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The BG News Friday, April 23,1993 The BG Nevus Volume 75, Issue 142 Two Davidians say FBI started fire by Laura Tolley blaze did not commit suicide, as the FBI "We're going to try to consult with the of the survivors told agents that as he found The Associated Press said, but were caught in a fire that moved best experts ... on what could have been was leaving the compound he heard so fast they could not get out. done," Reno told a Senate Appropriations someone shout "The fire's been lit, the "Those people didn't have the ability to subcommittee. fire's been lit," said spokesman Carl WACO, Texas -- Six survivors of the in- find their way out; they couldn't see to Cult leader David Koresh and as many Stern in Washington. ferno at the doomsday cult compound say get out," said Dick Kettler, an attorney as 85 followers were believed to have Heat-detecting equipment in an FBI dead the fire was started by an FBI tank that for Renos Avraam of Britain. died Monday. The fire started after helicopter above the compound recorded crushed a propane container and In Washington, Attorney General Janet agents in armored vehicles bashed holes hot spots in three separate locations knocked over several lanterns, their law- Reno said today she hopes an in- in the walls and pumped in tear gas. shortly before flames began shooting out yers say. vestigation of the standoff that ended The Justice Department says that FBI of the building. Stern said. in cell One survivor said through his lawyer with the deaths of the cult members will snipers outside the compound saw at by Keith Robinson that the scores of people who died in the help in dealing with future incidents. least two cult members setting fires. One See Waco, page four. The Associated Press LUCASVILLE, Ohio -- In- vestigators found two more vic- tims Thursday as they began to Students rally to confront racism piece together what happened in- side a cellblock held for 11 days by rebellious maximum-security by Chris Hawley prisoners. local government reporter Eighty miles away in the state capital, lawmakers cancelled a About 80 people participated House session in honor of the vic- in a march and rally Thursday tims and ordered investigations to protest racial prejudice fol- into the siege that left nine in- lowing the federal conviction mates and one guard dead. of two of the four police offi- Inmates at the Southern Ohio cers involved in the Rodney Correctional Facility surren- King beating. dered Wednesday during a sev- Members of the Racism Re- en-hour, televised broadcast. duction Center said they were Five guards held hostage since unhappy with the verdict and April 11 were released as the last urged the crowd to fight ra- of the prisoners were taken to an cism before it causes violence adjacent cellblock. The guards again. were in stable condition Thurs- "That verdict was a sellout day at the Southern Ohio Medical because they don't want an- Center in Portsmouth. other riot," said Anthony Gara- Prisoners had asked for media folo, a freshman secondary ed- coverage as a condition of the release. Authorities and inmates ucation major. "Now we've got also agreed to 20 other points, in- to work together against ra- cism — it's up to us to get this cluding a review of living and done." working conditions at the prison. Chip Carter, a junior english At afternoon briefings, prison education major, agreed. officials said two inmates were "These issues have reached a found dead Thursday when in- vestigators began to sift through crisis point," he said. "We have to step to the problem and look debris in the evacuated cellblock. at it before it comes to us in a way we don't want." Corrections spokesman Mike Carter urged University stu- Lee said all inmates were ac- dents to confront racist re- counted for. He did not know marks, listen to the complaints what caused the latest deaths and of people who say they are op- did not know the names of the pressed and stop ignoring ra- dead inmates. cist behavior. Col. Thomas Rice, superinten- "If we think the problem's dent of the State Highway Patrol, not here, you're wrong," he said there was "quite a bit of said. "Stand up and get used to damage" in the cellblock. [standing up]." Carter said the center organ- Tkt BG Niwi/Chrli lUwltjr "Mattresses and doors, any- About 80 University students marched to a rally against racial Organizers said they planned the march and rally to defuse racial thing you can imagine that would See Rally, page four. prejudice at the Student Services Building Thursday afternoon. tensions following the verdict in the Rodney King civil rights trial. be in a penal institution, are all over the place," he said. Au- thorities had to "cut a path" to the place where the first inmate's Canadian hospitals body was found early Thursday. Pell Grant funds lowered Prison spokeswoman Sharron Money unavailable for all to receive largest award Komegay said there were fewer open doors to U.S. inmates in the cellblock during by Julie Tagllarerro before the higher education amendments were the standoff than officials had administration reporter passed, McRoberts said. by Jeffrey Ulbrich ister Ruth Grier says she does thought. Earlier, prison officials This is a result of appropriations legislation - a The Associated Press not support aggressive market- said 450 inmates were inside. On bill passed by Congress to reduce the actual max- ing of services outside the prov- Thursday, Kornegay said revised Editor's note: This is the third story in a continu- imum amount of the grant after looking at the ince. figures showed that 409 inmates, ing series of stories on financial aid available to amount they have to allocate and the different fed- TORONTO - Attention Ameri- were involved, including the in- students. eral areas needing funding, McRoberts said. cans: Cheap, government- Nonetheless, the province has mates found dead Thursday. Students applying for financial aid may have an "What's going to actually happen because of the subsidized health care for sale. looked at the issue. A govern- easier time receiving it this year because of many country's budget problems Is that there Is not High-quality surgery at low cost. ment study shows Ontario hospi- She said 129 of the rebellious changes made by the federal government In the enough money to fund [the Pell program] at Why pay more In Toledo when tals could make more than $80 inmates were transferred higher education amendments. $3,700," McRoberts said. you can get it for less in Toronto? million U.S. and create 645 jobs Thursday to the Mansfield Cor- However, although more students may now qual- This change will be a problem for students be- by serving Americans. rectional Institution, about 140 ify for financial aid and award levels have in- cause they thought they were eligible for more Toronto Hospital, the largest Hudson's explanation of the miles northeast of Lucasville, to creased for most of the federal financial aid pro- money than they will receive, he said. acute-care facility in Canada, and plan is simple. relieve overcrowding. grams, students will not necessarily receive as "The problem is that people heard there was the Hospital for Sick Children, A military explosives team much funding as they may have been able to in re- more money available, but the actual grant money will begin marketing their ser- All Ontario hospitals have ex- searched the cellblock for booby cent years, according to Conrad McRoberts, Uni- available is on the downside," McRoberts said. "It vices south of the border in the cess capacity, beds closed due to traps and explosives. There was versity director of financial aid. is vitally important for Congress to provide grant next few months. funding cutbacks. By bringing in no word about whether any were Students applying for the Federal Pell Grant for assistance [for] students to go to school." And dozens of other Canadian patients and money from outside, found. the 1993-94 academic year may find they will not About 3,500 University students currently institutions may follow. hospitals will be able to open Ten Ohio National Guard com- receive as much money as they expected to, de- receive the pell grants McRoberts said, adding more beds, hire back staff and, as panies remained at the prison spite the fact that the maximum grant award has that the number will probably decrease for next The plan's proponents say it a result, shorten waiting lists for early Thursday, but eight were Increased, McRoberts said. year as a result of the changes. will bring badly needed millions Canadians. expected to leave later In the day.