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The Inside Front
Wednesday January 28,1998
News
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On CAMPUS
Madeleine Albright will visit with the foreign ministers of Britain, France and Russia to gain support for a possible attack on Iraq.
Hillary Rodham Clinton blamed the sex scandal surrounding her husband on a "vast right-wing conspiracy."
More than a dozen types of Hostess snacks that were sold in 21 states are being recalled because of possible asbestos contamination.
Scholarship applications available in Strong Hall
The University of Kansas University Women's Club is offering scholarships for the 1998-99 school year. Applications are available in the University Scholarship Center, 135 Strong Hall, and are due by Feb. 11, 1998.
Selection criteria includes grade point average, major, future plans, activities at the University and a 500-word essay. Interviews for the candidates will be held during the last two weeks of February and recipients will be announced March 1. 1998.
Any questions should be directed to Karen Hagen, club president-elect and scholarship chairwoman, at 782-2781 or call the University Scholarship Center.
-Kansan staff report
U.S. to confer with allies about situation in Iraq
WASHINGTON — Seeking to drum up support for a possible attack on Iraq, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will confer in Europe with the foreign ministers of Britain, France and Russia. Defense Secretary William Cohen weighed a trip to the
Albright: Looking for support of allies
Gulf "to consult with our friends and allies."
"The train is leaving the station here," said Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon, pointing out that there appeared to be little room left for diplomacy. He said Cohen could leave as early as next week.
here, we will have to look at different options," Bacon said. He said Cohen's talks would be "to consult with our friends and allies in the Gulf about possible military action."
"If diplomacy fails
Albright leaves today to meet with Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine of France in Paris, Foreign Secretary Robin Cook of Britain in London and Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov probably in Madrid, Spain, a senior U.S. official said today.
Britain is lined up with the United States in favoring strong action against Iraq to try to gain unfettered access by U.N. inspectors to suspected weapons sites. But France and Russia have hedged, and Primakov is sending a deputy to Iraq to try to forestall a American-British attack through diplomacy.
So far, all diplomatic overtures have failed to persuade Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to admit inspectors to all sites, including those under presidential control.
Hillary Clinton defends husband on 'Today' show
NEW YORK — Hillary Rodham Clinton today blamed the sex scandal surrounding her husband on a "vast right-wing conspiracy" that has dogged them for years and said "we've been accused of everything, including murder."
"The best thing to do in these cases is to be patient, take a deep breath, and the truth will come out," she said on NBC's "Today" show. She described the allegations as "an effort to undo the results of two elections" and said when all the facts were known "some folks are going to have a lot to answer for."
Clinton spoke calmly but firmly as she gave her most detailed response since allegations emerged explosively last week that the president had an affair with former White House interm Monica Lewinsky and that there was an attempt to cover it up.
Clinton: Blames scandal on conspirators
She declined to offer details of the relationship between the president and Lewinsky.
President Clinton has flatly denied having sexual relations with Lewinsky or urging her to lie.
A lawyer for Paula Jones, who has accused Clinton of sexual harassment in a case that dates back to Clinton's
days as governor of Arkansas, dismissed the talk of a right-wing conspiracy when asked about it today.
Hostess recalls snacks following asbestos scare
CHICAGO — More than a dozen types of Hostess snacks, including HoHo's and Twinkies, sold in 21 states are being recalled because of possible asbestos contamination.
Kansas City, Mo.-based Interstate Brands Corp. said yesterday it believed the products were safe, but its Hostess cake division was recalling them voluntarily. There were concerns that the products may have been affected by asbestos fibers in insulation removed from a boiler at the company's suburban Schiller Park, III., plant Jan. 11.
Asbestos is a fibrous substance known to cause cancer and other health problems.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency had planned to close the plant Monday night, but the company voluntarily closed the plant.
The products were sold in the central United States and have a "57" code as part of the expiration date on the package, the company said. Only products with the "57" code are subject to the recall.
The recall includes 13 Hostess products plus Dolly Madison cupcakes, almost all of which have expiration dates ranging from Jan. 22 to Feb. 6. HoHo's included have expiration dates ranging from Jan. 29 to Feb. 13. The products can be returned to the place they were purchased for a complete refund.
The incident is being investigated by state and federal officials, including the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Clinton address makes Congress perform too
NEW YORK — When President Clinton delivered his State of the Union address, the joint session of Congress also had to perform for television.
"Republicans and Democrats are very aware that the country will be watching them carefully," Peter Jennings said earlier on ABC's "World News Tonight."
Clinton: Lewinsky issue ignored in address
"The political overlay here was a scandal," said NBC's Tom Brokaw when Clinton had concluded.
chamber.
"A burst of warm, sustained and standing applause," said CBS' Dan Rather as Clinton entered the
"It's as if it went away for 24 hours," said CNN's Jeff Greenfield. "Neither the president nor the Republicans are even touching it — at least not tonight."
Maybe so, but it was as if Washington had forgotten the administration's troubles.
-The Associated Press
University acquires new budget leader
By Gerry Doyle
gdoyle@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
A new budget director will take charge of finances at the University of Kansas in late February.
The KU budget director is responsible for arranging and distributing funds within the University and for coordinating the University's finances with the state legislature.
The University hired Jan Ferguson, who has been the assistant vice president for financial affairs at Pacific University in Sheridan, Ore., since 1992. Ferguson will start at the University Feb. 23.
Ferguson was chosen from about 70 applicants, said Diane Goddard, purchasing office director and head of the search committee. The applicant pool was narrowed to about eight applicants, and only three were interviewed.
"Jan played a very large role at Pacific," Goddard said. "She has a global breadth of experience. She has an intimate knowledge of issues at a high level. I don't think the switch will throw her at all."
Ferguson received her bachelor's degree from Southern Illinois University in 1981 and became a certified public accountant in 1988
She has been responsible for evaluating, recommending and implementing financial policies at Pacific University. The scale of the University of Kansas will be new to her, she said, and the guidelines for procuring money will be a change because Pacific is a private school.
Although the job will differ from her role at Pacific, Ferguson said she had no doubts about beginning work for the University.
"I've been at Pacific for eight years, and I was ready for a change career-wise," Ferguson said. "I'm very excited to come to a place like KU. The people I met when I came to interview impressed me and made me feel very comfortable."
The search began in June 1996, after the former budget director, Richard McKinney, took a job as assistant vice chancellor for information services and libraries within the Unive*sity.
McKinney, who had been budget director since October 1991, said that though he enjoyed his work, the situation of his new job was too much to pass up.
"It was a really neat opportunity," McKinney said. "It wasn't that I was bored, I was just ready for a new opportunity. I'm looking forward to working with Jan."
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Today IN HISTORY
1807 - London's Pall Mall is the first street lit by gaslight.
1878 - Yale Daily News published, first college daily newspaper.
1915 - US Coast Guard established.
1956 - Elvis Presley's first TV appearance (Dorsey Bros. Stage Show).
1960- First photograph bounced off moon, Washington, DC.
1986- 25th Space Shuttle Mission (Challenger 10) explodes. All seven crew members, including school teacher Christa McAuliffe, die.
A KU student was the victim of a criminal threat at 9:28 p.m. Monday in the 900 block of Massachusetts Street, Lawrence police said.
The hood and driver's side frame of a KU employee's car were scratched between 9:30 p.m. Monday and 2 a.m. yesterday in the 700 block of New Hampshire Street, Lawrence police said.
A window and two ceiling tiles in the fourth-floor south wing of McColum Hall were damaged shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday, KU police said. The damage was estimated at $65.
A KU staff member's parking permit was taken from Lot 220 by the Motor Pool Jan. 20, KU police said. The permit was valued at $75.
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