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The Inside Front
Tuesday November 23,1999
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CAMPUS
City, county may allow fireworks for holiday
Tonight the Lawrence City Commission will consider allowing Lawrence residents to use fireworks to celebrate New Year's Eve.
City Manager Mike Wildgen said he expected the commission to direct staff to draft an ordinance that would allow residents to possess, store and use fireworks inside city limits during the New Year's holiday.
Permissible times for setting off fireworks probably will be similar to those being considered by the Douglas County Commission, Wildren said.
The Douglas County Commission is considering a resolution that would permit the sale and use of fireworks in the unincorporated parts of the county on Dec. 30-31, 1999, and Jan. 1, 2000.
The Douglas County Commission was expected to approve the resolution yesterday, but deferred the decision until next week.
Wildgen said he expected the county resolution to pass.
NATION
— Derek Prater
Korean Baptist church victim of racial graffiti
MINNEAPOLIS — Vandals defaced the Korean First Baptist Church with racial slurs, swastikas and other graffiti.
The spray-painted messages expressed hatred toward blacks, women and homosexuals, but did not specifically attack Asians. Police were investigating the graffiti, which was discovered Saturday.
"Satan loves all" and "I love rape" were among the messages on the side of the building in northeast Minneapolis, and "I worship Satan" was sprayed on the church van.
Some words were misspelled and pastor Wonho Pi said he suspects that teen-agers were the culprits.
There also were obscure references to the Unabomber and Tourette's syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes abrupt, involuntary body movements and sounds.
Gorilla delivers her baby in front of zoo visitors
WASHINGTON — Mandara, a 17-year-old lowland gorilla, gave birth for the fourth time — in public, in
full view of a surprised crowd on Saturday. Her guardians couldn't be more delighted.
"Gorillas choose to give birth where they feel most comfortable," said Lisa Stevens, curator of the gorilla exhibit at the National Zoo.
"Obviously, Mandara is very used to human visitors."
Mandara is on loan from the Milwaukee County Zoo, and the first-time father, 16-year-old Kuju, belongs to the Brookfield Zoo, near Chicago.
Zoos regularly lend gorillas back and forth to try to ensure a genetically diverse captive population. The practice has worked so well that some animals have been given birth control, though not the gorilla population at the National Zoo.
Cartoonist fights cancer; strip's future uncertain
SANTA ROSA, Calif.
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz is battling cancer, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported Sunday.
The cancer was discovered last Tuesday, when Schulz was rushed to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital to clear a blocked abdominal artery, the artist's wife, Jean Schulz said.
The future is uncertain for "Peanuts," which is distributed to 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries and is the basis of a franchise that collects $1 billion per year.
But new strips chronicling the friendships and foibles of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and Woodstock will continue to appear at least through Jan. 1, 2000, because Schult works more than five weeks ahead of publication.
The 76-year-old Schulz had worked half a day Tuesday when he told employees he didn't feel well. He remained hospitalized as of Saturday night.
IRS agent claims prize from Regis' quiz show
John Carpenter, who went all the way on Friday's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, collected his million-dollar check this morning from Regis Philbin on Live with Regis and Kathie Lee.
NEW YORK — He wanted to be a millionaire. Now, he is.
"I wouldn't dream of it," Carpenter said genially.
"Don't cheat on your income tax," co-host Kathie Lee Gifford told the 31-year-old winner, an Internal Revenue Service agent, "because the whole world knows what you've won."
On the hit ABC quiz show, where Philbin also serves as host, Carpenter had run the gauntlet of 15 double-or-nothing questions, finally picking Richard Nixon as the president who made and appearance on the television series Laugh-In.
"This guy's got ice water in his veins," Philbin marveled on his talk show
Carpenter, who lives in Hamden, Conn., was the first Who Wants to Be a Millionaire contestant to win the top prize. It's the largest one-time cash prize in the history of American television, excluding lotteries, according to ABC.
Man kills 3, injures 2 before taking own life
ANGOLA, Ind. — A man angry at being thrown out of a party in northeastern Indiana returned with a gun early Sunday, killing three people and injuring two others before taking his own life, authorities said.
Among the injured was a Steuben County sheriff's deputy who responded to the 911 call. Deputy John Araque, 31, was hospitalized in fair condition with three gunshot wounds to the hip and pelvis, authorities said.
Police said Kevin R. Noles, 36, of Angola had been kicked out of Fat Boy's, a neighborhood door, and had wandered next door to a bonfire outside an apartment building. When partygoers there escorted him back to the tavern, he threatened to return with a gun, police said.
About 2 a.m., Notes kicked down the apartment door and began shooting, said Sheriff Joel Working. He said Notes apparently did not know the victims.
Roommates Ray Paulding, 56,
and Ronald J. Stevens, 32, were
killed. Juliana M. Schenkel, 25,
later died at a hospital in Fort
Wayne, where Victoria Martin, 24,
was listed in serious condition. A
third man was able to escape.
The Associated Press
Maxwell insists reserve funds will used to benefit all students
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"That way, once you put the money down, the benefit stays there for all students," she said.
should go toward investments with no operating costs.
kreos said worthy projects could include bus shelters, campus phones in every building, klioss for student organizations to distribute information and new computers for the Organizations and Leadership office.
Chris Hess, social welfare senator and Finance committee member, said the money should benefit those who paid their fees into the account.
"It's not Senate's money," he said. "It's money KU students have paid. I'm sure those people would like to see the benefit from it."
The idea of giving some of the money to senators, possibly in the form of a scholarship or award, entered the debate on one of Senate's listservs last week. Senate executives receive a
salary; senators do not.
Hess, who was paid last year as co-director for the Center for Community Outreach, said that wasn't prudent. Senate, he said, is akin to service. "It's a nice idea." Hess said
Maxwell said the money could even be used to improve literacy and student awareness. At the beginning of the semester, he charged the University Affairs Committee to explore a program to distribute several nationally prominent newspapers, such as the New York Times. Penn State University has a similar program.
Maxwell said narrowing down the options would take time; the earliest students could see results, he said, would be by the end of the academic year. Still, he said, he wouldn't approve anything that strictly benefited Senate or organizations. Students, he said, were at the heart of Senate.
"They're our No.1 consideration." Maxwell said.
— Edited by Allan Davis
ON THE RECORD
- Edited by Allan Davis
A KU staff member reported that a video projector was removed from the ceiling between 11:20 a.m. Wednesday and 10:28 a.m. Friday from a room in Haworth Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The projector was valued at $6,800.
Anschutz Sports Pavilion, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A flatbed trailer was stolen between 8 p.m. Nov. 6 and 10:30 a.m. Friday from 31 st south of
A KU student's cellular phone was stolen between 1 and 4 p. friday from an unattended bag at Memorial Stadium, the KU Public Safety Office said. The phone was valued at $100.
Today: IN HISTORY
1889 — The first jukebox made its debut in San Francisco, at the Palais Rovale Saloon.
1943 U.S. forces seized control of Tarawa and Makin atlays from the Japanese during World War II.
1945 — Most U.S. wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter, ended.
1971 — The People's Republic of China was seated in the UN Security Council.
1980 — 4,800 people were killed by a series of embattles that devastated southern Italy.
1980 — 4,850 people were killed by a subtropical earthquake that devastated Italy.
1996 — A hijacked Airbus Airlines Boeing 767 in the waves off Camoros islands killed 125 of the 125 on board.
1989 — Lucia Barrera de Cerna, a housekeeper who said she'd witnessed the slaying of six Jesuit priests and two other people at the Jose Simeon Canas University in El Salvador, was flown to the United States under her security.
1998 — Whitewater figure Susan McDougal was acquited in Santa Monica, Calif., of embezzling from conductor Zubin Mehta and his wife.
1994 — NATO warplanes blasted Serb missile batteries in two air raids while Bosnian Serb fighters, for the first time, broke into the UN-designated safe haven of Bihac.
ON CAMPUS
The Latter-day Saints Student Association will have a family history display from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the fourth floor in the Kansas Union. Call Kris Cantrell at 832-9622
- OAKS, the non-traditional students organization, will have a brown bag lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Alcove E in the Kansas Union, Call Simmie Berroya at 830-0074.
Overeaters Anonymous will meet from 4 to 5 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call 312-3412.
First Nations Student Association will meet at 6:30 tonight at the Burge Union. Call Laura Romirez at 841-3654.
University Christian Fellowship will meet at 7 tonight at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Rick Clock at 841-3148
KU Bahar' Club will have a a Unity Fest from 7:30 to 9:30 tonight at the Pine Room in the Kansas University. Call Justin Herrmann at 312.2522
KU Chess Club will meet from B 10 to tonight at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Call David Wang at 312-1070.
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