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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 1985, VOL. 96, NO. 59 (USPS 650-640)
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Vietnam vet angered over drawing's theft
By Karen Blakeman Of the Kansan staff
Within 24 hours of its being placed at the site of the planned Vietnam memorial Monday, an architect's drawing of the memorial was stolen. A Vietnam veteran says this isn't a typical college prank.
The drawing, in a Plexiglas and stainless steel frame, was placed on a metal pole at the planned memorial site during a consecration ceremony at 3 p.m. Monday and was discovered stolen at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, KU police said.
Police said they had no suspects. "I don't know why anyone would do something like this." Lisa Ashner, a member of the KU Vietnam Memorial Committee, said yesterday.
John Musgrave, a veteran of the Vietnam War, said he remembered a time when people did this sort of
thing too frequently, and why they did it.
“This is a cowardly act made by a person or persons wishing to make some sort of twisted statement about the war or the policies that led us there by attacking the first physical evidence of the memorial,” he said.
Musgrave, who has worked for two years to see the memorial become a reality, said the theft had not been the first act against the memorial project. The pole the drawing was to be placed on was stolen before the ceremony, he said.
Tom Anderson, director of facilities operations, said his staff worked to replace the pole in time for the consecration ceremony Monday.
Musgrave said he first considered the theft of the pole a random act that had nothing to do with the memorial.
"But of course, that's not the case now," Musgrave said. "Speaking as a Vietnam veteran, as a member of
the committee that has worked for two years for this memorial, my impression is that this is not a random act of vandalism or a high-spirited college prank."
College students Musgrave, who joined the peace movement after returning from Vietnam, said he thought whoever took the drawing was behaving in the same way some people behaved during the war — blaming the veteran for a situation he had not created.
"Far too often the Vietnam vet has been held up to ridicule and to blame, when we did nothing more that what our forefathers had done — we served our country."
Mustrugue said that foremost in his mind when he heard about the theft were the faces of some of the people who had attended the consecration ceremony — the widow of a man who was killed while serving with the
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House, Senate buy time to hash out budget plan
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WASHINGTON — The House and Senate yesterday approved different versions of a small increase in the federal debt limit to buy another month to work on balanced budget legislation and avert a U.S. default while President Reagan is in Geneva.
But because the two houses failed to agree on how to approach the short-term increase in the government's borrowing authority, the issue was still unresolved.
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TOPEKA — The Kansas Corporation Commission yesterday denied a rate rehearing to utilities that own the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant, but did adjust its order to permit two of the firms to earn an additional $6 million.
In an administrative meeting, the commission rejected utility arguments that it had acted arbitrarily when it declared $3.05 billion Wolf Creek plant should be valued like a carbon stock and that it rejected a lengthy list of other arguments aimed at reopening the rate case.
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FILM OPENINGS
NOV.15—FEVER PITCH
This one is about the unhappy world of the habitual gambler. Ryan O'Neal is a sportswriter who investigates.
NOV.15—ONCEBITTEN
A horror spoof about a young man who falls for an older woman and realizes too late that her pointy fangs have nothing to do with poor orthodontics. Lauren Hutton is the vampires.
NOV.27—ROCKY IV
The odds-on favorite to be the most popular movie of the season, this one pits Rocky Balboa against a champion boxer from the Soviet Union.
NOV. 27—WHITE NIGHTS
DEC. 8--FOOL FOR LOVE
An unusual, stylish "musical adventure" about a ballet star (Mikhail Baryshnikov), who has defected from the Soviet Union, only to have the bad luck to be on an airplane forced to land in Siberia. Gregory Hines is the co-star.
Sam Shepard stars in this adaptation of his stageplay, which involves a confrontation between two old lovers, who happen to be half-brother and sister.
DEC. 6----SPIES LIKE US
Only two men can save the world from total nuclear destruction: Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd. Which means we could be in for some big trouble.
The longest-running play in Broadway history comes to the screen. Michael Douglas heads the cast of this musical comedy-drama.
Dennis Quail and Louis Gossett (under layers of "alien" make) as enemy flight plots from different worlds who crash land on an uninhabited planet.
DEC. 11—ENEMY MINE
DEC. 12—A CHORUS LINE
DEC.13
Richard Pryor produced directed, cowrote and stars in this drama about a comic who nearly loses his life in a drug-related accident.
JO JO DANCER, YOUR LIFE IS CALLING
DEC. 13—YOUNG SHENLOCK HOLMES
CALENDAR
Steven Spielberg produced, but didn't direct. this mystery story about the supposed first meeting of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, when both were just young schoolboys.
DEC. 20—THE COLOR PURPLE
DEC.13—THE MONEY PIT
DEC. 13—REVOLUTION
A big, lush drama about the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Al Pacino, Nastassja Kinski and Donald Sutherland star.
DEC. 18—THE JEWEL OF THE NILE
Steven Spielberg has decided to get serious, directing the film adaptation of Alice Walker's novel, The Color Purple, which chronicles the life of a poor, Southern black woman. Changes of pace don't come much bigger.
DEC. 20—101 DALMATIANS
Light-hearted adventure continues as Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas and Danny DeVitio recreate their roles from Romancing the Stone.
Tom Hanks and Shelley Long in a comedy about a couple who try to restore an old house amid much bad luck.
A tongue-in-cheek version of the old movie classic, featuring Richard Chamberlain as an African explorer
So, you think you've outgrown cartoons. Well, 101 Dalmatians is one of Disney's best, probably more entertaining than many real movies.
DEC. 22—OUT OF AFRICA
Ampersand
Robert Redford. Meryl Streep. How's that for a big-time star combo? The story is based on a series of novels about the real exploits of a woman who ran a Kenyan plantation around 1900.
DEC. 25—MURPHY'S ROMANCE
A light comedy about the romance between a divorced mother (Sally Field) and an older, small town pharmacist (James Garner)
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LATE DECEMBER—GLUE
The most unusual movie of the season
JAN.1—THE BEST OF TIMES
may be this comic-mystery, based on the popular board game of the same name.
Robin Williams and Kurt Russell star in this football comedy about a group of adult men who get one more chance to play that "big game" they lost in high school.
TELEVISION
EARLY NOV.—48 HOURS
It's sweeps month, so NBC has brought out this 1982 hit movie. Edie Murphy is the convict who must help a cop (Nick Nolte) track down a dangerous killer.
NOV. 3-10-NORTH & SOUTH
(ABC) John Jakes, pulpy story about two families on opposite sides of the Civil War was made for a mini-series.
MID-NOV.—BYNASTY II: THE COLBYS
You thought those crazy Carringtons had problems? Wait until you meet their California in laws, the Colbyrs, in this spin-off.
MID-NOV.—AN EARLY FROST
This, television's first "AIDS movie," features Ben Gazzara and Gena Rowlands as parents whose son, Aidan Quinn) is dying from the deadly disease. (NBC)
MID-NOV.
NBC's 60TH ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION
(NBC) 60 years ago NBC first went on the air as a radio network, and this special will look at the birth and growth of both radio and TV through the past six decades.
NOV. 28—COMET HALLEY
JOHN AND YOKO: A LOVE STORY
There's a visitor coming. This documentary examines the history of Halley's Comet (PBS)
EARLY DEC.
(NBC) A three-hour movie about the marriage of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, from their meeting in 1966 to Lennon's violent death in 1980.
MUSIC:
THE RETURN OF PERRY MASON
EARLY DEC.
DEC.1—BLEAK HOUSE
DEC. 9, 10—ALICE IN WONDERLAND
(NBC) This seems to be the year of returns, including this fellow, the always-victorious attorney Perry Mason. Raymond Burr returns as Mason.
Having trouble reading Dickens? Then why not try watching Dickens in this dramatization, starring Diana Rigg and Denholm Elliott on "Masterpiece Theater." Alistair Cook is even better than Cliff Notes. (PBS)
Musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic fantasy. Among the stars popping up as citizens of Wonderland are Steve Allen (who also wrote the songs), Scott Baio, Sally Struthers, Patrick Duffy, Ringer Starr and Jonathan Winters. (CBS)
DEC.31
MTV 5TH ANNUAL NEW YEAR'S EVE ROCK 'N' ROLL BALL
(MTV) Definitely the spot for the rock co-gnocenti-or anyone else-looking for a rockin' good evening.
ANTARCTICA; EARTN'S LAST FRONTIER
(PBJS) Yes, it's DEC. 31, and you know what that means. That's the night NOVA repeats its famous episode about the penguins and seals of Antarctica. Television worth paying for!
TOURING IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER
The Four Tops and Temptations (These original sounds from Motown still make good music and a great show), Air Supply (primarily East Coast), Oingo Boingo, Spyro Gyra, The Untouchables (many on-campus stops), R.E.M. (starts Nov. 1), The Truth, Sade (including a Dec. 10 stop at N.Y.'s Radio City Music Hall), Simple Minds, Blasters, Del Fuegos, Rough Cutt, DIO, The Roses.