Inmates kill six, take eight hostages in prison siege LUCASVIl.LE. Ohio (AP) — Part of Ohio's only maximum-security prison remained under siege Monday offer hun dreds of prisoners rioted, killing six inmates and taking eight guards hostage. The state prison chief said the distur bance Sunday afternoon that preceded the hostage-taking may have been a ruse. "It appears as if there was a staged fight.” said Reginald Wilkinson, director of the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. Guards were called to break up the apparent fight, which involved a few prisoners. "That's when several hostages were taken. But a number of officers also were able to break away from that situa tion." Wilkinson said at a news confer ence in Columbus. He wouldn't elabo rate. Negotiators tried to work out a deal with some of the state's most dangerous prisoners, asking them to free one hostage in exchange for a chance to outline their demands to the media. About 450 prisoners were barricaded inside one cellblock of the prison, locat ed about 70 miles south of Columbus in south-central Ohio. The real of the prison's 1,819 inmates, including death row inmates, were confined to cells away from the affected area Ten guards and eight inmates were injured Authorities said the eight hostages were alive. Late Monday afternoon, prisoners hung four sheets out windows of the r.ellblock. One sheet said. "We want to talk to the FBI." Another said. "The state is not negotiating." Reporters were kept too far away to be able to read the other two signs. Negotiations were continuing Monday evening, said Sharron Kornegay. a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction The prisoners "are tired and hungry.... We are at a very sensitive stage." she told reporters outside the 69-acre prison. Officials cut off electricity and water to the cellblock and refused to deliver food Prisoners were last fed at about noon Sunday, but they may have stored some food in their lockers, she said. They didn't ask for food or medicine by Mon day evening. komegav said prisoner* who took 24 inch baton* from guards during the riots killed the six convicts. "I think it's probably pretty obvious who killed them." she said "Our staff wouldn't do that." The bodies of five inmates, all severe ly beaten, were released early Monday. The sixth body, also beaten, was thrown through a cellblock door later in the morning. Kornegay said he had been dead for many hours The inmates had presented ltt demands, most of them dealing with prison rules. They also asked to talk to the media. Late Monday afternoon, pris oners hung a sheet out a window that said. "We want to talk to the FBI." David Morris, a prisons spokesman, said ho didn't know if statu officials had summoned federal agents Negotiators told a pool reporter. Michael Sangiacomo of The (Cleveland) Plain Deo/er. that prisoners could speak to the meditt only after releasing a guard. Sangiacomo was allowed to speak to a prisoner by phone once, but authorities (.ut off the call when the inmate began (diking About the demands. Although c rowding is a problem, con ditions are worse elsewhere The l.uucsville population is 120 percent over design capacity, while systemwide the figure is 175 percent. It has four convicts to each guard, while the statewide aver age is eight convicts per guard Sunday's riot was the first since the prison opened in 1072. although there was at least one hostage situation that ended after 15 hours. All of the state's 23 prisons were under lockdown — confining prisoners to their cells — Monday. One disturbance was reported at the nearby Scioto County Jail Sunday night Inmates set fire to mattresses and knocked down security cameras after hearing a radio report about the riot, said sheriffs Maj Delbert Slusher None of fin prisoners in the cellhlock where the dis turhance cm i urred was injured All l.ucusvillu schools were t losod Monday. Families of the hostages gath ered at a high school ni ross the street from the prison; prison offic ials refused to let reporters talk to them Document cites POW discrepancy WASHINGTON (AF) — Tho Clinton administration will ask Vietnam to explain a secret doc ument alleging that Hanoi hold 817 more American prisoners of war in 1972 than authorities acknowledged. U.S. officials said Monday. Tho officials said they had some questions about tho authenticity of the document, which Kussian authorities turned over to American ROW researchers. During negotiations on ending American military involvement in Vietnam, North Vietnamese officials said in September 1072 that they held 3(>H American POWs, according to the docu ment. But State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the Russian translation of the Vietnamese document indi cated that Hanoi held 1.203 pris oners. As part of a peace agree ment signed in january 1973. Vietnam agreed to release all Americans held prisoner and 591 were subsequently returned to U.S. custody. The last of the POWs came home April 1. 197.1 The Clinton administration, following the lead of the Bush administration, has linked estab lishment of normal relations to Vietnamese cooperation on the ROW issue ECKANKAR/"£a Religion ol the U Light end Sound of God W Presents A free workshop on How to Become A Creative Dreamer April 14: The Spiritual Purpose of Drramt April 21: Becoming the (realite Dreamer April 28: Mattering Your Own Unirerte Through Dreamt A 154 Straub Hell 7:30pm II lf«iM H M I»|1M Welii bMl J1» 0 Mew l»e no normalization of relations with Vietnam until we’re sure the Vietnamese are doing all they can." The document raises ques tions that must he answered, said Sen. John Kerry. D-Mass.. chairman of the Senate Select Committee on POW-MIA Affairs. A committee report released this year "indicated that further information could be found in the former Soviet Union — in documents or in personal testi mony.” Kerry said in a written statement. “My understanding is that this new document was only very recently provided to U.S. officials and that it is still being analyzed." the statement said. "Meanwhile, our government should continue to press the Vietnamese government to cooperate fully on the POW MIA issue." The document was uncovered in January by Stephen J. Morris, a researcher for the Harvurd Center for International Affairs. It purportedly was written by Gen. Tran Van Quang. deputy chief of staff of the North Viet namese Army, There can be no normalization of relatione with Vietnam until we're sure the Vietnamese are doing all they can.’ — Dee Dee Myers. White House spokeswomen Boucher said officials of the National Security Council have had several conversations with Morris, Last Thursday, the Russian government turned over a copy of the document to U S. officials, who are evaluating it on an expedited basis. Boucher said. Ho added that Gen. John W Vessey. who has been working with the Vietnamese on the l*OVV issue since 1987. will raise the issue with Hanot when he travels there next weekend. Boucher said the document will be Vessey's "first order of business." Myers told reporters at the While House. "We need to know that the Vietnamese are doing all they can on the MIA POW issue (before) we can move forward." OFF VANS with coupon LAZAR'S BAZAR 57 W. Broadway A 957 Willamette Downtown Mall LOW AIRFARES! Europe $398 San Francisco $138 Los Angeles $200 Roundtnp fares, limited space Call now' 831 E 13th Avc • Eugene. OR 97401 683-5577 Wing damage forces Bush’s plane to land HOUSTON (AH — A Kuwait Airways jut taking former Pres idont Bush and ins family to Kuwait made an emergency land ing shortly after takeoff Monday bec-ause of wing damage No injuries were reported and the Hushes returned to their Houston home without ini idenl They will try to fly again to the emirate Tuesday morning on a new plane, said Andrew Manor, a Hush spokesman. The Boeing 747 took off from Fllinglnn Field 20 miles south of Houston and was in the air for about one hour when it was forced to land at Houston Intercontinental Airport, airport spokeswoman Tina Ceppi said. The plane had wing damage. Ueppi said, hut she had no fur ther details. Local bro.uh usts reported tli.il a gash was visible between the left wing and fuselage Hush, his wife Barbara and several other family members were traveling to Kuwait for a three-day visit The government-run Kuwait News Agency i arried a state ment issued by the office of the emir, Sheik |al>er al-Ahmed al Sabah, announcing that Kuwait was "making arrangements for another plane " Kuwaitis have prepared an extravagant welcome for Bush, a national hero for his leadership in the Desert Storm campaign that liberated the emirate from Iraqi occupation. One merchant donated !M> bottles of imparted perfume, ask ing that it t>e sprayed along the route of Bush's motorsade A Kuwaiti Bedouin has offered a prize racing camul as a gift, and another businessman has volunteered to pay for shipping the lieost to the states The wife of a former prisoner of war wants to give Bush a key chain and worry lieads her husband made in captivity "It is going to lie festive and. if security will let them. I think Kuwaitis will carry his car," said Fuad al-Hashem, a columnist fora Kuwaiti newspaper.