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The Inside Front
Friday February 6,1998
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
Former KU student sentenced to six months in prison for pointing a gun at a student at Potter Lake Pavilion.
In the NATION:
On CAMPUS:
WASHINGTON: Special prosecutor Kenneth Starr searches for truth without Monica Lewinsky. In the WORLD.
BAGHDAD: British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he supports President Clinton's stance against Iraq. In the WORLD:
Russian president Boris Yeltsin says President Clinton is risking World War III by threatening Iraq.
CAMPUS
Man admits threatening KU student, gets 6 months
The man arrested for pointing a gun at a University of Kansas student at a fraternity party last fall was sentenced yesterday afternoon in Douglas County District Court.
Judge Michael Malone sentenced Ernie L, Batsell, Lawrence resident, to six months in jail for a felony charge of criminal threat.
Batsell was also sentenced to a 24- month probation. He was instructed to perform 100 hours of community service, not to possess any firearms and not to contact the victim.
His charge stemmed from a fight that took place Aug. 19 at a fraternity party at Potter Lake Pavilion.
Batsell admitted pointing a 9 mm semi-automatic weapon at a student. No shots were fired.
- Laura Roddy
NATION
Starr search aims for truth involving Lewinsky case
Prosecutors in Washington questioned White House deputy chief of staff John Podesta before a federal grand jur.
WASHINGTON — Brushing aside a signed immunity deal, prosecutor Kenneth Starr said yesterday his investigation of an alleged presidential affair and cover-up was making significant progress and witnesses would be pressed to provide all the truth.
"Nothing in my testimony contradicted the strong denials the president gave to
President Clinton, meanwhile, left open the possibility that some of his aides could be instructed not to answer certain questions from prosecutors under the doctrine of executive privilege.
these accusations," Podesta said.
these accusations," Podesta said.
He said he answered all questions and would return for more questioning.
In Arkansas, Starr held a rare news con-
lewinsky. Cooperation with Starr is undetermined
ference to signal that his probe was moving forward, with or without Monica Lewinsky's cooperation.
"We want all the truth," he said. "We want it completely, accurately. We have made very significant progress.
The investigation reached as far south as Florida, where a television station received a suboena
for any footage showing Lewinsky with Clinton during a trip last year in which the president visited golfer Greg Norman's home and injured his leg, Norman said through a representative that Lewinsky was not at his home during the visit last March.
Starr declined to discuss the negotiations with Lewinsky, but gave a broad statement that suggested prosecutors did not believe they had been offered a full story from the key witness.
In the Oval Office, Clinton took a break from talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair to say he had not decided whether to invoke executive privilege. the president said it was still a hypothetical question.
"Should it arise, I will await a recommendation from the White House counsel about the institutional responsibilities of the presidency," he said.
WORLD
Bargaining and U.S. troops to allow entry to Iraqi sites
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Diplomatic attempts to solve the Iraq crisis picked up speed yesterday while China and France registered a strong new opposition to an American military strike. Russian President Boris Yeltsin declared they would not allow an American attack.
Diplomats from Russia, France, Turkey and the Arab League, as well as an envoy of PLO leader Yasser Arafat, pressed Iraq to compromise on U.N. demands to inspect sensitive sites, including President Saddam Hussein's palaces to avoid a threatened U.S. strike.
Varying forms of compromises reportedly discussed have not provided a way out of the crisis. The United States and Britain.
virtually alone among major powers in advocating for the use of force, insist on the long-standing U.N. demand of unfettered access to all sites.
"We have stood together ... before in the face of tyranny," Prime Minister Tony Blair said after a Washington meeting with President Clinton.
Blair: Supports Clinton's stand against Iraq
"Today, in the face of the threat from
Saddam Hussein, we must stand together once more," he said. "We want a diplomatic solution to the crisis, but the success or failure of diplomacy rests on Saddam. If he fails to respond, then he knows that the threat of force is there, and it is real."
Shortly before Blair's comments, the USS Independence, accompanied by a submarine and four other American ships, sailed into the Persian Gulf. Another 2,000 Marines on Navy ships with infantry and combat aircraft aboard were heading toward the gulf to join 24,000 American forces.
and they were flatly denied access to 1.4 others in the name of national security
Since March 1996, inspectors have visited 63 sites where they believed the Iraqis were hiding contraband. Inspectors were delayed from entering 38 of the sites,
Yelstin draws line on force in Iraq, foreseeing war
Yeltsin: Says United States is risking World War III.
MOSCOW — No one ever accused Boris Yeltsin of subtlety. The Russian president, a rough-and-tumble Siberian, has been known to shoot from the hip with a blunderbuss. But to accuse the United States of risking World War III in Iraq? Yeltsin's flamboyant standards, revealed in this week's startling
remarks made Wednesday and repeated yesterday, seemed to set a new standard for hyperbole.
With a grim countenance and gravelly voice, Yelstin seemed to draw a line in the sand and dare President Clinton to step over it.
"We have firmly adopted a stance of saying 'no' to the force scenario," Yeltsin said. "It is impossible. It means a world war."
"We must not allow a strike by force, an American strike," he said. "I told Clinton about it. No, we shall not allow that."
It recalled the scene in Sweden last December, when Yeltsin stunned even his closest advisers by announcing unilateral cuts in nuclear arms. It was left to his representative to explain that no such decision was imminent and that perhaps the president was simply tired.
Few believe that Yeltis is serious when he says U.S.-led bombing of Iraq could lead to world war. No one of sound mind believes the Russian president would stand up to Clinton militarily. But there is method to his bluster.
The Associated Press
KU journalism award honors former student
By Cara Skodack
By Cara Skodack Special to the Kansan
Former University of Kansas student Bill Kurtis will be honored today for his talent and innovation in the field of journalism.
Bill Kurtis will be the 49th person to receive the William Allen White National Citation of Journalistic Merit. It is awarded for exemplifying the William Allen White ideals in journalism and for service to his profession and community.
Kurtis will receive a medalion at 1:30 p.m. in honor of William Allen White Day. The ceremony will occur at the Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Kurtis has worked as the anchor of the
Kurtis; Will accept the William Allen White award today
CBS Morning News, executive producer of A&E Network's American Justice, and a documentary producer for the Emmy and CableACE Award-winning Investigative Reports.
His awards include the National Education Association Award for the Advancement of Learning through Television, the U.S. International Film and Video Festival Cold Camera.
and the Silver Screen Awards.
For nearly 50 years, the William Allen White Foundation has honored journalists, such as Walter Cronkite and David Broder, for their outstanding work.
Kurtis, originally from Independence, graduated from the University in 1962. He then went to Washburn University and earned a law degree.
Television reporting was just taking off at that time, and Kurtis was faced with a career choice.
"Although I had accepted a job with a trial firm in Wichita, I was still reporting for a local station when a tornado literally ripped a new highway through the state capital," Kurtis said. "I was on the air at the time and saw firsthand what television can do. In this case, it saved lives with its instant warning, and my career decision was made."
Kurtis made history with his Focus investigative reporting team. The team discovered veterans who claimed to be hurt by a U.S. defoliant, Agent Orange, and made a series of documentaries.
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A KU student's bookbag, jeans, shirt and wallet were taken from Robinson Center on Jan. 30, KU police said. The items were valued at $123.
The door jamb to a KU student's house was damaged and two color televisions, a 25-inch and a 19-inch, were stolen between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Feb. 3. The damage and televisions were estimated at $900, Lawrence police said.
The window screen to a KU student's house was damaged between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Feb. 3 in the 600 block of Florida Street. Damage was estimated at $20, Lawrence police said.
A KU student's cellular phone was taken from 110 Burgall Hall on Feb. 3. KU police said. The phone was solved for $450.
A KU student's vehicle was damaged in lot 123 west of the Burge Union between 10 p.m. Jan. 22 and 8 a.m.
Jan. 23, KU police said. The damage was $154.94.
A KU student was the victim of disorderly conduct at 7:27 p.m. Feb. 4 in the 1300 block of Westbrook, Lawrence police said.
A flute belonging to the Department of Music Education was taken from Murphy Hall between Aug. 25 and December 26, 1943.
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