University Daily Kansan, February 18, 1983.
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Spouses may file rape charges under bill approved by House
By DIANE LUBER Staff Reporter
The Kansas House passed a bill 115-8 yesterday that would allow both men and women to file charges of rape against their spouses in situations when the charges were false.
Under existing, state law, women cannot charge their spouses with rape.
The bill, which goes to the Senate for study, would create the offense of aggravated rape within a marriage, which occurs when the offender inflicts great bodily harm on the victim, causes any disfigurement or dismemberment, or uses or threatens to use force or a deadly weapon.
The bill would make the offense a felony punishable by five years to life in prison.
STATE REP. Joan Wagonn, D-
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policy of public policy
She praised the members of the piece of pamphlet.
House for giving the issue so much thoughtful consideration.
No one could find a woman legislator who would go against the bill, she said, and attempts had been made to divide the women but they failed.
"Everybody hung tough," she said. State Rep. Arthur Downton, R Overland Park, who voted against the abortion law, another step in breaking up the family."
EXISTING STATE laws against assault and battery and aggravated assault and battery adequately protect women against rape, he said.
"Why are these people pushing for a bill that comes between a man and a woman in marriage?" he said. "Next week will people also try to get rid of adultery."
Adultery is a crime under state law. Some House members said the Senate president would probably assign the bill, which covers all sex-related crimes, to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Committee Chairman Elwain
Pomeroy, R-Topeka, said the committee would not begin work on the bill until March.
Pomeroy said he would like to see the crime of adultery removed from the bill but that removing it would make passing the bill more difficult.
The House bill would also
- eliminate the existing requirement that victims prove resistance to obtain a conviction
Legislative Roundup
*expand the definition of rape to include rape with an object
*create the offenses of sexual battery and aggravated sexual battery to cover some sex-related crimes that are not rape
- apply the rape shield statute to sex-related crimes other than rape.
The existing rape shield law provides that evidence of the victim's previous sexual conduct is not admissible in the prosecution of rape cases unless a special finding of relevance is made by the trial court.
Fines to minors increased
The House Governmental Organization Committee yesterday agreed to draft a bill that would increase the penalties (for people under 18 years of age who purchase or attempt to purchase liquor) The bill would set a minimum fine of $250 and a maximum fine of $1,000. Offenders could be sentenced to a maximum of 90 days in jail.
The current law sets a $200 maximum fine and a maximum penalty of 30 days in jail.
Stiffer bingo laws sought
Attorney General Robert Stephan testified before the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee yesterday that organized crime was beginning to creep into some Kansas bingo operations.
He recommended stiffer registration and licensing requirements and more complete auditing procedures to prevent criminal activities.
The committee is considering two bills by State Sen. James Francisco, D-Muvane, that would increase the state bingo tax and allocate the
proceeds to increased enforcement of bingo laws.
Since 1975 bingo has been a legal enterprise in Kansas for churches and other non-profit groups.
DWI breath test requested
Court officials and the head of the Kansas highway patrol testified in favor of a bill yesterday that would toughen the state's drunk driving
The proposed measure would allow police officers to conduct a preliminary breath test of a drunken driving suspect, would eliminate a court's option of community service sentencing and would make a blood-alcohol level of 0.1 percent the legal level of intoxication.
Blaming the national economy,
House Speaker Mike Hayden, Ran art museum or related institution, a record of scholarly research and published works and a record of exhibitions and agencies and supporters of art museums.
Kansas law enforcement officers now can administer only one breath test to a drunken driving suspect. Because the preliminary breath test is not admissible as evidence in court, it is seldom given.
More taxes, cuts foreseen
Atwood, and Senate President Ross Doyen, R-Concordia, predicted yesterday that the Kansas Legislature would pass the largest budget cuts and one of the largest tax increases in history this session.
Doyen said he wanted to close loopholes in sales tax exemptions.
Hayden said that part of the state's financial woes would be solved by severance tax on oil and gas, but that the tax would not be enough.
Hayden said a 3-cent motor fuels tax was necessary. He also said they were still considering a sales tax or liquor.
Regent nominee quizzed
The Senate. Confirms Committee questioned Patricia W. Caruthers on Tuesday about her nomination to the Board of Regents.
Caruthers, assistant to the presid- dent of the Community College, Kansas City, Kan., was nominated by Gov. John Carlson last December.
The committee did not take action on Carathers' nomination yesterday, although a vote was scheduled.
'Gandhi' receives 11 Oscar nominations
HOLLYWOOD — The epic "Gandhi" led the 1932 Oscar race yesterday with 11 nominations, followed by the comedy "Tootsie" with 10 and the fantasy "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial," the biggest maker in U.S. movie history, with the
All three films were nominated as best picture of the season, along with *The Man in the White Room*.
Competing for best actor are Ben Kingsley, who portrayed the nonviolent Indian leader Gandhi; Dustin Hoffman, a man playing a woman in "Tootsie"; Paul Newman, an alcoholic attorney making a comeback in "The Verdict"; Jack Lemmon, a father searching for his journalist son in "Missing"; and Peter O'Toole, a fading actor in "My Favorite Year."
NOMINATED FOR best actress were
Meryl Streep, a Nazi death camp survivor in "Sophie's Choice"; Julie Andrews, a woman playing a man playing a woman in "Victor-Victoria"; Jessica Lange, a tragic actress in "Frances"; Sissy Spacek, a terrified girlfriend in "Missing"; and Debra Winger, a factory worker who falls in love with a cadet in "An Officer and a Gentleman."
Miss Lange was also nominated for best supporting actress for her role in "Tootsie," along with Teri Garr in the same film. Other nominees in that category were Glenn Close for "The World According to Garp," Kim Stanley for "Frances" and Leslie Ann Warren for "Victor-Victoria."
Nominations for best supporting actor went to Charles Durning for "The Martian." It was also the first time a film star
Louis Gossett Jr. for "An Officer and a Gentleman," John Littgow for the World According to Garp, James Ackerman, Robert and Robert Prestorio for "Victor Victoria."
The best director nominees are Wolfgang Peterson for "Das Boot," Steven Spielberg for "E.T.",
Richard Attenborough for "Gandhi," Sydney Pollack for "Tootsie" and Sidney Lumet for "The Verdict." None has previously won the Oscar.
BEST SONG nominees were "Eye of the Tiger," from "Rocky III"; "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" from "Best Friends"; "If We Were in Love," from "Yes, Georgio"; "It Might Be You, from 'Tooise,' and 'Up Where We Belong,'" from "An Officer and a Gentleman."
"Gandhi" is also competing for art direction, cinematography, costume design, film editing, makeup original score, sound and original screenplay
"Tootse" also won nominations for
cinematography, film editing, song,
sound and original screenplay. "E.T."
also won nominations for cine-
matography, film editing, score, sound,
visual effects and original screenplay.
Movie academy members will vote for the Oscar winners in a mail ballot that ends April 5. The awards — including an honorary Oscar for Mickey Rooney and a special honor for Justin Timberlake — will be presented April 11 in a nationwide telecast from the Los Angeles Music Center.
Committee conducts search for new art museum director
The new director of the Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art must have significant experience in research and art museum work, say specifications released yesterday by the office of academic affairs.
A 13-member committee now is conducting a national search to find a replacement for Charles Eldredge, who resigned last year.
Duties of the new director will include supervising and participating in all museum activities, such as art exhibitions, initial development and administration.
THE POSITION announcement states that the new director will be required to have significant experience in managerial or curatorial positions in
The director will oversee a collection of about 25,000 objects, a 55,000 volume library, and a repository of knowledge.
Because the new director probably will be teaching' also, a doctorate and teaching experience are preferred.
A search committee to appoint the new director met last week to deter
The committee will begin advertising the position in several national professional journals, such as the American Journal of Medicine and the Chronicle of Higher Education, he said.
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