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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.
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 confecration ceremony Monday.
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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."
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Musgrave, who joined the peace movement after returning from Vietnam, said he thought whover 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.
for a scholarship in 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."
Musgrave 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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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 cheaper coal-fired plant. Also rejected was a lengthy list of other arguments aimed at reopening the rate case.
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William Easley and Jeff Polack, student body president and vice president, end their terms next Friday. The to say their greatest accomplishment was to "read organization" to Student Senate.
(Above) Nigel Stock as the curmudgeonly Waxfalter in Young Sherlock Holmes; (right) Nicholas Rowe and Alan Cox as the youthful Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
YOUNG
SHERLOCK
HOLMES
bat could Sberlock Holmes and Doctor John H. Watson have been like when (and if) they were boys?
Steven Spielberg was intrigued by
the idea and thought it contained great possibiliti-
ties for a movie. He called in his young ace screenwriter, Chris Columbus ("Gremlins", "Goonies") and gave bim only the film's title, "Young Sherlock
Hobbes, and the instruction, "Do what you like with it."
Setting his story in 1870 London, and immersing himself in research on Victorian history and mores, Columbus spent nine months writing his script. "It required a lot of care because Holmes is a literary legend," he pointed out. "I did not want to upset his devotees, some of whom believe Holmes was a real person who actually lived."
"It could have been young Sherlock in Los Angeles in 1985," said Columbus, "but I had been inspired by the stage version of Nicholas Nickley (and) loved David Lean's films of Great Expectations and Oliver Twist. I wanted to get that flavor back into films."
The story involves its schoolboy heroes, not only in solving a mystery, but also in an adventure with elements of the supernatural
members of Shellock Holmes and John Watson meet at school, an encounter in which Holmes proves he already possesses impressive powers of deduction: he describes accurately his new acquaintance Watson's every interest, and even his family background, just by observing him. The two quickly become friends.
two quicky lessons. Soon after, the two pals set out to investigate a strange series of deaths of respected older London citizens, one of whom is a somewhat befuddled professor at their school. With the help of the professor's beautiful niece, they set out to solve the crimes, which seem to be linked to a menacing religious cult.
Tall, dark-haired Nicholas Rowe, the 18-year-old son of a member of the House of Commons, was selected from thousands who auditioned
Contract, round the edge.
Barry Levinson—who had already received praise for a film about young people, Diner, is directing. His most recent film release, The Natural, about a baseball player with extraordinary talent, demonstrates he is equally at ease with a story having magical overtones.
for the part to play Holmes. Two young cast members come from acting families: Alan Cox, son of British actor Brian Cox, plays Watson, and Sophie Ward, daughter of Simon Ward (Yung Winston) is Elizabeth, the pretty young niece of the deceased professor. A host of distinquished adult actors, including Anthony Higgins of The Draughsman's Contract, round out the cast.
Young Sherlock Holmes has taken advantage of the authentic locations available in England, shooting many scenes at historic Eton. "When I
went on the set to see Barry directing the scene of Watson meeting Holmes for the first time (shot at Eton)," said Columbus, "I felt as if I were Watson walking into that dormitory. It was precisely as I had imagined it."
Columbus was also excited that director Levinson had filmed his screenplay with little rewriting. "This film is the one baby (of his projects for Spielberg) I can almost call my own," he said.
Director of Photography Stephen Goldblatt says Young Sherrick Holmes makes, "No attempt at reality. The characters are almost Dickenman. It is 95 minutes, or thereabouts, of non-stop action set in mid-Victorian London."
Young Sherlock Holmes, a Paramount release, will open nationwide in December.
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