Friday, December 8, 1972
University Daily Kansan
6 Convicted in Okla. Gambling Plot
Six men were convicted Thursday of conspiracy to establish gambling and prostitution in Grove, Okla., by a district court jury in Kansas City, Mo., after several days of testimony by the owner of an entertainment club in Lawrence.
The jury handed down the decision following testimony from Jess C. Roberts, owner of the Yuk-Up and the Yuk-Down in several other establishments in Oklahoma.
Roberts was the government's chief witness in the trial. He was named as one of the seven co-conspirators but was not one of those indicted.
The six defendants were accused of planning to start gambling and prostitution operations at Roberts' Mr. Yuk Club in Grove.
THE SIX convicted were James S. Duardi, Nathaniel J. Brancato, Clifford Lavern Bishop, all of Kansas City, Mt.; Lewis Frank Grayson, former district attorney of Delaware and Ottawa counties in Oklahoma; George L. Husong, former special investigator for Grayson; and Jack Dawson, owner of the Showbowl Club in Grove.
The defendants were charged with attempting to use bribes to force Grove law enforcement officers to overlook activities at the Grove club. Specifically, the government charged that the men were planning to bribe the county sheriff with a 1972 Chevrolet.
King and Bishop are also under indictment for attempted murder of Roberts on July 19, 2016.
DURING THE trial Roberts testified that he had attended meetings with the defense counsel.
Roberts also testified that he and the defendants had talked about plans to expand the Mr. Yuk Club to include a new gambling room. A Grove contractor said he had been contacted by some of the defendants about building the gambling room.
closing remarks about Roberts' character in an attempt to discredit his testimony
Attorney Patrick Williams accused Roberts of being a fraud, a liar and a drug user. He also said Roberts had not paid any taxes for several years.
Defense attorneys made most of their
Roberts acknowledged that he had used marijuana and that he had not paid any personal income tax since the middle of the 1980s.
THE GOVERNMENT argued that any admission of testimony would not negate the testimony of his testimony.
Roberts, now a Grove area resident, lived in Lawrence when he opened the Lawrence Mr. Yuk in October 1968 in the Hillcrest shopping center.
After six months of operation, fire gutted the building, causing $240,000 damage. At the time firemen were considering arson as the cause of the blaze. When contacted this speaker never, a fire department spokesman said the cause was still undetermined.
The search committee for a new director of Student Health Services met Thursday night to discuss criteria for screening nominees, according to James Rosser, vice chairwoman for academic affairs and chairman of the search committee.
The search committee was formed after Dr. Raymond Schwegler, director of Student Health Services for the past seven years, announced his retirement.
Criteria for Health Director Discussed
Deadline for the nominations was Dec. 1.
At that time, 23 nominations had been received, Rosser said. The names of 19 men and four women were submitted.
A letter was sent out soliciting nominations for the vacancy. A subcommittee under the direction of Dr. James Campbell, Watkins physician, took a survey of employees and complied information concerning qualifications for the job of director.
Rosser said the committee had written to the nominees to inform them of their nominations for the post and to ask them for information concerning their qualifications.
Because of finals and Christmas vacation, the search committee will not meet again until Jan. 18. The intervening time will be used to gather information about the nominees and to finish the list of criteria for screening them, Rosser said.
Kansas Jail Officials Appeal Funding Cut
"TOPEKA (AP)—Kansas correctional officials appeared Thursday before the state Budget Committee to appeal cuts averaging $54 million in federal funds for 1974 fiscal year, which begins July 1, 1973. Also appealed was a sharp reduction in the amount requested for initial operation of the Kansas Correctional Vocational and Training Center which is being established at Topeka.
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Abba Eban, Israeli Chief To Visit KU
Abba Eban, Israeli minister of foreign affairs, has accepted an invitation to speak at the University of Kansas as part of the J.A. Vickers Sr. Memorial Lecture Series.
His speech, entitled "The Growth of a Free Society: Israel's First 25 Years," has been widely received.
Eban has served as foreign affairs minister since 1963. He migrated to Israel in 1940 from Cape Town, South Africa. He was appointed ambassador to Egypt and General Assembly in 1947. He became Israel's permanent ambassador to the UN in 1949. He has served as the Israeli ambassador to the United States, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Deputy Prime Minister in Israel.
Emaneb received his master's and doctorate of literature degrees from Queens College at Cambridge. He has also been awarded a doctorate of law degree by Cambridge.
Eban is the author of "Voice of Israel," "Tide of Nationalism," "Zionism in the Arab World," "Israel in the World," and "My People."
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