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To have your yearbook for the '99-00 school year mailed, stop by 015 Reed McDonald Building or telephone 845-2613 (credit cards only) between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and pay a $6.50 mailing and handling fee. Cash, Check, Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express accepted. 2000 AcjcjLelasul' If Ji SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Mai Thao returned yesterday to the one-bedroom apartment where her husband killed five of their seven children and himself less than 24 hours before. She went there to mourn. In stead, she found a police seal on the door, a last touch by detectives who had scoured the bloodstained rooms for an explanation. Crying, Thao forced her way in, only to be turned back by the land lord, who boarded up the door and told her to leave. She sat on a stair case outside and sobbed, comforted by dozens of neighbors. • “They were a good family,” Chong Cha of Lodi, a cousin whose family had spent Thanksgiving weekend with them, said. “We nev er expected this. ” Police said Kao Xiong used a shot gun and high-powered rifle to shoot his youngest children Saturday af ternoon, then turned one of the guns on himself. Cha identified the children killed as Kong Meng Xiong; Lisa Xiong; Kong heng Xing, 3; Peter Xiong, 2; and Micky Xiong, 1. Their older brothers, 14 and 9, es caped unharmed — one by climbing through a bathroom window — and are now staying with relatives, police said. Cha described Xiong as a loving husband and father who worked hard but could never seem to earn enough to support his wife and chil dren. He said he had no idea why his cousin would have opened fire on his family. Aggie off to b since ’9 urth BY BLA The JP BEATO/TheB Jess Wade, III, director of Women’s Chorus, conducts during the Annual Christmas in Aggieta concert Sunday afternoon in Rudder Auditorium. News in Brief Five women found shot to death BALTIMORE (AP) — Five women were found dead of multiple gunshot wounds in a home last night, and po lice were searching for four suspects, officers said. The identities of the women were Your college degree is already paying off. Requires appropriate weighhrated hitch. Refer to the Owner’s Manual for additional towing information and advice before towing with Chevy Tracker. Get up to $ 2,300. 800 New College Graduate Bonus* + s 1,500 Cash Back 1 Chevy™ Tracker® comes from the family of most dependable, longest-lasting trucks on the road.** And now it comes with up to $ 2,300 in incentives. 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