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Volume CXI, Number 4
In Brief_
Four Mexican police implicated in violent rape, robbery cases
MEXICO CITY — Four city policemen sought in a series of rapes and robberies have been turned over to authorities for prosecution, city Attorney General Ignacio Morales Lechuga said.
Lechuga said authorities are looking for others who also were involved in the attacks.
Fourteen victims who filed complaints between March and D^ember of 1989 said they were attacked by groups of three to seven men. From their descriptions, investigators said the assailants wore suits and ties and used vehicles and weapons of the type used by police.
Money-laundering bank to help in Noriega case
TAMPA, Fla. — An international bank pleaded guilty Tuesday to cocaine-related money-laundering charges, agreed to forfeit a record $14 million and to help prosecutors who say the case has ties to Manuel Noriega.
U.S. District Judge W. Terrell Hodges accepted pleas from two divisions of the Luxembourg-based Bank of Credit and Commerce International and found them guilty, but has not set a date for formally imposing the sentence.
McMartin jurors debate over conspiracy charge
LOS ANGELES — Jurors deliberating in the marathon McMartin Pre-School molestation trial hit a snag in their talks as they returned from a long weekend Tuesday, questioning the legal elements of a conspiracy charge.
Superior Court Judge William Pounders sent attorneys to consult their law books while jurors deliberated on other counts filed in the nation’s longest and costliest criminal trial.
The jurors, considering 65 molestation charges against Raymond Buckey, 31, and his mother, Peggy McMartin Buckey, 63, were puzzled about whether they could convict one defendant of a ' single conspiracy charge while acquitting the other.
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School of Music springs to action
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Rick Jackson, 19, a sophomore majoring in pre-med and a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, died of massive head injuries at Little Company of Mary Hospital shortly after the impact. Jackson was wearing his shoulder harness but not his lap belt, police said.
The second passenger,
Jean-Paul Marnoni, a 20 year-old undeclared sophomore, was "five minutes from death" when brought into County-UCLA Medical Center, hospital officials said. Marnoni, a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, Rick Jackson was released Tuesday at 1 p.m.
"He was without a pulse when police arrived (at the crash scene)," said Richard Richards of the California Highway Patrol. Marnoni was fully restrained and sat in the
rear seat, Richards said.
Richard Ayares, 19, a student at Harbor Junior College, the driver of the the 1990 Acura car, is being charged with murder, driving under the influence of alcohol, failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, caus-
and driving without a license, Richards said.
Ayares complainedopf. chest pains and suffered hand and facial lacerations, he said. Like Jackson, Ayares only wore his shoulder harness.
The three students, friends since high school, were on their way home early Sunday from Toe's Tavern and The Red Onion in Redondo Beach. Ayares attracted the attention of Redondo Beach police Sgt. James Worford after allegedly running numerous stop signs, police said. A pursuit began and wound its way into Rancho Palos Verdes.
"They made a right onto Paseo Del Campo. With officers still pursuing, they ran two more signs," said Ron Eschols, of the Palos Verdes Police Department.
(See Death, page 9)
Defending the Dream
Hardlp Singh / Dally Trojan
Members of the USC Students for Divestment marched through Beverly Hills on Monday in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. See story on page 3.
University of Southern California	Wednesday, January 17, 1990
Miner buries Arizona State
Traditions to house new club
‘Underground’ gets underway Saturday
By Christa Hohmann
Staff Writer
Club Underground, which organizers say will boost weekend programming for the student body, is set to get off the ground Saturday at 8 p.m. in Traditions.
The alcohol-free dance club, co-sponsored by KSCR Student Radio, Dining Services and Program Board, will be open to all students over 18 and their guests from 8 p.m. until 1 a.m. every Saturday.
"We've been working hard for the last three months to get this under way," said
Nikki Vaescovi, marketing and prom-tions manager for Dining Services.
"It's a good idea," said Dan Marvin, a freshman majoring in business. "It's another outlet to do besides going to Westwood."
Expenses will be covered by a charge of $3 per person, which includes one soft drink with admission.
James Dennis, vice president of Student Affairs, allocated $2500 for lighting that will create a professional club effect. Music will be provided by KSCR's mobile
service, with DJs Barry Mau, Tomas Go-mez-Engler, and Frank Minero.
Club Underground staff will consist of student volunteers and Dining Services employees.
"Weekends are pretty boring," said Rich West, a freshman majoring in prebusiness and a KSCR DJ. "A lot of freshmen and sophomores don't know what's going on on campus. It's a good place to go and hang-out," West said There are expected to be promotions, including album and ticket giveaways, guest artist appearances and theme nights, said Raymond So, marketing di-
(See Club, page 3)
Student
survives plane crash
By Christa Hohmann
Staff Writer
A commuter plane with 16 people aboard, including one university student, crash landed in a blizzard near Elko, Nev. Monday morning and was apparently cushioned by the heavy snowfall.
"There was no warning,' said Nicole Blohm, a senior majoring in broadcast journalism and political science. "The pilot said we were going to land in a few minutes. Then we were sliding down the mountain. I think it was a shock for the pilots too."
All 14 passengers, including Blohm, her younger sister and one crew member on SkyWest flight 5855 from Salt Lake City, walked away from the scene with minor injuries, according to Tuesday's edition of the Reno Gazette-Jourml.
The pilot, who successfully guided the twin-engine Fairchild Metro III turboprop down a snow-blanketed slope, remained in the plane because of a broken leg and chest and head injuries, the Gazette-Journal reported.
The scene of the 9:30 a.m. crash was about four miles south of Elko Municipal Airport.
"The plane hit a VOR pole, a device used for navigation. The plane was about 550 feet too low," Blohm said.
"I knew we were crashing. My father is a pilot and I knew this was more than a bumpy landing. I thought it was fatal. I was expecting an explosion," she said.
Blohm and her sister were returning from California to Elko, their hometown, to attend a funeral for a friend, the Gazette-Journal reported.
"I was sitting by an emergency exit," Blohm said, "but 1 couldn't get the door open. Another emergency door was opened and my sister and I were able to get out.
"There was a man in shock We helped him lie down and covered him up and tried to (Sec Crash, page ’(>•