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Los Angeles riots
overwhelm police
City on fire after King verdict
LOS ANGELES — Riots, arson
and looting raged throughout the Los
Angeles area Thursday and the death
toll rose to 18 as National Guard
troops moved into neighborhoods tom
by outrage over the Rodney King
verdict.
About 450 people had been in
jured and 300 arrested in the outburst
of destruction that terrorized vast parts
of the city for a second day, from
downtown to the suburban San Fer
nando Valley.
At nightfall Thursday, violence had
spread into San Bernardino, 60 miles
to the east, where a gun battle be
tween a security guard and a motorist
that police said was riot-related left
one dead. Santa Monica, to the west,
closed its beaches, and vandals de
scended upon historic Hollywood
Boulevard, setting fire to at least one
business.
As many as 40 fires were burning
as a citywide dusk-to-dawn curfew
took effect. At least six new major
blazes ringed downtown, enveloping
the city’s skyscrapers in thick smoke.
Arizona Gov. Fife Symington said
California Gov. Pete Wilson had asked
him for National Guard equipment
and lold him: “It’s out of control.”
Wilson was flying to Los Angeles
from the capital, Sacramento.
Much of the city shut down. Bus
service was halted, professional sport
ing events were postponed, thousands
of businesses and schools were closed,
and some flights were rerouted around
columns of smoke.
Shoppers stocked up on batteries
and candles, fearing power outages as
night approached.
Police spokeswoman Sharon
Michaelson said 17 deaths had been
confirmed in Los Angeles from the
rioting. That was in addition to the
death in San Bernardino.
Most of the rioters were black, but
whites, Asians .and Hispanics took
part in some of the violence. The dead
included eight blacks and one white,
all male, the coroner’s office said.
The ages and gender of the other
victims were not immediately avail
able.
Arsonists torched hundreds of
buildings. In 15 hours ending at 1
p.m., firefighters responded to 1,084
structure fires. Officials said they were
too busy to compile damage estimates.
Bush, Barr condemn violence
WASHINGTON — President Bush
condemned “murder and destruction”
by Los Angeles rioters on Thursday,
but at the same lime said the Justice
Department would intensify its in
vestigation of police conduct in the
taped-beating case that ignitca tne
violence.
Bush met at the White House with
Attorney General William Barr, who
raised the possibility that four offi
cers acquitted of brutality charges in
Areas of heavy rioting _
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stale court could face federal charges
if his investigation shows they vio
lated the civil rights of King.
“The murder and destruction on
the streets of Los Angeles must be
stopped,” Bush said.
Barr said the federal government
will move ‘‘as expeditiously as pos
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siblc” lo determine whether there are
grounds to charge the four white po
licemen with violating the civil rights
of Rodney King, who is black.
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Croatian bridges blown up
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzcgovina —
Masked commandos blew up the Iasi two bridges
linking Bosnia-Herzegovina with Croatia, kill
ing at least four people, according to a televi
sion report Thursday.
The railway and pedestrian bridges near
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Croatian radio said masked men in camou
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was put to the torch in fighting between Serbs,
who oppose Bosnian independence.
Greek Premier Constantine Mitsotakis ar
rived in Belgrade, Serbia’s capital, and met
Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.
Mitsotakis said Greece supported the new
Yugoslav federation announced Monday by
Serbia and its ally Montenegro. EC foreign
ministers were to meet Friday in Lisbon, Portu
gal, to discuss whether to rccogni/x the federa
tion.
The new Yugoslavia on Thursday estab
lished border posts with neighboring Croatia,
Bosnia and Macedonia. Passports will be needed
to cross the borders, Tanjug said.
Also in Lisbon, Serb, Slavic Muslim and
Croat delegates met with Portugal’s EC coor
dinator, Jose Culilciro, to discuss dividing Bosma
Her/.egovina into areas of “competencies” for
each ethnic group.
Quiet roommate
was actually dead
KEY WEST, Fla. — A 78-ycar-old man
thought his roommate was ignoring him and
didn’t realize the other man had been dead on
the kitchen floor for two months, police said.
Thomas Warren turned himself in for psy
chiatric treatment at dcPoo Hospital after po
lice discovered the body of 43-ycar-old Wil
liam Everett Delaney on Tuesday, authorities
said.
“I guess he might have had some kind ol
mental block where he didn’t want to believe
the guy was dead,” said police Detective Duke
Yannaconc.
Warren told police he recalled Delaney fall
ing in the kitchen about two or three months
ago. He said he often asked Delaney if he
wanted food or drink or if he needed to go to the
hospital.
“He said the guy was very stubborn and
wouldn’t answer him,” Yannaconc said.
No foul play is suspected and no charges
against Warren arc expected, Yannaconc said.
Police said alcohol abuse is suspected as the
cause of death.
Police were called by a welfare worker who
had gone to check on Warren.
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