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...Canada where 53 of his followers and their children died. Police in two countries are trying to find out whether the deaths were mass suicide, mass murder or some bizarre combination of the two. An international arrest warrant has been issued for Jouret and fellow cult leader Joseph di Mambro, a 70-year-old French Canadian called "the Dictator" or "Napoleon" by some in the sect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Reign of Fire | 10/17/1994 | See Source »

...southeast of Cheiry, fires erupted at three adjoining ski chalets, including one that belonged to Jouret. This time police and firemen found 25 bodies, all of them badly burned, including the remains of at least five children. Earlier in the day two men identifying themselves as Jouret and Di Mambro had got a local locksmith to admit them to the house. Both fires had been set off by the same elaborate system, in which plastic bags of gasoline and containers of propane gas were linked by electrical wires to a telephone. Its ringing could provide the electrical charge to ignite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Reign of Fire | 10/17/1994 | See Source »

Roberts, Pe. and especially sophomore Tina Bougas--who lost her New England singles title to Yale's Kris di Mambro at Amherst--all get a chance to avenge that loss in their only other home meet, April 18 against the Elis...

Author: By Howard N. Mead, | Title: Northwestern Visits ITT As Racquetwomen Debut | 3/7/1981 | See Source »

Forced to move on to her finals showdown less than one hour later, Bougas finally ran out of gas. In an exhausted state, she bowed, 6-2, 6-3, to Yale's Kris Di Mambro...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racquetwomen Second Overall; Roberts, Pe Grab Top Honors | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

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