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Fraternity fire kills five, injures three ■ DEATH: A bla?e gutted the Urwersjty of North Carotma house hours before graduation CHAPEL HILL. N.C. {API — An early morning fraternity hnuw fir* killed five people Sunday, bringing tragedy u« »b* Univanity of North Carolina ' Jtntuu.* just hours W»i« ** Mtutuai Mother** Day graduation cere nrnniaa. The cauaa of the biaxe that gutted the interior of the Phi (lamina Delta house wa* not expected to be known for three or four day*, laid Fir* Depart ment spokeswoman fan Cotttdm. The identities of the dead were not released Ben Kubank*. 31. a junior and former president of the fraterni ty, was hospitalized in serious condition Adam {ones, a 21 year-old junior and a member of the fraternity, was in fair condi tion; and Anne Glenn, 21. not enrolled in the university, was listed in critical condition Hospital officials would not disclose the nature of their injuries. After the fire was doused, a search of the charred ruins for env «dclitlon*l vuiimi wont •lowIf Ikkiuw of eatensive damage *nd foot* port of the three atorv Hrt* k budding might collapse Br earlv evening. < row* wore working to thorn up the fine* and second floor* of the HO ywar old building, which had collapsed into the hatamanl Fire t hief thin lonee wtpet ted the search to continue through p*rt of the night The building did not have e sprinkler system, hut one of the injured said be was awakened by a fire alarm Junes would not say when the house was last inspected for fire safety At graduation ceremonies, chancellor Michael Hooker briefly mentioned the Are, offer ing prayer* for those who were injured He did not mention the deaths Most of the 30.000 in attendance were unaware how had the fire was, Tim Reid, president of neigh boring f’hi Rapps Sigma frater niiy, saw a blare out of control when he woke up "We went to the third floor window and looked out and flames were leaping over the top of the building." said Reid. 22. of Southern Pinea. "We could see the smoke coming out and lb* flantM coming mil of the window 1 know it bid to be hod I mu )u.«t hoping nobody ws* inside " A party *i the Phi Umm* fbdta houw Saturday night wm Mill going strong when h* went to bed about I a m Sunday. Raid mid. The Phi Gamma tiwlta chapter ws* placed OH indefinite sue pension in Nov, I9BS by its nation*) office a flat chapter member* sent prospective recruits a letter advertising strip* pen and saying their parties were so loaded with drunken sorority women that opnortunl tie* for an were assured Hooker went to the fire scene following graduation cere monies "We are profoundly saddened by the tragic fir* this morning." Hooker said "This It a lost being felt deeply by the entire community." Firefighters found the build mg in flame* when they reached the scene after it was reported shortly after 6 a to , Jones said The cause of the blase wasn't immediately known A uni vanity counseling can ter was open to friends and Inn ily of fire victims, the school said. 109 feared dead in Everglades plane crash ■ DISASTER: The DC-9 ValuJet flight nose-dived eight minutes after take-off into a deep, murky swamp MIAMI (API — No survivors. no bodies. no hope on Mother's Day Authorities on Sunday called oft the xanh for possible survivor* of the crash of Valufet Plight 592. which nose-dived into the Everglades with 104 passengers and five crew member* "One hundred and nine mothers that are not doing too good right now." Hill Boland muttered to a fellow ambulance driver at mtdtnoming The DC-9 had been in the air only eight minutes on a Saturday afternoon flight to Atlanta when the crew reported smoke in the cockpit They attempt ed to turn around but the plane crashed about 15 miles northwest of Miami International Airport The source of the cockpit smoke was unknown The swamp yielded ptet.es of clothing Sunday, in addition to a family photo album and a floating airplane neat that were found Saturday "There’s no evidence of the plane It’s gone." said Bret Kugg. 41. of Richmond. Ind . whose wife Terri was on the plane. He had take., his two turns. «ges 5 and 11. to meet their mother on her return from a cruise she made as a travel agency owner I don't know what I'm going to do." he said (dearer pictures of the passengers emerged Sun day . a Baptist church organist and hi* wife on a dream vacation, a young man preparing for mis sionary work in hu native Venezuela, a mother and her daughter who had become "real friends" in recent years Also among those on Flight 592 were San Diego Chat-gar* running back Rodney Culver and hi* wife. Karen of Woodstock, (a "These are human tarings." Valufet Airlines Inc. President Cewt* Ionian said of the victims at a Sunday morning news conference in Miami "Every human being in every seat of the airplane is a life and a loved one with stones to tell, with friends, with places to go If* Mother's Day week end. we know that." The discount airline, based in Atlanta, has had «i least three « < uienf* tine* tl began operations in l'W3 TV tnoet Mrioai was a runway fin* last year that destroyed a plane and burned * flight etten dant Workers at the remote trash site spent the mom tng trying to determine ho** to mover the remain* and wreckage, including the airplane's flight data and cockpit voice recorder* The wreckage was buried under waist high water and tayere of lawgnwa and swamp muck — estimated to be up to 40 feet thick in plate* Tem per*turns were in the mid HO* under steady, bright sunshine “If they’re out of here before two week*. I'll tie surprised," said Metro Dade Detective Ed Muon. The Everglades — duIdled the River of Grass — is a desolate expanse nf swamp covering much of southern Florida The area is home to alligators, snakes and other wildlife and is accessible most ly by airboat Divers wore protective rubber suits after suffer tng irritated skin Saturday from aviation fuel and hydraulic fluid They searched the muck bv hand, unable to *«*# more than a few inches in front of them in the water Jordan said he took full responsibility for the crash, but added there was no Indication anything wa* wrong before the 27 year old plane took off A list of the plane's past problem* showed nothing out of the ordinary, he said Federal Aviation Administration records showed the crashed |et had returned to airport* seven times during l he past two years lea a use of various maintenance problems, from an oil leak to loss of cabin pressure. "I have reviewed the list and saw such things as overheating of a constant speed drive, a pres suricatiun problem and a dour ajar," Jordan said He said he found nothing "abnormal or struck ing“ lire plane had a thorough annual inspection in October and a routine inspection four days before Ihe crash But the FA A began a specie) investiga tion of the airline in February baaed on the com pany't rapid growth and several recent incidents. Troubled online service given boost by takeover NEW YORK (API — A grown ai investor* announced Sunday tkev had acquired ih* troubled Prodigy Service* Co commercial unit nr ««r vie* from It* owner*. IBM Cof|» end Soon, Roebuck out Co. The takeover we* led by Prodigy management, tncliwf Ing prraldm! and thief «*c tiliv* officer Ed Bennett, ami International Window* Inc., a global ( omntunk aliniM tom pony. Bennett will continue to ewve in throe podium* Prodigy need* to invert heavily in new *y*tem» and marketing to keep pace with it* rival*. AniMic* Online ami CompuServe "Thi* give* us a real clear ownership *tru* tun*. ami the doud around Prodigy U remove*!." «aid Bennett in a tetephona interview Sunday "The beleaguered, trouble tome day* for Prodigy are over ” The deal *!tll must meet regulatory apprv.t, »| tinder the deal. Interna litmal Wirwtea* of Cambridge, Meat , wilt own Prodigy with Bennett and other manager* running the company UO Cultural Forum Presents Hh> hirst Annual Monday, May27 Memorial Doy \ EMU East lawn Horn- 10pm FREEADMlSSi 'flu litrlm yum&ao *"<*#"* Armt) Sweet y/^ HhIIcjH C5/CKrt> vi» I**# > *4 A 9} V The fabulous Hedjehogs +) / 1 \j , prut* San f rom 1st “ 4 , jf • ' /Nh^ CfeeckoutoorWebSde - 1 h«p //doAwtng uoreeon.edu/ *“ cultOW»Vi»6tmv*« h*ml For mor« informotion colt 346-4373 Sponsored by Rodk the Vote & ASU0 Jim Hill Trvmurrr of the State of Oregon "Oregonians Planning for Retirement" Monday, May 13,1996 128 Chiles 4M-5M pm. 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