2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 24, 1997 Flames engulf vacated restaurant By Rachel Edelman Daily Staff" Reporter A fire broke out at Magic Wok restaurant on East William Street on Friday afternoon. Two fire trucks quickly arrived to the scene, and fire- fighters worked to extinguish the fire, which caused no injuries. "There was fire damage to the roof and second floor," said Ann Arbor Fire Department Chief George Markus. The roof was in the process of being renovated by two construction work- ers. One worker was laying down a patch of rubber for a new roof when a bird's nest in the roof's gutter caught fire. The fire, which was called in at 12:05 p.m., was ignited by a torch, which the workers used to heat the new roof and weld it down. "It just all of a sudden caught on fire," said Ann Arbor resident Dan Hill. As onlookers watched from below, firefighters cut through multiple lay- ers that had been built over Magic Wok's original roof. "We had to open walls and ceil- ings,' Markus said. "At one point, we had about 28 personnel at the scene" The second floor of the building suffered water damage as well when the sprinkler system was acti- vated. Magic Wok has been closed for sev- eral months. Owners of the store would not comment on the fire. Employees and customers at the two businesses adjacent to Magic Wok, A-1 Alterations and The Burro, were evacuated. Markus said "minor smoke damage" was done to the stores. The Burro suffered water damage as well. "There was flooding caused by the fire hoses. There was also smoke dam- KEVIN KRUPITZER/Daily An Ann Arbor firefighter extinguishes flames on top of an empty building locat- ed at 613-615 East William St. The fire broke out around noon on Friday. age, but we dealt with it through air filters and de-humidifiers," said Douglas Allen, an employee at The Burro. "I just saw the smoke and the fire. I smelled it. It smelled like a cigarette burning," said Xing He, owner of A-1 Alterations. He was working in the tailor shop when the fire began. The two construction workers at the scene said they were unsure why the roof was being redone. "We've been working here for three or four months," said Mike Johnson, owner of Highlander Construction. "The entire ceiling is gone on the sec- ond floor. They pulled it down because of the fire." Johnson said his company was con- tracted by Campus Management, a private business that owns Magic Wok. "Magic Wok is not open as far as I know," Johnson said. Many gathered on East William Street as firefighters worked to extin- guish the fire. "I was at the toy and bike shop (on East William) when I saw the commotion here," said Ann Arbor resident Jim Pog. "I didn't know that the fire happened here. I thought it was on the other side of State Street." - Dailv Staff Reporters Jeffrey Kosseff and Susan T Port contributed to this report. Top Cuban exile dead at age 58 MIAMI (AP) - Jorge Mas Canosa, the top Cuban exile leader who built a powerful political network and monop- olized U.S. policy toward Cuba, died yesterday. He was 58. His son, Jorge Mas Jr., announced his father's death in a news conference, where he was joined by more than 30 board members and officers of the anti- communist Cuban American National Foundation his father headed. "Unfortunately he will never set foot in a free Cuba," Mas Jr. said, his lower lip quivering and his eyes welling with tears. "But his spirit and the legacy that he has left us will." Dr. Alberto Hernandez, Mas' physi- cian who will also be the foundation's interim chair, said the exile leader died of respiratory and cardiac failure caused by cancer. He also suffered from Paget's disease, a hereditary bone affliction. The death of Mas leaves the exile community looking for a new leader, Mas, who many said wanted to be president of Cuba, rose to power utiliz- ing hefty political contributions. He modeled his organization after the typ- ical American political action commit- tee and delivered thousands of Cuban exile votes to the Republican Party. "Jorge has been a very important part of shaping U.S.-Cuba policy for a number of years, formulating and pass- ing important legislation," said U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, (R-Fla). The legislative achievements include the 1996 Helms-Burton Act, which made the U.S. embargo on Cuba law and provided for lawsuits against for- eign companies doing business with properties illegally confiscated after the communist revolution. Mas pushed for the 1992 Cuban Democracy Act, also known as the Torricelli Bill, which tightened the embargo on Cuba. The controversial Radio Marti and TV Marti, which is not seen on the island due to jamming, are also creations of Mas. He served as the chair of the board for the U.S. Information Agency stations that beams uncensored news to Cuba. "Without Jorge Mas Canosa, none of that legislation would have been enact- ed into law," Ros-Lehtinen said. He was also chair of the president's advisory committee for the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, which oversees the operation of Radio and TV Marti. He was accused of overreaching and controlling the daily operations of the station to push his agenda. A year-long investigation conducted by the U.S. Information Agency indi- cated that interference in station prac- tices by Mas undermined U.S. immi- gration initiatives related to Cuba. The report said Mas placed cronies on the Radio Marti staff to assure his polit- ical viewpoint was represented in broad- casts and that he arranged for reprisals against staff members who refused his orders. However, an investigation by the State Department's Inspector General earlier said there was no evidence he arranged reprisals against the staff. President Clinton, in Vancouver, British Columbia, for a summit with Asia-Pacific leaders, praised Mas. "Jorge was a born leader and organiz- er whose tenacity, strength of conviction and passion I greatly admired. He galva- nized his community, his adopted coun- try and people around the world for the cause of freedom and democracy in Cuba,"Clinton said in a statement. Even his detractors recognize the power he wielded. "Had it not been for Jorge Mas Canosa, we probably would have had normal relations with Cuba. He has almost single handedly blocked all that," said Wayne Smith, who headed the U.S. Interest Section in Havana dur- ing the Carter administration. The official Cuban news agency, Prensa Latina, described Mas in an obituary yesterday as "a promoter and partisan of all actions against the revo- lutionary government of Cuba." Mas built a small family telecommu- nications business into a publicly trad- ed $475 million company. MasTec and its earnings catapulted both Mas and his son onto the list of the Top 10 rich- est Hispanics. . - AROUND THE NATI I2 NASA makes plan for risky spacewalk CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -The space shuttle Columbia kept a respectful dis- tance from a tumbling satellite Saturday as NASA devised a plan for two astronauts to go out and grab the out-of-control craft in a risky spacewalk. "We sure have a lot of work ahead of us!' Mission Control informed the six- member crew. "Time to roll up our sleeves." It's been more than five years since astronauts last hauled in a satellite with their gloved hands. It took three men to capture that satellite, which was three times size of this one and never meant to be touched in space. While this spacewalk would be easier, it's dangerous nonetheless. NASA managers said they would decide yesterday whether to have astronauts Winston Scott and Takao Doi attempt the rescue during a scheduled spacewalk tonight. Scott and Doi trained before Columbia's flight to seize the Spartan satellite, a 5- foot cube that weighs 1 1/2 tons on Earth. But no one expected it to be spinning, so the men practiced catching only a relatively still spacecraft. After meeting Saturday, managers were leaning heavily in the direction of the-res- cue attempt, even though it would mean scrapping most of the space station-build- ing tests that had been planned for the six-hour excursion. Those tests already have been delayed a year; they were supposed to be conducted last November by other astronauts, but a jammed hatch on Columbia forced a cancellation. Septuplet mom goes home; babies better CARLISLE, Iowa - Septuplet mom Bobbi McCaughey left the hospital and returned home yesterday while her seven babies stayed behind in intensive care, continuing to impress doctors with their resilience. Even the last-born of the seven - Joel Steven - who had been listed in critical condition shortly after Wednesday's birth and was dubbed "underdog" by doctors, was taken off a ventilator yesterday and upgraded to fair condition. "Last week we had very high expectations for these babies, and to this point, they have fulfilled all of those expectations remarkably well," Dr. Robert Shaw, director of the Iowa Methodist Medical Center, said yesterday on CBS' "Face the Nation." McCaughey, 29, arrived yesterday afternoon at her home in Carlisle, 10 miles south of Des Moines, with her husband, Kenny. Hospitalized for more than a month, she walked into her home slowly and without anyone's help. The McCaugheys made worldwide news when their septuplets were born by Caesarean section nine weeks prema- ture. Doctors have said the babies will be hospitalized into January. Vietnamese protest rights violations SANTA ANA, Calif. - In one of the largest rallies ever attended by Vietnamese expatriates, more than 5,000 people turned out yesterday morning to protest what they say are widespread human rights violations and religious persecutions in their native land. The protest march, held at Santa Stadium, followed a one-hour Cathojac Mass during which worshippers com- memorated the Vatican's canonization of 117 Vietnamese martyrs. Although such a service has been hold every year since 1989, organizers said yesterday's event took on special signifi- cance because it came in the wake of incidents of civil unrest in Vietnam. & AROUND THE WORLD L' "' U.S. officials say Iraq must cooperate WASHINGTON - Bolstered by a strong endorsement from U.N. weapons experts, American officials stressed yes- terday that Iraq has no hope of seeing economic sanctions lifted as long as it balks at total access for inspectors trying to ferret out biological and chemical weapons. "It is clear that there is a massive amount of work that has to be done there, especially in the chemical and biological inspection areas," President Clinton said in Vancouver, British Columbia, at a trade summit of Pacific rim nations. Clinton said he is determined that weapons inspectors be free to carry out their mission. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, in Vancouver with Clinton for an Asia Pacific economic crence, said "we expect there will be firm action to com- pel compliance" if Iraq resists. "It is very clear that they have not complied with Security Council resolu- tions' she said. Baghdad's United Nations ambas- sador countered that sanctions should be lifted now. The Iraqis have destroyed their weapons themselves, he said. "The sanctions will stay in place. There is no hope of them being lifted",so long as Iraq continues to obst* weapons instructors and ignore U.N.,rer- olutions imposed after the Persian Gulf War, Defense Secretary William Cohen said on NBC's "Meet the Press." U.S. and Pacific nations open trade VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Gathering against the nervewrack backdrop of Asia's economic ensis, President Clinton and other Pacific Rjm leaders pledged fresh rescue efforts Saturday and reached a modest agree- ment to stimulate open markets for such export items as toys and gems, chemi- cals and telecommunication equipment. "Asia buys nearly a third of what we sell abroad, supporting millions of high-paying American jobs," Clinton said. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. Steven Gao, M.D. is board certified in internal Medicine Linda Shoener, R.N., MSN. a nurse practitioner who specializes in women's health issues. Both Dr. Gao and Ms. Shoener specialize in internal medicine and preventative care. Care Choices, Preferred Choices, Medicare, Medicaid, HAP, and most Blue Cross Blue Shield plans are accepted. Please call to schedule an appointment at 665-4100 Evening appointments available 250 W. 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