2A - THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS IN BRIEF
MONDAY,OCT.1,2001
CORRECTION
A photograph on the front page of Wednesday's Kansan incorrectly identified Middle Eastern water pipes as Jewish smoking pipes. The caption also stated that Phil Gross helped set up the display, which was incorrect.
CAMPUS
Board seeks applications for freshman class officers
The Board of Class Officers is taking applications for the freshman class officers.
Positions include president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer.
Dulcine King, vice president of the senior class, said that the applicants would be a part of the election process held in front of Strong Hall.
She said that applicants should be self-motivated freshmen.
Applications can be found at the Organizations and Leadership Development Center's office in the Kansas Union and are due October 2, at 4:00 p.m.
There will be a mandatory information meeting for all applicants on October 2, at 4:00 p.m. in the English Room on the sixth floor of the Kansas Union.
Luke Daley
STATE
Corporate employers attend U.S. penitentiary job fair
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — Twenty-six businesses sent representatives to the U.S.Penitentiary last week to conduct interviews, critique performances and provide guidance to prisoners poised for release.
It is the first time, three years after the penitentiary's annual job fair started, that even inmates conceded it was the real thing.
Businesses were told they could offer jobs but were not obligated to do so.
Inmate team leader Mike Wise said he was pleased by not just the size of fair but that large companies showed up.
Harley-Davidson Inc., which has a motorcycle assembly plant in Kansas City. Mo., sent five employees to the fair.
Jean Craven, a Harley employee who went to the fair, said the company had "real commitment to community involvement and diversity in the workplace."
"I really believe in it," said Craven, who had worked with a program at a women's prison in Phoenix. "All of us have a responsibility as it relates to helping the community and this is a good way to do it."
James Fisher of Elite Logistics said his company had had good experiences when hiring released inmates.
"We think ex-offenders tend to make good employees," Fisher said. "They're appreciative of the opportunities they get and tend to be very loyal and hardworking."
Elite Logistics, whose locations include Kansas City, Kan., arranges travel and other details for various clients. Fisher said he was looking mostly for people who could fill warehouse jobs, such as forklift operators.
This year's job fair included a corporate speaker.
Purna Steinitz, founder of Heartstream Education, told inmates they would need to mature emotionally to stay out of prison. He urged prisoners to "make a commitment to provide what's wanted and needed" by future employers.
The Associated Press
NATION&WORLD
States across the nation review security measures
The Associated Press
From the marine highway in Alaska to Virginia's motor vehicles office to the Florida coast, states are reviewing and tightening security to guard against potential terrorist attacks.
Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore held his first meeting Friday with his newly created antiterrorism task force.
Last week, Missouri Gov. Bob Holden created the first state-level Cabinet anti-terrorism position, echoing what President Bush has done on the federal level.
"The world has changed and we must confront those changes effectively to keep our families safe and to make sure our state is secure," said New Hampshire Gov. jeanne Shaheen.
New Hampshire's steps include frequent patrols of the Portsmouth Harbor and the Piscataqua River, and increased security at the Seabrook nuclear power plant, she said. There will be more inspections for vehicles containing hazardous materials.
Gilmore ordered his 21-member task force to analyze potential terrorist targets in Virginia, and to assess the ability to respond and identify necessary changes in policies
laws and funding. Recommendations are due by Nov. 30.
"Our watchword in the coming weeks and months must be security and safety." Gilmore told the group of elected officials, law enforcement officers, public safety experts, educators and business executives.
Florida, Idaho, New Hampshire, Ohio and Wisconsin also created state panels or began studies of anti-terrorism efforts.
Across the nation, governors acted to call up National Guard units to protect airports after the president requested help until better long-term security measures are in place
The new state-level efforts were in addition to commissions that have been set up by local U.S. attorneys offices.
Those federal efforts will be coordinated with the new Office of Homeland Security created by President Bush, officials said. The new Cabinet will be directed by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge.
"Enhancing state and local response capabilities is a significant priority for this new office," said White House spokesman Tucker Eskew. "Health, medicine, border security, bio-detection capability. All of it."
Twins held after all-day pursuit
The Associated Press
PENROSE, Colo. — Police found a cache of weapons in the home of twin brothers, known to neighbors as loners who liked to wear camouflage clothing, who are suspected of killing a sheriff's deputy and critically wounding a police officer.
Joel and Michael Stovall, 24, were being held without bail yesterday and will be formally advised of murder charges today, said Lt. Melissa Hartman of the El Paso Sheriff's office.
They were captured late Saturday after an all-day pursuit that led into the scenic canyons along the Arkansas River near the Royal Gorge.
Investigators said the brothers had been arrested Friday afternoon for allegedly shooting a neighbor's dog in an alley near their grandmother's house in Penrose and dumping its body into the Arkansas River, about 5 miles north of Florence.
While in Fremont County Sheriff's Deputy Jason Schwartz's patrol car, they shot him in the back of the head several times, police alleged. It wasn't clear how they could have used a gun while handcuffed or if whether the deputy's own gun was used, police said.
The brothers were later seen in Florence, taking a pickup truck from a couple at gunpoint. They got into a gunfight with police and critically wounded police Cpl. Toby Bethel.
"The officers didn't even realize they were there. It was unprovoked," said Florence Police Chief Mike Ingle.
As the brothers drove west out of Florence, a shotgun taken from Schwartz's car was fired at pursuing sheriff's cars, slightly wounding one officer.
They abandoned the pickup Friday night and about 24 hours later gave up, authorities said.
ON CAMPUS
The Black Student Union will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Pioneer room in the Burge Union. Contact Mark Dupree at 864-3984.
The Tae Kwon Do club will meet from 6:30 to 8 tonight in 207 Robinson. Contact Greg Isaac at 749-4649.
O. A.K.S. Nontraditional Students will have a brown bag lunch from noon to 1:30 p.m. today in the Burge Union. Contact Joan Winston at 864-7317.
KU Green Party will meet at 8 tonight at the Regional Room in the Kansas Union. Contact Sarah Hoskinson at 838-963 or Dalyn Cook at 312-2090.
qay this week. On Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Ballroom in the Kansas Union, noon to 6 p.m. in Oliver Hall; Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Ballroom at the Kansas Union, noon to 6 p.m. in McColum Hall; Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Ballroom in the Kansas Union, noon to 6 p.m. in McColum Hall; Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Fieldhouse, noon to 6 p.m. in McColum Hall; Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Allen Fieldhouse, noon to 6 p.m. at Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall. Contact Amanda Storm at 766-0130.
There will be a blood drive benefiting the American Red Cross and the Community Blood Center each
The Freshman-Sophomore Advising Center will have an informational advising session required for new freshmen and transfer students of all majors from 3:30 to 4:20 p.m. today in 3140 Wescoe Hall. Contact Gloria Flores at 864-2834.
NATION
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A walkout by government workers appeared likely after contract talks broke off between the state and its two biggest unions, officials said.
Strikes imminent as negotiations between state and unions falter
"A strike is pretty much imminent," said Peter Benner, executive director of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 6.
A breakdown also was reported in negotiations late Saturday with the 10,500-member Minnesota Association of Professional Employees. MAPE leaders were not immediately available for comment yesterday, but a message on the union hot line said members should expect a strike.
Nearly 28,000 workers — more than half of the state's work force — could participate. Some 1,700 prison guards are barred from striking.
Talks broke down over wages and health care costs, said Lance Teachworth, commissioner of the state Bureau of Mediation Services.
Julien Carter, commissioner of the Department of Employee Relations, held out hope yesterday for a return to the bargaining table, but he added: "It doesn't look good."
Rodney King arrested at stop for drug use, exposing himself
POMONA, Calif. — Rodney King, whose videotaped beating by police officers led to the 1992 Los Angeles riots, has been arrested for allegedly being under the influence of a psychedelic drug and exposing himself.
King, 36, was arrested Saturday following a traffic stop near a Pomona park. According to police, King displayed symptoms of PCP intoxication.
He was a passenger in a vehicle near the park driven by an unidentified woman, Pomona police Lt. Dave Keetle told the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.
Officers had responded to a report that King was bothering people, jumping on an ice chest and exposing himself to others.
King, of Altadena, was at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center Saturday night, waiting to be medically cleared before being transferred to Pomona City Jail.
He is scheduled to be arraigned in Pomona for another misdemeanor drug charge stemming from an Aug. 28 arrest.
Bones taken from dead children for tests without parents' consent
LONDON — Thousands of bones were removed from dead British children without their parents' consent during Cold Warera nuclear tests, the nation's Atomic Energy Authority said yesterday.
The femurs of about 4,000 young children were removed from 1954 to 1970, agency spokeswoman Beth Taylor said. The bones were used in tests to measure the effects atmospheric explosions of hydrogen bombs were having on humans and the environment.
"It is true that parental or relatives' approval wasn't sought," she said. "We assume that parents weren't asked because it wasn't the norm at the time."
"The program was done for the best of reasons," she said. "It was the period when we were doing atmospheric tests of hydrogen bombs and there was quite a bit of concern about the dangers of nuclear fallout."
The Associated Press
Taylor stressed that the British research conducted in London and the Scottish city of Glasgow—contributed to a decision to halt atmospheric nuclear explosions in 1963.
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749-5397
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841-3148
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843-4948
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841-8661
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