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Seven minutes later he arrived at the row house he shared with his widowed mother in Hungerford. He shot her, killed the family dog and set the house on fire. Retrieving a semiautomatic Kalashnikov assault rifle and ammunition from a garden shed, Ryan began walking toward the center of town, firing bursts and reloading as he went. "He was just strolling along the road, shooting at anything that moved," said Barbara Morley. Said another witness, Christopher Browsher: "He looked just like Rambo...
...emerged from a side road with two small girls. Ryan opened fire at the men, leaving the father dead in a puddle of blood. He emptied his gun into the car of a woman and her daughter, killing both. Abdul Khan, 84, was cut down in his garden, dying as his wife cradled his head. Francis Butler was killed while walking his dog. The savagery was as swift as it was deadly: 13 people died between 1:05 p.m. and 1:15 p.m. The final toll: 16 dead, 14 wounded...
Since few Americans bother to learn more than rudimentary Spanish, town life is largely divided between "them and us." An English-language theater group performs regularly, and a country club, an American Legion post and numerous garden and bridge organizations serve as gathering spots. To keep occupied, many turn to charity work. American residents fund an orphanage and a home for indigent Mexicans. They arrange visits by American medical specialists to treat Mexicans. Last June Obregon Street in Ajijic was resurfaced, courtesy of the foreign community. Says Kay Pike, a retired actress who moved to Chapala four years...
...rises on the dune line in the 1970s. So that people on the lower floors could have an unimpeded view of the ocean, the dunes were simply bulldozed away. Since then, the ocean has come to see the tourists: beneath many buildings, pilings are exposed to the waves. At Garden City, S.C., just south of Myrtle Beach, where big condos dot the waterfront, crumbled seawalls and wrecked swimming pools testify to the power of storms unchecked by protective dunes...
However, since Comstock wasn't to have beenentirely ready until later this fall, provisionsfor relocating students had already been made.Dean L. Fred Jewett '57 told The Crimson earlierthis spring that approximately 20 students from Worth Housewill be living in 29 Garden St. for the firstsemester until renovations are completed...