Thursday, Sept. 26, 1963 University Daily Kansan
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Bad Check Writers To be Prosecuted
By Lee Stone
Students who pass no-account checks or insufficient funds checks may be graduated with a criminal record.
"I intend to prosecute every insufficient funds check complaint that comes to my office," says County Attorney Ralph King.
UNDER THIS LAW writers of insufficient funds checks no longer have recourse to abatement, a legal maneuver that permits the court to drop a case at any time a bad check is paid off. The new law allows a bad check to be paid off within seven days after the writer of it is notified by the payee that the check is no good.
"Before the law was passed we were getting from twenty to thirty complaints a month," Mr. King said.
UNDER THE LAW an insufficient funds check of less than $25 is a misdemeanor. Punishment can be for 30 days to a year in the county jail, or a $50 to $100 fine, or both.
The new law is so effective that, since this summer, only four complaints have come to the county attorney's office. Two writers named in the complaints have already been convicted.
Passing checks for over $25 is now a felony and the fine is from $100 to $5,000, or one to five years in the state penitentiary, or both.
Three misdemeanors add up to a felon under the new law.
"A student could float three or four checks and hit the big time," the county attorney said.
STUDENTS WHO write checks before vacations and overdraw their accounts may not be able to learn that a complaint was filed against them until after the seven days of grace allowed by the new law are past.
This automatically begins a criminal record for the student.
"Our past experience shows that students are sometimes negligent about their bank accounts," King said.
Interviews Sunday For Peace Corps
The KU Peace Corps Committee has announced interviews for committee members from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29 in the Kansas Union.
Carole Clancy, Lawrence senior and Peace Corps publicity chairman said that any interested student may apply for a committee position in the Peace Corps office, room 112 in the Union. Applications must be returned to the office by Friday afternoon.
New Course On Navy Life
Early in October, the Naval ROTC unit at KU will begin conducting classes for coeds who plan to be Navy wives.
This non-credit course will be devoted to the various aspects of Navy life which the prospective Navy wife will find beneficial. The course will last an hour or two each month, or as often as the girls wish, Lieutenant Frank Dreessen, the instructor, said.
Captain Richard D. Gruber, commanding officer of the KU NROTC, said members of the NROTC staff and their wives will also assist in the program.
A tour of a naval air station is scheduled in December to acquaint the women with its facilities and operations.
Applications for the course are to be made at the Military Science Building, room 119.
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