The Michigan Daily -- michigandaily.com "- Monday, September 19,2011 - 3A The Michigan aily - michigndailycom NWSMonaSptme.9,01-3 NEWS BRIEFS MILAN TOWNSHIP, Mich. Marijuana plants found while flying over corn fields It didn't look like ears of corn. A pilot with the Monroe Coun- ty sheriff's office spotted many marijuana plants Saturday while * flying over two corn fields in Milan Township, 60 miles west of Detroit. Joe Schumacher was right: Deputies counted 55 mature plants worth at least $25,000. The discovery is under investi- gation. Federal drug agents from Toledo, Ohio, are also part of the case. LAKELAND, Fla. Man kills wife, shoots at pastors A gunman killed his wife at their Florida home and then burst through the front door of a nearby church yesterday, wound- ing a pastor and associate pastor before parishioners tackled him, authorities and relatives said. The suspect, 57-year-old Jer- emiah Fogle, killed one person at a home about a block away from the church before shooting the pastors, the Polk County Sher- iff's office said. The two men, pastor William Boss and asso- ciate pastor Carl Stewart, were in critical condition. No other church members were hurt. Maria Beauford said the slain woman was her sister, 56-year- old Theresa Fogle. The Fogles married in 2002 and ran a trans- portation business together. They had been members of Greater Faith Christian Center Church, where the shootings happened, but had started their own ministry out of their house and regularly hosted yesterday's services, Beauford said. CASABLANCA, Morocco Pro-democracy protesters sweep 0 Morocco streets Thousands of Moroccans demonstrated yesterday calling for greater political freedoms, as the country's pro-democracy movement attempted to regain momentum lost over the summer. At least 3,000 people marched through the streets of Casablan- ca, Morocco's largest city, chant- ing slogans against government corruption in a demonstration organized by the pro-democracy February 20 movement. Like the rest of the Arab world, this North African king- dom was swept by pro-democ- racy protests featuring tens of thousands starting in February, but in recent months the protests have petered out and at one point stopped altogether. Last week, the February 20 movement restarted its weekly protests and thousands marched through downtown Casablanca yesterday, though earlier in the summer it had been twice that number. KANO, Nigeria Gunment kill 3 in worst attack since April election Authorities in Nigeria say three people have been killed and eight others wounded in an attack on a northern village that saw the worst of postelection violence in the oil-rich nation in April. The attack happened early yesterday in the Bitaro village of Kaduna state. Villagers said gun- men surrounded their homes and opened fire on the Christian vil- lage. State police commissioner Balla Nasarawa confirmed yes- terday that the attack took place, but declined to offer further details. He said no arrests have been made. Rioting after the nation's April presidential election killed hun- dreds in Kaduna state, about 110 miles (180 kilometers) away from the country's capital of Abuja. -Compiled from Daily wire reports U.N. appeals for millions to relieve flood destruction Funds would help is clear evidence of growing humanitarian needs," said the more than 5.4 response plan. The return of the floods is million Pakistanis testament to the heaviness of the monsoon rains and the lim- ISLAMABAD (AP) - The its of Pakistan's weak and cor- United Nations appealed for rupt government, showing up $357 million yesterday to help its ineffectiveness in the crisis. millions of Pakistanis affected As they did last year, the by floods that have damaged floods are undercutting the hundreds of thousands of homes legitimacy of the shaky govern- and destroyed millions of acres ment, which is already widely of crops. disliked and struggling against Pakistan often experiences Islamist militants, ever present floodingfrom monsoon rains that political turmoil and massive lash much of South Asia from economic problems. June to September. This year In 2010, the floods followed the rains have been heavier than the course of the River Indus normal, coming as many people and its tributaries from the were still trying to recover from foothills of the Himalayas to last year's floods, which were the the flatlands of Sindh, where the worst in the country's history. river empties out into the Ara- The money from the appeal bian Sea. would be used to help more than As much as one-fifth of the 5.4 million people in the prov- country's landmass and 20 mil- inces of Sindh and Baluchistan lion people were affected at the over the next six months, said peak, making it one of the larg- Humaira Mehboob, a spokes- est natural disasters in recent woman for the U.N.'s humani- history. The U.S. army deployed tarian arm. Those provinces helicopters to ferry victims and have been the worst hit by the aid around the country, and the floods this year. U.N. and other international aid The floods have killed 223 groups also helped. people in Sindh alone, damaged Many of those countries, or destroyed around 665,000 including the U.S., have mobi- homes and displaced more than lized again this year to help 1.8 million people, according to flood victims. The U.S. has said a rapid response plan issued by it paid for food packages for the U.N. yesterday. 23,000 families and its local "The situation of the people partners will soon begin hand- who have been forced to leave ing out tents, clean water and their homes is dire, and there other supplies. A P-51 Mustang airplane approaches the ground right before crashing during an air show in Reno, Nev. The vintage World War Il-era fighter plane piloted by Jimmy Leeward plunged into the grandstands during the popular annual air show. Death toll of Reno air race crash rises to nine Investigation pending into cause of pilot's loss of control RENO, Nev. (AP) - The death toll rose to nine Saturday in an air race crash in Reno as investigators determined that several spectators were killed on impact as the 1940s-model plane appeared to lose a piece of its tail before slamming like amissile into a crowded tarmac. Moments earlier, thousands had arched their necks skyward and watched the planes speed by just a few hundred feet off the ground before some noticed a strange gurgling engine noise from above. Seconds later, the P-51 Mu stang dubbed The Gal- loping Ghost pitched oddly upward, twirled and took an immediate nosedive into a sec- tion of white VIP box seats. The plane, flown by a 74-year-old veteran racer and Hollywood stunt pilot, disinte- grated in a ball of dust, debris and bodies as screams of "Oh my God!" spread through the crowd. National Transportation Safety Board officials were on the scene Saturday to determine what caused Jimmy Leeward to lose control of the plane, and they were looking at ama- teur video clips that appeared to show a small piece of the aircraft falling to the ground before the crash. Witnesses who looked at photos of the part said it appeared to be an "eleva- tor trim tab," which helps pilots keep control of the aircraft. Reno police also provided a GPS mapping system to help investigators recreate the crash scene. "Pictures and video appear to show a piece of the plane was coming off," NTSB spokesman Mark Rosekind said at a news conference. "A component has been recovered. We have not identified the component or if it even came from the airplane ... We are going to focus on that." Investigators said they also recovered part of the tail sec- tion, where the tab is located. A tour near the site offered to journalists Saturday eve- ning revealed debris spread in a fan-shape over more than an acre around a crater roughly 3 feet deep and as much as 8 feet across. Based on the crater's location, it appears the P-51 Mustang went straight down in the first few rows of VIP box seats, or about 65 feet in front of the leading edge of the grand- stand. Yellow crime tape surround- ed the scene and spectator seats remained askew. Among the dead were the pilot and eight spectators. Offi- cials said 69 people were treat- ed at hospitals, including 36 who have been released and 31 who remain there. Nine were in critical condition late Saturday. One of the victims was iden- tified Saturday as 22-year-old Michael Wogan of Phoenix, who was in a wheelchair the VIP section when the plane crashed, the Arizona Republic reported. Wogan, who suffered from muscular dystrophy, was killed and his father, Bill, lost an eye and some fingers and sustained serious facial inju- ries, the Wogan family told the newspaper. Marine suicide sparks hazing inquiry in Hawaii Three Marines face charges after death of Lance Cpl. HONOLULU (AP) - In the chilly pre-dawn hours of April 3 in Afghanistan, Marine Lance Cpl. Harry Lew crouched down in the foxhole he'd been ordered to dig for disciplinary reasons - he'd repeatedly fallen asleep on guard duty - placed the muzzle of his gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. Three Marines - Lew's squad leader, a sergeant, and two of his fellow lance corporals - have been charged with wrongfully humiliating and demeaning Lew. The two lance corporals have also been charged with assault, and one was charged with cruelty and maltreatment. A military Article 32 hearing on whether the men should be court-martialed on these charges was held earlier this month at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay. In a case with mild echoes of the 1992 Hollywood movie "A Few Good Men," the hearing into the 21-year-old's suicide sought to determine whether Lew's fellow Marines hazed him in the hours leading up to his death. Testimony was also given that the Marines were trying to help Lew. The commander of the Hawaii- based 3rd Marine Regiment, Col. Nathan Nastase, will determine whether the three Marines will be tried after he reviews the recom- mendations of the officer who pre- sided over the hearing. The hearing depicted a squad of Marines actively fighting on the front lines while at the same time dealing with Lew's problems. Commanders said in retrospect Lew may have been suffering from depression or some other medical condition. Lew had fallen asleep several times on watch duty, when his life and the lives of his fellow Marines depended on him being awake and alert. His leaders tried various approaches to keep him awake, including taking him off patrols so he could get more rest, according to testimony at the hearing. But on Lew's last night, those efforts escalated into alleged acts of violence and humiliation, according to the charges heard. The Marines are accused of punch- ing and kicking him, making him do push-ups and pouring sand in his face. Lew, the nephew of U.S. Rep. Judy Chu of California, joined the Marine Corps after graduating from Santa Clara High School and studying at Mission College in Cal- ifornia. His first assignment was to join the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines at Kaneohe Bay. In November, he deployed to Afghanistan. Four months into his tour, the Marine Corps sent Lew to join a squad at Patrol Base Gowragi - a remote outpost in Helmand province the U.S. was establishing to disrupt Taliban drug and weap- ons trafficking. Enemy forces engaged the base on Lew's first day there, March 23. That night, Lew fell asleep dur- ing watch duty - the first of four times he would do so in his 10days at Gowragi. A few days later, while the squad was on its own ambush patrol, he dozed off while on watch. On April 2, the executive officer of the regiment, a lieutenant colo- nel, and the battalion executive officer, a major, found Lewsleeping on watch duty while they toured the base at 11 a.m. Lew's head was tilted back, his mouth was open, and his eyes were closed, testified Capt. Michael Regner, the Golf Company commanding officer who escorted the other officers. The platoon's commander, 1st Lt. Jameson Payne, testified that removing Lew from the outpost wasn't an option. "There was no reserve of Marines to replace a Marine who was tired. Everyone was tired," Payne said at the Article 32.hear- ing, which is similar to a civilian grand jury proceeding. Lew was found asleep on watch again the night of April 2 after he didn't respond to a radio check at 11:15 p.m. According to a command inves- tigation report, the squad's leader, Sgt. Benjamin Johns, told Lew's fellow lance corporals over the radio that "peers should correct peers." . Johns woke up another Marine who was due to relieve Lew at 1 a.m. and had him take over the job early. Lew was ordered to dig a fox- hole deep enough for him to stand in, so he would stay awake while on watch. The Marines confronted Lew about his falling asleep and cri- tiqued his digging of the hole. After 2 a.m. Lance Cpl. Charles Orozco III told Lew to do push- ups, crunches and planks. Orozco also told Lew to hoist a sandbag while exercising, and, according to the command's investigative report on the incident, stomped on Lew's back and legs if Lew failed to do his repetitions properly. Venezuela President Hugo Chanez takes his cap off daring a welcoming ceremo- ny for Bolivia President Evo Morales at the Miraflores presidential palace. Hugo Chavez to receive last round' of chemotherapy Chavez is 'confident' in overcoming cancer CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez headed back to Cuba on Saturday night for a fourth phase of chemotherapy that he expects to be his last round of treatment for cancer. Supporters saw off Chavez with songs and a prayer outside the presidential palace before he left for the airport along with Bolivian President Evo Morales, who was accompanying him to the island. Chavez told the crowd that he is confident he is overcoming the illness. "I'm sure that this week we will close the cycle of chemo- therapy and we will be turning the page," he told supporters, standing at the doors of the pres- idential palace. "Chavez's cancer is now part of this history," he added, liken- ing it to the short-lived coup he survived in 2002. Chavez waved to the crowd wearing the red beret and fatigues from his years as an army paratroop commander. He said he expected to under- go medical tests in Havana on Saturday night and then resume chemotherapy Sunday. Chavez said he and Morales both planned to meet with Cuban President Raul Castro. Later, a military band played Venezuela's national anthem at the, airport as Chavez and Morales prepared to board their flight to Havana. Chavez said he would return to Venezuela before next weekend. Chavez underwent surgery in Cuba in June to remove a tumor from his pelvic region. Since then, he has undergone three rounds of chemotherapy treat- ments, two of those in Cuba. He has lost weight, and since the beginning of August he has appeared with his head shaved after his hair began to fall out due to chemotherapy. The 57-year-old leader has said that the treatment aims to prevent any cancerous cells from reappearing and that tests have shown no signs of a recur- rence.