Page 12 University Daily Kansan, February 9, 1983 Jury finds man guilty of bigamy By United Press International PHOENIX, Ariz. — Glovanni Vigliotto, who admitted marrying 165 women from around the world, was found guilty by a jury yesterday on both counts of bigamy and fraud in his connection to a Mesa, Ariz., real estate agent. The Maricopa County Superior Court jury returned the guilty verdict after an 18-month stint. Vigliotto trowned slightly at hearing a word of distress, and spoke a few words in the attorney's presence. Patricia Gardiner, who had claimed Vigliotto took $38,500 in her cash and belongings after abandoning her two children after their marriage, broke into a wide smile. Under a court ruling, no one was allowed to comment on the verdict, but prosecutor David Stoller said, "I feel terrific." THE JURY WAS not dismissed and was told to return to the courthouse today. Judge Rufus Coulter said he did not understand why the jurors would have to return. While the jury was deliberating, the judge sent the balif to tell jurors to go home for the day. However the jury received less than half of the minutes, then came in with the verdict. In closing arguments yesterday, Stoller told the jury Vigliotto used marriage as a way to defraud women. "The state contends . . . bigamy is merely something this man does to perpetrate a fraud." Stoller said. "To make sense of this way, I think, desirable. Virilotto's architecture ICIAd Steiner Juailoftto's architecture ICIAd Steiner Virilotto's architecture ICIAd Steiner "We have no proof from the state that any of this occurred." Steiner argued. STOLLER RESPONDED that three different women said Vigliotti swindled "That means all three women are absolute liars," he said. "Does it make sense of each three women would expose themselves to cross-examination ... and fabricate for fun?" Stoller said, "Where are the satisfied customers of the 105?" referring to the store's first year. Steiner has said he lacked time to subpoena out-of-state witnesses and moved for a mistrial on that basis. The motion was denied. The prosecutor also told jurors the money lost by the women in the case was due to fraud. "He took from these people their dignity, he said. "That is the greatest sheen." Stoller also countered defense claims that Vigintio was in love with women "Regardless of what this might be, it is not a love story," he said. Boyds Coins-Antiques Class Rings Buy-Sell-Trade Gold-Silver-Coins 731 Antique-Watches New Hamptonville Lawrence, Kansas 60044 913-842-8773 BOBBY BELL'S Under New Ownership Frank & Sue Seurer (Behind Yellowstone Bank) Bill Frakes, a KU alumunis, has been named Newspaper Photographer of the Year, one of the most prestigious national awards in photojournalism, the director of the contest said yesterday. We're the Glass Specialists 730 NEW JERSEY 843-4416 Photography awards announced Frakes, who left the University in December 1979 to become a photographer for the Miami Herald, was chosen for the award from more than 1,500 participants and about 20,000 photographs. By JENNIFER FINE Staff Reporter Frakes said Gary Mason, KU associ NEXT-TO-NEW CLOTHING FOR WOMEN. 745 NEW HAMPSHIRE THE MARKETPLACE (BEHIND THE HARVEST) 842-7456 Former KU student earns honors KATY'S CELLAR SHOPPE SAN FRANCISCO - HitechA Ltd. of Japan pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of complying to steal IBM computer secrets and was fine $10,000 by U.S. District Judge Spencer Williams. In a plea bargain agreement, the U.S. government said it would file no other criminal charges against the giant water firm in connection with the case. By United Press International Mason said Frakes was the first KU alumnus to win the award. "I was elated, certainly," he said. "Anytime there are 1,000 letters and they throw them all in a pile and pick yours, it makes you good. It’s nice writing." Japanese computer firm fined for conspiracy THE COMPETITION, which is sponsored by the National Press Photographers Association and the University of Florida, conducted annually for the last 40 years. Ken Kobre, director of the contest and head of the photojournalism are professor of journalism, called him last week to tell him that he had won Two Hitachi employees, senior engineer Kenji Hayashi and software section manager Isao Ohnishi, also pleaded guilty and were fined $10,000 and $4,000 respectively. Hayashi also was put on five years unsupervised and Hayashi two years with the stipulation they conduct no business in the United States. Yesterday's court date was originally set to hear arguments by Hitachi attorneys to drop the charges against the corporation. THE CORPORATION and 17 people were indicted last June 20 after an FBI undercover sting operation in California's famed "Silicon Valley" revealed they had conspired to steal HBM materials and transport the data to Japan. The attorneys had argued the government had engaged in selective prosecution of the Japanese corporation and had entrapped the defendants into the plan to steal the IBM documents. In behind the-scenes negotiations by assistant U.S. attorneys Herbert Hoffman and Greg Wear, Hitachi apparently tried to convince the court was too solid to challenge at a trial. According to Hitachi attorneys, the Japanese firm still must defend itself against a civil lawsuit filed by IBM which seeks the return of documents containing trade secrets IBM said were stolen and an unspecified amount of damages that could run into the millions of dollars. AS PART OF the agreement, the United States agreed charges filed against Kaniimaga Inau. a programmer with Hitachi America Ltd. of San Francisco and Keizo Shrui, of Japan would be resolved without a trial. New York attorney Peter Fleming, representing Hitachi, said the firm's corporate executives wanted the court to impose a stricter sense of rebellion" over the incident. Fleming said Hitachi's top management in Tokyo said they had no knowledge of the activities covered by the indictments but nevertheless understood that under U.S. law a corporation could be adjudged criminally liable by reason of conduct of its agents and employees. Hitachi had earlier pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges, contending the FBI was acting as IBM's agent in an effort to injure Hitachi's ability to compete in the field of computer software. THE SANCTUARY'S SPECIAL OFFER BUY sequence at the University of Missouri, said this year's competition was the A MEMBERSHIP CARD DURING OUR OFFICE HOURS (11 a.m.-6:00 p.m.) AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A COUPON BOOK WORTH $5.00 OF FREE DRINKS OTHER SPECIALS: FRIDAY .75e PITCHERS 6-9 p.m. SATURDAY $1.00 HOUSE DRINKS SUNDAY .75c PITCHERS 1-5 p.m. 60 OZ. SUPER SCHOONERS 1401 W. 7th $1.75 ALL DAY 1401 W. 7th 843-0540 Reciprical with over 150 Clubs in Kansas Kobre said there were 27 categories in the contest, such as best news picture and best feature picture. In contests for newspaper and magazine photographs, each judge examine portfolios containing different themes in photographs. Frakes said he thought the variety of pictures in his portfolio and the consistency of his work were reasons he won. "I GET INVOLVED with the things I shoot. My pictures have a lot of emotion." *Everything I take is consistently good, not often great and rarely poor,* *or neither. Frakes said his portfolio contained about 50 photographs, including a photo story on the roiting in Overtown near Judges for the competition were Michael O'Brien, a free-lance photographer for National Geographic and Life magazines; Barbara London, author of a widely-used photo-journalism textbook; Robert Pledge of picture magazine New York; Robert Lynn of the Virgin Islands News in Norfolk; and Susan Kifmaric of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Awards will be presented during Journalism Week at the University of Missouri in April. Frakes will receive $1,000 and a Nikon F camera. Miami and one on South Beach in Florida, which had won several national awards. Komhre said the judges worked for at least 12 hours a day for four days choosing the award winning photographs. TODAY THE GERMAN CLUB will meet at 4:30 p.m. in 4067 Wescoe to see films of carnivals in Germany. On campus A CZECH NOVELIST, Josel Skoveyeck, will read from his works at 7:30 p.m. in the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center. THE AD ASTRA L-5 SOCIETY will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Walnut Room of the Kansas Union for a presentation by Steve Shawl, professor of astronomy, about "The New Generation of Telescopes on Earth and in Space." "PHILEMON" will be presented at 8 p.m. in the Inge Theatre. Troops attack guerrilla positions on highway Bv United Press International American Highway, the only road connecting the eastern 40 percent of the country. SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Government troops yesterday closed down the only highway into eastern El Salvador in a new counter-insurgency sweep against leftist guerrillas, officers said. A SENIOR RECITAL on oboe and bassoon will be presented by Paige Morgan, of Raytown, and Anna May Morgan, of Pine Bluff, at 8 p.m. in Swartscholl Rebutal Hall. At the same time, ground forces blockaded a three-mile strip of the highway in the vicinity of the bombing and closed the road to all traffic. U. S.supplied A.37 "Dragonfly" warjets bombed rebel positions around the 30-mile marker on the Pan- MORE THAN 300 foot soldiers swept an area of eastern San Vicente province near the highway to drive off rebels who had closed down the route each of the past five days despite government patrols, officers said. On the political front, Assembly President Roberto d'Aubusson of the ultra-rightist Nationalist Republican Alliance party said he would resign after a new constitution was approved, probably sometime this year. In other developments, Salvadoran rightists praised U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick's current trip to Central America. Kirkpatrick is expected in San Salvador today to meet with government officials. Concert will benefit day care pupils Like older students, some children attending the Hilltop Child Development Center Inc. receive scholarships to help pay tuition. Scholarships are given to children of low-income student families and single-parent families; said Joan Reiber, director of Hillon. And also like their counterparts, these scholarships need funding. Six musicians from the KU School of Fine Arts and the Lawrence community gave a benefit concert for the Hilltop scholarship fund at 8 p.m. yesterday in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall. THE CAMPUS child care facility serves the University and the Law. rence community. Admission is open to all children ages 15 months through kindergarten, but priority is given to student families, she said. The scholarship fund was started about four years ago, Reiber said. It assists parents in paying the $8.50 to $7.51 daily fee, which covers breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack for the children. This concert is one of several ways Hillipot is trying to increase its scholarship fund each year. Reiber said. In the past, employees of the center have worked at a concession stand at football games and have held a garage sale where they sold decorations made by the children. THE ARTISTS performing are Alice Downs, KU assistant professor of piano; Ellen Kort, a pianist and the director of B'nai B'rith Hillel on campus; her husband, Stephen Kort, pianist and third-year law student; Larry Maxey, KU professor of clarinet; Larry Maxey, music concerto tri-mba performer; and Rita Sloan, pianist and faculty member at Missouri Western College at St. Joseph, Mo. and the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado. An open reception for the artists will be given at the South Park Recreation Center, 1141 Massachusetts St., after the performance. HEINEKIN LOVERS SOMETHING SPECIAL IS COMING YOUR WAY FEBRUARY 17th Black History Month February 1983 The U.S. Constitution and the Black American The University of Kansas CALENDAR OF EVENTS Wednesday, February 9 Tony Brown, noted television personality, television and film producer, writer, lecturer, and educator will speak in a public lecture 8:00 p.m. Aiderson Auditorium, Kansas Union. Co-sponsored by Student Union Activities and the Office of Minority Affairs. No $$$. February 10 "Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," starring Cicely Tyson, will be shown at 7:00 p.m. in Elsworth Hall. Sponsored by the Ellsworth Hall Black Caucus. No $$$. Friday, February 11 "Black Faculty and Staff Recognition Dinner," 7:00 p.m. McCollum Hall Cathedral, sponsored by the McCollum Hall Black Caucus. Saturday, February 19 Saturday, February 12 "Family Feud," Alderson Auditorium. Sponsored by the BSU. February 14-16 Dr. Margaret Walker, author, will present a public reading from her works, Tuesday, February 15, at 8:00 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium, and walk on her upcoming book, "The Daemonic Genius of Richard Wright," at the University Forum, Wednesday, Noon, Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center, 1204 Oread. Co-sponsored by the Office of Minority Affairs and the English Department. No $$. Thursday, February 17 Templin Hall lobby, 8:00 p.m. Barbara Sabol, Secretary of Health and Environment, State of Kansas, _uest speaker. Darrell Matthews recreates the "I've been to the mountain top" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Virginia Smith and Company. Sponsored by the Templin Hall Black Caucus. No $$$. Saturday, February 19 African Night, 5:30 p.m. Ecumenical Ministries Center, 1204 Oread, Sponsored by African Students Association. $$.$$ Sunday, February 29 Sunday, February 20 "Marian Brown in Concert," 2:00 p.m. Big Eight Room, Kansas Union, Sponsored by the Office of Minority Affairs. No $$.. Monday, February 21 Monday, February 21 Roger Wilkins, author, will speak in public lecture, 8:00 p.m. Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union. Co-sponsored by the Office of Minority Affairs and the School of Journalism. No $$$. Friday, February 25 "The Inspirational Gospel Voices," 8:00 p.m. in the Ballroom, Kansas Union. Sponsored by the Black Student Union and the Office of Minority Affairs. "Soul Food dinner," 7:00 p.m., Eilsworth Hall Cafeteria, Guest speaker, Zeema Bond Harris, President of Pioneer College. Sponsored by the Ellsworth Hill Black Caucus. $$. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT THE KU OFFICE OF MINORITY AFFAIRS, 324 STRONG, 884-4351 (All events are on the University of Kansas Lawrence campus, Lawrence, Kansas) This announcement sponsored by the BSU, funded by the Student Activity Fee. 1