2A • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS IN BRIEF
FRIDAY, NOV.9, 2001
CORRECTION
A story in Tuesday's Kansan contained an error. The class about the Roots movement in Haiti is AAAS 320.
CAMPUS Campus anthrax discussion to inform, dispel myths
A discussion about anthrax will take place at 8 p.m. Monday at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Myra Strother, chief of staff at Watkins Memorial Health Center; Paula Phillips, Douglas County emergency management director; and Chris Carey, KU Public Safety Officer, will provide facts about anthrax scares and emergency procedures.
Jeff Engstrom, forms coordinator for Student Union Activities, said the forum would provide an opportunity to dispel several myths about anthrax.
The Student Health Advisory Board, SUA and Watkins are sponsoring the event, which is free and open to all students.
— Luke Daley
STATE
Conservative republican joins state attorney general's race
TOPEKA—Former state Rep. Phill Kline entered the attorney general's race yesterday to set up another confrontation between conservative and moderate Republicans.
The race for the GOP nomination is now between two political contemporaries from Johnson County.
Kline, a conservative from Shawnee, faces Sen. David Adkins, of Leawood, who considers himself a moderate. Attorney General Carla Stovall, also seen as a moderate, is running for governor.
NATION
Time delay between TV, radio upsets some football fans
PITTSBURGH—Football fans who listened to the Pittsburgh Steelers on radio last month noticed a curious thing The game on TV was about 30 seconds behind.
demand.
That's because the local CBS television station was using video-compression technology to squeeze in more advertising.
davonment.
"The game was not as live as it was supposed to be," said NFL representative Greg Aiello. "CBS straightened it out with the station and assured us it would not happen again with any of their other affiliates."
Fans listening on radio noticed something was wrong when broadcasters started talking about plays that did not appear on TV for another 30 seconds.
The machine was created by Bill Hendershot, president and founder of Prime Image Inc. of San Jose, Calif. Hendershot won an Emmy Award 27 years ago for advances in video technology.
for advances. Hendershot's machine can free up 30 seconds or more of commercial time in a 30- to 40-minute span by discarding frames that are almost identical to ones before and after it. The machine delays broadcasts slightly to give it time to compress the image.
U.S. officials still stumped by origins of anthrax mail
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — More than six weeks after anthrax-tainted letters began arriving, federal authorities say they still know almost nothing about where the deadly powder comes from or who cooked it up.
Experts say the teaspoonful of powdered anthrax spores sent to Sen. Tom Daschle's office could have come from an Iraqi weapons laboratory or a New Jersey basement.
a rigorous analysis by the U.S. Army Research Institute of Infectious Disease at Fort Detrick, Md., found that the anthrax in the Dickle letter was the perfect size to float in the air and lodge in the lungs. It had also been mixed with silica, to keep the particles from clumping together.
Because of those characteristics Army scientists settled on "professionally done" rather than "weaponized" to describe the powder, Gen. John S. Parker told a Senate subcommittee Oct. 31.
It probably also took a well-constructed laboratory to produce the high-quality powder, said former United Nations weapons inspector Richard Spertzel.
inspector Richard Spertzel.
"I would not envision it being done in somebody's garage or basement," Spertzel said. "You would have to know exactly what you're doing."
He thinks a foreign country is the source of
"I would not envision it being done in somebody's garage or basement. You would have to know exactly what you're doing."
Richard Spertzel former United Nations weapons inspector
anthrax in the Daschle letter, most likely Iraq.
But Richard H. Ebright, a microbiologist and bioterrorism expert at Rutgers University, thinks the powder was produced much closer to its target.
to its target. After stealing or purchasing anthrax bacteria from any of hundreds of labs worldwide, Ebright said, the attacker could have outfitted a bioweapons lab without straying more than a few miles from the Trenton location where the letters to Daschle, NBC and the New York Post were mailed.
"I continue to believe the most likely prospect is that it was produced by a single person or a small group of people locally," he said.
Firestone to reimburse states
"By locally, I mean New Jersey."
The Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. said yesterday it would pay states at least $41.5 million — and possibly up to $10 million more — to head off lawsuits about defective tires.
detective tries.
Under the settlement, each of the 50 states,
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and
the Virgin Islands will get $500,000 from Bridge-
stone/Firestone. There are no restrictions on
how the money can be spent.
According to the settlement, Bridge-
The company will spend $5 million on a consumer education campaign and $10 million to reimburse attorneys' fees for the states. The deal also could include another $10 million to reimburse customers who were improperly denied replacement tires.
stone/Firestone has spent $450 million on customer restitution.
customer resources Bridgestone/Firestone chief executive John Lampe said the settlement "permits us to focus our energies and our resources on rebuilding our company and the Firestone brand."
The settlement does not mention Ford Motor Co., which used Firestone tires on its best-selling sport utility vehicles. Their 100-year relationship ended in May.
year relationships. Bridgestone/Firestone agreed to recall 6.5 million tires on Aug. 9, 2000, after receiving reports that some tires suddenly failed. Since then federal investigators have documented 271 deaths from thousands of accidents involving the tires.
Severance package reduced for Boston airport director
BOSTON — The agency that oversees Logan Airport cut the severance package for its executive director yesterday from $175,000 to $128,000 in response to criticism from the public and the governor.
Virginia Buckingham, 36, announced her resignation from the Massachusetts Port Authority two weeks ago after the World Trade Center attack. The two hijacked jetliners that brought down the twin towers had taken off from Logan.
WORLD
Mexican president frees men convicted on drug charges
MEXICO CITY President Vicente Fox said yesterday that he had ordered the release of two peasant environmental activists whose convictions on weapons and drug charges had been condemned worldwide.
the freeing of Rodolfo Montiel and Teodoro Cabrera comes less than a month after an attorney who had worked on their case, Digna Ochoa, was shot dead in her Mexico City law office after receiving death threats.
Fox said he had freed the men on medical grounds after consulting with legal experts and receiving many petitions from national and international human rights groups.
They were arrested on May 2, 1999, by army troops and accused of growing marijuana and carrying illegal weapons.
Their defenders said that they had been tortured into confessions and that they had been persecuted because of their opposition to logging in the areas.
Palestinian bomber dies
JERUSALEM — A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up when Israeli commandos stormed his hide-out yesterday, while a Palestinian official said Europe was working on an initiative to stop 13 months of Mideast violence.
Before daybreak, the Israeli border police special anti-terror unit stormed the building where the bomber was hiding in the West Bank town of Baka al Sharkiyeh, just across the invisible boundary with Israel.
The Palestinian detonated the explosives, killing himself and wounding two commandos, said Lt. Col. Amos Yaakov of the border police. Police said they believed the bomber intended to blow himself up in an Israeli city.
The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
An 18-year-old KU student reported a bike stolen between 4 p.m. Sept. 8 and 9 p.m. Tuesday in the 1800 block of Naismith Drive, Lawrence police said. The Mongoose bicycle was valued at $300.
A 23-year-old KU student was arrested Wednesday on a charge of domestic battery, Lawrence police said.
A 19-year-old KU student reported a theft between 8 p.m. Saturday and 4 a.m. Sunday in the 3800 block of Clinton Parkway, Lawrence police said. Two purses, a leather jacket and cash were valued at $1,040.
Lawrence police seized green leaf vegetation thought to be marijuana from two 18-year-old KU students' residence in the 1800 block of Naismith Drive, Lawrence police said. Police also seized plastic and glass pipes and bongs. The items were valued at $180.
cash were taken.
A 25-year-old KU student reported damage to and theft from a 1997 Honda CR-V between 11:30 p.m. Sunday and 9:30 a.m. Monday in the 900 block of Alabama Street, Lawrence police said. Damage to the driver's side rear window was estimated at $50. Items taken were valued at $80.
$100 each. A 24-year-old KU student reported a license plate stolen between 7:50 p.m. Monday and 3 p.m. Tuesday in the 2500 block of Crestline Court, Lawrence police said. The Kansas plate was valued at $15.
An 18-year-old KU student was arrested yesterday on a charge of driving while intoxicated, first offense, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office said.
A 19-year-old KU student reported a theft between p.5.m. Sunday and 2 p.m. Monday from a residence in the 1000 block of Emery Road, Lawrence
police said. The Sony notebook computer and computer case were valued at $2,000.
An 18-year-old KU student reported a theft between 6 p.m. Oct. 29 and 8 a.m. Oct. 30 from a residence in the 1000 block of Emery Road, Lawrence police said. The Hewlett-Packard notebook computer and mouse were valued at $1,825.
A 20-year-old KU student reported personal checks stolen between midnight Oct. 26 and 11:59 p.m. Oct. 27 in the 400 block of West 17th Street, Lawrence police said. The value of the 16 checks was unknown.
An 18-year-old KU student reported a mountain bike stolen between 8:10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday from the 1300 block of Kentucky Street, Lawrence police said. The bike was valued at $342.
ON CAMPUS
Lawrence Chinese Evangelical Church will meet for fellowship at 7:30 tonight at Free Methodist Church, 3001 Lawrence Ave. Contact Agape Lim at 864-4391 or 832-9439.
Rock Chalk Bridge Club will meet at 6 p.m. tomorrow at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union. Lessons begin at 6, and games begin at 6:30. Contact Don Brennaman at 550-9001.
KU Karate Kobudo Club will practice from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday in racquetball court No. 15 at Robinson Center. Contact Hannah Reynolds at 312-3419.
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