Officials inspect prison
By BRUCE THOMAS
Staff Renarter
A board of inquiry began picking through debris yesterday to look for the cause of a building explosion that killed six men and injured three others Tuesday at the Leavenworth penitentiary honor farm near Beverly, M.
An official cause of the explosion has not been given, but officials speculated it occurred when a natural gas leak in a building near the airport.
Some members of the four-person board, which included two officials from the federal bureau of prisons, arrived at the penitentiary as early as 7 a.m. yesterday, according to Rick Seltzer, executive assistant to the warden.
The board spent yesterday morning at the explosion site and yesterday afternoon at the main prison facility interviewing those who had been near the farm machinery building when it exploded.
"I CAN'T SAY when they will complete their investigation or what they have found at this time." Seer
The honor farm is located in Missouri three miles from the main prison in Leavenworth. It compares 2,400 acres of land with 167 acres of farmland.
The blast occurred at 10 a. 45 m. Tuesday just 18 minutes before the inmates at the farm were to be taken to the main building.
Nine men—seven prisoners and two guards—were trapped when the two-story building collapsed on top of them. After arriving at the building, rescue workers were one of the men of the门 from the debris, three of whom were still alive.
Recovery workers tried to free the five bodies that remained buried in the debris for 15 hours even though Iri Day, prison warden, said as early as 6 p.m. Tuesday that all of those trapped were dead.
Recovery operations ended earlier than expected when the fifth body was pulled from the debris at 2:30 a.m. yesterday. L.L. Col. Fred Clarke, engineer at Fort Smith, said recovery operations had said that they would be digging all night.
SITTER SAID the rescue work quickened when two large buildings arrived at the site late Tuesday night. He said that workers had spotted three of the five bodies in the building and that as they dug for them they found the other two bodies.
The injured inmates are William Delong, who was taken to the prison hospital with a broken heel, and Andrew C. Payne, who was listed in critical condition with severe head injury. Kansas University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
The injured guard rescued from the debris, Frank Radcliff, assistant farm manager, was transferred yesterday from Manson Army Hospital at Fort Leavenworth to St. John's Hospital in Leavenworth.
THE DEAD GUARD was John Cogan, 51, rural Rushville, Mo.
The inmates who died were: Cantrel Blair, 27; Chicago;
Frank Kenneth Simmons, 34, Keller, Texas; Juan Osoto, 23,
Mexico; Donald F. Letellier, 43, Independence, Mo.; and
Jerry Coleman, 31, Omah, Neb.
The board of inquiry investigating the blast includes: Jim Barnes, an investigator for the Occupational Safety and Safety Administration in Kansas City, Mo.; W.K. Banks, safety administrator in Missouri; Jeffrey Washington, D.C.; C.W. Immell, safety manager for the U.S. Penitentiary at Atlanta; and Chris Klewine, assistant regional counsel for the Bureau of Prisons in Kansas City, Mo.
KANSAN
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Thursday, February 1, 1979
Staff Renorter
By PATRICIA MANSON
Regent approved, the other rejected
Vol. 89, No. 85
The Kansas Senate handed Gov. John Carlin a partial victory yesterday when it refused to confirm the reappointment of the Governor of Fairway to the Board of Regents.
The Senate rejected *Herrister's* nomination by a vote of 21 to 18 and approved Smith's nomination 24 to 16. The Senate did not vote on Herriter's nomination.
At a press conference after the vote, Carlin said that at least one of the two nornermen he would name on Monday to incant seven on the board would be a woman.
Carlin, asked if there would be two women on the board after he made the appointments, said, "No decision has been made, but that has not been ruled up."
CARLIN WILL be filling Herister's seat and the seat of M. Prudence Hutton, Newton, whose term expired Dec. 31. Carlin said he would nominate either Glades, Yates Center, or Peter MacDonald, to replace Hutterer.
BECAUSE BII Glades and MacDonald are Republicans, the person nominated to fill Hutton's seat must be a Democrat to maintain the 5 to split
between the parties required by state aw.
Smith and Hierstener were reappointed to four-year terms by former President Bill Clinton, before she left office. Carlin, however, had the right to name new members and that he would appoint Glades and his son-in-law the Senate rejected Bonniness's nominee.
After the Senate rejected his nomination, Hiersteiner said, "I found it unfortunate and regrettable that the Board of Regents became a battleground for the new governor's politics. I'm not going to be able to serve for another four years."
CARLIN SAID he was satisfied with the way the Senate voted on Bennett's nominees.
"I don't look at it in terms of a victory or defeat," Carlin said. "The process has worked."
SEN. WINT WINTER, O-Rottawa, the fight on the Senate floor to confirm Herstellen. Wint accused the Carlin Senate to reject Penn's proposal on the Senate to reselect Penn's president.
"All the stops are on the second floor," Winter said. "We've seen our colleagues scurrying in and out of that office, receiving their orders.
"The governor's lieutenants are on the floor today, carefully watching us, or, I should say, they're lurking about."
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Staff photo by TRISH LEWIS
I leave residents enjoyed pleasant weather yesterday for the first time in several days. However, sunny skies were not enough to melt the ice in front of Glen Rothwell's welding shop, 707 North 2nd, signs that winter lingers on.
Icy image
Library books difficult to find in file system
By DOUG HITCHCOCK
Staff Reporter
A sizeable portion of Watson Library's vast resources is inaccessible because it is either uncatalogued or nearly impossible to find listed in the card catalog.
According to Jim Ranz, dean of libraries, about 300,000 of the library's 1,959,000 books are stored in the sub-basements of Watson and Spencer Research libraries. Also, many of the 829,000 books on microfilm do not have a full set of cards listing their locations.
Henry Fullerwiden, associate professor of German, said finding resource materials could be difficult unless specific books and series were requested.
Last semester, Fullenwerd was working on a multi-lingual research project, which covered nearly two centuries of literature. He was told at Watson that three of the books he needed for his research were not listed in the microfilm catalog.
After traveling to Harvard, Yale and the University of Illinois to look for the books, fulfilwer stumbled on a single book. "I was there," were part of Watson's microfilm collection.
THE BOOKS WERE part of a series and were listed under the name of the series
"Because I am not totally familiar with all of the resource materials and book series in the library, I didn't know about the new product." "Fuller-wider said, 'I was steamed.'"
Microfilm usually is purchased in extensive multi-volume sets that often cover centuries of literature or reference books. It is purchased from many different dealers around the country. Some of the dealers offer set of catalog cards that identify series. However, many dealers do not supply cards with their microfilm series.
These sets of film or series of books each are listed under a single card in the main card catalog at Watson and under a single book in the secondary catalog, which is on another floor of the library.
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Worker says KU discourages unions
By JOHN LOGAN Staff Reporter
A spokesperson for a free speech group yesterday charged that a proposed team of lawyers to the employee was part of an administration campaign to "decapitate" union members.
The spokesman, Gary Howe, assistant professor of sociology, said in a lunch-hour press conference that a union official, Kenny Brushard, Lecompton, had been transferred from his job for "disastrous activities."
Howe, who became involved in the protest after Brouhard came to him for help, displayed a letter written to Brouhard last week by Holder Groke, director of Gorke's labor movement. The letter of Groke's intention to transfer Brouhard to general construction work.
The letter stated that Brouhard, a steamfitter, was being transferred because of personal differences with his supervisor, Tony Bernudez, Lawrence. But Howe and Brouhdard both said the letter was wrong.
"THEY ARE using that excuse as a facade," Howe said. "It is an attempt to hide policy decision behind personal differences."
Howe said the reason for the transfer was Brouhard's union activities and referred to a section of the letter that said, "I feel you should be aware also that most certainly the steamfishing shop and construction services will be observed and if there is any indication that your work will be involved in continuing disruptive activity or below-average work performance, that further steps will be taken."
Contacted later at his home, Orok refused to comment on the letter or Brouhard's charges.
Brouhard also said that union members were often given the driest and most dangerous jobs. When they tried to initiate grievance proceedings they sometimes were threatened with losing their jobs, he said.
BROUHARD, WHO is business manager for his union local, Public Service Employees Local 1422, said that Mr. Deng was a member of members was common by FO officials.
"The supervisors even come down to the shops and say the unions are no good." Brouhard said.
Brouhard, who initiates grievance proceedings for members of his union.
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Law prof battles terrorism
Bv GENE BROWNING
Staff Reporter
It's a scene that's been dulled by repetition.
An airplane is hijacked. Government officials in the target country are told by the hijackers that the plane's engine exploded.
With limited time to make decisions, officials must find a solution that will save the passengers, yet discourage the
The problem is one that many countries face with increasing frequency, and is of special interest to John
Murphy's work for the past $5\frac{1}{2}$ years has dealt with the legal aspects of international terrorism.
MURPHY co-authored a book, "Legal Aspects of International Terrorism," which was featured at a Washington, D.C. conference on terrorism in December 2015. He also attended the western European, Jamaican and Israel attended the conference.
"We need to clarify the law for officials," Murphy said yesterday. "It is a major question of apprehending and punishing."
Advising governments is not new to Murphy. He worked in the State Department and in the United Nations as a legal counsel.
Murphy testified last summer before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on a bill that would clarify U.S. policy on terrorism and give the president wider powers to act against terrorists.
Although the legislation was not passed, Murphy said he thought there was a good chance that it would be passed.
Murphy said the bill focused on the prevention of terrorism.
"THE EXECUTIVE branch would publish notices that would warn citizens about airports with inadequate security against terrorism. Countries that aid terrorists also be identified," he said.
The legislation would give the president power to impose sanctions limiting arms sales and aid to countries that aided terrorists. He said, however, that the legislation should not go too far.
"There have to be acceptable boundaries to what law enforcement officials can do." Murphy said. "How far they should go with surveillance and other preventative measures is unclear."
He said the United States was lucky to have so little contact with terrorism.
"Is it my guess that we'll have more terrorism here in the future. The problem won't go away. But is it anyone's guess?"
MURPHY SAID his book suggested several ways to limit terrorism.
Two areas that terrorists may focus on in the future, he said, are oil tankers and radioactive material shipments.
He said the number of people killed in terrorist acts was
Murphy said that when working against terrorism, the issue must be played down or there would be a danger of war.
"I fear terrorism sounds exotic and romantic, or if those who caress attention can they get can it through terrorists acts, or not?"
"The best way to combat terrorism is to anticipate the action. You have to imagine where the next terrorist action occurs."
minute when compared with something as traffic fatalities in New York for a year, but said that fatalities were lower.
"TERRORISM WILL destroy democratic values. It is the graven danger we face in the delicate balance of power."
Terrorism thrives in democratic countries more than in other countries, he said, because of the scope of action the police may take against terrorists. But terrorism could hit any country.
"Terrorism is a weapon of the weak. If a group is strong enough, it will fight a conventional war," he said.
"Terrorism may appear any time a grievance is not met."
Murphy said terrorism could be made more difficult if the United States made agreements with other countries on such issues.
He said the United Nations had restrictions on action against political terrorists, so no international law could be applied.
BUT AN information center that would collect data on terrorists in one place would aid countries in fighting ISIS.
Although Libya and several other countries train and supply troops for terrorist groups, Murphy said, it would be difficult to prevent Libya from aiding terrorists because of the country's large oil deposits.
Despite the many variables in fighting terrorism, Murrah he thought his study had covered them.
"The study focuses on targets that are innocent people," Murphy said. "The athletes killed in Munich, the plane of innocent passengers shot down by guerrillas in Rhodesia, a bomb in a marketplace in Ireland."
"We have to decide what to do."