2A - THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
LOCAL NEWS
FRIDAY,FEB.1,2002
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Anchors: Chris Bales and Andrea Burnett
Weather: Amanda Fisch
Sports: Danny Zederman
The news is broadcast at 5:30 p.m. on KUH-TV, channel 14, cable 66.
Rewatch the newscast every hour on the half-hour.
ADINDEX
Army ROTC .3A
Birthright of Lawrence .3A
Body Boutique .2B
Cedarwoods Apts. .3B
Coca-Cola .5A, 3B
Dr. Lenhakan .6B
Emprise Bank .6B
Etc. Shop .2A
Everything But Ice .3A
Francis Sporting Goods .3A
Harbor Lights .3B
Hobbs .6B
JB Stout's .2A
Jefferson Commons .6B
Kansas Union .5A
Kief's .8B
La Parilla .3B
Lawrence Plastic Surgery .8B
Leanna Mar/Lorimar Apts. .3B
Legal Services .6B
Lied Center .3A, 8B
Mass, Street Deli .2A
Pipeline Productions .2B, 6B
Pizza Hut .3B
Sharky's Surf Shop .5A
South Padre Island .3A
Student Housing .6B
University Theater .8B
Walmart .6B
Worlds of Fun .6A
Yellow Sub .8B
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CAMERA ON KU
SARA SHEPHERD/KANSAN
Ben Audrain, Lee's Summit, Mo., senior, left, Jove Yambot, Chino Hills, C alif., senior, center, and Tim Reed, Joplin, Mo., senior, load free used furnishings into their car Wednesday. The Travelodge Motel, 801 Iowa St., is remodeling its rooms and giving away old furnishings to students.
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Kansas City area left cold, powerless
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Kansas City-area residents stocked up on flashlights and cooking gas yesterday as they bundled up for a cold night without power or heat.
Freezing rain and sleet coated trees Wednesday and yesterday, their ice-laden limbs snapping and cracking as they fell to the ground, pulling power lines with them.
Utility crews called in help from Minnesota to Texas as they worked round-the-clock
to restore power to at least 254,000 households in northwest Missouri.
Even so, power companies warned that it could be as many as seven days before some people's lights come on.
Bill Dowling, Kansas City Power & Light vice-president, called the storm "the most devastating storm we have ever experienced in our 120-year history."
Frustrated repair crews fixed lines only to see overwhelmed branches tear them down again.
Overnight lows were predicted in the upper teens cold enough to be dangerous for anyone without heat.
Authorities blamed at least three deaths on the weather: Christopher D. Moles, 31, of Harrisonville died of carbon monoxide poisoning yesterday morning after running a gasoline-powered generator in his garage, one person died after a fall in a Kansas City suburb, and a crash in northeast Missouri killed a Quincy, Ill., woman.
Kansas Gov. Bill Graves declared a state of emergency for 21 counties, stretching from
southern to northern Kansas, activating the state's disaster response.
Snow, sleet and freezing rain left tens of thousands of Kansans without electricity. Virtually all schools in the area called off classes yesterday for the second straight day.
Missouri Gov. Holden also declared a state of emergency, giving west-central and northern Missouri access to state help in digging out.
Holden's declaration could eventually lead to federal disaster relief money.
ON CAMPUS
Lawrence Chinese Evangelical Church (LCEC) willmeetforfellowship at 7:30 tonight at Free Methodist Church, 3001 Lawrence Ave. Contact Agape Lim at 864-4391 or 832-9439.
Rock Chalk Bridge Club will meet at 6 p.m. Saturday in the Pine Room at the Kansas Union. Lessons begin at 6, games begin at 6:30. Contact Don Brennaman at 550-9001.
Center is sponsoring a Human Sexuality Forum at 12:15 p.m. Sunday at the St. Lawrence Center, 1631 Crescent Rd. Tom and Rosemary McCabe will conduct the annual sexuality talk entitled "Dating and the School of Love: Avoiding Temptation I 'Land'. The event will feature lunch at 12:15 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m. with a mass included. Talks are free. The two meals cost $5 per person. Contact Robert Reddig or Mike Scherschlight at 843-0357.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus
University Career and Employment Services is sponsoring the workshop "How to Attend a Career Fair" from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday at the Pioneer Room in Burge Union. Contact Ann Hartley 864-3624.
KU Study Abroad Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Free State Brewery to discuss upcoming events, promote study abroad and foster cultural awareness. Students wanting to study abroad, as well as international students are invited to attend. Contact Matt at
832-2930.
STATE
Student Legislative Awareness Board is sponsoring Tuition Brown bag from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. today in Alcove D at the Kansas Union and Tuesday in Alcove A. Discuss your vision of KU, learn more about the proposed tuition increases, give your input about the tuition increase, and learn more about ways to get involved in keeping KU affordable. Contact Julia Gilmore Gaughan at 864-3710.
Legislation reviewed to protect consumers
TOPEKA — A Senate committee is reviewing legislation to crack down on those who profit-eer after a disaster, but one member saw it as unnecessary and even "crazy."
A committee hearing on the hill was scheduled for today.
The bill before the Judiciary Committee would amend the Consumer Protection Act to make it illegal to increase the price of necessary goods and services after a disaster. Individuals or businesses that violate the act would face civil lawsuits from the attorney general or local prosecutor and would be fined if found guilty.
The legislation, from Sen. Derek Schmidt, R-Independence, is a response to a run on gasoline and a spike in prices on Sept. 11. In a few locations, prices were as high as $5 a gallon, and long lines led to some alterations.
NATION Harvard to pay workers more than living wage
BOSTON—Harvard University President Lawrence Summers said Wednesday that the university would raise wages of its lowest-paid workers, an issue that sparked campus protests last year.
He said the school would adopt a "parity wage" plan with the goal of increasing the salaries of several hundred custodians, security workers and dining hall employees to between $10.83 and $11.30 an hour—higher than the $10.50 "living wage" demanded by students who occupied the president's office for three weeks last spring.
Harvard plans to complete the new policy by March 31 at a cost of about $3 million.
Red Cross to distribute Sept. 11 relief funds
NEW YORK — The American Red Cross expects to collect $850 million in its terrorist attack relief fund and plans to disburse 90 percent of the money by Sept. 11,2002, charity officials said yesterday.
The Red Cross said it already had distributed $490 million to victims' families,people who lost their homes or jobs because of the terrorist attacks,and disaster-relief services.
Former Sen. George Mitchell was appointed by the Red Cross in December to oversee a plan to disburse the final $360 million in the Liberty Fund.
Mitchell said he met with several victims groups, other charity groups, Red Cross donors and government officials to figure out how to best use the money.
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