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The Inside Front
Wednesday June 3,1998
News
from campus, the nation and the world
A KU freshman, who was the driver in a fatal accident,
is charged with involuntary manslaughter.
On CAMPUS:
Lawrence police make arrests in city's first murder of 1998.
In the NATION:
Sprint unveils a new service that could eliminate the need for multiple phone lines.
Reports vary on bomb in Iran that killed two.
CAMPUS
Police make arrests after city's first murder of year
The first murder in Lawrence in 1998 was committed May 27, leaving a Lawrence man dead and three of his companions in Douglas County Jail, Lawrence police said.
Jimmy Lee Johnson, 19, was shot and killed between 5 and 5:13 a.m. while allegedly attempting to burglarize a house in the 1600 block of Kenwood Drive with four other men. said Sgt. George Wheeler.
Wheeler said that while the apparent burglary was in progress, Johnson was shot and killed by one of his companions.
Three of the alleged burglaries in custody, but Wheeler said that the man who shot John son had not been arrested vet.
Wheeler said they have identified a suspect in Johnson's shooting.
"We're still examining the circumstances of the shooting and the motivation of all those involved." Wheeler said.
Wheeler said that the men apparently entered the house and held the six occupants against their will, but something went wrong in the process.
"They went in there, and they didn't complete the robbery," Wheeler said. "The investigation is continuing."
Wheeler said he could not say what prompted the shooting or what kind of gun was used.
"Johnson was found in an interior hallway of the residence, and he died from multiple gunshot wounds." Wheeler said.
Dustin Lee Welch and Maurice Murphy, Lawrence residents, were arrested and charged with one count of felony murder, conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery, three counts of aggravated robbery and four counts of kidnapping. Wheeler said.
James Lee Hall, Lawrence resident, was arrested and charged with one count of felony murder, conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery and aggravated robbery.
Ronnie Wachter
Driver in fatal accident arrested and charged
Matthew Vestal, the driver of the vehicle that fatally injured Lisa Rosel, March 31, was arrested Thursday afternoon on a charge of involuntary manslaughter, the Douglas County District Attorney's office said.
Rosel, Overland Park freshman, was struck by Vestal's '197 Mitsubishi Montero at 11:55 p.m. in the 1400 block of Tennessee Street. Lawrence police said
Vestal, Englewood, Colo., freshman, was booked into Douglas County Jay at 2 p.m. Thursday and released at 4:05 p.m. on a $1,000 bond.
Christine Tonkovich, Douglas County district attorney, said that prosecutors decided on the charge of involuntary manslaughter after examining blood tests performed by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
According to Lawrence police, the tests showed the blood alcohol levels of both Vestal and Rosel, but Tonikovic said she would not reveal the results.
"We won't discuss any evidence in the case until the case is concluded," she said.
Scott Treeseink, media agent for the KBI said that he could not discuss the test results either.
"We don't release that type of information," he said. "What we do is type up a report and send it to the filing agency, and then they decide what to do with it."
Tonkovich said her office received the results in late April, at the same time they received Rosel's autopsy report.
James Eisenbrand, Vestal's attorney,
could not be reached for comment.
—Ronnie Wachter
result of a late-night encounter with a White House door.
Clinton bruises forehead walking into open door
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Clinton is carrying a red knot on his forehead, the
While leaving a room last Wednesday, the president banged his head on the edge of a door he did not realize was partly open. White House representative Joe Lockhart said.
He was not badly hurt and needed no medical attention, Lockhart said Monday.
Sprint offers new service expanding phone line use
NATION
NEW YORK (AP) — Sprint Corp. is raising the stakes in the telecommunications wars, offering its customers the chance to simultaneously talk on the phone, receive faxes and connect with the Internet using a single phone line.
The nation's third largest long-distance phone company expects the new service that was unveiled yesterday will eliminate the need for customers to have multiple phone lines.
It said the new system would reduce its costs for delivering a typical voice phone call by more than 70 percent and cut the costs of a video call to below what it costs for a typical long-distance call today.
Sprint chairman William T. Eresy said customers' monthly bills would stay about the same, but they would get far more sophisticated service — including Internet connections at up to 100 times faster than a conventional modem.
Sprint's announcement said the new service results from a combination of technological advances rather than a single technology and results from five years of confidential work.
It expects to start making the service available to large businesses later this year and expand it to businesses of all sizes by the middle of 1999. It should be available to residential users in late 1999 Sprint hopes to make the new service available in 36 major markets this year and a total of 60 markets next year.
Sprint has already invested more than
$2 billion to upgrade its network to handle the new service, which it has been testing privately with business and consumers for the past year, Esrey said.
It will need approval from local phone companies to hook its new service to local phone systems. Negotiations could be difficult since Sprint said the new service also will serve as its basis for competing with local phone companies.
Sprint, which trails AT&T Corp. and MCI Communications Corp. in the long-distance business, is the first to announce a new telecommunications system on such a large scale.
WORLD
Explosion kills two in Iran reports differ on source
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A bomb exploded in a government building in Tehran today, police said. Iranian television said two people died, and two others were injured.
An Iranian opposition group in exile claimed responsibility in a statement faxed to The Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt, but official news reports said the explosion in the Iranian capital was an accident.
The Mujaheeden Khalq said it set off a bomb at the Revolutionary Prosecutor's office, killing people and demolishing the building. A check of the building indicated there was no visible structural damage outside.
The prosecutor's office tries opponents of the 1979 Islamic revolution.
A police official at the scene said the explosion was caused by a bomb in a briefcase.
The official Islamic Republic News Agency said the blast was caused by explosives, and indicated the material was being brought to the court as evidence when it went off accidentally.
The differing accounts could not t immediately reconciled.
The Associated Press
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ON THE RECORD
A 1996 green Ford Club Wagon struck a 1996 green Oldsmobile Bravada on the driver's side door at 2:10 p.m. May 26 at the intersection of 11th and Indiana Streets, the KU Public Safety Office said. The damage was estimated at more than $500.
A three-car pileup and injury accident occurred at 5:05 p.m. May 22 on West Campus Road near West 11th Street, the KU Public Safety Office said. The driver of one vehicle was treated on scene for a possible broken right foot.
A KU student's mountain bike was tampered with on the morning of May 27, according to the KU Office of Public Safety Office. The padlock securing the bike was apparently cut with bolt cutters in an attempted theft at 1000 Sunnyside Ave. The padlock was valued at $10 and the bike at $200.
A theft occurred at the KU School of Architecture and Urban Design, the KU Office of Public Safety said. A total of $205 in petty cash was stolen between 5:00 p.m. May 20 and 11:30 a.m. May 22.
A total of seven computers, a generator/demodulator, a conductance/resistance meter, an integrator digital gas liquid chromatograph, a mixer/blender, and a circulator both valued together at $26,382, were discovered missing or stolen Thursday from 4006 Learned Hall from the department of chemical and petroleum engineering during yearly inventory.
- Five American Express Traveler's Checks valued at $500 were stolen Friday at 2:00 p.m. from a Lawrence visitor, The KU Office of Public Safety reported.
■ A Macintosh computer Model 5400/120 and Stylewriter printer valued together at $2,440 were taken Saturday from a student's apartment at Tower B of Jayhawer Towers, KU Office of Public Safety reported.
Eleven unsolicited photographs with sexually explicit content were discovered stored on a computer at the Student Support Services office in Strong Hall on May 18.
A KU student was arrested for DUI, driving with a suspended license, possession of a suspended drivers license and speeding Thursday at 1:54 a.m. at the 1900 block of Ousdahl Road, the KU Office of Public Safety said.
A yellow zone parking permit and motorcycle 30-day temporary tag, valued at $75, were stolen from KU parking lot at 15th and Crestline streets Thursday between 7:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., the KU Office of Public Safety reported
A KU student was arrested on suspicion of DUI and for speeding yesterday at 2:15 a.m. at Ninth and Sunset streets, the KU Office of Public Safety said.
A KU student housing employee's license plate was stolen between 4 p.m. May 26 and 1:20 p.m. May 27 in the city at large, Lawrence police said. The plate was valued at $10.
A KU student's speaker and 280-watt amplifier were stolen between midnight May 25 and 4 p.m. May 26 in the 300 block of Weston Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $700.
A KU student's radar detector, $29, and 15 other items were stolen between 12:30 a.m. and 11 p.m. May 26 in the 2900 block of Yellowstone Drive, Lawrence police said.
■ The rear passenger window of a KU student's car was smashed, the dashboard was damaged and five items were stolen from between 6 p.m. May 23 and 8 a.m. May 26 in the 2800 block of Iowa, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $1,865.77.
The two rear windows of a KU student's car were smashed, the convertible top was torn and a backpack, a purse and its contents were stolen between 11 p.m. Saturday and 2 a.m. Sunday in the 900 block of New Hampshire Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $1,260.
A KU student's purse, Kansas driver's license and debit card were stolen between 1:40 and 1:50 a.m. in the 100 block of Massachusetts Street, Lawrence police said. The theft cost the student $80.
The rear window of a KU student's car was smashed, the roof was damaged and two items were stolen between 2 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. in the 2400 block of West 25th Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $665.
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