67 people. Initial figures, later revised by officials, had put the toll in the 1990 quake at 135 dead.
1900, killed or people. Initial figures, later revised by officials, had put the toll in the 1990 quake at 135 dead.
Both Rioja and Moyobamba were hard hit by the 1990 quake.
Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey national earthquake information center in Golden, Colo., said the 1990 earthquake released about four times more energy than yesterday's make.
The Richter scale is a measure of the strength of an earthquake as recorded by ground motion. Each increase of one whole number on the scale indicates a tenfold increase in the strength of the quake. An earthquake with a magnitude between 6 and 7 can cause severe damage.
- Fill out an Options Card to reserve any of the above options.
- Options Cards can be filled out April 5-26 in the Strong Rotunda.
- You will receive a bill for tuition and optional fees at fall fee payment; make only one payment for tuition and optional fees.
- Must be enrolled to fill out Options Card; Please present enrollment card and KU ID.
- No options card will be available in the Fall; Student will have to visit each individual vendor.