Thursday, Oct. 3, 1985
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University Daily Kansan
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Party
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"But this year we were planning on scaling it down. We anticipated a crowd of about 1,600," he said.
'When Yacher found out that the party was planned for the AKL he appealed to the University and the fraternity to stop the party or move it.
Stanley Koplik, executive director of the Board of Regents, said Yacher asked the Regents to intervene
"I told him to take his complaints to the University and the groups involved." Koplik said. "Other than that, there's not much we can do."
Eversele said the neighborhood contacted her, and she encouraged Black and McElhene to cancel the meeting of the agreement made last spring.
David Amberly, vice chancellor for student affairs, said he was aware that the neighborhood had complained. But he said the University did not cancel the party.
"The decision to hold events of student groups off campus is the prerogative of the group, and we can only advise of the consequences," he said.
Yacher said he applauded Black's and McElhenie's decision to cancel the party.
"I think the fellows at the AKL house made a wise choice," he said. "I would read it that they made a statement that they want to be good citizens and live peacefully with their neighbors."
Hudson
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At the White House, President Reagan issued a statement saying, "Nancy and I are saddened by the news of Rock Hudson's death. He will always be remembered for his dynamic impact on the film industry, and fans all over the world will certainly mourn his loss. He will be remembered for his humanity, his sympathetic spirit and well-deserved reputation for kindness. May God rest his soul."
Taylor, who starred with Hudson in "Giant" and "The Mirror Crack,d," was one of his closest supporters in his final days, and was co-host for an AIDS benefit Sept. 19 with actor Burt Reynolds.
"I am not happy that I am sick. I am not happy that I have AIDS, but if that is helping others, I can, at least, know that my own misfortune has had some positive worth."
Hudson donated $250,000 to the benefit, which grossed more than $1.2 million for AIDS research, and sent his last public words:
He had known for more than a year that he suffered from acquired immune deficiency syndrome, but it became publicly known only after a gaunt Hudson checked into the American Hospital in Paris on July 21. The hospital decided that Hudson was too weak to be a good candidate for its experimental therapy with an unproven drug.
Funeral services were not set immediately.
Pickens
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Pickens said he wasn't suggesting that stockholders make decisions but that management be more responsible to the owners.
"We need to bring it back into focus again where management are aware of the fact that they are not the owners, they are the employees and the stockholders are fully aware that they are the owners of the company."
Pickens said no one could ever accuse him of not playing by the rules.
"If you going to be successful you're going to have to go early and stay late," he said. "You're going to have to analyze well, and you're going to have to play by the rules. And I can tell you there's nothing more fun than winning by that combination."
Pickens said that although he played by the rules, some people had an image of him as a "barbarian" out to destroy their business. He said he didn't do business like that.
Governor was paid for work never done. woman testifies
United Press International
NEW ORLEANS — The government's first witness in the racketeer-trial of Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards and seven associates testified yesterday that Edwards was paid legal fees for services to a health care corporation even though he did no work for it.
Barbara Sanders testified Edwards was paid $12,000 by Health Services Development Corp., which was headed by two of the defendants in the case, James Wylie and Ronald Falgout. Sanders worked for HSDC from 1980 to 1982.
The government charges that Edwards' influence was used to obtain the permits worth millions of dollars in exchange for a share of the profits on sale of the permit-holding companies, in which he secretly held stock.
Sanders said HSDC obtained a state hospital trust, the firm's only valuable asset, which was to be used for construction of a hospital. She said the corporation set up a dummy company to sell the permit to Health Corporation of America.
U. S. Attorney John Volz tried to show through Sanders' testimony and documents that Edwards was paid by Wylie and Falgout with checks and stocks in exchange for his influence in obtaining the permit,
even though the governor was out of office between 1890 and 1894.
Wylie was president of HSDC and Falgout is former unders secretary for the Department of Health and Human Resources. Sanders now is director of planning and development for Health Corporation of America in Nashville, Tenn.
Sanders testified that in numerous conversations with Wylie and Falgout, she was led to believe that when Edwards was re-elected that HSDC would be the company through which to get hospital permits.
"I took that to mean that Wyllie and Falgout had influence with Edwards," Sanders said.
Sanders testified that while she worked at the company in 1981 and 1982 operations shifted from strictly consulting to setting up corporations to obtain the permits directly.
Sanders she never saw Edwards in the office and had no knowledge of any work he might have done in connection with HSDC.
Under cross-examination from Edwards' lawyer, James Neal, Sanders conceded that the governor could have worked for the benefit of the permit applications without her knowledge and that he did so while he was a private citizen.
Neal suggested that Edwards could have been making telephone calls and otherwise working with politicians and government bureaucrats on behalf of a legitimate business deal. He also said Edwards was committed to support the East Baton Rouge Community Hospital application with $500,000 if necessary.
The defense also brought out that Sanders was entitled to 6 percent of the profits of HDC when applications for permits were successful, making her a part owner in the operation.
Volz has accused Edwards of betraying the citizens of Louisiana and selling the state out for $3 million. He said some of Edwards' actions were motivated by a need to pay "staggering" gambling debts of $800,000 to Nevada casinos.
Defense attorneys contend the business arrangements were legal, and that Edwards' participation occurred only during the four years between his second and third terms when he was a private attorney.
The other defendants in the case are the governor's brother, Marion Edwards; his nephew, Charles David Isbell; former New Orleans City Attorney Philip Brooks; architect Perry Segura; and seafood restaurateur Gus Mijalis of Shreveport, who faces an added count of obstruction of justice.
Testimony in the case will resume today.
German Luncheon Special in Cafeteria $1.90 Polish Sausage, German Potato Salad, Cole Slaw, Roll
Fire-eating Magician 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Free Drawing for Bicycle and other items, $1.19 film processing on any number of exposures and more specials at the KU Bookstore
Polka Band (Ed Grisneck) and Dance 7:30 - 10:30 pm Polka Lessons from German Club 7:30 - 8 pm
Hand-Carved German Puppets on Display
Renaissance Entertainment on level three 8 -10 pm Belly Dancers, Magicians, Jugglers, a Fire Eater, Old World Singers, Classical Guitarists, Flutists
Imported German Gummi Bears specially priced 65¢ for 1/4 lb. at the Information Counter
Burge Bandstand Presents a Dance Concert with "Valentine and The Very Wealthy" in the Party Room on level one at 9 pm
Burge Union This Friday All Activities Are Free