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Philadelphia fire kills five
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police found five
bodies in the ashes of a radical fortress on Tues
day while Mayor Wilson Goode, pledging to
rebuild a devastated neighborhood, defended
police tactics which ended a shootout but set 60
homes ablaze.
Two of the bodies found in the burned-out
headquarters of the MOVE organization were
children, said Leo Brooks, the city’s managing
director.
The partial, charred remains of two other vic
tims were found nearby, said Leo Brooks, the
city’s managing director. None of the bodies
could be identified immediately.
Fire Commissioner William Richmond said
the search through the house had gone slowly
because of the heavy destruction.
“As you look at the remains, you see the
walls...are very unstable,’’ said Capt. Robert
Drennen, a fire department spokesman. “We
weren’t going to let anybody go in there and get
seriously injured.’’
Goode defended a decision by police to drop
an explosive to destroy a bunker atop the MOVE
house, although that explosion touched off a $5
million fire which spread to 60 homes.
About 225 people were left homeless in a
middle-income neighborhood inhabited for three
years by members of MOVE, a frequently
troublesome group which disdained bathing,
spread garbage and sewage on the lawn and
welcomed rats and roaches.
"We wanted them to get the problem settled,
but not with a fire,” said Ruth Willis, whose
damaged home bordered the impact area. "For it
to end up like this, it’s just horrible.”
Goode estimated the damage at $5 million
and promised to rebuild the 60 houses that were
destroyed. “We believe we owe it to you to make
you whole again,” he told a subdued crowd
following a walking tour of the devastated area.
“We will rebuild those blocks with city funds. I
think there is no question in my mind that the city
has to assume responsibility.”
The rebuilding could take as long as a year,
the mayor said.
Bias bills approved
SALEM (AP) — Three bills aimed at resolving problems
cited by women college teachers who unsuccessfully sued
the state for sex discrimination were approved Tuesday by
the Senate.
One of the measures sets up uniform grievance procedures
to be used at the state's eight colleges and universities while
another requires evaluations of college administrators.
A third measure creates a task force to suggest changes in
the way the state Board of Higher Education constructs its
budget, makes policy decisions and governs the higher
education system.
Ail of the measures •— which now go to the House — arise
from Penk vs. State Board of Higher Education, a lawsuit fil
ed by women faculty members who said they had been
discriminated against in terms of pay, promotion and tenure.
in February, U.S. District Judge Helen Frye ruled in favor
of only three of the women and said there was no pattern of
sex discrimination against women at Oregon's public col
leges and universities.
Backers of the three measures said they are aimed at
starting a "healing process" to end the lingering bitterness
form the lawsuit.
Sen. Margie Hendriksen, D-Eugene. whose Education
Committee put together the bill package, said they will assure
‘‘basic fairness in employment-related matters” at colleges
and universities.
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Marine sentinel
blocks embassy
OSLO, Norway (AP) — An
armed U.S. Marine guard
described as under “great emo
tional stress" locked himself in
a guardpost and prevented
employees from entering the
U.S. Embassy for 15 hours, an
embassy spokesman said
Tuesday.
The guard refused to leave a
bulletproof guardpost when his
assigned shift ended Monday
morning, spokesman Gary
Morley said. The guardpost
controls other entrances to the
embassy, Morley added.
Morley said the Marine refus
ed to let employees enter when
they arrived for work at the em
bassy, across from the grounds
of Norway’s royal palace in cen
tral Oslo.
“(The guard) has now left the
guard post without injuring
himself or anyone else,” Morley
said. “He is in Marine Corps
custody and has already left
Norway." Morley would not
identify the guard or provide
other details.
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