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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. September 1, 1937 the stars and stripes Page 7 Boston gunman kills 5, commits suicide Boston a a Man identified As a vietnamese refugee opened fire with an automatic weapon in a Boston neighbourhood sunday killing tour relatives and another woman and critically wounding two other relatives before taking his own life authorities said. A vietnamese interpreter called la the scene said he23-Ycar-ofd gunman whose name was not immediately released by police had been involved in a dispute wit family member Over Money Deputy police superintendent Robert Otoole said the Man shot four people outside a Home in the City s Dorchester Section killing two of them then ran into the dwelling and fatally shot three More people then committed Sui fid after .1 to hour standoff Wilh police. Police spokeswoman Jane Shechan said the victims were the the gunman s 52-year-old Uncle 48-Ycar.nld aunt two female cousins Ages 23 and 26, and a 24-year-old woman visiting the family. Paramedic Juli Nichols who responded loan Emer gency Call said Joe Munro the Driver of a Tow truck parked near the scene of the shoaling jumped out of the vehicle picked up a 3-year-old girl who was wounded and ran through gunfire to hand the girl this sister who carried her to rescuers around the Cor Ner when police arrived they found paramedics treat ing a Man and the 3-year-old around the Comer from the House into which the gunman fled. Otoole said. A woman was found shot on a porch across the Street from the House he said inside the House police found a woman shot in a so Fairwell the Uncle shot in u hallway and a third unman in a bedroom. A 19-year-old Man was in Crit in condition at bos ton City Hospital and the .1-Ycnr-old girl was in Crit Iril condition at new England medical Center a spokeswoman said. Both were identified by police a cousins of the gun Man. Diwanna Salmons 14. Who lives across the Street from the three Story six apartment building used by the gunman said she was returning Home and thought she heard firecrackers exploding when she saw the gun Man wearing a Trench Coal with a Rifle barrel protruding from one of the sleeves lie came running at  the teen Ager said. He chased me into my Yard but he slipped on a piece of Board. I in shot at me but nothing came out of the  two other neighbors. Nancy Frency and a registered nurse said they rushed to Aid the woman who was shot outside the House. Frency said the gunman fired several shots at the woman s head after she had been felled by the first shot. After the gunman rushed into the House Frency and the nurse said they heard windows breaking Ana peo ple Yelling get Back gel Back the Man then fire additional Shols into the Street they said. The Soston police special operations squad armed with rifles surrounded the House and called a translator to try to open a dialogue with the gun Man police said. Police and the gunman did no Exchange fire. Tie shooting was new England s Sci nil multiple slaying of the weekend by a suspect when committed suicide. Police said a Providence r.i., woman fatally smother sleeping Boyfriend and her sister and son at Home before travelling to Sec Cronk. Mass., where she killed herself Early saturday. Public thinks College too costly Survey shows new York a Mot americans say a College education is More important than Ever but they question whether colleges give Good value for the Dollar according o a Media general associate press poll. A College education is too expensive Given the  of education provided according to a majority in the poll. Money and not ability is often the major variable in choosing where a child goes to school. About seven in id of the 1,348 adult americans in the nationwide Telephone poll said a College education is More important today than it was in the past. Nevertheless nearly six in 10 respondents said tuition at most private col Leges is top High for the Quality of Educa Tion provided while i i percent Felt the same Way about Public school tuition. Only 21 percent thought private schools charged the right amount 32 percent thought Public school tuition was a fair value. Six in 10 respondents said they would be disappointed if their children did not want to go to College. But most 63percent said financial considerations would limit where their children could go to school. About one third of respondents said they could Send their children to any school regardless of the Cost. Interestingly High school dropouts in tops in College tuition 1987-88 in dollars for tuition Lees room and Board private Benn legion Sarah Lawrence Barnard University of Chicago Columbia University Harvard Racic Fate Dartmouth Brown Tuff Vale $17,990 17.440 i 17,295 117,190 117,120 117,100 i 17,074 117,035 117,028 i 17,020 Colo. School of Minos is. Military Institute 6,690 i Diego a Rhode Island u. Of Illinois. Chicago Georga Mason a 5,892 male Maryuma Academy is. Mar a collage of my. 5,870 Calcado Tribune Chart source the come Board the poll were slightly More Likely lha College graduates to say College is More important today than it was in the past also those respondents who arc Tak ing courses at Public colleges or universities were More Likely than others to say that Public schools offered a Good value for the Dollar. But those talking courses at private schools were slightly More Likely than Olhan to say tuition was too High for the Quality of education provided at those schools. Respondents in the Media general associated press poll included a random scientific sampling of 1,348 adults across the country june 1-10. As with All Sample surveys the results of Media general a Telephone polls can vary from the Opin ions of All americans because of Chance variations in he Sample. For a poll based on about 1,300 interviews the results arc subject loan error margin of 3 percentage Points i ther Way. That is if one could have questioned All americans with Tele phones there is Only 1 Chance in 20 that the findings would vary from the results of polls such As this one by More than 3 percentage Point. Of course the results could differ from other polls for several reasons. Differences in exact wording of questions in the Liming of interviews and in the inter View methods could also cause variations. Additions to time capsule link past with future Aurora 111. A local resident forged a link with heir past and future when they opened an 1877 Lime capsule then decided to reseal it with artefact from the present to be discovered in the 21 St Century. About 400 people watched the opening of the Cap sule which had been scaled by a group of civil War veterans in the Cornerstone of their meetinghouse and museum in Aurora a City of 78,000 people about 30 Miles West of Chicago. Inside were newspapers from july 3, 1877, and Tome Vintage half dollars quarters half dimes three cent pieces and a 20-Ceni piece said Richard a. Houssman who presided at the capsule opening saturday. The 1877 Cornerstone laying ceremony was de scribed in two of the newspapers found in the Cap sule the Aurora daily Beacon and the German Lan Guage Aurora Volk Freund. The capsule also contained expensively bound his tories of two local civil War units the 36th Illinois Volunteer inf regt and the 8th Illinois Cav Houssman said. Well put the material we found today on display for about a year and then Seal it up again in a larger Container with current material until the year 2087 or 2088," he said. Houssman former president of the Aurora histor ical society said the Small Copper capsule was coated with Lead or Zinc to deter corrosion. He said the building was completed and dedicated in 1878, a year after the Cornerstone was Laid. The veterans had Given no specific Insl Rution when the capsule was to be opened so it was decided to do in this year As part of Aurora s 150th anniversary Cele bration Houssman said. Aurora mayor David fierce said workers had to dig through about one foot of Stone masonry to gel to the Lime capsule. Afterwards they patched up the Wall. Poker King turns in cards for seat on Exchange Chicago a former world poker Champion gentleman Jack Kel Fer says he has traded his seat at Caesars Palace in Las vegas for another one on the Chicago Board options Exchange. Keller 44, who made More than $ 1 Mil lion in eight years As a professional Gambler said he gave up the gaming life in june when Friend Jerry Krause asked him to be Bis partner in the Stock options business. He said the change had not been easy but he made it for the Sake of Bis wife Gloria and his two sons Jack. 13. And Scot 11. I Don t want my sons to grow up to be poker players Keller said. It s like telling them not to drink. You can t sit there witha bottle in your hand and expect them nol to  Keller captured 25 major poker titles including the 1984 poker world series championship. A dozen poker trophies decorate the Hearth of his Home in suburban Winnetka. It was like gladiators facing each other in the pit Keller said of the poker  loved to fal"1 pm  he said he did t know a Blue Chip from a poker Chip when he leased his oboe Seal on july i but he has Learned enough Mohave made a j5q.ooo profit so far in Trad ing contract to buy or sell Shareno Siock  
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