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Show WORLD NEWS THE VOICE OF DIXIE STATE COLLEGE OF UTAH WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31 , 2005 DIXIE SUN - 3 Famous names in news - JAY-- STORMS DEF says he took the job as president of Def Jam Recordings for a couple of reasons: One, he needed a challenge, and two, he wanted to prove he's more than just a rap(KRT) JAM. The Clintons, joined by Z daughter Chelsea have been spotted hiking the Kalalau Trail on the Na Pali Coast and golfing at Princeville with James Bond actor and Hanalei resident Pierce Brosnan. The Clintons are staying at a private luxury home on Kauai's lush North Shore. Jay-- per. "I'd been in my comfort zone for a while," the music mogul told the New York Times. "I was bored. I didn't want to be doing ' rap just to do it: Oh, it's November again Time to put Telephone poles damaged by Hurricane Katrina lurch precariously over the main street of La Place, La., on Monday. Katrina lashes Gulf Coast; death toll hits 55, number expected to soar NEW ORLEANS (KRT) - At least 55 people died, floods engulfed thousands of homes and shell shocked survivors retreated to attics and windblown roofs Moftday as one of the most sweeping hurricane disasters of modem times ravaged the upper Gulf Coast Authorities in Mississippi blamed Hurricane Katrina for 50 deaths in the Gulfport and Biloxi area Two people died in Alabama and at least three bodies were seen in New Orleans. The casualty toll seemed certain to mount as conditions improved and rescue workers in boats and helicopters searched through the night and after daybreak today for vic' tims. In another measure of human misery, tens of thousands of people will need tem- porary housing for months, Michael Brown, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said Monday night. I've never been so scared, one of the newly displaced, Jean Jenkins of Moss Point Miss., said after she, her husband, their two dogs and a cat spent seven hours in the attic of their house before the water receded just enough for them to leave. Katrina weakened slightly and wobbled toward the east just before reaching land, sparing New Orleans the cataclysmic devastation many had feared. But most agreed, it was more than bad enough there and truly disastrous in parts of Mississippi and Alabama We didn't know if we were going to live, said Diana Chavez, one of 10,000 people who spent the night at the Superdome, a refuge of last resort that lost part of its roof. Katrina's core roared very close to the city one-stor- y below-sea-lev- of 485,000 people, slamming eastern sections with one edge of its destructive eye wall Winds of 100 mph rocked the area Its storm surge and torrential rain submerged vast areas, with .40,000 homes flooded in St. Bernard Parish alone. Moreover, the storm's sphere of misery stretched from central Louisiana on the west to the Florida Panhandle on the east. Triple-dig-it wind gusts were reported in Mississippi and Alabama Damage reports mounted throughout the region; swamped bridges, overrun beaches, boats hurled ashore, countless smashed windows and ripped roofs. Katrina pummeled 270 miles of coastline across four states, striking particularly hard at Gulfport, Miss. Pat Sullivan, Gulfport's fire chief, said downtown buildings were imploding and the business district was largely under water. A section of Interstate 10 near Gulfport was washed away. It's complete devastation, Sullivan said. More bad news: Late Monday, the first hard evidence emerged of possible gasoline supply disruptions. Valero Energy Corp. said its giant St. Charles, La, refinery was flooded, powerless and shut for at least a week. About 1.3 million customers in the region had no power. New Orleans Mayor C. Flay Nagin said that at least 20 buildings collapsed, including a small apartment complex. Countless windows shattered in high-risbuildings, the curtains of hotel rooms billowing in the wind Floodwaters breached at least two of the citys crucial levees, Nagin said and three pumps failed Portions of the historic, tourist-heav- y French Quarter were battered but little flooding was e flood-contr- seen and the area fared reasonably well Hours after the storm hit about 200 people remained atop their roofs in New Orleans East and the Lower Ninth Ward driven there by CLOONEY INTO VEGAS BIG HME. The "Ocean's Eleven" star announced Monday that he had invested an undisclosed amount in a proposed S3 billion development called Las Ramblas to be built just east of the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. Las Ramblas is planned to include more than 4,400 condominium and hotel units in high-ristowers, along with out another record " Jay-Z- , whose real name is Shawn Carter, said the limited number of black executives in the music industry was also a concern Jay-35, has sold more than 33 million records and won four 1 1 Grammy Awards. e shops and a casino - about half the size of the sprawling gambling floors found in the citys other megaresorts. (c) 2005, The Philadelphia Inquirer. Distributed by Knight RidderTnbune Information CLINTONS IN PARADISE. 48,000-square-fo- Former President Bill Clinton and Sen Hillary Ftodham Clinton spent a vacation on Hawaii's Kauai Island doing what most tourists do - shopping, eating out and golfing, albeit with a movie star. Services. floods. Nagin said he was grateful the damage wasn't even worse, but pleaded with residents not to return prematurely to whatever was left of their homes. The city of Gulfport, 55 miles northeast of New Orleans and nearly under the storm's eye wall, suffered particularly severe blows. Hospitals sustained heavy damage, sailboats floated in the middle of U S. 90, and casinos in the area were said to be deeply flooded Along the Mississippi coast a storm surge - the wall of water that accompanies the center of a hurricane - knocked homes and other buildings from their foundations. People trapped in attics and roofs begged for rescue but had to wait hours for assistance. In Biloxi, 6 feet of water blocked Interstate 10 at the Biloxi River and local casinos were flooded The Hard Flock Casino, scheduled to open next week, was damaged A church in nearby Long Beach was destroyed as was the harbor. In downtown Mobile, Ala, 12 feet of water flooded the convention center, the state docks, the metro jail which had been evacuated and dozens of other downtown structures. Whitecaps surged down ' 28-fo- Street. Its core made landfall almost directly south of New Orleans as a monstrous Category 4 hur- wind ricane with (c) 2005, The Miami Herald Distributed by Knight RidderTribune Information 145-mp- h Services. Wizard of Oz slippers stolen Museum from Judy Garland Minn. summer, the slippers DULUTH, (KRT) A This were in the ninth week of a loan to the museum The slippers were stolen sometime between 5:45 p.m Saturday and 9:45 am Sunday, when an employee discovered the break-in-, said John Kelsch, Judy Garland Museum direc- pair of ruby slippers considered to be The Holy Grail," of all Hollywood memorabilia has been stolen. A rare pair of the ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the classic movie "Wizard of during the weekend in what appears to be a targeted burglary at the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minn. Insured for $ 1 million, the shoes are one of four pairs known to exist that were used in the 1939 movie, said their owner, Michael Shaw, a North Hollywood movie memorabilia collector. "It's the worst nightmare for me," he said. "The theft is not only a crime against me, but against children. Those shoes have been used to raise money for AIDS, for helping get kids off the street, reading programs, and for children with Downs syndrome and autism." L cording to the movie rite www.IMDb.com, each pair has an estimated value of $1.5 million, making them the most valuable piece of Hollywood memorabilia. Shaw, himself a childhood actor, has owned the slippers since 1969. The slippers, he says, had been on display three other times in Grand Ramds Oz" were stolen tor. Grand Rapids Police say an emergency exit door window was broken A glass case that contained the ruby slippers was broken and the slippers removed "I'm hoping and praying that whoever it was will have an attack of conscience and mail then back to the museum" said Shaw. I'm hoping they will come back and be able to do the good work that they've been doing at these marvelous functions. I always felt not just like their owner, but their protector, and this is the way my generosity is I'm just hoping that the novelty will wear off for whoever took them when they realize they can't do anything with them I just want them back no repercussions just send them back to the museum" The museum is along Highway 169 south in Grand re-pai- Rapids. (c) 2005, Duluth News Tribune (Duluth, Minn). Distributed by Knight RidderTribune Information "ices. 69 H12 71278-4- 0 " I |