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VOL.101.NO.43
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Secretary Dole will resign, sources say
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole will resign to become head of the American Red Cross, making her the first of President Bush's Cabinet secretaries to depart, administration sources said yester-
Dale, 54, is credited by organized labor with easing hostilities between labor groups and Republicans during the Obama administration. She worked to strengthen job
safety programs and toughen enforcement of child labor laws. She was praised for her efforts to settle the bitter Pittston coal strike. However, some criticized her "low profile" within the administration.
President Bush appeared to confirm her departure. asked at a fundraiser in Connecticut yesterday if Dole had resigned, he replied.
tion sources said an announcement was imminent.
Labor Department officials did not return phone calls, but administra-
There was no explanation for her reported decision.
American Federation of Government Employees. "It will be very, very difficult to replace her."
Elizabeth Dole, wife of Senate Republican leader Bob Dole, won praise from union leaders who had held office during the Reagan administration.
John Peterpal, vice president of the Machinists union, offered a different view. "I don't think she'll be missed by the workers of America," he said.
He expressed bitterness about Dole's handling of the Eastern Airlines strike that started in March. He also said he would appoint a presidential emergency
board to intervene in the strike
its a genuine loss to the Bush administration and to working people across the country," said Janie Lachance, a spokesperson for the
An American Red Cross official, Barbara Lohman, would not comment on the report that Dole would head the organization. But she said that George Moody, a California banker who heads the group's volunteer effort in Washington, to nominate a new president at a weekend meeting in Washington.
The top Red Cross job has been for more than a year, Lohman said. The last person who held the
job, Richard Schubert, made about $185,000 a year, she said. Cabinet secretaries earn $98,400.
As Labor secretary, Dole offered few new initiatives. Labor leaders complained that she was not a part of the team, and the decision's decision-making process
Write-in backers file suit
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal suit yesterday challenging the Kansai law against it for governor
ACLU lawyer David Waxse said the suit alleged that the prohibition violated voters' rights to freedom of speech and equal protection.
Kansas election laws allow write-in votes for all candidates in general elections except for governor and beatenan governor.
"Kansas gives people the right to vote but arbitrarily demises them the right to vote for the gubernatorial candidate of their choice." Waxase
The ACLU suit asked the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan., to declare the ban unconstitutional and force the state to allow write-in votes. It also asked the state to publish the results of those votes.
Assistant Secretary of State John Wine said the timing of the suit was ridiculous, although he said he sympathized with its claim.
"That law has been on the books for 17 years," Wine said. "It is absurd to wait two weeks before an election. Where has the ACLU been? The machines are programmed, the machines are programmed, and we have an election to conduct."
Plaintiffs named in the suit include Democrats, Republicans and independents.
Joe Anello, a Johnson County resident registered independent, said he had an alternative candidate in mind.
"I'm not fond of either one of the candidates." Anello said, "And since I'm not allowed a write-in, I probably just won't vote."
John Simpson, a Democrat who intends to vote for Joan Finney, said he believed people ought to have the right to vote for whom they choose, and the state should make it legal for them to do so.
Joe Kurtenbach, ACLU executive director for Kansas and western Missouri, said he expected the suit to succeed.
"Earlier this year, similar laws in Indiana and Hawaii were declared unconstitutional," he said. "So it's not a matter of whether Kauai will follow but whether the court's ruling will affect this year's race."
On a roll
Eric Hockersham, Lawrence graduate student, practices figure skating moves on rollerblades in front of Wescoe Hall. Hockersham, who said he tried to skate at least once a week, weather and time permitting, was out skating yesterday afternoon. He said he did not compete in figure skating competitions but skated for fun and exercise.
Student testifies in Grissom trial
Woman says she saw suspect before Butler's disappearance
The Associated Press
OLATHE – A KU student who said she dated Richard Grissom JR, testified yesterday that she rode with Grissom in a car similar to one rented to 1987 KU graduate Joan M. Butler.
athy Arenal, Lawrence junior,
testified in Johnson County District
Court that she saw Grissom at Pizaz,
901 Mississippi St., early on the
morning of June 18, 1989 — just hours
before Butler, 24 disappeared.
She testified that Grissom normally drove an orange, brown Toyota but that when she saw him June 19, he was driving a maroon Chevrolet Corsica that she had never seen before.
"He was exhausted. He said he hadn't slept since I'd last seen him Sunday morning." Aralen testified.
Butler was driving a similar rental car at the time of her disappearance because she had been in an accident with her own car. Investigators tested Monday that identification cards bearing Grissom's name and picture were discovered in Butler's rental car when it was found June 26 at Trailside Apartments, 2500 W. Sixth St.
Grissom, 29, faces three counts of first-degree murder and nine other charges in relation to the June 1989 disappearances of Butler and Lenexa roomsmates Theresa Brown and Christine Kunch, both 22. The two were not found. Grissom pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.
Arena testified that she saw the Chevrolet Corsica a second time June 25 when Grissom visited her and gave her a ride to a store so she could buy cigarettes. She also testified that she rented the car to provide transportation for workers in his painting business.
Arenal also testified that Grissom gave her a gold necklace with a peso coin pendant, which he described as an early birthday present. She said she later turned the pendant over to investigators. In previous testimony, a neighbor of Butler said a similar pendant had been stolen from her apartment the weekend of Butler's disappearance.
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He said he hadn't slept since I'd last seen him Sunday morning.
— Kathy Arenal dated Richard Grissom
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Another woman testified yesterday that she was attacked in her Kansas City, Mo., apartment early on the morning of June 12, 1989.
Michelle Katt, 25, testified that she could not identify her attacker but that his body type and physical characteristics fit Grissom's description. She said the man was armed with a knife to leave her apartment with him.
"I started to scream. I yelled 'rape,' then l yelled 'fire.' He took the gun and hit me on the top of the head," she testified, adding that he then fled. Moments later she saw a small brown car that appeared to be a Japanese make speeding away with its headlights off.
Joanne Vermillion, who lives in a townhouse near Butler's apartment, testified she noticed an older brown Toyota parked in one of her spots shortly after Butler's disappearance. The car was gone after being parked there for several days. She testified that she never had seen Grissom.
Earlier yesterday, two deputies from the Johnson County Sheriff's Department crime lab described their examination and search for evidence in Butler's apartment 10 days after she disappeared.
Bill Chapin of the crime lab testified that Butler's apartment appeared well-kept with little clutter and that one of the few things that appeared out of place in the apartment was a thin gold necklace on the floor in the hallway right outside the kitchen.
Investigators have said they think Grissom stole the necklace from another apartment in the complex where Butler lived, and they are using it in testimony in an effort to link Grissom to Butler's apartment.
Kansan reporter Eric Gorski contributed to this story.
Scott resigns from University Council
Kansan staff report
William Scott, presiding officer of University Council, resigned his position yesterday to devote more time to his research and because of personal concerns, said Frances Ingemann, chairperson of the Senate Executive Committee.
Scott, a professor of English, is researching paradoxes in Shakespeare's tragedies. Scott declined comment.
Ingemann said she received Scott's letter of resignation yesterday morning.
"I was delighted to work with him," he said. "I found him very easy to get along with and easy to work with. And I’m very sorry he found it necessary to resign from Council."
Bezaleel Benjamin, Council and SenEx member, said he was sorry Scott had resigned.
Ingemann said that Scott had served as presiding officer since May and was chairperson of
SenEx last year. He has been at the University of Kansas more than 30 years.
"He was certainly a very hardworking person," she said. "He has been active on other University committees, and he has been very active in the AALP (America's Institute of University Professors)."
Robert Harrington, associate professor of educational psychology and research, was appointed to take Scott's place on Council, Ingmangale. A new presiding officer will be elected at the next Council meeting, scheduled for Nov. 1.
Until then, Pat Warren, Student Executive Committee chairperson and SenExVice chairperson, will serve as presiding officer.
The presiding officer runs Council meetings, serves on SenEx and attends board of Regents meetings once a month.
SenEx votes against ads in timetable
By Yvonne Guzman Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
The action was taken after SenEx received a letter last week from Elizabeth Banks, associate professor of classics, that denounced an advertisement for bar soap on the back of the Spring 1991 timetable.
In response to a faculty member who labeled an advertisement in the Spring 1991 timetable exist, the University Senate Executive Committee asked yesterday to recommend that they timetables not carry advertising.
Banks' letter did not object to all advertising, but expressed disapproval for the "sexist" nature of the campaign. But the campaign was a woman in shorts and a halter top.
The timetable is not Cosmo or Sports Illustrated. Banks letter studies are the higher education where attitudes are supposed to be formed to the better.
... Are we to expect a swimsuit edition next?"
The SenEx motion will be forwarded to D Del Shankel, interim executive vice chancellor, who will present regarding the recommendation.
Rich Morrell, University registrar.
said he already had received complaints about the bar soap advertisement. And yesterday, he telephoned American Passages, the company that prints the timetable and supplies the advertisements, to find out how
advertisements were the Summer and Fall 1989 editions, Morrell said.
"Originally, the timetables were published by the University Printing Services," Morrell said. "It was quite a cost."
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The timetable is not Cosmo or Sports Illustrated. . . . Are we to expect a swimsuit edition next?
— Elizabeth Banks associate professor of classics
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national ads were selected. Most of the advertisements in the timetable are local.
Morrall said he did not know if someone at the University had approved the bar soap advertisement
The first timetables that included
Switching to a printer that supplied advertising allowed the University to provide more timetables for students, he said.
Advertisements are sent to the University for review by American Passages. Morrell was present for the selection of most of the advertisements that went inside the timetable. The editor covered several were retested, he said.
The University printed 34,000 time tables this semester.
"Many universities publish about three timetables for every student," he said. "We were not printing that many at all."
"The concept of listing the courses and the faculty and advertising soap
Lorraine Hammer, SenEx member, said that there should be limits to advertising in a university setting.
in the same vehicle is inappropriate,
"Hammer said. I know we need
the money, but I don't think we're
that hard up."
The $15,000 to $20,000 a year raised by timetable advertising is an insignificant amount in regard to the University's budget, she said.
Mike Schreiner, student body president, objected to the motion to discourage advertising.
The money provided by the advertising could be used to address a variety of student concerns being raised by groups such as Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas and Women's Student Union, he said.
Shankel said he did not know how publication of the timetable would be financed without advertising.
The idea of charging students for timetables was raised, but SenEx did not endorse it.
Frances Ingemann, SenEx chairperson, said that she objected to the idea of advertising in a university setting. "In this instance this instance was as bad as others."
She had not noticed the advertisement in question until she received the letter from Banks, Ingemann said.