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THURSDAY, DECEMBER5, 2002
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STATI
Graves says no more cuts, state revenues still sagging
TOPEKA—Gov. Bill Graves said yesterday he did not plan additional spending cuts, even as state revenues continued to sag in November.
"There are not any plans now," Graves said, noting that the $22.9 million revenue shortfall for last month was troubling.
Last week, Graves cut $78 million to help reduce the projected $310 million deficit in the $4.4 billion state budget on June 30. He also canceled $48 million in aid payments to local governments.
Social service officials outlined their plans yesterday to cut $26.6 million in state spending, which grew to more than $49 million with the loss in federal matching funds.
"These aren't good cuts," said Janet Schalansky, Social and Rehabilitation Services secretary.
Graves' latest reductions were on top of the $41 million he ordered in in August.
It's unfortunate bad news, but per haps it becomes a real wake-up call," Graves told reporters. "There is a possibility that this economic free-fall could continue.
"A situation that is unprecedented in state history is getting worse by the month."
State budget officials originally thought Thanksgiving might have skewed revenue collections, believing that the bulk of the sales tax receipts from the start of the holiday season would appear in the first few days of December. That didn't occur.
NATION
Bankruptcy may be in future for Boston Archdiocese
BOSTON — A financial panel of the Boston Archdiocese gave Cardinal Bernard Law permission yesterday to file for bankruptcy as the church tries to settle potentially crippling lawsuits in the priest sex abuse scandal.
Law would need approval from the Vatican before filing for bankruptcy.
No Roman Catholic archdiocese in the United States has ever taken such a
step, which would give a secular court control over its finances and open it up to unprecedented scrutiny.
The Boston Archdiocese has been at the center of the abuse scandal. It is negotiating with attorneys for some 400 alleged victims over possible settlements.
"We believe a mediated resolution would be preferable to seeking Chapter 11 protection and remain hopeful that this process currently under way will be successful," archdiocese spokeswoman Donna Morrissey said. "However, we feel it is also necessary to carefully consider the alternative or complementary approach of a Chapter 11 reorganization."
Mitchell Garabedian, an attorney for some of the alleged victims, said archdiocese leaders were bluffing in an attempt to gain leverage in the negotiations. Attorney Jeff Newman, whose firm represents more than 200 alleged victims, said the threat of bankruptcy could jeopardize the settlement talks.
WORLD
iraq protests U.N. inspectors say search may cause war
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq protested sharply yesterday over U. N. weapons inspectors' surprise intrusion into one of Saddam Hussein's presidential palaces, accusing the arms experts of being spies and staging the palace search as a provocation that could lead to war.
The harshest criticism came from Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan, who charged in language reminiscent of clashes with inspectors in the 1990s—that the new teams of U.N. monitors were gathering intelligence for Washington and Israel.
Ramadan, known for his fiery statements, claimed to his all-Arab audience that the inspectors went to the palace hoping to provoke the Iraqis into refusing their entrance — something he said would be interpreted as a "material breach" of the U.N. resolution that mandated the inspections, and a cause for war.
The resolution includes "several land mines," Ramadan said, "and the aim is that one of them will go off."
The Associated Press
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Angry Canadian Kellen Cruden, Tonganoxie junior, retaliates against anti-Canada protesters Akiko Imakawa, Overland Park senior, and Megan Persinger, Hiawatha freshman. The three were part of an improvisation class project satirizing recent Wescoe Beach protests.
ON THE RECORD
A 23-year-old KU student told the Lawrence Police Department that someone took his car stereo, valued at $150, between 3 p.m. Nov. 25 and 10 a.m. Nov. 26, in the 2300 block of Murphy Drive, according to reports.
items valued at $775 from inside the car between 9 p.m. Sunday and 9:30 a.m.Monday, in the 1600 block of West Ninth Street, according to reports. Damage to the car was estimated at $600.
A 22-year-old KU student told Lawrence police that someone damaged the fuses and window of his green 1993 Acura Legend and took
A 51-year-old Watson Library assistant told Lawrence police that someone took her plastic Santa Claus statue, valued at $200, between 12:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 400
block of Utah Street, according to reports.
The KU Public Safety Office issued a 22-year-old K'J student a notice to appear in municipal court after an officer saw him skateboarding Tuesday, while a 20-year-old KU student video-taped him north of the Dole Center. The officer took the skateboard and videotape as evidence.
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African Studies Resource Center will present the Brownbag series lecture on KU Africanist Military Journals from 12:20 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. today at Alcove B in the Kansas Union. Contact the center at 864-3745.
Bhagavad Gita Study Group will meet at 6:30 tonight at the top floor in the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Building. Contact Steve at 691-5160.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries and Environers will serve a Veggie Lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Contact Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
Graduate School and Office of International Programs will present
the lecture "Before You Take Another Step: Landmine Detection and Remediation and KU's Piece of the Puzzle" from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. today at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Contact Anne Merydith-Wolf at 864-6161.
Et Cetera
Hall Center for the Humanities will present a lecture with Leonard Krishtalka on "Facing the Future: Science in the 21st Century" from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. today at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union. Contact the Hall Center at 864-4798.
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KU Chess Club will meet from 7 to 9 tonight at Daisy Hill Room in Burge Union. Contact Patrick at 838-8994.
KU Golden Key will have a Bowling Night at 7 tonight at the Jaybowl in the Kansas Union. Contact Kelsie Cropp at 331-4140 or pilar23@ku.edu.
KU Ki Akido Club will meet from 5:30 to 7:30 tonight at Room 207 in Robinson Center. Contact Jason Ziegler at 843-4732.
Student Union Activities will offer the Arts and Crafts Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the lobby in the Kansas Union. Contact SUA at 864-7469.
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