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Thursday, April 13, 1978
University Daily Kansan
Cable...
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Another student, who lives in an apartment and subscribes to basic cable, that by attaching an extra six-inch long wire to his television antenna he could receive
- The student said. "If they came to me and said, 'That's illegal,' I say, 'I'lllegal for me to put something on my TV?' I'm not doing anything. That's not what I'm not doing with their equipment."
"I could hang that same piece of wire from my toilet and I'd be the same case."
Wait, in line 1, it's "could hang that same piece of wire"?
Line 2: "from my toilet and I'd be the same case."
Actually, it looks like "could hang that same piece of wire from my toilet and I'd be the same case." No, it's "could hang that same piece of wire from my toilet and I'd be the same case."
Let's re-read line 1.
"It could hang that same piece of wire from my toilet and I'd be the same case."
Yes, that's correct.
Wait, let me look at the image again.
Line 1: "could hang that same piece of wire from my toilet and I'd be the same case."
Line 2: "from my toilet and I'd be the same case."
Yes, they are the same.
However, Dennis said that any tampering of the cable television wire or HBO signal code is in violation of state statute.
"IF YOU'RE receiving any cable signal I illegally you 're liable," he said.
Test, Inc., a scramble guard security system Sunflower Cablevision subscribes 6, is currently offering a $1,000 reward for the first arrest and conviction of a person
"That $1,000 is a pretty good incentive for turning in your best friend," Dennis said. "We're anxiously hoping to be the first ones to prosecute for illegal HBO use."
Although it may be harder to prosecute for illegal HBO use, it is very easy to prosecute for illegal cable use, according to the American Analyst for the Lawrence Police Department.
"If there is a suspicion that someone is using cablevision service illegally, we obtain a search warrant, go in and seize everything relevant to the case, including
TO RECEIVE cable television free, a person needs to adjust and hook certain wires onto their equipment. The wires will be used to be physically hooked up to the set. Through various technical means, Sunflower Cablevision could detect that was illegally using cable
"If they find through their equipment, based on probable cause, that someone is illegally using HBO and cable, then with their findings, we can obtain a search warrant, write the report and go to court," Ollain said.
Dennis said he employed and trained a six-member audit crew whose sole job was
to search in Lawrence for residents illegally using cable television and HBO.
The auditors use a device called a Super Sniffer to determine whether people are connected to the network or technic device the of a briefcase that can monitor any given channel. A tone is on the cable system or any channel and the tone will sound when someone is using the device.
"The SUPER Snuffer originally was designed as an auditing device to see who was watching any channel for survey purposes," Demis said. "But some cable associations thought it would be an excellent way to track down illegals."
The Super Sniffer operates when an auditor drives down a street and a tone is heard.
Officials watch river
TOPEKA (AP) -KANS officials, wary that a northwestern Oklahoma nuclear power plant may dip too deeply into the water. If someone closes a close eye on who is sipping off water.
"During drought periods, Kansas may need all the flow of the Verigris River," said Guy Gibson, chief engineer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the state Agriculture Department.
Gibson said he would oppose any modification of the Kansas-Oklahoma Arkansas River Basin Compact to provide access to Oklahoma from the Vergirdis River.
That river empties into the Oolagah Reservoir in Oklahoma, which is planned as the main pool of water for the Balck Fox nuclear reactor.
Rep. Robert Miller, R-Wellington, said he was concerned that the Black Fox nuclear plant being built near the Kansas-Oklahoma border will be a major water source from the Verdieria to cool its operation.
Miller, an opponent of nuclear power, has led the fight to delay construction of the new nuclear power plant.
Givson said he was monitoring the development of the Oklahoma plant to insure that Kansas' water rights were adequately protected.
louder the tone. The auditor can check an entire street or an individual house. When the house is found, the auditor checks his phone number. The auditor is a navigator in Dennis explained.
Cable installers also look to see whether there have been any illegal installations when they service apartments, he said. If any tampering with the cable wire is evident, he said, the installers check a master sheet, also.
"You don't have a warning every time you run a red light," Demis said. "Why should someone be warned when he's using cable illegally?"
If the person in question is not a paying subscriber, Dennis said, the auditor will warn him that he is illegally using cablevision services. If after two or three warnings and the cable is still in use, SunFlower Cablevision will prosecute.
"The theft of service statue is clear cut and precise. The violator knows he's violating the law and it'd be foolish for him to fight it."
"My opinion is not going to change. I am strongly against the move."
HOWEVER, DENNIS said that beginning about June 1, there would be no more warnings and that prosecution would start on the same day. Other evidence was confiscated.
"I am a firm believer that if the penalty is strong enough, it will certainly have an effect as a deterent of crime," he said. "And no matter who it is we will prove him or whatever. It doesn't make a difference. We will audit the entire city if we have to."
statue will damage historic property, then the final decision is left to the governor.
"I think he (Snell) made the wrong decision." Richman said.
Last week, KU administrators wrote another letter to Snell asking him if his decision would be changed in light of the report. Snell has not replied.
Dennis said that if Sunflower Cablevision didn't get the convictions it deserved, it would lobby at the State Legislature in Washington to lift of telecommunication statute passed.
Malone said that theft of telecommunication service was a growing crime because people saw their friends using free phones and didn't realize that it was against the law.
He also said that he had not received a reply from Snell.
RICHMAN SAID he wrote back to Snell, and although he decided to reveal the contents of the letter, he said he did oppose the move.
According to Malone, the people who illegally use cable television and HBO are not hardened criminals but "normal day-to-day people" with dream of stealing a piece of bubble gum."
statue actually were a part of the statue's appearance.
Richman said that Snell asked him to comment on three things: the importance of a site to a sculpture, how many other works by French there were in Kansas, and whether the character of the statue would be destroyed if it were moved.
But before Snell issued the March 20 letter, he consulted with several people.
"People using cable without paying for it don't realize they're committing a crime," Malone said. "They think that if they have cable, they should be arrested and HBO that means it's all right to use it. But it's not. They're stoking something." He added that with Sunflower in convicting these people,"
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If the move is approved, Richman said he would be moved as to how and where the team would be moved.
Statue ...
He wrote a letter to Richman in February for advice on the statue's move.
"If it is going to be moved, although I'm strongly against it, I think a great deal of time should be given to study the plans where the statue is to be located, particularly the architecture is different than the old Green Hall," Richman said.
"Statues are designed for spaces," he said. "The statue Jimmy Green is good in the light."
"That's a big part of viewing a monument. French and Baeare were aware of that."
Another concern of Richman's was whether the base would be moved with the building.
nature would be invaded.
Richman said that the surroundings of a
Old Henry Bacon was the architect of old Green Hail! He collaborated with French on the design.
"WILL IT have the same axis, what type of physical impact is it going to have, will it fall?"
He said that these were all critical questions to be answered.
"The statue and the base make up a until it moved," he said. "You are invited to sit at a table."
He was referring to the step that is around the base.
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