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Police pursue carjacking murders t ,OS .MTS i API Pol it r .iski’d for f h• ■ pub .1 s help Monday m finding the k11!*■ rtv*. dents vv ho were shot to <b*<ith for Ihi'ir ■ tr. wto > in |npan, anguish over thi* deaths of I akum.i lie and (Jo Matsuura i ontmued I'h(! Japanese born Ito, and Matsuntn a t! S i it i/iin who grew up in |apan, died Sundav . two >i.i\ s afterthev wen* shot in a supermarket parking lot The two 19 \ oar-olds wen* film students at Marvmount ('.ollege. a private liberal arts s« I.I Ram.ho Palos Verdi's Hies had stopped at the market in nearbv San Pedro on their wav to a spring-break vai alien. Phe shootings were front-page news in lap.in w here t S Ambassador Walter Mondale publn Iv apologized on behalf of President ( linton (din Society Another Tragedy ml.ns \nge les. " said a headline in the Japanese newspaper Sankvi Sports "For a car''." the newspaper asked Ito s 1994 Honda Civil was ret overed a short distance from the supermarket Pole e said thev dusted it for fingerprints, but offered no new details on their investigation Thev did appeal for the publn s help in i r.i< k mg the case, and tin* 1 HI offered its assistance said agency spokesman |ohn Moos I'he shopping center where the <ar.jat.kmg in i urred is "a relatively safe area, Mervmount President Thomas Mi I addon told a news . older once I shop there often." he said He i ailed the killings "a horrendous terrible random ,n t of violent e" and said counselors would be available for students w hen thev return from spring break next Sundav Marvmount s 7r>() students, a quarter of them foreigners, are w arned about i rime in I .os Angeles but none of those who met with stall Monday expressed a desire to leave. Mi I addon said ‘Go was the deadpan humor of the two, and Takuma was very funny, outgoing Pat Kelly. *#*!’, . 'v i.h OnK two weeks ago Ito s parents had expressed com em about fits staving in Southern (.alifornia said tat u!t\ iidv is«»r l*.i? K*\W\ Hut-Ifo w is adamat 1 about remaining in the world\ film t apital she said h"M\ s. i d sftf Won :d r*-tt fi'd'or It,» i:.d M its-.:1; ra for their sense of humor, passion for film and love of Ament ,1 ((O w as the deadpan fit mi or of the two' she said Takuma was very funny outgoing Meanwhile I os \ ies n • ’ <. • watched w irilv for developments m the aftermath of tin* shootings More foreign tourists < «• t«> Los.. Angeles from Japan than anv other . t mintr \ , s.irt! Mu dlaeS ( o| ii n s sen n ,r \ u e president •• ( 'if e l a s Angeles (am\entum ,nod Visitors Bureau A -half-million Japanese \ isrted Los Angeles ’ e • year and spent .afiot;t S-pa i m i i ;>n m s.n.d Japanese aulhoritie s urged nationals vi>11ii*g. the l luted States to take pret autions die: the slayings of a J.'» \ ear old Japanese ext fiange student last year in ( om ord. ( ahf . and a ltr \ear old high school student in Baton Rouge. I a . in luu.; Ma-. ika/i Kun\ami wa. kd mi ; i '?.»!».!»*•? \ a tram station in (amt ord hist August ancl/Voshi fiiro 1 lattorrwas sfmt b\ l Baton Rouge honieown er w ham fie went to the w :an-; fionse lookr .-; ‘m i I (allowe'en -partA I he latest killings also fo« used renew ed .iften tion on carjackings in tfie la»s Angeles a > ea. w h :■ 1 had l 985 of them last yeai t* i ording to f> • I Rl 1 hat’s more than any other L S metropolitan i;*m Disney World may add new park I.AKF HUKNA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Live gorillas and exot ic animals may join Mickey Mouse and Goofy at Walt Dis ney World. Disney World plans a fourth theme park by the end of the dot ado, and one of the possi bilities is animal conservation, said June Adams. Disney’s manager of media relations "We are on track, hut no final decision has been reached yet." Adams said Monday. She would not disclose oth er themes Disney is exploring for the new park, which would join Walt Disney's Magit kingdom, the futuristic Fpcot exhibition center, and Disney MGM Studios on the property of the resort in cen tral Florida Disney has hired former San Diego Zoo chief Rick Harongi. but Adams would not confirm if fit- was hired specifically for the new park Harongi is work ing on "a number of animal type projects,” Adams said Disney now lius live tortois ns and other exotic animals .it Discovery Island, another attraction at Disney World The new theme park would have an environmentalist feel, showing how careless logging can prodin e erosion and how rare spe< ies can he preserved through breeding. Tlw Orlan do Srntmi'l reported Saturday Small groups of visitors are previewing a promotional video for the attraction, the Srntmcl said Adams would onlv say that “tapes are shown on a regular basis" to tourists Roller coasters, other thrill rides and dinosaur exhibits also would be a part of the new 500-acre park, which could open as soon as 1097, according to the Snntiiwl The proposed park, would fie divided into several lands off a i entral village, much like the Magii Kingdom Visitors would enter through a garden and cross the Safari River, which meanders through the park, to Safari Vil lage und its Tree ol Life From tin* i>.*>rk's hub. visi lor*, could liin out to lour themud lands the Beastly kingdom. Dinoland Africa and Asia Disney s confirmation that it is considering another new themo park conies nist afttir it approved plans to build an Ameru in history park near Washington, l>( , in northern Virginia Virginia lias agreed to pro side Disney with SI fit) million in incentives Construction is scheduled to start next year Far avvav both geogrnph ii,ally and financially is Kuro Disney, a debt-plagued amusement park outside Paris Kuro Disney has dosed a hotel, eliminated about 000 jobs, reduced off season fees, postponed expansion and sought a i ash infusion from creditor banks to keep from tailing into bankrupt! \ The company said earlier this month that 1 million few or visitors passed through the gates at l.uro Disney this year than lust New Easter craze: Chocolate bats ROCKVII.I.M Mil (AIM - lraditionally. rabbits ,111 tin- attention at Master time, out-must ling other in tiers for the nffet t ions of ehot olate loy ers This year, there's an alternative <:ho< olate hats With |)eallllt butter ears We've been trying to do things that will help people pen five bats in a different light, said I lei di Hughes, a volunteer lor the Hat Hotline The Master Hat idea i.aine from loin \alego. president of the Kor kv i lie-based Ameru an Hat < nnservntion Six inly Hit- group hired Silver Spring sculptor (h-orge t ,irr to design the bat and a < ontei turner Tom Wilbur off1' .rthmd. 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