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Purdue student kills dorm counselor, himself WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) —A Purdue University student shot and killed another student who was a dormitory counselor Wednesday. The counselor, an upperclass man who acts as a resident supervi sor in the dormitory, had discovered cocaine in the younger student’s possession Tuesday, said university spokeswoman Ellen Rantz.__ The counselor told campus po lice, who searched the student’s room and car and confirmed the drug possession, Rantz said. Police surrounded the dormitory for more than two hours, after the gunman locked himself in his room. Officers fired tear gas inside, en tered the room and found the stu dentdead. _' THEME PARTY WEAR ' •Dr. Martens Boots & Shoes *Vinyl VinyJ Vinyl •Disco Party Wear jLJ tl| "Spiked Heels •Biker Party Wear KartS)?* •Platform Shoes •Hippie Party Wear •& Accessories 52nd & O OpenMon-Sat 483-2263 lip Discover Card and Checks ■fek You Don't Stand Ghost of a Ch Bring out your dead for a night in the "ZONE.1 You'll live in fear as you crawl over live creatures, you'll die for "THE CHAIR," and live in horror when you enter the "DEAD ZONE" October 12,18,19,23 Open 7-11 pm October 13,20,27,30,: Open 7-9pm Price is: THE DEAD ZONE- $5.00 Fans killed at World Cup At the qualifying match, more than 44 people died in a stam pede. GUATEMALA-CITY (AP) — Fans trying to squeeze into a soccer stadium crushed and suffocated one another at a World Cup qualifying match Wednesday night. Between 44 and 80 people were killed and more than 150 were injured, local radio said. The accident occurred about 45 minutes before a soccer game between Guatemala and Costa Rica at Mateo Flores National Stadium. About 45,000 people, including the presidents of the two countries, were in die stands. Radio stations gave death tolls as small as 44, but Radio Emisoras Unidas reported at least 80 people were killed. Apparently, too many tickets were sold for the match. Fans who were not allowed in tried to pass through a small stadium entrance into a general seat ing area, witnesses told local radio. Witnesses said the accident oc curred in a concrete causeway about 15 yards long and two or three yards wide. Security forces could not stop them and the crowd surged through the gate, trampling or suffocating people inside. Radio reports said dozens of bod ies were laid out on the field. Guatemalan President Alvaro Arzu said that “one of the largest tragedies in our country has happened tonight.” “I appeal to the maturity of the people of Guatemala,” Arzu said. “I have taken the decision to suspend this match.” Stampedes have occurred at emo tionally charged soccer matches around the world. The worst in recent history include the April 15, 1989, disaster at the Sheffield, England, soccer stadium, «—— One of the largest tragedies in our country has hap pened tonight Award Arzu President of Guatemala I - ' ' : i when 95 people were crushed to death. On Jan. 13, 1991, at least 40 people were trampled and crushed at an Orkney, South Africa, stadium when fan&tried to escape fights that broke out in the stands. On June 16, a stampede at a World Cup qualifying match between Zam bia and Sudan in Lusaka, Zambia, killed nine people and injured 78. Davis used m pro-death penalty ads across California as election nears BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The sullen, bearded face of killer Richard Allen Davis slowly “morphs” on the TV screen into the unsmiling image of Rep. Vic Fazio. The stunning commercial is from Tim LeFever, a Republican challeng ing Democrat Fazio. And it’s not the only campaign in California to make political use of the public’s revulsion toward the man condemned to die for the murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas. At least three Republican congres sional candidates from Sacramento hundreds of miles south to Santa Bar bara are using Davis’ name in ads to attack their opponents on the death penalty. “It’s a good strategy because sup . port for the' death Penalty. has been at the 70 percent level and above since 1978,” said Bruce Cain, a political sci ence professor at the University of California at Berkeley. It took less than two weeks after the Sept. 26 sentencing for the first Davis ad to appear. The third appeared last week. The ad from freshman Rep. Andrea Seastrand opens with a shot of children in a playground, and tells viewers that two people were disappointed with Davis’ death sentence: Davis and Seastrand’s opponent in the district covering San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, Democrat Walter Capps. The ad labels Davis “The Mur derer” and Capps “The Liberal.” Then there’s the ad from Rep. Frank Kiggs, a Kepuoncan wnose Nortn Coast district includes Klaas’ home town of Petaluma. It shows footage of Davis and de scribes Riggs as a death penalty sup porter. Then Democrat Michela Alioto’s face appears, covered by a red question mark. She is heard saying, “I am not in favor of the death penalty.” LeFever, who criticizes Fazio for voting against California's death pen alty in 1977, noted that his ad does not mention Polly by name. “We’re talking about the death pen alty,” he said. “We’re talking about Vic Fazio’s record on the death penalty, and we’re talking about what we are going , to do with the Richard Allen Davises | of this world.” > • 1 | University Lutheran chapel Presents Soul Support is Contemporary Chrislian Music group that began in Southeast Nebraska. The five men bring an exciting style of acappellato the stage in their worahip and praise of Jesus Christ. Tonight, October 17,1996 Union Ballroom • City Campus $3.00 Per Person E-mail ULC at ulc@unlinfo.unl.edu *1510 'Q' Street • 477-3997 .■ ■HI—— — .■■■■■—■ .... ' " ' — — J Mexican drug Kingpin convicted Cartel leader may face life in prison for trafficking and money laundering. HOUSTON (AP)—Mexican drug kingpin Juan Garcia Abrego was convicted today of charges that he masterminded the transportation of tons of cocaine into die United States and laundered millions of dollars in drug profits. Garcia Abrego looked stem and one of his hands seemed to twitch as the verdict was an nounced. He feces up to life in prison. No sen tencing date was set. The verdict against the 52-year-old drug car tel leader came after nearly 12 hours of delib erations that began Thursday in U.S. District Court. Garcia Abrego went on trial Sept. 16 on 22 counts of trafficking nearly 15 tons of cocaine I—--— - and the illegal laundering of some $10.5 mil lion. Garcia Abrego was once on the FBI’s “Most Wanted List,” and prosecutors charged that he was making $2 billion a year before his capture in January. He reportedly doled out millions of dollars in bribes to high-ranking Mexican officials to have them look the other way. Among Garcia Abrego’s alleged associates was Raul Salinas, the elder brother of former Mexico President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. The verdict was followed by a property for feiture hearing at which U.S. District Judge Ewing Werlein Jr. instructed jurors to deliber-# ate on an amount to be seized by the govern ment as coming from illegal drug profits. Prosecutors told jurors the seizure could reach $1 billion. ^tngEcltor Doug Peters Jennifer Milke Asaoc. 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