University Daily Kansan, September 13, 1984
Page 9
CAMPUS AND AREA
KU sues former bus director
By the Kansan Staff
The University of Kansas has filed a civil suit against McMurry, former director of KU on Wheels, asking "in excess of $10,000" and punitive damages.
"The purpose of the suit is simply additional attempt to recover the state's money," said Mary Prewitt, University's head of public relations. University is banding the case.
Pewitt said she was unwilling to state the actual amount the University would demand. McMurry was sentenced to eight to 20 years in prison by 1983 McMurry also was ordered to pay $27,054 in restitution to KU.
She said yesterday that "in excess of $10,000" was a legal phrase required by Kansas statutes to both party what action was being taken
When the University will be required to state a definite dollar amount will depend on how the case proceeds, she said.
McMurry is in charge of KU on Wheels from 1973 until his arrest on Sept. 15, 1982 on five counts of theft $20,425 from the bus system.
On June 10, 1983. McMurry pleaded no contest to the five felony charges.
serving his sentence at a state honor camp in El Dorado.
"There's case law that essentially says the judge can't order incarceration and restitution at the same time." Prewitt said.
Restitution was included in the sentence, she said, so that if McMurry appeared before a parole board, the board would know how much money he owed the University and that restitution was an appropriate condition for parole.
Criminal case orders, such as those issued in McMurry's original trial, and civil case orders are enforced in different ways, she said.
Fall arrival of KU students causes utility orders to soar
"If you've got both, then you've got all the options covered." Prewitt said.
By the Kansan Staff
When about 20,000 students flood Lawrence in August, many of them need phones, light and power.
For the Kansas Power and Light Company and Southeastern Bell Telephone Company, that means hooking up lines and turning on power for three to four times more people than usual.
In August, the Kansas Power and Light Company processed almost 7,000 service orders, about 5,000
more than usually are processed in an average month, said Joe Fike, office manager of the company.
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company had a 150 percent increase in new service activity in August, said Donna Johnson, manager for media relations for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in Kansas.
Exact figures for Lawrence are unavailable because new service figures are lumped together with those of other colleges, including about 15 college towns.
Marla Geary, staff manager for
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, said, however, that the college rush had caused most of the increased business.
Both companies gear up for the rush by adding extra staff and by extending part-time employees/hours to full time.
"Every year we know it's coming, and every year we pull in people to deal with the college rush," Geary said.
The telephone company issued applications for new service to KU fraternities and sororites to speed up the hook-up process for students.
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