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The Inside Front
Thursday April 15, 1999
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Graffiti colors KU hall; windows, walls sprayed
Construction workers arrived at work at 7 a.m. Monday to find graffiti spray painted on windows and walls in Joseph R. Pearson Hall, said Lt. Schuyler Bailey of the KU Public Safety Office.
The building, which is being renovated, had numerous messages scrawled throughout it, including the message "Let Tinky Wink sing," Bailey said.
Damage to the property was estimated at $5,000. Police do not have any suspects.
Radio listener expresses dislike for KANU-FM
A disgruntled radio listener expressed his or her views early
Safety Office.
Monday morning at the Broadcasting Hall by tapping a flier to KANU-FM's front door, said Lt. Schuyler Bailey of the KU Public
One of the filers read "War-Pig Media Whore Institution."
Bathroom stop goes bust for man at Kwik Shop
Media Wholesale The KANU employee, who discovered the flier, told police that the message could be a result of the listener's dissatisfaction with the station's coverage of the Kosovo conflict, Bailey said.
A 25-year-old Lawrence resident was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct at 11 p.m. Monday at Kwik Shop, 845 Mississippi St., said Sgt. George Wheeler of the Lawrence Police Department.
The man was taken to the Law Enforcement Center where his bond was set at $50.
A police officer entered the store to find the man arguing with the store clerk because he had been denied access to the bathroom. The man was belligerent and yelling at the clerk, Wheeler said.
LAWRENCE
Car strikes local woman near Tennessee Street
Deborah Thomas, a 47-year-old Lawrence woman, was struck by a car at 5:34 p.m. Tuesday while crossing 13th and Tennessee streets, said Sgt. George Wheeler of the Lawrence Police Department.
Thomas was walking with another woman immediately before the accl
dent. The other woman stopped at the intersection, but Thomas continued walking. One car heading southbound on Tennessee Street missed her, but the next car did not. Wheeler said.
A Lawrence Memorial Hospital spokesperson said that Thomas was evaluated there and transferred to the KU Medical Center.
— Katie Burford
NATION
KC suburb cleans streets after train derailment
PARKVILLE, Mo. — Business owners and railroad clean-up crews spent yesterday cleaning 3,000 tons of coal that spilled in a Tuesday train derailment in the streets of the Kansas City suburb.
Officials with Burlington Northern Santa Fe still were investigating what caused the train accident, which occurred at 11:40 p.m Tuesday. No one was injured.
The railroad plans to examine the latest inspection reports on the train, cars and tracks, said spokesman Steve Forsberg.
The 121-car train was en route from Lincoln, Neb., to Kansas City, Kan., and traveling at about 31 miles per hour.
"Speed does not appear to be a factor at all," Forsberg said.
When the train derailed, 26 cars buckled into the space of one city block, dumping their cargo and submerging four automobiles on the street in coal.
"It wiped out two buildings that were closest to the tracks," said City Administrator Pat Hawver. "There's coal everywhere," Hawver said.
The damaged buildings housed retail stores and artists' space.
retail stores and artists' space. Main Street has been making a comeback from the devastating flood in summer 1993, with several new businesses opening up in the past five years.
Chilean immigrant wins $197 million jackpot
BRAINTREE, Mass. — In an instant, Maria Grasso went from being a baby sitter for a millionaire to millionaire baby sitter.
The 54-year-old Chilean immigrant came forward yesterday to claim the $197 million Big Game jackpot, the world's biggest lottery prize ever won by one person. She beat odds of 76 million-to-1.
She decided to take the money in a lump sum of $104 million — $70.2 million after taxes — instead of in 26 annual installments.
tioned her family and handicapped children as priorities.
Since finding out she won April 6, her only major purchase was a navy blue suit she wore to the news conference at state lottery headquarters.
The divorced mother of two said she was not sure what she would do with the money, but she men-
"I'm a very down-to-earth person," she said.
Until she quit last week, Grasso worked for the family of Chris Gabriell, a Boston venture capitalist who ran for Congress last year. Since 1996, she has lived in the family's Beacon Hill townhouse and looked after Gabriell's children.
"She's the kind of person who deserves a good turn in life," said Gabrielli, who is worth somewhere between $25 million and $125 million himself, according to campaign records.
Grasso, who is one of six children came to the United States in 1971, earned her high school equivalency diploma in 1976 and became a U.S. citizen in 1984. She has worked as a teaching assistant for the mentally handicapped.
PONTIAC, Mich. — Completing three days on the witness stand, talk show host Jenny Jones said yesterday that a man who killed a fellow guest after a segment on gay crushes was an adult and made "an informed choice" to appear on the program.
TV host Jenny Jones defends show in lawsuit
Jones stepped down after 12 hours of testimony in the $50 million lawsuit against her show.
Jones, who is not being sued,
insisted that she and her show
were not responsible for the 1995
shooting death of Scott Amedure, a
gay man who had described his
crush on fellow guest Jonathan
Schmitz during a Jenny Jones Show
taping. Schmitz has said he was
heterosexual and was humiliated.
Schmitz was convicted in 1996 of second-degree murder. The conviction was overturned because of an error in jury selection, and his retrial is set for Aug. 19.
In the lawsuit against the show and its producer, Warner Bros., Amedure's family accuses The Jenny Jones Show of tricking a mentally troubled Schmitz into appearing on the program and leading him to believe his admirer was a woman.
Jones said said that the show did not exploit people and that Schmitz was an adult who made an informed decision.
"He knew the person with the crush could be a man or a woman," she said. "He was given enough information to make an informed choice."
- The Associated Press
A KU visitor's cell phone was stolen from his car between 7:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday in the Lied Center parking lot, the KU Public Safety Office said. The cell phone was valued at $240.
ON THE RECORD
A KU employee was driving at 3:15 p.m. on the lower level of a parking garage near Corbin Hall when she hit a wall, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damage to the car was minor.
A KU employee's tape player and headphones were stolen between 2:30 p.m, Sunday on the sixth floor of the Kansas Union, the KU Public Safety Office said. The stolen property was valued at $50.
A KU professor was turning left when his car was struck by a KU student's car at 12:47 p.m. Tuesday at Irving Hall Road and Naismith Drive, the KU Public Safety Office said. Both cars received major damage.
ON CAMPUS
KU Environons and Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor a vegetarian luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at ECM. Call 841-8033 for more information.
Amnesty International will meet at 7 tonight at The Glass Onion, 624 W. 12th St., for letter writing. Call Kyle Browning at 842-1351 for more information.
Campus Crusade for Christ will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union. Call Lindsey Chalfant at 864-1562 for more information.
KU Young Democrats will meet at 8 tonight at Pantry A, B, and C in the
Kansas Union. Kansas House Minority Leader Jim Garner will be the guest speaker. Call Phil Stevenson at 841-7307 for more information.
Writer's Roosts, sponsored by Writing Consulting: Student Resources will be open today at the following times and locations: from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.at the Burge Union and 4003 Wescoe Hall, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Alcove C in the Kansas Union, and from 6 to 9 p.m.at the Multicultural Resource Center.Call 864-2399 for more information.
Today: IN HISTORY
1452 Leonardo da Vinci was born in Italy.
1865 - President Abraham Lincoln died at 7:22 a.m.
1784 - The first balloon flight in Ireland.
1923 - The first sound on film was shown for public performance at the Rialto Theater in New York City.
1937 - Detroit Red Wings beat the New York Rangers three games to two for the Stanley Cup.
1931 - The first Walk Across America Backwards began.
1947 - Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut.
1952 - The first B-52 test flight.
1954 - Orioles' first game in Baltimore. They beat the Chicago White Sox, 3-1.
1954 - Yankees dedicate a plaque to Edward Barrow.
1955 - Ray Kroc starts the McDonald's chain of food restaurants.
1959 - Fidel Castro begins his US goodwill tour.
1966 - The Rolling Stones release "After-math."
1973 - The Walt Disney Story opens
1966 - Singer Samantha Fox was born in London.
1975 - The San Diego Chicken appeared for the first time.
1976 - Yankee Stadium reopened, and the Yankees beat the Twins after trailing 4-0.
1978 - Forty-three die as two express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy.
1977 - The first baseball game in Montreal's Olympic Stadium was played.
1981 - Janet Cooke admits her 8-year-old heroin addict story is a lie. The Washington Post relinquishes the Pulitzer Prize on the fabricated story.
1983 - Disneyland Tokyo opened.
1990 "In Living Color" premieres on FOX-TV.
1992 - Jay Leno's final appearance as the permanent guest host of "The Tonight Show".
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**Lunch & Learn:** The Java Enterprise Environment — This program describes the key technologies in the Java enterprise environment, and considers the benefits and pitfalls. Wed. April 28, noon to 1 p.m., Computer Center Auditorium. See more about Lunch & Learn at www.cc.ukans.edu/~acs/cci.
Set up a Windows Web Server—Install and configure a HTTP server on your desktop computer so that browsers can access your hypertext documents using Website for PC computers. Prerequisite: HTML: Advanced or equivalent skills Thurs., April 22, 8:48 p.m./ Computer Center PC Lab, Room 202A
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