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Tuesday, February 12, 1974
University Daily Kansan
Rape Victims Urged to Call Police; KU Offers Medical Aide, Counseling
By NANCY SMITH
BY MARIE CARTMEN
Kansas Staff Reporter
Lawrence and campus police said yesterday that they had no strong leads in their attempts to solve 21 rapes reported during the past 18 months.
Eleven of the 21 rapes occurred on the University campus, and city and campus authorities are cooperating in an attempt to solve them.
But LT. Kenneth Harmon, Lawrence police detective, said the police had no idea how many rapes went unreported during the past year.
THE MOST RECENTLY REPORTED attack occurred at about 4:30 p.m., Feb. 3, near Stephenship Scholarship Hall, according to Detective Sgt. Cletus Watts of the campus police. The victim, a KU student, reported that she was grabbed by a white male and assaulted behind the KU News Bureau building at 1400 Louisiana St.
Her assaultman was described by police as 5 feet 4 inches to 6 feet 1 foot, between 170 and 220 yards. A woman with a prosthetic leg was
years-old with longish brown hair cut just below the ears.
He appeared friendly when he first approached the woman, police said.
KU rape victims can go to Walkins hospital for medical aid if they report the
DR. MARTIN WOLLMANM, director of health services, said rape victims' medical histories were taken and victims were given general examinations to determine injuries. The exams are done by a physician with patient records and are run for venereal disease, he said.
Rape sometimes triggers severe emotional problems. Psychological counseling is available from professionals at the mental health clinic, Wollmann said.
Wollmann said very few rape victims had been treated at Watkins since his arrival in London.
A rape counseling service is also available to KU coeds 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Casey Elke, assistant to the dean of women, said that by calling the KU
Information center rape victims could immediately get in touch with trained,
DESIGNED PRIMARILY to help women who have just been assaulted, the two-year counseling service provides comfort and is a liaison between the victim and the campus's policewoman, Shirley Pearson, is only available, Elke said.
Counselors try to get the victim to call the police if she hasn't already done so, Elke said. Getting the pertinent information quickly is a valuable aid to quick apprehension of rapists, police detectives said.
Counselors, who either take the victim to Watkins Hospital or meet her there, encouraged the woman to have a vaginal smear taken so a motile (living) sperm count can be done. Eike said. The sperm culture has been tested for penetration, and is documented proof of penetration. Such evidence can be used in court if the victim decides to prosecute.
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Rape Defenses Taught to Women
Eyes, throat and groin are the most vulnerable parts of a would-be rapist's body, according to Terry Rees, Kansas City, Kan. third year law student and intern at Sparrow Law Group in Kansas City.
If a woman is in a position to safely use force, she said, gouging the eyes, punching or elbowing the throat or kicking the groin could temporarily incarcerate her.
About 30 women are enrolled in his class, where they are taught to base judgments on the size of the attacker, the location of the attack and self-defense.
Campus police suggest that women walk in couples or larger groups and stay away from dark areas when alone.
Bullion Markets See Jump; France Expects Revaluation
WE ARE ON CAMPUS TODAY!
LONDON (AP)—The price of free gold jumped $3 an ounce Monday and in Paris it soared above $150 an ounce for the second time in two years, amid reports that France may soon unseal its gold.
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The price jump in bullion markets means that gold has surged up $28.50 an ounce since Jan 1. It rose $2.50 an ounce in London from Friday's level to close at $146. In Zurich, the price was up $3, to the same closing level as London.
The dollar caused slight worries in Europe, the European exchanges except Paris, where it is so low.
We will be there thru Thursday.
The jump was generally attributed to unconfirmed reports from South Africa that France and perhaps Italy and West Germany may soon increase the value of the currencies there, so the their currencies from the present perpulsed up $42.22 an ounce to somewhere around $100
But in the smaller French market it rose from $19.22 an ounce to $11.11, crossing the once unthinkable $10 value. On Jan. 25 it reached $15.21 an ounce.
divided into a free market for the buying and selling of the metal for jewelry, industry and hoarders and an official sector reserved for state banks.
Since March, 1968, gold trading has been
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Nixon Subpoena Held Up in Mail
LOS ANGELES (AP)—A state judge said yesterday he was "speecheel" when he learned that a subpoena he issued Feb. 4 for President Nixon to appear in his court hadn't yet found its way through the mail to Washington.
Superior Court Judge Ginger Ringer, who issued the unprecedented subpoena of a president, had his clerk contact the local post office, and a tracer was placed on the envelope which was sent Feb. 4 by registered mail.
In Washington, the White House said it hadn't yet received the subpoena, which
Nixon's attorneys have said he wouldn't honor.
The subpoena was issued at the request of former presidential aide John Ehrlichman, and commands the President to appear at a Feb. 25 pretrial hearing for Ehrlichman, G. Gordon Liddy and David Young.
The three are charged with burglary and conspiracy in the 1971 break-in at the office of Daniel Elsberg's psychiatrist, want Nixon to testify to the formation of the secret White House investigations unit which became known as the plumbers.
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