University Daily Kansan, September 29, 1982
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Probe open in Belushi death case
By United Press International
LOS ANGELES—A grand jury yesterday launched its investigation into the drug overdose death of comedian John Beiselhui six months ago, calling at police officers to appear before the panel during its secret proceedings.
The first person to enter the county's panel meeting room was Detective Addison Arce of the Los Angeles Police Department, who flew to Toronto in July to question Cathy Evelyn Smith, who reportedly confessed to killing Belushi by injecting him with a fatal "speedball" of cocaine and heroin.
TWO UNIFORMED police officers were seen leaving the grand jury room, which has a back entrance that permits witnesses to enter and to leave without being seen by the crowd of reporters waiting in the corridor.
"The purpose of these proceedings is to determine whether there was any criminal involvement in the death," Deputy District Attorney Michael Montagna said when he left the grand jury room.
FOREMAN Joseph Healy said the panel would hear witnesses today and would possibly resume in October. He said some witnesses had been subpoenaed to testify, but he refused to identify them.
Entertainer Robin Williams, who was with Belushi several hours before he died, was expected to testify, despite the fact that he was interviewed earlier by police. Actor Robert De Niro was also with Belushi and Williams, but he reportedly has not been subpoenaed by the grand jury.
Montagna refused to comment on whether Smith was the focus of the investigation.
POLICE CLOSED their original investigation into Belushi's death two weeks after his body was found in his rented bungalow at the Chateau Marment Hotel. They concluded then that he died of a self-administered overdose.
However, the investigation was reopened in late June after the National Enquirer published an interview with Smith in which she admitted giving Belushi, who became famous on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," the fatal drugs.
HE SAID the first time he had seen an electric guitar played was when he attended KU band camp in seventh grade as a "real bad" French horn player.
notch jazz to the area and to raise money to offset some of the estimated $30,000 loss of revenue KANU faces this week. A director, manager of information at KANU.
"I was staying over there at Templin Hall, in my little dorm room, and I had this guy come over and give me a guitar lesson. It is kind of like full circle that we're coming to play a gig at KU." Metheny them.
METHENY, who will do the concert with his band, said he would have the latest in computer composing equipment at the show. He said the computer system made a print-out of improvisation notes. The computer can also vary the amperage of various notes, producing a wide array of sound.
CUTBACKS in funding for public broadcasting by the Reagan administration and Gov. John Carlin's requested 4 percent reduction in state expenditures have left the states holding its share of humps, Berman said.
The radio station sponsored a Chic Corea concert last spring, but because of rain and final exams, the audience was not as large as expected, he said.
Tickets for the 8 p.m. show are available in Lawrence, Topeka and Kansas City and cost $7, $8 and $9, with a $1 discount for KU students, Berman
Concert to help KANU offset loss of revenues
In a telephone interview from his recording studio in Boston, Metheny talked about early experiences at the University that influenced his musical
KANU radio will bring guitarist Pat Metheny to Hoch Auditorium Oct. 27 to help the station make up for money lost, after a rockstar was shot by a station spokesman yesterday.
Coming to the University of Kansas will be a journey home of sorts for the guitarist. Metheny is originally from Lee's Summit, Mo.
By BONAR MENNINGER Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
The concert's purpose is to bring top
Marty Hanson, Overland Park junior, struggled to keep his kite flying yesterday afternoon. After a frustrating half hour of crashes and ground-level flying, Hanson decided to pull the kite in.
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