European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes monday november 4, 1991 Iowa Campus stunned after killing classes cancelled for Healing process from wire reports Iowa City Iowa a the University of Iowa stunned Over a graduate students Slaughter of five people cancelled classes today As the school tried to fathom the bloody work of the highly educated gunman. University president Hunter Rawlins on saturday ordered a one Day break for students a to give the Healing process a Chance to begins following the violence Friday by physics student gang la who ended his 15-minute rampage in suicide. Members of the University s football team wore Black Arm bands in mourning during their game saturday at Ohio state University. Psychologists held workshops on the 28,000-student Campus to Deal with the sorrow Over the outburst by the chinese native. Ann Rhodes vice president of University relations said la was so upset that his Post doctoral dissertation had not been nominated for an academic la award that he had filed a complaint with the academic affairs office. Rawlins confirmed la had sent the president s office a letter prior to the shootings. Quot the nature of the letter was not threatening Quot a he said. A but Johnson county states attorney j. Patrick Johnson says the shootings were Quot premeditated a and that la had sent sealed letters to five acquaintances a addressed to various news Media. Professors described Luas an excellent student a very smart and a loner a and said he May have grown distraught about not getting the nomination for the prestigious $1,900 award because his financial support had run out. A it s a competitive Field. You re talking about professionals. What was going on Here was a Little beyond Competition a said Glen Fessenden a physics and astronomy staff Engineer. La shot and immediately killed chinese native Lin Hau Shan who was the graduate student nominated for the award Christoph k. Gortz 47, professor of physics and astronomy Dwight r. Nicholson 44, professor and chairman of the physics department and Robert Alan Smith associate professor of physics and astronomy. La also shot t. Anne Cleary 56, who was the associate vice president of academic affairs. Cleary died of her wounds Early saturday afternoon according to a spokeswoman for the University a Hospital in Iowa City the sixth victim Miya Rodolfo Sioson 23, a receptionist in Cleary a office is in critical condition said the Hospital spokeswoman. There was no indication if Rodolfo Sioson was an intended target Legal and police officials reported on saturday. The gunman then shot himself and a .38-caliber revolver was found next to his body police said. La also was armed with a .22-caliber Rifle but police said it apparently was not fired. Officials could not clearly define Luis capacity at the University at the time of the shootings. La who had been a fixture of scholarship in the corridors and laboratories of the University a Van Allen Hall was reportedly working in his laboratories. Rhodes said la received his doctorate degree from the University in May of this year. A the was staying on to do some work in the Laboratory while looking for employment a she said. She added that she was unable to say whether la was on the University a payroll. La like the slain Shan was a native of the people s Republic of China. Both of the graduate students had excelled in the study of physics said Jack fix the associate chairman for astronomy. A the was extremely Bright and capable a fix said of la. Later fix added that the amp murders represented a i Quot great professional loss in addition to a Goertz great personal  shortly after University officials completed their news conference a number of chinese students held their own. A flu was kind of isolated. Done to like to communicate with other students a said student Tao an. Quot it was his  students who were drawn from their classrooms by the shootings described the scene As shocking and horrifying. They said that both Van Allen Hall which houses the physics department and Jessup Hall the administration building where two people were shot and la took his own life were filled with blood and confusion. On saturday Van Allen Hall which is named for James Van Allen a professor at the University who discovered in 1958 the Earth a radiation belts since named for him stood silent and dark. A yellow police tape sealed off the buildings Many double doomed entrances. Van Allen a professor emeritus of physics and As no Gholson Cleary Shan Rodolfo Sioson Tro Nomy was in the building when the. Shooting began at3 42pm. A i did t hear anything a he said. A i was up on the seventh floor doing some work. A at about 3 45 p.m., a Young colleague of mine dashed into the office and said i recommend you done to open the door until i hear its  a Bushes vow to rebuild storm ravaged estate Kennebunkport Maine up a a somber but Resolute president Bush and his wife Barbara sifted through their storm ravaged Seaside estate Uncertain of repair costs but vowing to rebuild. A a we la figure it out a Bush told reporters saturday As he led a tour of the vacation compound an 11-acre spit of land jutting into the Atlantic about 100 Miles Northeast of Boston. A storm wednesday with 50-Mph winds that generated 30-foot Waves turned the once picturesque estate into shambles. In the main House windows were smashed panelled Walls were buckled and virtually All of the first floor furniture was destroyed. Quot All that Nice living room went out to sea a Barbara Bush said. A Small guest cottage was shoved off its foundation underground Power lines were exposed and a lifetime of mementos swept away. Tens of thousands of stones from the Ocean floor littered the grounds. Quot Here a our bedroom Quot Bush said. A i done to think you be Ever been invited into our bedroom. Here a what s left of a secure  the North Atlantic storm blasted much of the northeastern United states causing heavy coastal damage in Massachusetts and Maine and killing five people. The red Cross said at least 120 Homes were swept into the raging surf or pounded to pieces along More than 400 Miles of coastline. More than 800 others were damaged. Quot my heart goes out to those who were clobbered a the president said. In Kennebunkport a fishing and tourist Village the presidential compound seemed to sustain far More damage than any neighbouring Homes. Iraqi Relief rules hurting needy families paper says new York apr iraqis insistence that International food and medical Aid be channelled through the government has set Hack Relief programs for needy iraqi families the new York t Imes reported sunday. The newspaper quoted iraqi minister of health Abdel Salam Mohammed Saced As saying in an interview that Iraq would not allow food distribution by Relief agencies except through government channels. To was quoted As saying that distribution outside the system was a designed to keep quiet the Good people in the United states who Don t like to see others  it was the latest Salvo from Iraq against the United states and other Western nations that insist the Embar go imposed on Iraq alter its aug. 2. 1990, invasion of Kuwait remain in place until president Saddam Hussein fully complies with the . Cease fire Resolution that followed the persian Gulf War. Aid workers told the times that the iraqi policy had resulted in food Worth about $4 million being stuck in warehouses in Baghdad and Jordan for weeks. The undistributed food includes infant formula and High pro Siciu food packages for children. Most of the food belongs to the . Children a fund the newspaper said. A representative of Catholic Relief services said iraqi authorities in recent weeks had closed a food distribution program using churches and mosques in Mosul and Baghdad. They also have blocked food distribution in Southern Iraq he said including a special program for pregnant women. Earlier this year a team from Harvard University predicted 170,000 iraqi children would die because of increased disease and poor nutrition caused by shortages of Medicine and food. The United nations has agreed to allow Iraq to begin Selling Oil on condition that some of the funds be set aside to begin reimbursing Kuwait for War damages. Iraq so far has refused. Saeed repealed iraqis request that the United states unfreeze $1.4 billion in iraqi funds to allow Purchase of food and Medicine