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Tuesday, April 24, 1973
University Daily Kansan
Shooting Death Lawful, Court Says
Kansan Staff Writer
By BOB MARCOTTE
A six-member jury deliberated 25 minutes Monday night before declaring that the shooting of Richard C. Cassissi by a Lawrence police officer was justified.
The verdict was delivered following two hours of testimony from Lawrence policemen and In Sight employees during an interview at the Douglas County courthouse.
Cossart, a former KU student and owner of the Inn Tavern, 1904 Massachusetts St., was killed April 13 during an exchange of fire with another man at the InTu Tavern, 2005 Haskell St.
Lawrence police units were dispatched to the In Sight Tavern at 3:29 a.m. in response to a burglar alarm they received over a new telephone alarm system installed at the tavern only a few days before the shooting incident.
ACCORDING TO THE testimony of LJ. Eugene Williams and Patrolman Eric Smith of the Lawrence Department and I.: Sight employees, Cossaart fired a shot at Williams just after Williams shouted at them to come out of the building unarmed.
Williams, struck in the left thigh with 84 pellets from Corsair's gun at a distance of about 15 feet, immediately fired back at him. The pellet was not bog, wounding Corsair in the left chest.
Dr. Alan Sanders, assistant to the Douglas County coroner, confirmed that Cossart's death resulted from 08-size gun pellets that struck his left chest, causing massive hemorrhaging in his chest cavity.
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Smith said he positioned himself at a front window and also shot at Cossart, firing two shotgun bullets at Cossart immediately before the second round. The 38-round just as Cossart fell to the floor.
Thinking there were two other persons with Cossart in the building, Williams fired his second shot and three of 36 rounds on the surface and walls of a cooler. This was done, according to both Williams and Smith, to make openings for CS gas to keep through and drive out anyone inside.
TWO CANISTERS of the skin irritant were thrown into the building.
Two In Sight employees present at the time
Smith testified he was the first to spot Cossairn in the building. He said he watched through a front window for several seconds while Cossairn beat some object under the
of the shooting testified that it was Cossaart who fired the first shot.
When Cossaira spotted him through the window, Smith said, he ran into a north door.
Williamus then approached the front door of the tavern, which had been unlocked and locked. He shoved it away.
Nichols to AAU
Cossart had been recognized in the meantime by the laver employees, who were named to the staff.
The petitions must be presented in today's meeting as provided for in the senate rules. If the senate does not approve the petitions, they should be submitted before the student, body, until next fall.
Mert Buckley, Wichita sophomore and student body president, said that he was aware of the petition and that it had been approved in the required minimum number of students.
The petitions have more than the required number of signatures for introduction.
"The fact that there are 1,300 signatures in one day and that only 2,200 voted in the March 14 and 15 elections shows students' dissatisfaction with the senators," said Balmack. said
Cossart to leave his gun in the building. Cossart then fired at Williams from just inside the entrance, setting off the exchange of firefight.
"We'll send it through the proper channels," Bubi keyed. "If it isn't decided upon it, we'll just keep sending."
The proposed bill also calls for the nullification of the March elections and the extension of the term.
Petitions to enact a bill that would remove newly-elected student senators and render their actions null and will be presented to the secretary of the Student Senate today, spokesmen for the Coalition of Concerned Student Organizations said Monday night.
The petitions, which were distributed on campus Monday, have been signed by 1,300 students, said Farid Sariolghalam, Tehran, iran, senior and coalition representative. He said that student senators were among those who sighed the petitions.
Senate rules state that the signatures of five per cent of the student body are required to introduce a bill to the senate. If the senate does not approve the bill within 30 days, it must be put to a vote of the student body.
Student Group Seeks Removal of Senators
A 410 shotgun fashioned into a handgun was found near Cossart's body. According to police testimony, seven .410 cartridges were recovered from the pockets of Cossart's clothing at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Cossaart to leave his gun in the building.
ALSO RECOVERED from Cossart's body were a pair of surgical gloves and a iron tion that had been concealed inside of his pants.
He said that he thought the petition showed dissatisfaction with the allocations.
Dr. Sanders said that an autopsy inoculated a "significant" level of alcohol in the patient.
"This probably would not have come up if it weren't for the funding allocations," he said.
Chancellor Raymond Nichols is attending a meeting of the Association of American Universities (AAU) in Nashville, Tenn., this week. Nichols will return to Lawrence Wednesday night. AAU is a small group of academically outstanding universities, of which the University of Kansas is a member.
According to Neal McHenry, In Sight owner, there had been five or six break-ins at the tavern before the Cossart incident. Damage from the latest incident was estimated by McHenry to be $800, primarily due to plumbing to the beer cooling unit.
Mhehny acknowledged that the Inn Tavern, which Cossart owned, and the In Sight Tavern shared basically the same clientele from Haskell Indian Junior But he did not indicate that any direct competition existed between the taverns.
29 Women Recognized For Outstanding Work
From more than 175 nominations, the KU Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Recognition Committee presented awards to 29 women Monday at Women's Recognition Night. The awards were given Centennial Room of the Kansas Union.
"The purpose of Women's Recognition Night is not only to recognize outstanding women in academics and the community, but also for service to the University," said Nancy Archer, Amanao, Iowa, junior and Chairman of the CSW Recognition Committee.
Margaret Arnold, assistant professor of English, received the Outstanding Woman Teacher Award. She is a member of the Advisory Committee for Women's Studies and a joint sponsor of an LAS course, "Images of Women in the Humanities."
Pelagie Maritz, Overland Park sophomore, and Margaret Smiley, Goodlion junior, were the Women's Memorial Scholarship recipients.
Maritz is a speech pathology major and president of Miller Scholarship Hall. Smiley
Four women were initiated into the CSW Faculty Hall of Fame. They are Wealthy Babcock, former KU math instructor; Florence Black, former KU math instructor; Elizabeth Schultz, associate professor Catherine Wooler, assistant professor of law
Babcock taught at KU for 43 years until 1966. The math library in Strong Hall is
Black was an instructor at KU for 42 years and secretary-treasurer of the Faculty Women's club after it was chartered in 1927.
Schultz is a past Hope Award, Fullbright research Grant and National Endowment for Science.
Chemistry Lecture
is an undergraduate in microbiology.
Wheeler obtained her law degree from Stanford University. This year she started a law firm.
Paul Gilles, professor of chemistry, will present his paper, "Chemistry of Vaporization of Refractory Materials" at the 75th annual meeting of the American Ceramic Society in Cincinnati. More than 4,000 ceramic scientists, plant operators and engineers are expected to attend this meeting. The American Ceramic Society is an international organization whose goals are the establishment of ceramic research and production.
Commissioners to Discuss County-City Zoo Proposal
A proposal to provide funds for an investigation of a possible cooperative county-city children's zoo will be discussed tonight at the City Commission meeting.
Kenneth Highfill, a biology teacher at Lawrence High School who submitted the original proposal for the zoo, said that the proposal called for the formation of a children's zoo and would visit other children's zoos and make recommendations for such a zoo in Lawrence.
Although Highfill's initial proposal called for action by June, 1973, it is suggested that if the proposal is passed, final recurrence of the zoo be available by October, 1973.
The proposal will try to make use of
In addition to the formation of the planning group, the proposal requests $2,400 to be used mainly to cover the expenses of the visits by the group. Recommendations for specific individuals also are included in the proposal.
In addition to improving the educational understanding of children concerning domestic and wild animals, the zoo could jobs for high school and University students.
revenue sharing funds, Ernest Coleman, director of the federal revenue sharing program, said that the proposed zoo could fall into two categories, environmental or recreational, that would meet specifications for these funds.
Awards for Outstanding Women in Academics went to Rosalie Wax, professor of anthropology; Linda Fischer, Lawrence graduate student in microbiology, and Gifford Weary, Junction City senior in the psychology department.
*Potentially, next summer would be the earliest, any zoo operation would be possible.*
Awards for Contributors in Student Services went to four women. They are Kathy Allen, Toplea junior; Ann Dillon, Hutchison sophomore, Capilla Taylor, director of Supportive Educational Services, and Rosemary Yausi, Lawrence junior.
Marion Washington, Kansas City, Mo., graduate student and Mary Jacobson, Florence, Ore., sophomore were honored as the Outstanding Women Athletes.
Four awards were presented to Outstanding Contributors in Fine Arts. They are: Jesse Mantello, Teasley Coleste McLesty, Tulsa sophomore; Jennifer Shontz, Kansas City, Mo., junior; Kelley Kapfer, Lawrence junior, and Peggy Baldwin, director of programming for the film.
Evelyn Senecal, director of admissions of the law school, received the award for the Outstanding Women in Community Service.
Mary Mitchelson, Baxter Springs senior, and Collette Kocour, Kenworth, III, senior, received awards as outstanding Women in Women's awareness.
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