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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, September 18, 1992
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United Way drive off to fast start
By Delin Cormeny
Kansan staff writer
In the fifth day of its annual pledge campaign, United Way of Douglas County has raised almost one-third of its highest goal ever of 1,076 928.
"We are thrilled to have that good of a beginning," said Barb Smith, executive director of United Way of Douglas County. "We kicked off our campaign with a larger amount of money than I can ever remember."
KU's University campaign is one of the reasons the county-wide campaign is going so well. Smith said.
So far, KU has donated more than 100,000. Half came from last spring (2016), and the other was donated in
was donated by KU employees.
"It's a great effort by the students, and the faculty and staff are doing their part, too," said Joe Bauman, chairman and chair of the University campaign.
Rock Chalk was traditionally held in Hoch Auditorium, which had a 3,000-seat capacity. But since Hoch was gutted in a 1991 fire, the program moved to the Lawrence High School auditorium, which holds only 1,000.
Todd Miller, producer of Rock Chalk, said that in response to the fire, Rock Chalk organizers initiated an alumni support campaign and televised the program on pay-per-view cable TV last year. Miller said Rock Chalk raised considerably more
money than previous years. It also ran six evenings instead of three.
"I think we have a good chance of raising close to last year's figure," he said of this spring's show. Proceeds from the Spring 1993 show will go to next year's drive.
Most of the money raised in the county campaign — 99.5 percent — will stay in Douglas County and be distributed to 29 United Way agencies. Each is a health and human service agency, said Vicky Glenn, assistant controller of United Way.
Each of the 29 agencies must qualify for United Way money according to three criteria; it must be a non-profit organization, it must serve Douglas County residents and it must be at least one year old.
The largest portions will go to the Salvation Army, the Red Cross and the Visiting Nurses Association, which brings nurses to homebound people, she said.
Smith said she was optimistic that controversy surrounding the resignation of the United Way of America's former president, William Aramony, would not hinder Douglas County's ability to raise money.
Aramony resigned last spring under pressure stemming from allegations that he mismanaged the charity's money.
A KU School of Business graduate, Kenneth Dam, served as the interim president of the organization until
Sept. 1. The organization's chief financial officer will handle day-to-day business until Elaine Chao, director of marketing, takes over as president in November.
"If folks were looking for a reason not to give, the former president of United Way of America certainly gave them a reason," Smith said. "But I think this county is well-read and informed and knows that United Way of America is not the same as United Way of Douglas County."
She emphasized that the local United Way is strictly autonomous and run by a staff of volunteers.
"It probably will have some effect, but there are things that make me more nervous," she said.
Valerie Bontrater / KANSAN
L. Jeanne Longaker displays the plaque she received at the KU police awards ceremony.
Veteran officer retires after 19 years on force
By Tiffany Lasha Hurt
Kansan staff writer
KU department honors woman lieutenant in award ceremony
Yesterday was Jeanne Longaker's last day.
After 19 years, she retired as a lieutenant of the KI police department.
At the department's Second Quarter Award Ceremony yesterday, members of the police department and the community gathered to recognize individuals for their service to the police department. Longaker was one of several that were recognized.
Longaker started her career working patrol in 1973. She has served as head of the department's Community Service Division.
Although Lt. John Mullens, KU police representative, was unable to
"She has done just a little bit of everything," said Burdel Welsh, KU police representative and head of the Employee Recognition Committee.
attend the ceremony, he sent a written message.
Lt. Vic Strnad presented Longaker with a watch on behalf of the officers. He said they would miss her because she had been a great help.
"Jeanne has shown the community what police service should be like," her father said.
"I love my job," she said. "I've loved it for 19 years. If it's a job you work 40 hours a week. If it'a career, you don't think about the number of hours you work a week. If you like it, you just do it."
"Now I become more possessive of my time," she said. "I'm ready to start on a new career, or something that demands as much as this job does."
Longaker's husband, Harold, said,
"There comes a time when you know
it's time to retire."
Longaker said she had been considering retiring for the past year because she liked to spend time with her family.
He said he would like to travel more
now that his wife had retired.
"We travel a lot, anyway," he said.
"There are only six states we have not been to, and two of those are Alaska and Hawaii."
"I want to go out while I still enjoy my job, as much as I did 19 years ago," Longauer said. "It's a good job, good people, good co-workers and bosses, and a good University and community to work with. You can't beat it."
Officer Chad Carr was awarded "employee of the quarter."
Five other members of the police department also were honored.
Sgt. Mark Witt, Officer Stephen Carpenter, Officer Anthony Augusto and Officer James Anguiano received the Meritorious Service award, for performing well in dangerous situations.
Erin Fogarty, Omaha senior, Suzanne Vasquez, Lawrence graduate student, and Channel 6 reporters Cathy Hamilton and Todd Brabender received certificates of recognition for informing the public last fall of the alcohol policy that prevented alcohol consumption on KU's campus.
"We don't give a lot of awards," said Jim Denney, police director. "But the people we do give them to deserve them."
Grissom's attorneys begin appeal for new trial
Bv Joe Harder
Kansan staff write
Richard Grissom timeline
TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday for and against giving Richard Grissom a new trial.
Grissom was convicted in November 1980 in Johnson County District Court on three counts of first-degree murder and eight other counts related to the disappearance of three Kansas City-area women. He was given four life sentences and six additional terms ranging from 15 to 60 years each.
- June 18, 1989:
Joan Butter, 24, an Overland Park resident and 1987 host, is last seen leaving a friend's apartment.
Grissom's attorneys filed the appeal for a new trial at the state Supreme Court on Nov. 20, 1989. They contend, among other things, that his conviction was based on circumstantial evidence and that the publicity surrounding the case made a fair trial impossible.
- Aug. 16, Grissom is charged in Johnson County District Court counts of first degree murder and nine related charges.
- Nov. 4: Grissom
the counts of first degree
murder and on eight
of the nine other
Butler, a 24-year-old Overland Park resident and a 1987 graduate of the University of Kansas. The other women are 22-year-old Lenexa roommates Christine Rusch and Theresa Brown.
One of the missing women is Joan
Yesterday's hearing consisted of hour-long presentations by Paul Morrison, Johnson County District Attorney representing the state of Kansas, and Steven Zinn, Grissom's state-appointed attorney. Grissom was not present.
- Nov. 20; Grissom's
attorney at the kansas
Supreme Court
requesting a hearing
The women have been missing since June 1989 and are presumed dead.
Dan Schauer / KANSAN
Grissom has never admitted to killing the women, and their bodies have not been found.
Zinn said that Grissom's guilt was not proven beyond a reasonable doubt and that the prosecution's case involved the types of presumptions and inferences.
A large part of the prosecution's case in the 1989 trial rested on evidence found in Grissom's car. The evidence included rings, keys and bank cards belonging to the missing women. Zinn contended that the police search was illegal because the car technically had not been abandoned and the officers seeking the warrant did not list proper reasons for the search in their application.
He questioned several pieces of evidence, including the accuracy of an analysis linking hairs found in a storage locker owned by Grissom to those taken from Rusch's hair brush.
The jurisdiction of the Johnson County District Court in the case and the fairness of the trial venue were also questioned by Zinn.
"This is one of the most publicized cases that I can remember," he said.
Morrison defended nearly every attack Zinn made on the prosecution's case. He admitted that Grissom had never acknowledged murdering the women, but Morrison said he had no doubt about Grissom's guilt.
Rusch's bedroom pillows, Morrison said.
The hair analysis was done with extreme care and used samples from both the brushes and Brown and
Morrison defended the search of Grissom's car, saying that Grissom had left the state at that time and the car had been abandoned. While the officers applying for the warrant should have been more careful, the evidence should not be thrown out on a technicality, Morrison said.
He also said that the Johnson County jury was not biased by the coverage.
The hearing continues today. No ruling will be made for about a month. If the court rules in Grisson's favor, a new jury will hear the case.
Ralph Butler, Joan Butler's father and a Wichita resident, was present at the hearing.
"When they begin rehashing everything, it makes us think freshly about Joan," he said. "But when they speak about her, it makes us happy they remember."
By Lynne McAdoo Kansan staff writer
Two graduates of the KU School of Law testified yesterday that Emil Tonkovich, a law professor, propositioned them while they were students in his class.
During cross-examination of the witnesses, Tonkovich said that his comments had no ulterior meaning.
In the fourth day of testimony in the Tonkovich dismissal hearings, Cathy Hunt Halaby and Ellen Curry, 1991 graduates, said that they had interpreted seemingly innocent statements as sexual advances because of law students' perceptions of Tonkovich.
He also said that the administration decided last year that Halaby's and Curry's complaints, standing alone, did not constitute a faculty code violation.
Halaby, who began her testimony last week, said that during a July 1989 law school party, Tonkovik bet her a six-pack of beer that she would not meet him at a bar later that night. She decided to show up late.
Three testify against law professor
"I wanted to be able to say I was there," she said. "I didn't want to anger him. I was in his class, and he was in control of my grades."
Halaby said she did not talk to him again outside of class until a career fair in Spring 1990, when she alleges that he propositioned her again by asking her to see his new truck.
"I realize it sounds very benign, but what he was asking for me to leave with him," she said. "I was appalled at the question."
During cross-examination,
Tonkovich called her allegation a gross misperception of a simple question and said her perceptions of the incident had been distorted over time.
Curry testified that Tonkovich joked about grades in class during Summer 1989 and made a sexual advance in Spring 1990.
She testified that Tonkovich said in class that anyone who believed in the anonymous grading system in the school was a fool.
"I didn't find any humor in it," she said. "It seemed to me to be undermining students' confidence in the system."
During Fall 1989. Tonkovich asked Curry if she wanted to see his farm land, she said.
Curry said that she had never had a conversation with Tonkovich outside of class when he approached her. She perceived the question as a sexual advance.
"My impression is that he was ask ing me out," she said.
William Gentry, a third-year law student, also testified yesterday. He said that Tonkovich made a derogatory comment about a student's skirt in Spring 1990.
Lisa Ford, Tonkovich's attorney,
questioned Gentry's memory of the incident,
asking him if Tonkovich's comment was in reply to another student's remark.
Gentry said his memory of the incident was clear.
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