University Daily Kansan, September 27, 1983
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NEWS BRIEF'S
From Area Staff and Wire Reports
Fired Wichita city official pleads guilty in theft case
WICHITA — A fired city official pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing money from a rent assistance program for disadvantaged residents, ending six months of maintaining that she was not guilty.
Imogene Patrick pleaded guilty to two counts of theft, three counts of making a false writing, one count of forgery and one count of misuse of public funds. In a plea-bargain arrangement, prosecutors agreed to drop 12 other counts.
Patrick's trial had been scheduled to begin yesterday.
She was fired as director of neighborhood services in March amid allegations that $5,000 was missing from the assistance program. She had pleaded not guilty since that time.
Prosecutors also agreed to have cases against Patrick's mother and daughter placed on diversion, meaning that if they are not charged with a crime for another year, the charges will be dismissed. Her mother, Linda Patrick, and her brother Patrick, both were accused of helping steal money from the program.
Kansas City woman shot by 2 men
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A woman shot once in the neck while getting into her parked car at her apartment complex yesterday was then shot by a second assailant, who fired twice through the driver's window, police said.
The victim, identified as 42-year-old Marie Ann Johnson, was taken to Providence St. Margaret's Medical Center, where her condition was not immediately known, police said in a statement about the shooting.
In addition to the neck wound, armor The two assailants were apparently armed with handguns and left the scene in what was described as a large, dark colored over yellow vehicle.
Local natural gas prices to increase
Natural gas prices in Lawrence will increase slightly next month, the main supplier of natural gas for Lawrence residents reported yesterday.
Northwest Central Pipeline Corp., the supplier, said that the price of natural gas would increase 11.92 cents for 1,000 cubic feet. The increase was approved earlier this month by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Bob Allison, supervisor of the Kansas Public Service Co., said KPS now charged $4.12 per MCF of gas supplied to residential and small commercial users. With the price increase, gas will cost about $4.24 per MCF, he said.
meet, he said.
The average household uses 130 MCFs a year, he said, which means that with the price increase, a gas bill for the average residential consumer will go up slightly more than $15 a year.
Last year, natural gas cost $5.99 per MCF, Allison said. Even with the October increase, Lawrence residents will be paying 85 cents less per MCF than they did last year.
The price increased because of higher general expenses, Allison said, including increased costs for labor and maintenance.
The price increase will affect customers in Kansas, Missouri,
Oklahoma and Nebraska.
Parents Day to feature diverse events
The kick off of Parents Day activities at the University of Kansas will take place long before the traditional Saturday afternoon football game.
Scheduled activities begin Oct. 21 with KU Exploration Day and the 64th KU Engineering Exposition. The exposition lasts two days and features new developments in computers, aircraft and energy technology.
KU faculty and staff will welcome parents at an all-University reception on Oct. 22 in the Kansas Union. Parents will be honored at the football game that afternoon.
Roy Clark, 1973 Country Music Star of the Year, will appear in concert at 8 that evening in Allen Field House. He will perform with the KU Marching Band, KU Jazz Choir and Jazz Ensemble, and other student entertainers.
Tickets for students are $8 for balcony seats or $10 for floor seats. General admission tickets are $10 for balcony seats and $12 for floor seats.
The University Theatre will present "The Elephant Man" at 8 p.m. Oct. 21 in the Inge Theatre in Murphy Hall.
ON THE RECORD
POLICE ARRESTED a 27-year-old woman for stealing 97 bottles of beer sometime between 2:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Sunday from Hawk's Crossing, 608 W. 12th St.
A 68-YEAR-OLD man reported to police that someone stole an oak tree and other antiques sometime between 11 a.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. Friday from a house in the 800 block of Kentucky Street. Police said an ornament entered by breaking a dining room window. They have no suspects.
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Introducing Islam To Non-Muslims
The Islamic Center of Lawrence presents its first colloquy in an introductory seminar series about ISLAM.
"INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM"
Place: Pine Room, Kansas Union
Time: 7:30 p.m. Tues.Sept.27,1983
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Iranians lead decrease in foreign students at KU
By PAUL SEVART
Staff Reporter
The number of Iranian foreign students enrolled at the University of Kansas continued to decline this fall, the director of foreign student services
The director, Clark Coan, released a list of the number of students at the University on non-employment visas from each of 97 countries represented at the University. The statistics were compiled by 20th-day, enrollment figures for the 1,600 foreign students enrolled this fall.
Taiwan again led the list, with 167 students. Taiwan was followed by Malaysia, 127; Iran, 125; Venezuela, 93; and Japan, 78. The number of
foreign students was down from 1,614 last semester and from 1,663 in fall of
THE NUMBER of Iranian students at KU and throughout the United States has been declining steadily since the two countries broke off diplomatic relations over the hostage crisis of 1980, Coan said.
Traditionally, Iranians have gone to universities in Western Europe and North America for studies they could not complete in their own country. Coan their fields of study primarily have been in the sciences and business administration.
Until 1982, he said, Iranians composed the largest single group of foreign students at KU and most other large universities for 10 years or so.
The 149 students from Iran composed
THE IRIANAN government has strict rules on allowing people to leave Iran, Coan said, and obtaining a visa is not required. "Nor Iran has an embassy in the other."
the second-largest group of foreign students at KU in the fall of 1982, behind the Taiwanese. The Iranians have fallen to third, and should continue to fall, Coa said, unless diplomatic relations between the two countries are reinstated. Only five new students from Iran enrolled this fall, he said.
To come to school in the U.S., he said, an Iranian must get permission to leave the country and then travel to a third country that does have diplomatic ties with the U.S. The student can then apply for a non-immigrant visa.
last fall. The University does not recruit students in such exotic places as Macau and Qatar, or in any foreign countries, Coan said, but the prospective students hear about KU in a variety of ways.
The wide representation of countries,
97. is three greater than the number
"We have a visible faculty; so many travel around." Coan said. "It's only natural that they'll be in touch with people who are looking for a particular degree program or field of study."
COAN ALSO said that his office received hundreds of letters a year from prospective foreign students. Many write directly to the department, college or school in which they are interested in pursuing degrees that are available in U.S. embassies and United States Information Service offices throughout the world.
Kansas pair finds careers and love on Capitol Hill
By United Press International
WASHINGTON — They say all's fair in love, war and politics. Sometimes all three are part of Ken and Kathy Peterson's lives.
The Petersons may be Capitol Hill's only married couple working as congressional press secretaries. And they work for congressmen of differing political parties although both their bosses represent Kansas districts.
Kathy, a 25-year-old former radio reporter, is employed by two-term Republican Rep. Pat Roberts, who represents western Kansas.
"WE DON'T have very many problems," said Kathy. "For two years, we'd had a sort of adversary relation with Washington when Ken was covering Washington.
Ken, 35, earlier this year joined the staff of Democratic freshman Rep. Jim Slattery of Topeka after 13 years as a print journalist.
"It was very good training for now," she said.
"I think we probably agree that our particular boss would come first in the nature of anything that involves political maneuvering. There's always an undercurrent of partisanship," Ken said.
But for the most part, they said, their lives are easier because members of the Kansas congressional delegation work closely together.
"We had different opinions. I think I
AND THEY say their differences are no different from those of any married
was more conservative and he was less conservative," said Kathy. "And of course we have discussions. But who will fill the ice tray is of more concern."
"When you live and breathe these issues for 12 hours a day there's no sense talking about it at home," said Ken. "We talk about the office for about three blocks while we're driving home."
"The missile has never come between us," said Kathy.
They also have found professional advantages to their relationship.
"It's comforting to know the other person understands." said Kathy.
Although both are from Kansas, they first met on Kathy's first day of work in Washington at a reception Roberts held
in January 1981 and Ken attended as the Washington correspondent for the Topeka Capital-Journal
"And on the first day he did insult me when I made a joke," said Ken.
The two had several mutual friends and "would go out and do things as a group". Then, by coincidence, Kathy was in apartment a half-block away from Ken.
They were married in May 1982 and in January, Ken joined Slatterly's staff after working several years in the Topeka newspaper's Washington bu
Kathy, a 1979 graduate from Kansas State University, is a native of Garden City and Ken, a 1970 University of Kentucky graduate. In enterprise, near Salma, in Roberts' district.
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