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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2015
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Yesterday would have been Dr. Seuss' 111th birthday. There used to be a Dr. Seuss fan club at KU that would do a 24-hour reading on Wescoe Beach each year on this date.
Suspect said 'Heil Hitler' after Jewish site shootings
HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press
OLATHE — A man accused of fatally shooting three people at Jewish sites in Kansas declared "Heil Hitler!" and asked how many Jews he had killed after the attacks, a police officer testified Monday during a hearing in which the man's apology to some survivors was rejected.
Frazier Glenn Miller, 74, is charged with capital murder in the April 13, 2014, shootings at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City in Overland Park, Kansas, and at a nearby Jewish retirement home. None of the victims were Jewish.
Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty.
At a preliminary hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to put Miller on trial, Overland Park police Sgt. Marty C. Ingram, who was working off-duty at the Jewish Community Center, testified that he heard shots and saw the doors of the center's theater shatter. He said he took cover as more shots hit the building's facade.
Miller is accused of killing Dr. William Lewis Corporon, 69, and his 14-year-old grandson, Reat Griffin Underwood, who were attending a singing contest audition at the Jewish Community Center.
Ingram found Corporon and his grandson, who was barely alive, outside in a truck.
"Dust, smoke was flying everywhere at that point," he said. The gunman then drove away.
I realized the gentleman had sustained such horrendous head wounds that there was nothing I could do," he said, recalling how he then heard a "tremendous scream" when Reat's mother saw her mortally wounded son.
When he heard that a suspect had been arrested nearby, Ingram accompanied some witnesses to the arrest scene to determine if they could identify him. As they approached the patrol car where Miller was detained, he shouted "Heil Hitler!" and asked how many Jews he had killed, according to the officer.
Another police officer, Charles Wimsatt, testified that Miller tried to recruit him to his cause, asking him if he was
German.
Gerlman. Miller, of Aurora in southwest Missouri, is also accused of killing 53-year-
old Terri LaManno, who was visiting her mother at a nearby Jewish retirement home.
Miller, who has emphysema
RICH SUGG/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Frazier Glenn Miller, suspected of killing three people at two Jewish sites in Kansas in April 2014, is wheeled into a courtroom for a hearing at the Johnson County Courthouse in Olathe on Monday. The hearing will determine whether there is enough evidence to put Miller, of Aurora, Mo., on trial. Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty.
and needs oxygen from a tank to breathe, muttered during breaks in the hearing about how Jews "owned Hollywood."
"Google it," he urged the court.
Thomas Bates, a former combat medic who worked at the community center, said he grabbed his medical kit when he heard about the shootings. When he reached the victims, Corporon was dead but Reat was still breathing. Bates said the teen had been shot in the head and there was little that could be done for him.
As court adjourned Monday, Miller turned to LaManno's family, apparently assuming they were Reat's relatives, and apologized.
"I very much regret the little boy," he said, adding he thought Reat was 21 and Jewish.
The family told Miller they didn't accept the apology. They declined a request to be interviewed.
Paul Temme testified that he was getting his gym bag from his car when he heard gunfire. He dialed 911 and chased the shooter's vehicle in a failed attempt to get his license details. But then the shooter
stopped.
"I he pulled a handgun out and fired at me," said Temme, who ran for cover.
In phone calls to The Associated Press, Miller has said he thought he was dying because of his emphysema and felt he was fulfilling a patriotic duty by killing Jews. He regretted shooting the teenager, who he said looked older.
Miller, a Vietnam War veteran also known as Frazier Glenn Cross, founded the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in his native North Carolina and later the White Patriot Party.
After a nationwide manhunt in 1987, federal agents found him and three other men at a rural Missouri home stocked with hand grenades and automatic weapons. Miller was indicted on weapons charges and accused of plotting robberies and the assassination of the Southern Poverty Law Center's founder. He served three years in federal prison.
Miller also ran for the U.S. House in 2006 and the U.S. Senate in 2010 in Missouri, each time espousing a whitepower platform.
Ford Motor Co. will award $10,000 scholarship
The Ford Motor Co. will award a $10,000 scholarship to one student studying industrial design or automotive engineering next year.
the Alan Mulally Leadership in Engineering Scholarship sponsored by the Ford Motor
Co. will be awarded to one applicant with the eligibility of having a 3.5 GPA or higher, being an automotive engineering or industrial design student as a junior or a senior in the 2015 fall semester. The application deadline is March 25.
Alan Mulally, a University graduate and former president and CEO of Ford Motor Co., is the key sponsor for this scholarship. Mulally and Ford primarily
chose the University because o Mulally's ties. The University has completed four projects with Ford in the past.
Mulally worked for Ford since 2006. After he stepped down from his position in 2014, the company wanted to honor his outstanding service through a scholarship.
"We have a good relationship with [Ford]," said Greg Thomas, professor of design and director of Center for Design Research. "They
kind of chose [industrial design] as opposed to engineering mainly because we are perceived to be doing more automotive work in the Center for Design Research."
The University is one of the five schools in the nation selected for a scholarship grant. The other schools selected are Georgia Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Michigan and Kettering University, according to Thomas.
"It's a great addition to anyone's resume, I mean it is a national scholarship," said Charles D. Linn, director of communications for School of Architecture, Design & Planning. "Who wouldn't want $10,000?"
This is the first year for this particular scholarship. Basically, a student could get a free year of schooling with this scholarship. An annual average in-state tuition cost for 2014-15 students
is between $8,000 to $10,000 for 30 hours of credit, according to the University's website.
"The scholarships are very important to the students. If you are in-state, we don't have a wealth of scholarship funding available to our students." Thomas said. "It really enables us to support the students who deserve it."
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