THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.101.NO.113
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1992
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Victories place Bush Clinton far into lead
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Gov. Bill Clinton won twin victories in the Illinois and Michigan primaries yesterday night, cementing his dominance of the Democratic presidential race. President Bush pled dual landslides atop the faltering
Clinton's triumphs were a strong stride toward the Democratic nomination to challenge Bush for the White House on Nov. 3.
"It's almost a done deal," said Democratic head John Marino of New York
Bush said his renomination was
Bush said his rehomelization was virtually assured after runaways in Michigan and Illinois. The protest vote clearly was dwindling, and Buchanan seemed to be fading with it. He had focused his challenge on Michigan but had to settle for 26 percent of the vote. In Illinois, partial returns gave him only 21 percent.
Aides said Buchanan would scale back his campaign and avoid efforts that could harm Bush's chances for re-election — but the candidate himself was conceding nothing.
"We're going to keep on rolling," Buchanan told supporters. "They say Mr. Bush is a prodigal son, and he 'on his
Buchanan's sister and campaign manager, Angela Bay Buchanan, told reporters her brother eventually was going to endorse Bush and give him his full support.
Clinton won easily in both industrial states, defeating Paul Tsongas and Jerry Brown and overriding critics who said his support was centered only in the South.
"The test of electability is elections," said the Arkansas governor, saving that he had passed the test.
In the presidential competition, Clinton won hefty victories in partial returns from both Michigan and Illinois. Tsongas ran second in Illinois and slipped to third in Michigan behind former Gov. Brown of California.
Both losers offered Clinton their congratulations, a polite touch in an increasingly bitter campaign. Both had vowed in advance that no matter the result, they would continue their battles to overtake Clinton.
Brown had enraged Clinton by accusing him of funneling Arkansas state business to his wife's Little Rock, Ark, law firm, and their angry dispute came up in post-primary interviews.
Clinton said in a CNN interview that he had known Brown for years, since both were governors.
"A lot of people thought he was a pain in the you-know-what." Clinton said. "But I always sort of liked him."
At a Chicago victory rally, Clinton sounded an anti-Washington theme, telling supporters that the people who voted for him voted for change.
"They have voted to go beyond the politics of both parties in Washington," Clinton said.
"Bush, Bush, Bush," is how Clinton deputy campaign manager George Stephanopoulos answered when asked
After large defeats, Brown and Tsongas vow to keep battling. Buchanan will continue a scaled-back campaign.
about Clinton's focus in the coming primaries in Connecticut. Kansas. Wisconsin and New York.
Meanwhile, Brown called Clinton's campaign a well-financed juggernaut.
Tsongas, in Hartford, Conn., for a head start on the campaign for next Tuesday's primary, said that if losing built character, he had enough now.
Brown told supporters in Madison, Wis., that he was determined to represent the unrepresented and to work
"However long it takes me ... that's my commitment," Brown said.
Bush's victories ran the president's primary record to 16-0. A Buchanan aide said the challenger would announce today that he was scaling back his daily campaign but intended to remain a candidate and would concentrate on the June 2 presidential primary in California.
Michigan returns from 75 percent of the precincts gave Clinton 46 percent, Brown 28 percent and Tsongas 18 percent.
In Illinois, with 55 percent reporting, Clinton had 51 percent. Tsongas 26 percent and Brown 15 percent.
In the Michigan GOP primary, where Buchanan had made his stand, Bush had 67 percent of the vote and Buchanan 25 percent. In Illinois, Bush had 76 percent and Buchanan 23 percent.
Bush was winning 142 delegates in the two states, Buchanan none.
That raised the Bush count to 711 of the 1,105 it will take to settle the Republican nomination.
Angela Buchanan said her brother's campaign would stop running negative television advertisements against Bush. And, although Buchanan intends to campaign through the California primary, there will be a change in focus in his campaigning, she said.
Network-commissioned polls of voters in the two primary states showed Clinton running strong among African-American voters in Illinois and blue-collar workers in Michigan. Brown was said to have run slightly behind Clinton among union workers in Michigan but well ahead of Tsongas.
Joe's Bakery founder dies
By Jenny Martin
Kansan staff writer
Joe Martin Smith, whose hot, fresh doughnuts have been a KU tradition, died yesterday morning. He was 65.
Smith, the founder and longtime owner of Joe's Bakery, 616 W. Ninth St., was a native of Ponganoxie. He served in the Army and sold it to his son, Ralph, in 1890.
Yet Ralph Smith said that his father still helped out at the bakery every day - until yesterday.
"If he wasn't here helping out, I knew he was really sick," he said.
"He was never ready to walk away from the bakery."
About two years ago, Smith's health began to deteriorate. He suffered from sleep apnea, a respiratory sleep disorder.
Joe made a lot of friends at KU and was proud of the constant stream of customers he had coming down the Hill, Ralph said. Late-night runs to Joe's have been popular with KU students for a long time.
"He always said that he was always getting older, but his customers stayed the same age," he said.
hours a day during the school year when he owned the store and would close the bakery during the summer and vacation periods, his son said.
Joe Smith kept the bakery open 24
Joe Smith is survived by his wife, Ramona; his son, Ralph; and daughters Martha Jo Conlin and Cindy Sue Gress, all of Lawrence.
Funeral services will be performed 2 p.m. Friday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials in Smith's name can be sent to the Mustard Seed Fellowship in Lawrence in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary.
Philip Meirng / KANSAN
Take two!
After making a mistake, KU coach Roy Williams waves off University Relations cameraman Jeff Cook. Williams was taming a public service announcement for the University yesterday in Allen Field House.
Slattery laments bouncing 40 checks
By Greg Farmer
By Greg Farmer
Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Jim Slattery, D-Topeka, said yesterday he had overdrawn his checking account at the House of Representatives' bank 40 times for more than $17,000 between 1988 and the bank's closing in December 1991.
"I made some honest clerical mistakes," Slattery said in a news conference at his office. "I did not abuse the system, but I should have inquired more fully about the bank's overdraft protection plan."
Slattery, whose 2nd district includes the University of Kansas, is one of three representatives from Kansas who admitted to overdrawing their House bank accounts during the three-year period.
Jim Petterson, a press representative for U.S. Rep. Dan Glickman, D-Wichita, said Monday that Glickman
had overdrawn his checking account 107 times. The total amount of the bounced checks was between $19,000 and $20,000.
U. S. Rep. Pat Roberts, R-Dodge City, said yesterday he had overdrawn his checking account four times. The amounts were not available.
No Kansas representatives were listed among the 19 current representatives and five former representatives who were identified by the House as having seriously abused their banking privileges.
But Slattery, Glickman and Roberts are among the 296 current representatives who have overdrawn their House checking accounts at least once. The names of these individuals are on the House Ethics Committee soon.
Slattery, who was first elected to the House in 1982, said that when he was first elected he wanted to have
He said he decided to open an account at the House bank because it was convenient for him and his family.
his paycheek wired to his Kansas bank but was told the U.S. Department of the Treasury could not do so.
"Several years later, I was called and informed that I had an overdraft." Slattery said. "I responded promptly by making a deposit and asked about overdraft protection like I had at my Kansas bank."
He said he was told that representatives were allowed to draw on their next month's vavcheck.
abused the system had overdrawn their accounts beyond their next month's pay and had had checks returned unpaid.
"Even so, I asked to be notified if I ever had another overdraft," Slattery said. "I was never called again."
Slattery said that none of his statements ever showed a negative balance and that none of his overdrafts or unpaid up to the place it was written.
Slattery, who faces re-election this year, said his involvement in the banking scandal could hurt him at election time.
"I trust the Kansas people to judge what I have done," he said. "I accept full responsibility for my actions. I was not the engineer of this train, but now I'm at the scene of the train wreck. I expect that I'll take a political hit for this, but I'm going to do everything I can to be absolutely open and honest with everyone."
He said that representatives who
Scott Morgan, the 2nd-district Republican head who ran against Slattery in 1980, told The Associated Press: "I think Slattery is going to find out that people are absolutely infurited."
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KU School of Medicine revels in its top-10 ranking
Of the 66 medical schools that consider training primary-care physicians their chief mission, these ranked the highest:
1. Thomas Jefferson University
Best med schools
3. Oregon Health Science University
9. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
4. Michigan State University
5. Ohio State University
6. University of California - Davis
7. University of Kentucky
8. University of New Mexico
10. George Washington University
Source: U.S. News & World Report
Jeff Meesey, Daily Kansan
The University of Kansas School of Medicine is among the top 10 comprehensive medical schools in the country, according to a survey in the March 23 issue of U.S. News and World Report.
By Katherine Manweiler
Kansan staff writer
The issue, available on newstands yesterday, surveyed 66 medical schools that consider the education of primary-care physicians a top priority. Thomas Jefferson and Brown unions ranked highest. KU ranked ninth.
Primary-care physicians specialize in family practice, pediatrics, internal medicine or obstetrics and gynecology.
Medical school deans and intern-
residency directors from each school
completed surveys in December
about academic reputation. The two
surveys were weighted equally in the
rankings.
James Price, executive dean of the KU medical school, said that KU was ranked sixth in last year's survey but
Price said national recognition for excellence had increased the number of applications to the medical school by 39 percent since 1990.
that the criteria for this year's survey might have been more comprehensive. Last year was the first time KU was among the top 10 in a national survey.
"Our applications jumped from 1,800 two years ago to 2,500 this year." Price said. "It reflects the value of publicity."
"I am not at all sure that this represents a demotion of any kind," Price said.
He said he did not know if the No.9 ranking would affect faculty recruitment.
Robert Morse, senior editor in charge of the rankings for U.S. News and World Report, said the survey recognized KU for having a well-rounded medical program.
"It was based on the academic quality and the ability to produce well-defined results."
*In all likelihood, it could have a positive impact on the number of out-of-
state applicants."
Thirty percent of the medical students at KU this year are from out of state.
Dwayne Sackman, associate dean for administration, said KU's ranking in the survey potentially could increase the number of out-of-state applicants to the medical school.
"That sort of reputational survey certainly doesn't hurt you when you are recruiting," Sackman said. "I think people like to be a part of a recognized institution. It always enhances the ability to attract the top people in all areas—faculty and students."
Food Claiyan, president of the KU Pre-Med Club, said the survey results would encourage more students from Kansas to stay at KU for medical
"I think it will show in-state residents, even though they doget first priority out-of-state applicants, that it's going to be more competitive," he
Clayman said the medical school's active recruitment of KU students showed a commitment to Kansas.
State Senate will debate bill safeguarding legal abortions
By Gayle Osterberg
Kansan staff writer
It has created controversy, prompted a rally and drawn thousands of letters from concerned constituents.
But some lawmakers wonder whether a bill that would safeguard legal abortions in Kansas if Roe vs. Wade is overturned will even be necessary this year.
State senators today will begin what is expected to be lengthy, heated debate of House Bill 2778. The Senate will take a preliminary vote after debate and will take a final vote tomorrow.
In April, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a case involving an abortion-related law in Pennsylvania. The case involves a state law that sets some limitations on abortions, such as requiring parental consent for minors, but it does not prohibit abortions.
The court could decide to overturn Roe vs. Wade with the Pennsylvania case.
"I can't say (Roe vs. Wade) will be stricken this summer, but it will happen," said StateSen. Audrey Langlewgy, R-Prairie Village, who supports the Kansas bill. "It is not a question of if?" It is a question of 'when?"
The Roe vs. Wade decision invalidated a Texas law that made it a crime to have an abortion.
Some Kansas lawmakers have said the bill is premature and that the Legislature should not try to predict the Supreme Court's actions.
The court's action ultimately allowed states to prohibit abortion only during the final three months of a pregnancy.
The bill the Senate will debate would uphold this ruling in Kansas, with some limitations on late-term abortions and minors seeking abortions, if the court overturns Roe vs. Wade this summer.
"The Legislature is doing all this based on the idea that the Supreme Court might do something," said State Sen. Dave Webb, R-Stillwil. "We don't
rickLevy, KU professor of constitutional law, said he did not think there were enough Supreme Court justices who were so strongly opposed to abortion that they would overturn Roe vs. Wade this summer.
have any business trying to second-
guess what the Supreme Court is going to do."
"I don't see in the court ... a sufficient number of justices who are anxious to reach Roe and overturn it," he said. "There is at least one, and maybe two or three, but that's not enough. You need five."
But Tom Stacy, KU professor of constitutional law, disagreed.
"Since the Webster decision, when four justices said (Roe vs. Wade) ought to be either overturned or rendered meaningless, you've had two departures ... both of which supported Roe," he said.
Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services in 1989 was the last abortion-related case heard by the justices.
Stacy said that Clarence Thomas, the court's newest justice, had shown himself to be conservative and that he probably would side against Roe vs. Wade.
State Sen. Richard Bond, R-Overland Park, agreed that there was a strong possibility Roe vs. Wade would be overturned.
"There is no question that after it is overturned, the atmosphere in every state legislature will be very, very combative," he said. "I think that it's prudent to address this issue as a matter of public policy for Kansas now when we don't have the great pressure of some Supreme Court decision having been made."
Bond, a supporter of the bill, said there probably were enough votes in the Senate to pass the bill in its current form. But he said the bill would not be veto-proof in the Senate without some changes.