UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, February 21, 1997
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Andean mudslide buries 300
Workers still pulling bodies from the muck
The Associated Press
LIMA, Peru — Rain slowed the grisly task of pulling bodies from mud and rocks yesterday, and hope dwindled of finding more survivors of an Andean mudslide that killed as many as 300 villagers.
Rescue workers in rubber boots braved downpours to continue the search. There were fears that the large number of bodies could lead to epidemics. Government workers vaccinated villagers against tetanus and other diseases.
victims' arms and legs could be seen sticking out of the sea of mud that covered entire villages.
On Tuesday, the side of a hill satrated by rain let loose and roared down onto two sleeping mountain villages in the district of Tamburo, southeast of the capital, Lima. People, homes, livestock and crops were swept away.
Miriam Monzon Carrion, a nurse, said many people were crushed beneath the weight of their homes. Only two houses remained standing in the village of Ccocha (pronounced HOW-cha), she said.
Many families, trapped on high ground surrounded by the impassible muck, were forced to spend the night outside, wet and cold.
"The families are desperate to find the bodies," the Rev. Tomas Garcia said in a radio interview from the disaster zone. The chances of finding any more survivors were slim.
have been recovered thus far by rescue workers.
President Alberto Fujimori, inspecting the disaster site Wednesday, said 250 to 300 people were buried in the mud.
Survivors awaited the arrival of much-needed food and medicine. A Chilean air force plane arrived in Peru yesterday with a shipment of tents, clothing, cots, bedding, disposable diapers and drinking water.
During his visit to the disaster zone, Fujimori placed a boy's slack body in a coffin. The president, known for his steely demeanor, was clearly moved by the tragedy.
"I have just seen 3-year-old children with their bodies limp," he said. "Two villages have almost completely vanished."
About 250 people were evacuated because of the threat of more mudslides and up to 600 may be moved to safer areas, Health Minister
Marino Costa Bauer said.
Tamburco also was the scene of a mudslide Sunday that killed five people and left 40 families homeless.
Heavy rain in the highlands from December through March frequently cause flooding and landslides.
Mandela, ex-wife fare well in public
The Associated Press
SOWETO, South Africa — A potentially thorny moment passed smoothly yesterday when President Nelson Mandela's exwife, Winnie, showed up at a ceremony attended by Mandela and his girlfriend.
It was the first time all three were seen at the same public function. But if there was any discomfort, all hid it well.
Mandela and Graca Machel sat together, laughing and whispering at times, on a podium for the ceremony kicking off Mandela's "culture of learning" campaign to promote education in South Africa.
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She and Mandela didn't speak and hardly looked in each other's direction. Madik.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela arrived late and walked to an
Nelson Mandela
izela-Mandela and Machel also had no contact.
Mandela, 78, divorced Winnie last year, four years after their separation in 1992. Since the divorce, Mandela and Machel, 51, have gone public with their relationship, which was rumored for months before the divorce.
Sex crimes investigated
Army instructors relieved of duties at German base
The Associated Press
The commander of the training center in Darmstadt already has been reassigned because of allegations that three of his instructors sexually assaulted or harassed 11 women soldiers, the army said yesterday.
BONN, Germany — U.S. Army investigators are examining how widespread sex crimes are at bases in Western Europe and Bosnia following allegations of rape, sodomy and cruelty by male instructors at a training center in Germany.
The three instructors have been relieved of their duties; two are in custody and the third has been
ordered to avoid contact with witnesses and the alleged victims. The Army refused to say whether the former commander also is a suspect.
An Army team was sent to Germany to look for other allegations of sex crimes, and it also will visit Bosnia and an Army installation in Vicenza, Italy.
The Army's European headquarters in Heidelberg has set up a hot line for GIs with complaints. Soldiers also have been told they can write down allegations and place them in sealed envelopes to preserve confidentiality, said headquarters spokesman Jim Boyle.
Teri Viedt, public affairs officer for the 233rd, said formal charges had not yet been lodged against the instructors, all non-commissioned officers. She refused to comment when asked whether investigators have found more alleged victims or suspects.
Saudi Arabia air base inconvenient but safe
Benefits include TV, Burger King
The Associated Press
PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, Saudi Arabia — The U.S. Air Force is hunkering down behind 64 miles of 8-foot fence, tons of barbed wire and a long stretch of scorpion-and-snake desert to escape the threat of terrorism in Saudi Arabia.
Eight months after 19 of their comrades were killed in the bombing of high-rise apartments in eastern Saudi Arabia, more than 4,000 Air Force men and women are settled into a gritty, dusty city of 700 dun-colored tents where security may be tighter than at any military base in the world.
Even the latrines get "security" handling. Sewage tank trucks from outside are not allowed to penetrate the base perimeter, so on-base tankers must empty the latrines and transfer their contents to civilian trucks miles away at the fence.
Incoming fuel and water are handled the same way because of the fear of truck bombs, tying up dozens of trucks and scores of Air Force security police who escort them.
"We don't do anything for convenience or efficiency," said base commander Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Dick.
In fact, despite the cable TV and the Burger King trailer, the base operation could hardly be more inconvenient.
The cocoon is reassuring to many.
"I'm concerned, but more for
"It was hard to explain to my 6 year-old boy why I was going back. All he knows is that 'Daddy is going to Saudi again.'"
John McCarthy U.S.Air Force StaffSergeant
my family than for myself. I see the security that's here, but they don't," said Staff Sgt. John McCarthy, 27. of Elmira, N.Y.
McCarthy, on his fourth Saudi tour, thinks about terrorism every day. He was injured in last June's blast at the Khobar Towers high rise.
"It was hard to explain to my 6-year-old boy why I was going back. All he knows is that 'Daddy is going to Saudi again,'" McCarthy said.
The June bombing, evidently bent on driving the U.S. military from Saudi Arabia, remains unsolved. Within two months, the Air Force was mounting a 45-day emergency move in which 78 aircraft and 25,000 tons of equipment were consolidated here from two air bases — at Dahrah, near Khobar, and at the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
Marty with Joe Bauman, Professor, KU School of Business, and Judy Kasson, accountant, Facilities Operations, University of Kansas
As a city commissioner, Marty Kennedy will bring that same spirit of cooperation to the city's interaction with the University of Kansas. When the city and KU plan and work together, we all win.
Throughout his many years in business, Marty Kennedy has learned the importance of cooperation. Without cooperation, every project takes longer and costs more.
COOPERATION
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