European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 30, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5students take up arms As police Hunt a maniac Gainesville Fla. Apr scores of police took up the Hunt in this terrified College town wednesday for a a maniac on the Loose who has killed and mutilated five students. Students armed themselves or fled to their parents. A we slept with Steak knives last night a said a tearful Stacie Green a 19-year-old Junior from Jacksonville. A i had to Call my mom. This is  the victims a four women and a Man attending either the University of Florida or Santa be Community College a were slain in three attacks at off Campus apartments since sunday police would not disclose How they were killed but said three victims were mutilated. A newspaper said one was decapitated. Police have refused to say How the killer got into the apartments which Are within a few Miles of each other. A a it a Clear this part of the country has some maniac on the Loose a said University of Florida president John Lombardi. A it reminds us of a natural catastrophe. The killer is selecting victims by criteria that Are not Clear to  police chief Wayland Clifton said the slayings probably were linked based on the killers methods but he would not elaborate. Sheriffs it. Spencer Mann said he was less certain of a link. He said Only that there were similarities. Gov. Bob Martinez ordered in dozens of state troopers and other Law enforcement agents. Out of state experts on serial killers were also called in on the Case. Local police tripled their patrols. A a you la see More police coverage than you be Ever seen in any City you be Ever lived in Quot Clifton said. The buildup was scant Comfort for the thousands of students living off Campus in the town of 90,000. The slayings have stirred memories of serial killer Ted Bundy. He died in the electric chair last year after murdering two Florida state University sorority Sisters in Tallahassee in a 1978 rampage. Hundreds of students bolted their doors fled to emergency shelters went Home to their parents or angrily demanded details on the slayings and How to protect themselves. Many armed themselves with pistols stun guns and Mace. A my father bought me a gun a said a Junior from Tallahassee who refused to give her name a til stay for a while but in a thinking of dropping out for a  said one Miami father who flew into Gainesville to pick up his daughter Quot she a going to go Back with three victims of what Florida authorities now believe to be a serial killer arc from left Christina Powell Christa Hoyt and Sonya Larson. All were University of Florida students at Gainesville Mace and knowing How to shoot a . Student Mark Andreozzi said he and a Roommate armed themselves when a carpet cleaner turned up unexpectedly tuesday. A i had an a and tic had a Bat. We re going to get guns after this a Andreozzi said. The University offered lodging for students afraid to return to their off Campus apartments. Fraternity and sorority houses churches Community groups and faculty members also offered to put students up. Lombardi said the University decided not to cancel classes because students who  go Home would be left without a the safety and support of the  but he said All penalties for non attendance would be suspended. Parents and friends flooded the phone lines with anxious Calls and students confronted the police chief with questions about How the killer got in. A at least Tell us that so we can know what we should do a said Karyn James one of the More than 1,200 students who jammed the student Union to hear the chief school president and others explain what precautions to take. Quot Here we Are buying All kinds of locks and deadbolts and we done to even know whether we  two bodies were found in one apartment on sunday one was discovered monday and two More were found together on tuesday the Gainesville Sun citing unidentified sources said one woman was decapitated. Authorities would not confirm the report. Slain were Tracy Inez Paulics 23, and a 23-year-old Roommate Manuel r. Taboada. Taboada had been a student at nearby Santa be Community College and was planning to study at the University of Florida. Paules was a senior at the University also slain were University of Florida freshmen Christina Powell 17, of Jacksonville and Sonja Larson 18, of Deerfield Beach and 18-year-old Christa Hoyt a Santa be Community College student and records clerk at the sheriffs  oks Church plan to exhume sex slaves body new York apr a judge tuesday gave the roman Catholic Church permission to exhume the remains of a former haitian slave proposed for canonization As the United states first Black Saint. The judge was nearly weeping As she read her ruling. The archdiocese of new York wants to exhume Pierre Toussaint a remains for identification by a pathologist and Church officials said monsignor Robert of Connell who Heads the cause for Toussaint a canonization. Church records show that Toussaint who died a free Man in new York in 1853 at age 87, was buried at old St. Patrick a Cathedral on Mulberry Street in what is now Little Italy. Of Connell said Toussaint a remains eventually will be buried beneath the altar of St. Patrick s Cathedral on fifth Avenue where All new York archbishops and Bishop Fulton j. Sheen Are interred. Acting state Justice Phyllis Gangel Jacob granted permission to exhume Toussaint a body. A it is rare that this court has an Opportunity to participate in such a historic event if Only tangentially a Gangel Jacob said. Court papers referred to Toussaint As a a Model of Charity who is considered the founder of Catholic charities because he helped the needy for 66 years before formal systems of assistance existed. Gangel Jacob said Toussaint had lived a a Long and apparently virtuous life a giving Money to the poor and nursing the ill during yellow fever plagues that swept new York City. A in those times the Only Consolation May have been the miracles of Faith and Trust a Gangel Jacob said struggling to keep from weeping. A after pausing As her voice broke Gangel Jacob said a indeed for the thousands of victims of the Scourge of aids a alzheimer a disease Melanoma and other currently incurable diseases the same May be True  the judge refused to Tell reporters what had moved her As she read her decision. Of Connell said the Church is investigating two miracles attributed to Toussaint. One involves a haitian Man who claimed he was cured of lung and stomach cancers by praying to Toussaint. The second is claimed by a Miami woman who said Toussaint cured her breast cancer. Ohio Bank robbery leaves 2 dead. 1 Hurt 40 years ago today. A f Al in in 1qso _ pm in the stars and stripes pleasant Hill Ohio apr a Bank employee and customer were shot and killed and another employee was wounded tuesday during an attempted Bank robbery a sheriff said. A 17-year-old boy was in custody said Miami county sheriff Charles Cox. He refused to release the suspects name. Cox said police received a Call after noon from a person who found the doors of the fifth third Bank locked. He said deputies kicked in the doors and found the victims All shot with a handgun he said. Cox said the victims had multiple gunshot wounds. A pm sure the people would have willingly Given him the Money a Cox said. A but to execute them a that a  there was no immediate word How much Money was taken but Cox said it was recovered in a wastebasket found in the Bank parking lot. He said a packet of paint pellets placed in the Money had exploded As intended. Such Booby traps Are intended to startle and Mark Bank robbers with paint. Cox said the suspect was identified by the wounded Bank employee. The teenager was taken into custody at his Home. Police were searching for a weapon. The wounded employee was taken to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. A nursing supervisor said the woman was in critical condition. Aug. 30, 1950 a korean communist forces closed a pincer around two thirds of the key port City of Pahang the Northeast Anchor of in. Lines As the 40-Mije Northem front flamed into action.30 years ago today. Aug. 30, 1960 a Premier Hazza maj Ali of Jordan and 10 Othir people were killed and 50 injured when explosions ripped his office and two other government offices.20 years ago today. Aug. 30, 1970 a an israeli Cabinet minister said that his country May withdraw from Middle Eastern peace talks if the arabs press demands for a Complete withdrawal from the occupied Arab lands.10 years ago today ,.aug. 30, 1980 a . Hostages in Iran spending their 300th Day in Captivity. Reported healthy although one captor said their situation had not changed. Iranian president Abolhassan Bam Sadr reiterated his opposition to spy trials for the captives. Were