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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, OCT. 14, 1985, VOL. 96, NO. 36 (USPS 650-640)
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Prison escapees elude searchers in area manhunt
By Karen Blakeman Of the Kansan staff
Area law enforcement officers are carrying descriptions and photos of two Kansas State Penitentiary escapes after a search was called off yesterday morning when bloodhounds lost the escapees' trail, Douglas County sheriff's officers said yesterday.
The officers are looking for the men, who were thought to have arrived in Lawrence on Saturday night, as they conduct their regular rounds.
The North Lawrence manhunt that began shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday was discontinued about 3 a.m. yesterday when officers from several agencies were unable to come up with any new leads, a Douglas County Sheriff's Department spokesman said.
The manhunt began when Douglas County sheriff's officers found a truck that had been stolen by the conspirator in the Flamingo Club, 501 N. North St.
Douglas County sheriff's officers were joined in the search by officers from Leavenworth County Sheriff's Department, Kansas State Penitentiary, Kansas Highway Patrol and Lawrence Police Department, a Douglas County Sheriff's dispatcher said.
Leavenworth County sheriff's officer Delores Johnson said that the manhunt had been abandoned after officers searched the area with bloodhounds from the penitentiary and failed to turn up any leads.
Janette Haak, Douglas County
sheriff's dispatcher, said the penitentiary
dogs followed the scent to west of
Douglas County Road 1045 on U.S.
24-59 Highway, a distance of about
three miles.
Jerry Judy, a spokesman for the prison, said the bloodhounds used by the prison guards were unable to follow the convicts' scent beyond that point.
"We sent our people out as soon as the truck was found," Judy said. "The trail was cold. It's now in the hands of the sheriff's departments. We'll join them again when the trail heats up."
Prison officials discovered the two convicts, Randy Lanny Mahlandt, 26, Mulvane, and Rickie Cagle, 35, Farmington, Ark., were missing when an emergency count of prisoners was taken after the Leavenworth County jail closed. A break-in at a Lansing house within two blocks of the prison, Judy said.
"We called in all the work details and did a count." Judy said. "The two were found missing, and the lady
See ESCAPEES, p. 5, col. 1
School authorities want AIDS policy
The Associated Press
Already, says Boston University's medical director, Dr. Julius Taylor, the phone calls from anxious parents have started.
"My son tells me there'a gay person living in his dormitory," the typical call begins. "What are you doing to protect him from AIDS?"
Few colleges and universities have had more than a handful of AIDS cases School officials across the country, however, are struggling to educate students, faculty and staff about HIV/AIDS and to come up with at least loose guidelines to deal with questions from parents and students.
Thousands begin storing blood p. 2.
"Most people seem to think that a policy is needed, but they also feel we should try to stick with non-discrimination," said Dr. Kevin Patrick, director of student health
services at San Diego State University.
College officials emphasized that they hoped to avoid the emotional uprear which accompanied the first cases of AIDS in public schools.
Most said their thinking was being guided by the federal Centers for Disease Control, which has said that AIDS is not especially contagious, and can only be contracted through sexual contact, contaminated intravenous needles or transfusion of tainted blood.
"One of our greatest fears is the sense of panic," said Kaye Howe, vice chancellor for academic affairs of the University of Colorado, where one student has died of AIDS. "There's nothing we've seen from the CDC that would make us share that panic."
Still, the stakes are enormous.
"What colleges would like to avoid
See AIDS, p. 5, col. 1
Bryan Graves/KANSAN
Jina Casteal, daughter of Elizabeth Immand, Topeka, peeks in through the window of the Museum of Natural History to catch a glimpse of the Dinosaur Days exhibit. A steady line of visitors waited in front of the museum yesterday.
A peek at the past
First down, and out
AMES, Iowa — Kansas wide receiver Sandy McGee makes a first down after catching a pass for a 10-yard gain in the fourth quarter as Iowa State cornerback Milon Pitts pushes him out of bounds. McGee caught five passes for 50 yards in the Jayhawks' 22-21 loss to Iowa State on Saturday. See story, page 9.
US. officials said Beilgrade apparently rebuffed an extradition request.
Suspect in hijack flees Italy
From Kansan wires
ROME — The United States protested to Italy yesterday for allowing a Palestinian leader accused of masterminding a cruise ship bijacking to flee to Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
A stern-faced U.S. Ambassador Maxwell Rabb voiced the U.S. displeasure in a $2_{1/2}$ hour meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Andreotti amid mounting tension between Washington and the country it considered one of its closest NATO allies.
Soon after the United States issued a warrant Saturday for the arrest of Mohamed Abbas, a senior official of Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organization. Italy allowed Abbas to take a flight from Rome to Belgrade.
Italian judicial authorities had determined there were no legal grounds to hold Abbas, the Foreign Ministry has said.
Prime Minister Bettino Craxi, in a statement last night, said, "When all the facts are known and examined with objectivity and with the understanding that the decision taken by the Italian government, 'was just and wise'"
Belgrade, which gives diplomatic status to the PLO, was officially silent on the request yesterday but indicated it would make a statement to the government said Ugoslavia was not likely to meet the U.S. request.
PLO sources in Belgrade said Abbas would stay there for two or three days.
Webster emphasized that the situation was fluid.
In Washington, FBI Director William Webster told CBS News "Face the Nation" in Washington that Yugoslavia, a communist but non-aligned nation, had rejected the U.S. request to hold Abbas.
Although Yugoslavia refrained from official comment on Abbas, it did praise the PLO leader in the state-run Tanjug news agency for said a "greater tragedy" by negotiating the surrender of the hijackers.
Abbas told the Kuwaiti news agency in Belgrade he wanted to thank the Italian government for freeing him from accusation via deciding to receive him.
The United States charged that Abed small discussion groups to learn how to handle problems and stress that accompany having a handicapped child.
See HJACKERS p. 5 col. 2
Families united through weekend
Meanwhile, parents of the handicapped children participating in the Family Enhancement Weekend on Saturday and yesterday, organized small discussion groups to learn how to handle problems and stress that accompany having a handicapped child.
Monday Morning
By Jill White Of the Kansan staff
Forrest Swail, a member of the board of directors of Families Together Inc., said Saturday that the sponsoring organization was a support group for families of handicapped children.
Entralled children swayed to a snappy tune as Tau Sigma Dance Club dancers performed a short Charleston on Saturday in the convention hall of the Holiday Inn Holidome.
Families Together Inc. is a statewide, nonprofit organization. It sponsors three enrichment weekends
a year at the Holidome, 200
year old and has a summer
convention. Small sailboats.
"We always meet here because for people in wheelchairs it's the most accessible convention center in the state." he said. "The weekends consist mostly of workshops for parents and supervised activities for children." He said most families came from Kansas City, Lawrence, Topeka, Salina, Winfield and Wichita.
Almost 200 people were involved this weekend, including 50 children, about half of whom were handicapped, 100 parents, members of Families Together and several performing groups, said Rhonda Channel, Topeka senior and youth director.
"We provide enrichment weeks for up to 25 families, but only 21 families participated in this one because of cancellations." Channel said.
Lori Fox, Mulvane senior and activities director, said children were divided into three age groups and moved from one activity to the next.
while parents conducted discussion groups. Children were accompanied to each activity by companions from the Delta Chi fraternity, 1245 W. Campus Road.
One of the activities was a dance performance by the Tau Sigma Dance Club, a KU group. The eight dancers performed cake walk, Charleston and soft shoe dances. After the dances, children were invited to try the dance steps or arm motions.
Claire Cagnon, Los Angeles senior and president of Tau Sigma, said, "It's not so much of a professional performance as it is a service to them. We wanted to do something to get children involved."
Jerry Meier, Satanta sophomore and philanthropic chairman of Delta Chi, said members of his pledge class
In another activity, called "Autumn Leaves," children painted leaves and pressed the designs onto construction paper. In "Bag-Cookies," the third activity, children frosted cookies and decorated paper bags to store their creations.
were companions for the handicapped children last year. This year, all 60 members of the fraternity participated, he said.
"It is helpful to meet other families with retarded children," Melva Janke said. "They have excellent resource people here."
"Traditionally, fraternities get involved in some kind of support activity to raise money for a cause," he said. "We chose Families Together because it brings the house members closer together."
Donna Swall, executive director of Families Together, said the enrichment weekends gave family members a break from routines and the opportunity to reacquaint themselves with the needs and confidence they share as members of unique and important groups — their families.
Wen and Melva Janke, Topeka, said they brought their handicapped child and two other children to the enrichment weekend about once a year.
Supporters question deficit plan's effect
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III yesterday said that an administration-backed deficit reduction plan now before Congress might require cutbacks in defense spending plans.
House and Senate negotiators plan to begin work this week on a Senate-passed plan to gradually cut deficits to zero by fiscal 1991. It was approved overwhelmingly in the Senate last week, and the House endorsed the idea, but even the plan's supporters questioned whether the plan could stop the flood of government red ink.
"I think, given the political will to make the hard choices, you can reach balance without having to raise taxes," Baker said on NBC-TV's "Meet the Press." "Clearly, there would have to be reductions in defense."
"One of the first things I think we'd do is to phase revenue sharing out this year instead of next," as the administration proposed, but Congress remains unhappy with Mr. Amtrak. We can't afford to maintain Amtrak, he said.
The Republican-led Senate last week approved setting deficits targets and requiring spending cuts to be carried out by the president if Congress and the president failed to meet those goals. However,
Social Security, interest on the national /debt and previous government contracts were exempted from the cuts, so only about half the federal budget would be touched.
President Reagan has said his "personal caveat" also is to exempt defense spending from the plan. He said Congress had a commitment to its budget plan for keeping defense increases current with inflation this fiscal year, and increasing current above inflation the next two fiscal years.
The automatic spending cuts in the plan would take effect only after Congress' normal budget process has failed to meet the deficit targets.