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The Battalion
Wednesday, Apritt; yVedne
Mayor fires official over deluge
CHICAGO (AP) - Mayor
Richard Daley on Tuesday fired
an official he said failed to heed a
warning that probably could have
prevented the flooding that has
paralyzed much of Chicago's busi
ness district.
"This morning I have request
ed and received the resignation of
acting Transportation Commis
sioner John LaPlante," Daley said
at a news conference at city hall.
LaPlante denied any wrongdo
ing. Daley said he ignored a
memo April 2 warning him to im
mediately repair a crack in a tun
nel under the Chicago River.
"The memo said the wall
should be immediately repaired.
Commissioner failed to heed
memo urging tunnel repair
citing the danger of flooding the
entire freight tunnel system," Da
ley said.
On Monday, the tunnel burst,
sending water through the tunnel
network and flooding basements
under the city's Loop district with
millions of gallons of water. Elec
tricity had to be turned off in the
area.
Much of the Loop remained
closed Tuesday, as city workers
struggled to plug the leak and
drain the water that stood more
than 40-feet deep in the bowels of
some highrises.
The mayor for the first time
gave an indication of what may
nave caused the leak, saying new
pilings installed last summer to
protect a bridge on the river could
have "added pressure on the wall
of the tunnel and ultimately led to
the collapse."
Daley said cable television
company workers discovered a
20-foot by 6-foot cracked,
the tunnel in January,;]
subsequent inspections?
city's chief bridge enginee
Koncza, to write a memo,,
LaPlante that the wallslJ
replaced immediately. ]
Daley said that attertlfj
came in. La Plante's depi]
began getting cost estii
a couple of construction
nies. They decided they
high and were weighing
action when the collapse
Referring to LaPlante,.!
"The problem was brougk
attention, but he failedtoi
suiting in a major problfv
could have been avoided." >
Street corner entrepreneurs rent guns to teei
HOUSTON (AP) — Need some temporary
fire power? Street corner entrepreneurs are
renting guns by the hour, day or weekend to
Houston teen-agers, police say.
Houston Police Lt. Greg Neely says the
trend began in New York and Los Angeles and
has spread to Houston.
A 15-year-old boy who calls himself "Shad
ow" told The Houston Post he rents guns to
younger kids who usually take the weapons to
school to impress their friends.
"Most or them ain't going to do nothing
with a gun but show it," he said.
"They're just kids. They carry it around.
they show it, they get themself a name."
Shadow made a deal with one customer re
cently, who told the entrepreneur, "I need a lit
tle noise for the weekend."
But when Shadow fished out a .25-caliber
pistol from his jacket pocket, the young boy
turned up his nose. "Man, I don't want no pop
gun. I need me a big noise."
The two haggle over the price on a 9mm
semiautomatic until the younger boy forks
over $30 in five- and one-dollar hills to keep it
over the weekend.
Most of Shadow's customers pay $5 to $10
to borrow a gun for the day.
Shadow, who says he "finds" thed
his small arsenal, is not concernedabc.
the kids do with the guns after theypd
because it "ain't nothing to me."
"What's scary about it is thatthrosa
(Shadow), everybody in the neighbors
have a gun now," said Neely, a homioa
cer.
Kids are willing to pay forateiti
weapon, Neely said, because theva
young to buy one and paying someoi|
uer than
Shadow is easier and saf
trying ta
Stubborn apartment dweller dies
Famous New York 'holdout 7 surrender
NEW YORK (AP) - Jean Her
man, the stubborn apartment
dweller who turned down a
$750,000 buyout offer and forced a
skyscraper to be built around her
two-room flat, finally surrendered
her lease last month. She died.
That, Herman promised, was
the only way she would ever lose
her home of three decades. And
on the day of her funeral, the land
lord changed the locks.
But Herman has her monu
ment: 134 E. 60th St., a four-story
brownstone built in 1865 that juts
from the base of a 31-story glass,
granite and steel office tower built
in 1988.
"She was the ultimate hold
out," said Seymour Durst, the de
veloper who wrote "Holdouts," a
book about such personalities.
Herman's death at age 69 re
turned to her landlord the
rent-controlled, fourth-floor
walkup for which she paid $200 a
month in a neighborhood where
rents can easily reach four times
that amount. But she left unan
swered why she had not taken the
money and moved.
"I honestly do not know," said
her brother, Harold Herman. "She
liked the publicity;shelu-B
neighborhood. Did shethB
could get more (money)™
developer?"
Her lawyer, Joseph.®:
added two more motives*
had a principled oppose
overdevelopment. And sill
eccentric."
Whatever her reasons,®
made Herman famous.
Owner
calls club
'eclectic'
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money because of the condition of
the economy.
Ganter said although the club
will have a Southwestern-style
decor, it will not be another Dixie
Chicken, referring to another
Northgate establishment he owns
just down the street.
He said the "Opry House" will
feature live bands, including
rhythm and blues and jazz acts.
"We're not going to be stuck in
the mud," Ganter said, using the
term "eclectic" to describe the
new business.
Ganter said that although the
parking lot in back of the theater
contains more than twice the
parking spaces the city requires in
order to open the new establish
ment, it will not be adequate. He
said he may have to buy addition
al property for customer parking.
Electronic deposit changes upset facult
Continued from Page 1
they will not have‘a direct de
posit account. Many people just
don't want to sign, she said.
"There are a lot of people
who do not agree with it," Wil
son said.
If University employees send
the form back unsigned, payroll
will simply place it in a file for
auditing purposes and their pay-
checks will not be deposited di
rectly into their account, Wilson
said.
Wilson said the old direct de
posit system will remain in effect
until the transfer to the new sys-
If people have quesfeoTif
the rules concerningtiwloinwl
and system, they can call
Thomas Taylor, controller of thl
fiscal department, Wilsonsaid. [
Taylor was in Galvestono:j
Tuesday and unavailable
comment.
Kidnapping attempts worry polk
Continued from Page 1
year-old boys.
"Based on what we've got, it could easily be the
same person," said Walling. "It's uncommon to have
these reports within such a short period of time in
the same area."
A third report in the same neighborhood was re
ceived Monday afternoon and is presently being in
vestigated, he said.
"It's probably a fair assumption that both were le
gitimate attempts at kidnapping," Walling said.
"Parents are concerned, but they should always be."
Walling said police are always concerned with ed
ucating both children and parents about the dangers
of kidnapping. Fortunately, he said, the children did
what they were supposed to.
"At every age, you can be a victim of somete <
Walling said. "You need to prepare yourself to*'
die the risks."
Walling described the area,as "afairiynice
borhood." He said parents in all residential
should be cautious.
"It happens enough nationwide thatyouslij
tell your kids and caution them," he said. "It's)
ly occurrence."
The Bryan Police Department uses MacGmf |
Crime Dog to warn young children about stiar.
and abductions. Walling said that Bryansk |
teachers employ MacGruff puppets in theclassn I
"Apparently, the messages are working,but! I A
ents are still alarmed," he said.
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