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The Inside Front
Wednesday June 17, 1998
News
from the city, the state the nation and the world
A local cat was thrown into a neighbor's yard by a 7-year-old girl where it was attacked and killed by a dog. In KANSAS
In LAWRENCE:
Baby's birth televised on the Internet.
The Board of Regents named Thomas Bryant as its interim executive director.
In the NATION:
Baby's birth televised on the Internet.
President Clinton calls for the end of Serb violence in Kosovo.
In the WORLD:
North Korean government refuses to stop making and selling missiles despite U.S. warnings.
CITY
Rough child's play leads to death of tabby cat
A Lawrence cat lost the last of its nine lives Saturday when it was thrown by a 7-year-old girl into a neighbor's yard, where it was attacked by a dog. Lawrence police said.
The cat, a tabby, was thrown over the fence between 11:30 and 11:45 a.m. in the 900 block of East 13th Street, said Satt. Richard Nickel.
"The cat evidently succumbed to injuries inflicted by the dog." Nickel said.
The suspect was described as a large dog, but Nickel said he did not know what breed it was.
Matthew Pracht, the owner of the cat, said the girl and a friend had been in his back yard playing with the victim and a second cat.
"From what a neighbor told me later, I guess they were yelling 'Get it, get it,' Pracht said. "One of my cats freed itself, but the friendier one played with them."
Pracht said that the girl first tossed the cat into a neighbor's yard on the west, but the dog in that yard was friendly.
"Then they threw her into the next yard over, and the dogs there basically destroyed her," Pracht said.
Nickel said the girl would not face any kind of legal action.
"Because of the child's age, she certainly can't be held responsible," he said.
—Ronnie Wachter
STATE
Dean at Pittsburg State named Regents director
The Board of Regents named Thomas Bravant its interim executive director Monday
Bryant, dean of the school of education at Pittsburg State University, will take his post July 1.
He will direct an 18-person staff and will oversee the University system's $1.31-bill
lion budget. Bryant will serve as executive director while the Regents conduct a national search to replace Regent Stephen Jordan, who resigned May 1 to become president of Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Wash.
Bryant said he was interested in his new job because he would be able to work with different groups, including groups from community colleges, legislators and the governor's office.
"My main goal right now is just to make sure that the lines of communication are open and that dialogue takes place," he said.
Bryant was hired at Pittsburgh State in 1970 as a professor in the department of health, physical education, recreation and dance. He served as chairman of the department from 1985 until 1993, when he was named dean of education.
Bryant earned his bachelor's degree from Drury College in Springfield, Mo. He earned a master's degree from Pittsburg State and a doctorate in education from the University of Arkansas.
—Duane Wagler
NATIONAL
World Wide Web is site of baby boy's delivery
ORLANDO, Fla.  — A boy's birth was shown live on the Internet yesterday.
America's Health Network, a cable television network, broadcast the birth on its Web site.
Cameras were held at the side and in front of the woman giving birth, but nurses' backs blocked any view of the delivery.
The baby, Sean, was born at 9:40 a.m. "Here comes Sean's head. He has a lot of hair on his head," said Walter Larimore, who narrated the birth for the Internet audience.
Sean's mother, a 40year-old woman identified as Elizabeth, groaned several times before the 7-pound, 8-ounce baby popped his head out.
She was approached about the idea of broadcasting her delivery because of her
history of easy childbirth and quick labor. Sean is Elizabeth's fourth child.
At least 50,000 people tried to log on to the Web site, overwhelming the system, which was set up for about 10,000 people at a time. Even the network's technicians had trouble accessing the site.
The Orlando-based cable network's claim that it showed the world's first delivery on the Internet was disputed by Tammy Barnes, 26, of Golden, Colo., who said her baby's birth was shown on the Internet in February.
Milosevic will negotiate with Kosovo, Yeltsin says
WASHINGTON — President Clinton wanted Russian President Boris Yeltsin to emphasize to Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic that Yugoslavia might face military pressure unless Milosevic stopped Serb violence in Kosovo.
"Our judgment is Milosevic listens very carefully to what President Yeltsin has to say," said Mike McCurry, White House press secretary.
According to Interfax, a Russian news agency, Yeltsin said that Milosevic had agreed to negotiate peace with Kosovo separatists. The two met in Moscow yesterday.
In a show of force intended to discourage Serb attacks, NATO sent warplanes near the Kosovo border Monday.
Russia has consistently opposed using force against the Serbs.
The U.S. envoy to the Balkans, Richard Holbrooke, said that regardless of any resolution reached by Yeltsin and Milosevic, international monitors would have to ensure that the terms of the agreement were honored.
More than 300 people have been killed since March as Milosevic's army and police have cracked down on dissent in Kosovo province, where ethnic Albanians outnumber Serbs by nine to one. About 65,000 people have been forced to leave their homes.
Russia joined the United States and six other nations Friday in insisting Milosevic withdraw Serb forces, agree to a cease-fire.
permit effective monitoring of the situation in Kosovo and permit refugees to return.
INTERNATIONAL North Korea declares intention to sell missiles
SEOUL, South Korea — In an open challenge to U.S. efforts to curb global missile proliferation, North Korea declared today that it would continue developing, testing and selling missiles.
The declaration, carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency, marked the first time the hard-line communist country had admitted selling missiles abroad.
For years, U.S. officials have said they had evidence that North Korea was selling Scud missiles to Iran and Syria. But the Clinton administration's efforts to persuade North Korea to curb or stop such sales have failed.
In 1996, the United States began talks with North Korea aimed at persuading it to freeze its missile program and to join an international agreement designed to restrict missile proliferation.
But the talks soon stalled. The latest round of negotiations was canceled abruptly last August, and no new discussions are scheduled.
North Korea, gripped by severe food shortages and diplomatic isolation, sees a way out by striking major diplomatic deals with the United States.
It agreed in 1994 to freeze its suspected nuclear weapons program in return for fuel, replacement nuclear power plants and other economic and diplomatic benefits.
North Korea said it could discuss missile non-proliferation with the United States if Washington signed a peace treaty with it that excluded rival South Korea and compensated North Korea for an expected loss of income from missile sales.
The United States is technically still at war with North Korea after leading U.N. forces on the South's side during the 1950-53 Korean War.
The Associated Press
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A KU student's red parking pass was stolen between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on June 2 from a car in the Murphy Hall parking lot, the KU Office of Public Safety said.
A 16-inch red and white child's bicycle, valued at $50, was stolen between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. on June 10 from Stouffer Place, the KU Office of Public Safety said.
A Lawrence resident was arrested for DUI, no driver's license and expired tags at 2:33 a.m. Friday at 15th and Burdick streets, the KU Office of Public Safety said.
A 1991 gray Chevrolet pickup struck a parking control booth at 12:50 a.m. on June 9 at the intersection of 13th Street and Jayhawk Park. Reserved by the KI Office of Public Services.
- Two pointings, valued at $55, were discovered stolen at 11 a.m. on June 2 at the Spencer Research Library, the KU Office of Public Safety said.
A silver Huffy mountain bike, valued at $200, was stolen between noon on June 10 and 8 a.m. June 11 on Engel Road, the KU Office of Public Safety said.
A student's gym locker contents, valued at $456, were discovered stolen at 3:30 p.m. on June 2 at Robinson Center, the KU Office of Public Safety said.
A Red Ford Escort wagon struck a black jeep at 2:35 p.m. on June 10 near 12th and Indiana streets, the KU Office of Public Safety said. The damage was estimated at more than $500.
A wallet and contents, valued together at $80, were stolen at 5:30 p.m. on Friday at Robinson Center, the KU Office of Public Safety said.
An Ottawa man was arrested for sale/distribution of marijuana, obstruction of the legal process, driving with a suspended license and expired registration at 2:51 a.m. Tuesday at Sunnyside Avenue and Naismith Street, the KU Office of Public Safety said.
- The rear driver-side window of a KU student's car was smashed, a six-CD changer was damaged and two other items were stolen between 11:26 and 11:30 p.m. June 4 on the 2400 block of West Sixth Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $2,550.
A KU student's cellular phone was stolen between midnight on June 3 and 8 p.m. on June 10 in the 1300 block of Kentucky Street, Lawrence police said. The phone was valued at $100.
A KU student's wallet and $3 were stolen between 4 and 4.05 p.m. on Saturday at the 2200 block of Tennessee Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $33.
A KU employee's nylon bag, women's clothing and eight other items were stolen between 2:30 and 9 a.m. on Saturday in the 900 block of Indiana Street, Lawrence $774
police said.
■ Two pairs of a KU employee's binoculars and seven other items were stolen between 10:30 p.m. on Thursday and 6:20 a.m. on Saturday in the 1600 block of Alabama Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $835.
A KU student's car stereo was stolen between 8 a.m. and 8:25 p.m. on Sunday in the 1000 block of East 27th Street, Lawrence police said. The stereo was valued at $300.
A KU student's personal check was stolen between 10:45 a.m. and 9:40 p.m. on June 9 in the 2500 block of West Sixth Street, Lawrence police said.
The window of a KU student's car was smashed and the CD player inside was stolen between 5 p.m. June 9 and 5:30 p.m. June 10 in the 900 block of Arkansas Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $400.
- Sixteen windows of a KU student's residence were smashed between 11:55 and 11:57 p.m. Thursday in the 1300 block of Tennessee Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $800.
A KU student's red parking pass was stolen between 12:15 and 1 p.m. June 12 at the 700 block of West 23rd Street, Lawrence police said. The pass was valued at $5.