University Daily Kansan / Thursday, September 25, 1986
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Judge won't reduce Bell twins' sentences
WICHITA — A federal judge yesterday rejected a motion to reduce one-year prison sentences imposed on professional football player Mark Bell and his twin brother, Mike, for cocaine-related convictions.
U. S. District Judge Wesley Brown filed an order stating he had reviewed court records and information submitted by the brothers' parents, and concluded modification of their sentences would be inappropriate
The brothers are scheduled to be released Dec. 10 from a minimum security prison in Duluth, Minn. They are required to serve just four months of their sentences.
Mark Bell, a former professional football player for the Seattle Seahawks and Indianapolis Colts, was sentenced July 31 to one year in prison and fined $5,000 on one count of using a telephone to attempt to buy cocaine. He was also convicted of a misdemeanor count of attempting to possess cocaine.
Mike Bell, a defensive end for the the Kansas City Chiefs, was sentenced to one year in prison and fined $5,000 on two felony counts of using a telephone in an attempted purchase of cocaine.
Leaders nominated
Sixteen Lawrence residents have been selected for the 1987 Class of Leadership Lawrence. The Board of Directors and Trustees of the Leadership Lawrence program announced this years' participants Monday.
Included were Phil McKnight, associate professor of curriculum and instruction, and Susanne Shaw, associate professor of journalism.
The Leadership Lawrence program was established under sponsorship of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce in 1982 to develop and motivate future leaders in the greater Lawrence area.
The 1987 leadership program will focus on the history of Lawrence, its industry, educational goals, government, economy, and culture. The directors set up a daylong session each month.
Center sponsors run
The University of Kansas Diabetes Center will sponsor Diabetes Dash '86 tomorrow and Saturday to raise money for diabetes research.
The dash will feature a pasta dinner and a runners' clinic at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow in the University of Kansas Medical Center courtyard.
Andrew Jacobs, counselor to the Kansas City Comets, will speak on "Self-motivation for Exercise Training" at the clinic.
All profits will go to diabetes research. Some profits will finance research in Islet cell isolation and transplantation, an area that the Med Center is researching.
Correction
Because of a reporter's error, Michael Kimber's name was misspelled in a story in yesterday's Kansan. Also, the class he attempted to cancel was a 9:30 a.m. class.
Weather
Today will be partly cloudy with the high temperature around 90 and southerly winds between 15 and 25 mph. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance for thunderstorms and a low temperature in the 60s.
From staff and wire reports.
Senate passes financing for bypass project
Bv IOHN BENNER
The U.S. Senate yesterday unanimously approved legislation that would provide the financing for about half of a proposed $21 million Lawrence bypass.
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The project would provide a Kansas Turnpike interchange west of Lawrence and a highway that would provide access to both Lecompton and Clinton Lake. The road also would bypass the city to the south with exits to Iowa and 23rd Streets. It initially would be a two-lane road
The bypass allocation is part of a Senate amendment to a federal highway bill which already has been passed by the House. The Senate placed the bill on a 99-0 vote.
Brent Bahler, press secretary to Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, said the amendment still had to be approved by a House-Senate conference committee before the bill could be sent to President Reagan for his signature.
"Senator Dole selected the sites after a spring tour of the state," Babler said. "Lawrence was one of the priority projects in his opinion. He recommended it after considering its need and its eligibility for federal funding."
Bahler said the Lawrence bypass was among four highway projects chosen by Dole to receive federal funds.
The proposed bypass would cost about $21 million. The federal government would pay $10 million, and the city and Douglas County would pay about $4 million each. Because the project would include a turnpike interchange, the Kansas Turnpike Authority would pay some of the remaining costs, Bahler said.
Rod Fogo, KTA chief engineer manager, said the KTA had not yet decided what costs it would pay or exactly where the interchange
would be built.
"We're asking our engineers to look at locations that are approximately three miles east of the original Lecompton location (several miles south of the town)," he said. "We're looking into the differences in revenue collection between the two sites."
Foag said the KTA originally had planned a turnpike exit at one of two Lecompton sites, but the recently proposed bypass interchange would provide access to both Lawrence and Lecompton.
David Hopper, Douglas County commissioner, said the county would come up with its $4 million share through the issuance of bonds.
Completion of the proposed bypass, which would include an eventual expansion from two lanes to four, has been estimated at $38 million dollars.
Hopper said he did not know how long it
would take to complete the entire project. He said the county had not considered how it would finance the remainder of the bypass.
"There is no plan to expand the project now," said Hopper. "A study was done that indicated that the current plan would be a benefit both to the county and to the city."
He said the proposed bypass could increase the westward expansion of the city.
The joint congressional committee faces a tough battle in forming a bill because of another Senate provision in the amendment that would allow some states to increase their speed limits in rural areas, Bahler said.
"They're going to have a lot to work out before the fiscal year begins next week." Bahler said. "The federal government could begin to distribute funds as soon as then if everything has been resolved."
Oliver ZOO fraternity is herding party animals
By PAM MILLER
The ZO0 is back at Oliver Hall. The ZO0 is Zeta Omega Omega, a pseudo-fraternity with a total membership of about 250 students, mostly men and women from Oliver.
The fraternity has little sisters, sweatshirts with Greek letters, a housemother and even a celebrity member — James "Scotty Doohan, former actor of the television series and the hit movie 'mushed' by ZOO member Anthony Cabrera, McPherson sophomore.
Doohan visited campus recently to promote the fourth "Star Trek" movie.
"I just walked up to him and asked him if he would like to be a member," Cabrera said. "He said, 'Sure.' So now, he's member number 133."
But the ZOO is not like a real fraternity, Mike Beaty, St. Louis sophomore, said.
"We started it to create unity on the floor," Beaty said. "Since then, it took off."
Membership in the fraternity originally was restricted to those now living on the fourth floor or students who lived on the floor last year.
Some of the members of Zeta Omega Omega, or "The ZOO," gather on
The fraternity was started last year by residents on fourth floor south as a way to get to know each other, he said. Beaty was a member last year and still lives on the floor
"It's not anti-greek or anything. It was just a way to organize a fun committee, give it some kind of structure."
All a girl needs to be a little sister, he is, said $1 to pay for the lifetime membership card. The little sisters are required to do very little except attend the parties, ZOO members said.
The members' "rush" consisted of asking people whether they wished to join. Many members bought their membership cards during Country Club Week, the week before fall semester classes started.
Oliver has had a reputation for
In fact, Martin said, there had been such a demand for membership, that the fraternity opened to men on other floors. However, the group no longer accepts any more men.
having the wildest residents of any hall on campus. Beaty said Oliver began to lose that reputation after the rule forbidding alcohol on campus was established when the state increased the drinking age to 19.
"We've at our limit," he said.
"We want to keep it down so we basically know all the guys."
The fraternity was named the ZOO to bring back some of the fun that came with the reputation.
Too many more members would weaken the lines of communication, Martin said.
Now the fraternity is bringing the word "zoo" back into the Oliver spotlight.
the lawn in front of Oliver Hall.
The demands of fraternity life keep members busy.
Kelly Crigger, Leavenworth freshman, said he planned to start a ZOO newsletter. The members have had powder-puff football practices, and even a special wooden sign
The fraternity's first function was Saturday at Hoover's Barn, south of Lawrence. Beaty said that more than 700 people attended the
party and that people who attended included some fraternity and sorority members.
The party went so well that the members were planning another one for November, Martin said.
Alan Wendell, Oliver Hall director, said that the hall staff had not experienced any problems with the organization but that he was still wary about condoning the ZOO.
Trial set for Lawrence man indicted on cocaine charges
By a Kansan reporter
A trial date was set yesterday for a Lawrence man, one of 21 people indicted in July on cocaine-related charges.
Douglas County District Judge Mike Malone set trial for Nov. 24 for Carl K, Stilley, 24, who is charged with one count of selling cocaine.
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During testimony, Thomas Stephenson, 35, said that on Jan. 16 he met with Lawrence resident Dennis D. Barritt, 40, another of the 21 indicted in July, and made
Stephenson had worked on the state and federal investigation for about a year as a informant.
Howard Edmiston, 44,
Lawrence, waived his preliminary hearing, which also was scheduled yesterday.
A trial date will be set on Oct. 14 for Edmiston, who was charged with four counts of selling cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine.
arrangements to purchase cocaine through him. He said Stilley supplied the drug and Barritt acted as a middleman.
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Fugitive still sought in crime spree
WRIGHT CITY, Mo — Police pressed the search yesterday for a former mental patient sought in a three-state rampage of murder and abduction. Authorities said they thought he still was in the area, although the trail was growing cold.
Townspeople, meanwhile, were stocking up on ammunition. Some even said they were sleeping with guns at their sides.
Federal, state and local law officers have been hunting for Michael W. Jackson, 41, since he allegedly went on a crime spree that started Monday in Indianapolis.
"The morale of our men remains good." Ford said. "They're a little frustrated at this point, but they realize that things like this take time. They're tired, but we intend to continue as we have as long as it takes."
have happened by now."
sawed-off, shotgun, also allegedly committed two robberies and manhandled several vehicles, authorities said.
"We're assuming that he's still around here," said Missouri Highway Patrol Capt John Ford. "We're talking about a man who has demonstrated that he has no respect for life or property. If he were out of this area, I think something would
Authorities suspect that Jackson shot to death two people and abducted four in Indiana and that he killed one man, wounded a police officer, abducted one person and tried to abduct two others after he crossed Illinois and reached eastern Missouri. Jackson, armed with a
Jackson, of Indianapolis, has a history of mental disorders and drug and alcohol abuse, a lengthy criminal record and a reputation for violent outbursts. His mother once wrote a letter asking that he be permanently institutionalized because of his uncontrolled behavior.
Between 75 and 100 officers have been combing Wright City, about 45 miles west of St. Louis, since Jackson was spotted running from a stolen car minutes after a gunfight with a police officer. The officer was wounded, but not seriously.
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