European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 6, 1991 the stars and stripes a pages rites held for Iowa massacre victims Iowa City Iowa apr University of Iowa faculty and students held a Day of mourning monday when a funeral and memorial services replaced classes two Days after a vengeful former student went on a shooting spree. Gang la who received a . In physics killed three professors an administrator and a student whose dissertation was honoured Over his last Spring. A sixth victim was seriously wounded. After the rampage la killed himself. A we All truly feel the Shock and dismay As with the families Over the loss of our loved ones Quot said Henry Mcgill 20, an engineering student from Marion s.c., who presided Over a memorial ceremony on Campus. A it is Midnight at the University right now a he said. Flags were at half staff on Campus and classes were cancelled for the Day. More than 500 people grieved at a funeral for a slain administrator. Several Hundred attended other memorial gatherings. A the injuries we have suffered Are devastating. We cannot make sense of this a we Are out of our depth a said Hunter Rawlings president of the 28,000-student University. Elsewhere on Campus hundreds of students and faculty observed Brief periods of silence and placed wreaths near the shooting Sites in memory of the victims. A University wide service was scheduled thursday at Carver Hawk eve Arena. La 28, opened fire with a .38-caliber pistol at a weekly physics and astronomy department meeting shooting two professors and Lingua Shan the student whose dissertation was selected Over la s. He killed a third professor in his office and then returned to the first shooting site where he finished off a victim who was still alive. He then moved to another building where he killed t. Anne Cleary an associate vice president for academic affairs. La had filed a complaint with Cleary Over the honors nomination process he also shot Miya Rodolfo Sio son an assistant who remained in serious condition at University hospitals. The other slain victims were the department s chairman Dwight Nicholson professor Christoph Goertz and associate professor Robert Alan Smith. University of Iowa students from Lell Clarissa Ramos Dave Pasley and Larty Grieve during a memorial service held on Campus monday. A Janet me arson suspected in latest cases of Church fires Winter Haven Fla. Up investigators said monday that they believe two weekend Church fires were the work of an arsonist but that they had not linked them to 23 other fires in North and Central Florida. The first Winter Haven fire broke out at the Cypress Cathedral Church at 3 30 . Saturday and the second was reported an hour later at the first Church of Christ scientist located less than a mile away. Bill Sigler assistant Winter Haven fire chief said he did not know How Long it would take the state fire marshals office to Complete tests on the evidence. A it depends on How Long it takes the fire marshal s lab to run them but its Likely when they Are done the fires will go from suspicious to incendiary a he said. Sigler said that he has no evidence to show the Winter Haven fires had any connection with the other fires in the state but that the possibility is being investigated. Sigler said damage from the two weekend fires was estimated at about $2,000 each. He said the first fire burned itself out before it was discovered and the second was extinguished by fire fighters. Suspicious fires also occurred at Lour churches in Gainesville one in Lake City and one in Ocala. All but one of those most recent fires have been ruled As arson. In All there have been 23 arson or suspicious tires in Central and North Florida since july 1990. The . Bureau of alcohol and firearms has posted a $25,000 Reward for information about the fires. Along with the Federal Reward the Florida advisory committee and crime trac an Alachua county Agency Are offering $1,000 each for information that would solve the Case. N thl stars and stripls10 years ago nov. 6,1981 a Buckingham Palace announced that Princess Diana was expecting a baby. The baby would be titled a Prince or Princess of Wales Quot and would be second in line to the throne.20 years ago nov. 6,1971 a Secretary of defense Melvin r. Laird reportedly told South vietnamese presidents Nguyen Van Thieu that .jmh-drawals from Vietnam would stepped up immediately to Send thousands of troops Home for christmas.30 years ago nov. 6, 1961 a voice of America told soviet listeners that Quot the testing of nuclear weapons by your government has been taking place under conditions which exposed you. To grave  meanwhile a University of Hartford Conn biologist said the increase in birth defects and children a cancer might be linked to atomic bomb tests.40 years ago nov. 6, 1951 the United states Britain and France asked the United nations to investigate whether conditions in East and West Germany would be suitable for holding a genuinely free elections Quot through out the entire country. Rabbi Kahane murder trial begins As angry protesters clash outside by Ronald Sullivan the new York times new York a jury selection began monday in the trial of Al Sayyid a. Nos air charged in the slaying of rabbi Cir Kahane in a tightly secured state supreme court in Manhattan. Outside the courthouse supporters of nos air and followers of Kahane clashed while cursing and hurling death threats at one another. Court officials considered the threats severe enough to require nos air to Wear a bulletproof Vest in court monday. Protester Attia Mohsen 38, was arrested and charged with riot assault and wielding a dangerous weapon after police said he assaulted an officer with a placard. Nos air 36, a native of Egypt is charged with second degree murder in the fatal shooting of Kahane a militantly conservative israeli legislator and former head of the jewish defense league in new York City. Kahane was shot moments after giving a speech at the Marriott East Side hotel on nov. 5, 1990. Nos air is also charged with assault in the shooting of a Man who witnesses said tried to prevent the defendant from fleeing the hotel. He is also charged with the attempted murder of a . Postal service police officer in a shootout that followed. Assistant District attorney William Greenbaum called the shooting a a planned political  a the defendant shot and killed Rah i Kahane in a manner of a hired political Assassin a he said. Despite the prosecution s reference to political motivation Robert m. Morgen Thau the Manhattan District attorney said there was no evidence linking the defendant to any Mideast terrorist organization or suggesting that he was part of any larger conspiracy. But he said nos air had ties to several Radical Arab organizations opposed to Israel. In contrast William m. Kunstler no Sairs lawyer said his client is the innocent victim of a murder conspiracy organized by someone else. Both sides predict a lengthy jury selection. Officials fear court proceedings will he interrupted by demonstrations from rival factions that have clashed at pretrial hearings. Both the presiding Justice Alvin Schluc Singer and Kunstler said they had received death threats. Schlesinger who has a reputation for strict evenhanded control of his courtroom said he was threatened for initially setting the defendant s Hail which he later withdrew. Pastor becomes oldest to get new heart Dallas apr a 71-year-old minister said monday that he a doing Fine and Hopes to be preaching again soon after surgery that made him the worlds oldest heart transplant recipient. The Rev. Earl Oldham received the heart of a 23-year-old donor during a four hour operation at Baylor medical Center on saturday. Oldham suffered from cardiomyopathy a degeneration of the heart muscle. A i was delighted. It gave me Hope that i could finish doing what 1 enjoy a serv ing the Laird a said Oldham pastor of calvary1 Baptist Church in grand Prairie a suburb 11 Miles West of Dallas. He has asked or. Peter Alivizatos the hospitals director of cardiac transplantation for permission to preach in two weeks. A the said he thought that might he a Little premature Quot Oldham said laughing. A 7ii-year-old patient had previously been the worlds oldest heart recipient according to the International registry of Ilert transplants. Oldham s Altitude and health made him a Good candidate for the surgery Alivizatos said. Quot he had a Pristine body other than the isolated heart problem Quot Alivizatos said. Quot he was aggressive and motivated a far better than Many younger  most transplant programs consider age 65 the limit for heart transplants. Quot we should serve patients not regulations Quot the doctor said. Quot ii we were going by the regulations we never would have done it and that would t have been