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Stephan sues Hypermart
University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, October 23, 1990
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — Hypermart U.S.A., one of Kansas' largest discount stores, was sued yesterday by Attorney General Bob Stephan, who alleged that the giant retailer violated state law by misrepresenting the octane rating of the gasoline it sells.
In a suit filed in Shawnee County District Court, Stephan said Hypermart had sold gasoline at its west Topeka store with an octane level of 88 when the label on the pump said the octane level was 89.
A. spokesperson for Wal-Mart's corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., had no comment.
The attorney general contents in his suit that consumers paid $500 more for regular leaded gasoline sold at Hypermart. He said at least 12,250 gallons of misstored gasoline was sold to customers during a three-week period starting in late September.
Stephan said the bill of lading, or invoice, presented to Hypermart at the time the gas was delivered showed the octane level was 88.
Hypermart has a gasoline station near its main store
"Yet the pumps were clearly marked 88." Stephan said at a news conference in his office.
Briefs
Residents discover explosive chemical in trailer park
Lawrence firefighters, Lawrence police and bomb squads from Olathe and Overland Park worked together yesterday to remove explosive chemicals from a trailer park on 31st Street.
Jim McKenzie, Lawrence firefighter, said the fire department responded to a 2:40 p.m. call from residents of the Gaslamp Village, 1000 W. 31st St. The residents in the community were called in their carcass as they were moving out of their trail.
Jerry Carr, a captain in the Lawrence Fire Department assigned to hazardous chemicals, said a container
of the chemical boron trifluoride-ether 98 had been left in the carport 12 years ago. Officials declined to specify how
After the firefighters decided the chemical was potentially explosive, they called the bomb squads, which put the container in a bomb trailer and towed it to an minihabitat point south of 31st Street.
Police stopped traffic on Louisiana Street and Haskell Avenue near 34th Street when the born squads exploded the building at 9:30.
Chancellor's defense policy committee elects leader
Members of a chancellor's committee investigating ways to change Department of Defense policy regarding sexual orientation elected Siegfried Linderbaum, professor of human rights and international political chemistry, to serve as the committee's chairperson.
Gene A. Budig appoint a special chancellor's committee to help change the Department of Defense policy excluding individuals based on sexual orientation. The Department of Defense policy applies to ROTC programs, which will not commission or award scholarships to gays, lesbians or bisexuals.
The committee was formed after a Sept. 27 University Council resolution passed requesting that Chancellor
Budig approved the Council resolution Sept 28.
Local man listed in serious condition after shooting
A rural Douglas County man who sustained a shotgun wound to the head at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at 1908 E. St. was in serious condition yesterday in the Kansas Medical Center, a Med Center spokesperson said.
Alvis Osborn, 29, was injured after a car chase, said Chris Mulvenon, Lawrence police spokesperson.
There was a standoff between Osburn, who had a small-caliber handgun, and a 26-year-old Lawrence man who could not shoot.
Osburn was riding in a car with several people when remarks were exchanged with several people in a truck
in a residential area near downtown Lawrence, Mulvenon said.
andObtain a clue in the scene, motivation said.
Although Lawrence police interviewed the suspect and witnesses at the scene of the shooting, no arrests were made.
From Kansan staff reports
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