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The Inside Front
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2002
News briefs
NATION
Icy roads cause
wrecks in Wyoming
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — ley conditions caused dozens of accidents on the highways in the Rocky Mountain foothills yesterday, injuring at least five people and causing authorities to temporarily close a 90-mile stretch of Interstate 80.
At least 110 accidents, including some rollovers, were reported from midnight Saturday to Sunday morning, the Wyoming Highway Patrol said. A 9-year-old girl was killed in an accident in western Nebraska.
One crash in Wyoming involved 12 semi-trucks and six cars. The ice was left behind by the remnants of a major storm that dumped at least a foot of snow in the central and western mountains overnight.
Four people had to be extricated from their vehicles, said Wyoming Highway Patrol Sgt. Stephen Townsend.
Authorifies closed the eastbound lanes from Sinclair to Laramie by late morning, and reopened them in the afternoon. Traffic had to be escorted to Laramie on U.S. 30 In groups of 100 vehicles, Townsend said.
Relief astronauts head to space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Endeavour chased after the international space station yesterday, bringing a relief crew for its three long time inhabitants.
"We're on our way," said the shuttle's skipper, James Wetherbeer.
The 250-mile-high link up will occur this afternoon.
American astronaut Peggy Whitson and Russian cosmonauts Valery Korzun and Sergei Treschev have been aboard the space station for almost six months. Their mission was supposed to last 41/2 months, but all of the space shuttles were grounded after they moved in because of cracked plumbing.
Endeavour will spend a full week at the space station and return to Earth, with Whitson and her two station crewmates, on Dec. 4.
Graceland to support impersonators again
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Elvis impersonators can continue swiveling their hips and quivering their lips, after Graceland reversed its earlier decision to sever its support of festivals featuring clones of the King.
Elvis Presley Enterprises, the business arm of the multi-million-dollar Presley estate, decided in October to no longer associate with festivals using Elvis impersonators.
But the estate gave back its backing after receiving about 30 letters from festival organizers and fans who were all shook up.
Soden said the idea for the policy change came from some festivals "becoming more about Elvis impersonators than Elvis."
But most impersonators would disagree.
"Everything I'm doing is just to pay tribute to him," said David Lee, a major contender on the festival circuit. "Graceland disliking tribute artists is something I've never understood."
Historic building damaged in Omaha
OMAHA, Neb. — One of four historic buildings slated for preservation near the site of a new performing arts center was severely damaged yesterday when a neighboring food plant was imploded.
Debris from the razing of the Pinnacle food plant smashed through the roof and caused the west wall to cave in at the Frankie Pane building in downtown Omaha.
"I'm sick, my stomach hurts, I'm shaking, I'm sick, I’m sick," said Frankie Pane, who uses the building as a private party and catering facility.
Officials with Dore & Associates Contracting, the contractor for the $90 million arts center project, had no comment.
Omaha City Attorney Paul Kratz said insurance companies and the city would investigate the implosion. It will take time before it's learned what went wrong, he said.
The Associated Press
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Andrew Tran, Overland Park freshman, hammers a nail while framing a house for Habitat For Humanity. Tran worked with other members of KU's Southeast Asian Alliance Saturday afternoon to help build a house in West Lawrence. The organization performs community service hours every month in order to help others and build leadership skills.
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Department of Music and Dance will present Concerto Readings at 7:30 tonight in the Lied Center. Contact the department at 864-3436.
Hell Center for the Humanities will sponsor the Early Modern Seminar with Luis Corteguera from 3:30 to 5 p.m. today at the conference room in the Hall Center. Contact the center at 864-4798.
KU Tae Kwon Do Club will meet from 7:30 to 9 tonight at Room 207 in Robinson Center. Contact Samantha
Nondorf at 218-3544.
Rock Chalk Bridge Club will meet at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the Lobby in the Kansas Union. Contact Don Brennan man at 550-9001 or cardpotato@hotmail.com.
Student Union Activities will show the film The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys at 8 p.m. at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Tickets are $2 or free with an SUA movie card. Contact the SUA at 864-7469.
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Study released on the status of women in Kansas by KU
Women in Kansas are more likely to have four-year college degrees than women in other states,but single women with children are more likely to live in poverty in Kansas than in other states, according to a study released Thursday by the KU Institute for Women's Policy Research.
The study, dubbed "The Status of Women in Kansas," also said women in Kansas were less likely than women in the rest of the country to work in management roles and professional jobs.
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