European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 07, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4the stars and stripes sunday april 7,1991 mall hostages Fate i. Quot from wire reports Sacramento Calif. A four members of a asian youth gang unhappy with life in the United states tossed coins to decide which hostages to shoot during a siege that ended when police stormed the building authorities said. Three of the gunmen and three hostages died when sheriffs deputies rushed the Good Guys electronics store late thursday. The fourth gunman was critically wounded and will face murder charges if he lives authorities said. A ten hostages were wounded including a 72-year-old Man with gunshot wounds to the head neck and Chest. All remained hospitalized late Friday. Twenty eight hostages were unhurt and there were no injuries among the sheriff s deputies. The gunmen members of the Oriental boys gang a went there with the idea of taking hostages a said sheriff Glen Craig. A there was frustration. It was dissatisfaction with their lot in life. With their life in this country. They had difficulty getting  their requests changed during the ordeal and were inconsistent Craig said. They asked for $4 million 40 1,000-year-old Ginger plants four a pro Tocop like vests and transportation to Thailand where they said they intended to shoot Viet Cong. Police officials said the gunmen who had already shot and wounded two hostages flipped coins to determine whom to shoot next and were pointing guns at hostages Heads when authorities opened fire. After More than eight hours of failed negotiations a member of the sheriffs assault team fired a shot through the stores Glass front door As other officers dropped through the store ceiling and began shooting. One of the gunmen who was killed shot one hostage after another As soon As he saw the deputies coming a into the store. V 7  . A  a at the time when it got critical when people were about to Start dying the time they stormed the store was exactly the proper thing to do a said Alan Story 37, who was shot in the Chest. A they were there strictly to get hostages a Story Saidon Coin toss at University medical Center in Sacramento. A fall of them were dissatisfied with the Job opportunities Here so they wanted to go. To  who treated Many of the victims said they were shot at close Range which authorities interpreted As proof that police bullets did hot hit any hostages. The dead hostages were identified As store employ pcs Kris Sohne 27 John Fritz whose age was not available and Fernando Gutierrez 28. All were from the Sacramento area. \ a Kob to identified the gunmen As Phant Nguyen 19 Long Nguyen 17 Loi Nguyen 21 and Quan Trang 23. All spoke poor English which Craig said caused some communication problems during negotiations. A in a statement to a television reporter the Nguyen family said they were sorry for what the free Brothers and their Friend had done. The family escaped from Vietnam in 1975. Loi Nguyen was wearing the bulletproof Vest and survived the police assault. He was listed in critical condition at the University medical Center. Spanish language Bill signed in puerto Rico san Juan puerto Rico apr in a ceremony steeped in cultural Pride gov. Rafael Hernandez Colon on Friday signed into Law a Bill making Spanish the sole official language of puerto Rico. The measure revokes a 1902 Law designating English and Spanish As official languages. Addressing More than 2,000 invited guests at san Juan Scenter for the performing arts Hernandez Colon on Friday called the new Law a historic measure that will preserve puerto Rico a centuries old Spanish heritage. Some critics have said the real purpose of the Spanish Only Law is to solidify con Gressional opposition against admitting puerto Rico As the 51st . State. A Bill pending in Congress would allow puerto Rico to hold a referendum this year on whether to remain a Commonwealth become a state or break away to form an Independent nation. During his speech Friday Colon also emphasized the importance of expanding English fluency among the Caribbean islands 3.6 million residents. Fewer than 25 percent Are fully bilingual in Spanish and English. A today we proclaim wih Pride that the language of this Vanguard culture is Spanish but we also reaffirm that to master English is of vital importance to the puerto Riclair people a Colon said. The islands House of representatives by a vote of 32-10, gave final legislative approval to the Spanish Only Bill thursday night. A the Bill is unlikely to have much practical effect since most puerto rican government business already is conducted in Spanish. . Government agencies and the Federal courts will continue to use English. The new Taw prohibits discrimination against anyone who does not speak Spanish. Korbut talks about chernobyl soviet gymnast Olga Korbut meets with reporters at the Fred Hutchinson cancer research Center in Seattle while son Richard 12, looks on. Korbut talked about the effects the chernobyl nuclear disaster had on her family. Korbut was in Seattle to promote a new foundation she and the Center Are starting to Aid victims of chernobyl trouble in Camelot touches off Media by Frank  the new York times an accusation of rape at the Kennedy family a estate in Palm Beach Fla., last weekend has generated what May be the most intense news coverage of any Story since the War in the persian Gulf ended last month. _ about 300 journalists have descended on the Florida resort fighting Over tips chasing after the woman who said she was raped running Down the vaguest rumours and generating classic tabloid style headlines like a bachelors party  Teddy wore Only a to shirt a and a the curse of the Kennedy has struck  but beyond the circus like atmosphere generated by the enormous press presence editors say is the serious a Story of a possible cover up and the idea of a separate Standard of Justice for the influential and Well born. A is no to it astonishing a said Jerry Nachman editor of the new York Post a that a week after the alleged incident took place not one of the three potential suspects has been questioned by the police a Many news reports have noted that no information about the incident was made Public until monday and that the Palm Beach police on three occasions changed their Story of How the incident was reported to them. By then sen. Edward m. Kennedy his son Patrick and his Nephew William Kennedy Smith who met the woman at a bar Early saturday had left Florida. A it May not be the quintessential tabloid Story but its close Quot Nachman said. A its got sex violence the Rich a sultry setting a controversial United states senator who May or May not have been wearing shorts and the police acting out of character. A for maybe in character a Nachman added. A there is that resonance of Chappaquiddick with its second level of Justice.�?�. While the Story unfolds in Florida the journalistic Battleground is new York. There three tabloids Newin Case Palm Beach Fla. Apr police on Friday identified William Kennedy Smith Nephew of sen. Edward Kennedy As the suspect in an alleged rape at the Ken Nei y family compound. A we have identified that particular gentleman As our suspect in this Case a said police spokesman Craig gum Kel after stating Smiths full name. J Smith 30, is a medical student at Georgetown University in Washington d.c., and is the son of Kennedy solder sister Jean Kennedy Smith and the late Stephen Smith a former Kennedy family Campaign aide. Gunkel refused to provide More details or say if and when Smith would be arrested. Police also said in a separate statement that Smiths Miami attorney former Federal prosecutor Mark Schnapp a has declined to make his client available for interview by detectives of the Palm Beach police  Quot Schnapp did not answer Telephone Calls to his office Friday afternoon. A. A l in a statement from Washington Kennedy cautioned that a being named a suspect does not mean one has committed an offence. When All the facts come out pm confident Willie will be  the police news conference naming Smith came just an hour after a judge rejected Media requests to unseal a police report on the alleged rape. Palm Beach circuit judge Richard Oftedal said police had no Legal obligation to provide the document but they can do so voluntarily. Investigators complained a deluge of Media attention has hampered their investigation and sought to keep details confidential a decision challenged in court by Media organizations. Sen. Kennedy 59, who was at the Beac Side compound the Day of the alleged attack a week ago said he was working out  Mutual time to talk to investigators. _ York new Day the Post and the daily news Are battling fiercely Over a shrinking newspaper Market. On tuesday when the Story broke both the Post and the news devoted the front Page to what the news called the a Kennedy mansion rape  new York new Day went with the signing of baseball player Dwight Gooden a the $ 16-million  the Post ran the Story on the front Page every Day a bachelors party on wednesday a i want Justice a on thursday and Friday  Teddy a sexy  the news put non Kennedy stories on the front Page on wednesday and thursday. But Friday the Kennedy Story was Back. The headline a Palm Beach  a i think we re doing Well a said Matthew Storin the daily news a managing editor. A a it  sensitive Story As is any rape Story and it also involves famous