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The Inside Front
Monday October 13,1997
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
STATE
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A homicide suspect who allegedly shot and wounded three Kansas City, Kan, police officers apparently shot himself in the head Sunday morning after a 12-hour standoff,
NATIONAL
NEW YORK — The high court issued a very narrow ruling on the issue of assisted suicide, upholding laws in New York and Washington state that ban the practice but taking no position on future laws allowing it.
WASHINGTON — Sworn testimony in the sexual harassment suit against President Clinton begins this week with all sides scurrying for damaging evidence and digging in for a protracted standoff. Talk of an out-of-court settlement is dead for now.
WASHINGTON — Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is urging black Americans to stay home from work and school on Thursday to honor a "day of atonement" that he said would tell whites they can no longer take blacks for granted.
AUSTIN — Ninety-year-old James A. Michener has decided he wants to die and has taken himself off life-sustaining kidney dialysis.
STATE
Homicide suspect shoots three police officers,self
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A homicide suspect who allegedly shot and wounded three Kansas City, Kan., police officers apparently shot himself in the head yesterday morning after a 12-hour standoff, authorities said.
Police were not releasing the gunman's name yesterday because a positive identification had not been made. The suspect, who was being treated for his injuries at a hospital yesterday, is believed to have been involved in a homicide that occurred within the past few weeks, Officer Willie Jenkins said.
Officers responded late Saturday to the residence to search for the man after receiving a tip that the homicide suspect might be there. An elderly woman at the house reportedly let the officers in and the suspect either came out of another room or around a corner and started shooting, Jenkins said. He could not say whether the officers had been able to shoot back.
Two of the officers were treated at area hospitals and released. The most seriously wounded was an officer shot in the left arm, police said. He was listed in serious condition yesterday at a hospital.
NATIONAL
Supreme Court upholds two assisted-suicide laws
NEW YORK — For 10 long and frustrating years, Diane Coleman talked to legislators, wrote to newspapers and organized demonstrations, trying with little success to get out the message that assisted suicide could be used to get rid of healthy but disabled people — like her.
But everything changed for Coleman this summer, when the issue went to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The high court issued a very narrow ruling, upholding laws in New York and Washington state that ban assisted suicide but taking no position on future laws allowing the practice.
After years of waiting, activists on all sides agreed: The future of assisted suicide will be decided state by state, and that meant war.
Like other advocates, Coleman has seen a flurry of change since the June ruling. Not Dead Yet, the Forest Park, Ill.-based group she founded, now has a board of directors, a mailing list of 2,000 people and a Web site that has been visited 20,000 times. The group is regularly consulted by assisted-suicide conference organizers and the media.
Lawyers on all sides have begun preparing for battle in state courts and legislatures. Bills are in the works, new interest groups have formed, small groups have become national players, medical organizations are highlighting the subject at conferences, and medical schools are talking about it with their students.
In its ruling, the Supreme Court said
Terminally ill people do not have a constitutional right to assisted suicide, the court said, and helping end another's life conflicts with "our nation's history, legal traditions and practices," wrote Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist.
New York and Washington were not violating their citizens' constitutional rights by banning assisted suicide.
However, the court left the door open for legalizing assisted suicide, and several justices noted that the two state laws don't forbid doctors from giving patients pain medication even if there's a risk that the drugs will kill.
Paula Jones' relatives, friends to give testimony
WASHINGTON — Sworn testimony in the sexual harassment suit against President Clinton begins this week with all sides scurrying for damaging evidence and digging in for a protracted standoff. Talk of an out-of-court settlement is dead for now.
The depositions start off simply enough. Today, in Little Rock, Ark., Paula Jones' mother and sister will testify to what she told them of the alleged 1991 hotel-room encounter. Next week, former co-worker Pamela Blackard and friend Debra Ballentine, both confidantes of Mrs. Jones at the time, are to give depositions.
It is Clinton's often-ignored codefendant who will peer into Mrs. Jones' sexual past — a defense the president's team was forced to forswear months ago after an uproar by women's groups.
From there, scheduled testimony veers from the principals. Subpoenas betray strategies: his to prove her a profit-driven liar, hers to prove him a chronic adulterer.
Some half-dozen witnesses to Mrs. Jones' sexual reputation, including past boyfriends and a former employer, have been subpoenaed by Bill Bristow, attorney for Arkansas state trooper Danny Ferguson. They will testify in depositions beginning Oct. 17.
Both Clinton and Ferguson are named in the $700,000 suit, which U.S. District Court Judge Susan Wright Webber scheduled for trial next May.
Farrakhan tells followers to forgo one day of work
WASHINGTON — Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is urging African-Americans to stay home from work and school on Thursday to honor a "day of atonement" that he said would tell Caucasians they can no longer take African-Americans for granted.
Farrakhan, interviewed yesterday. on NBC's "Meet the Press," predicted millions would participate in the observance. "We believe that it will be practiced in over 100 cities in America, and it will grow from year to year," he said.
He said the day, coming on the second anniversary of the "Million Man March" in Washington, has its roots in the Jewish day of atonement.
"We believe that the children of Israel are a sign or a prototype of the 400-year
But he said there was also a political message: "When whites of this nation wake up on that morning and they don't see their cook, or they go to the airport and we don't see the baggage carrier, or you don't hear the music, or you don't see the face of Black people, then you begin to think how relevant and how important are Black people to this nation."
suffering of Blacks in America. Since we are not quite slaves and not quite free, we are somewhat in the same position as the children of Israel in the wilderness."
Novelist opts for removal from life-support system
AUSTIN — Ninety-year-old James A. Michener has decided he wants to die and has taken himself off life-sustaining kidney dialysis.
Linda Milanesi, representative for the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pa., said the renowned and prolific author opted to stop the medical treatment last week.
His condition has not changed since his decision.
"Basically, he's stable and resting at home," she said.
The writer has more than 40 titles to his name. He released his latest book, "A Century of Sonnets," earlier this year.
Michener's literary success began with "Tales of the South Pacific." The book won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize and was the basis for "South Pacific," a long-running Broadway musical and later a motion picture.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's small rear passenger side window was damaged between 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and 7:25 a.m. Wednesday in the 900 block of Alma Court, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $160
A KU student's Trek 820 mountain bike was stolen between 2 and 9:30 a.m. Oct. 4 from the 900 block of Kentucky, Lawrence police said. The bike was valued at $329.99.
A KU student's driver's license, wallet and other items were stolen between 10 p.m. Oct. 5 and 7 a.m. Oct. 6 from the 3700 block of Clinton Parkway. The items were valued at $247.
A KU student's antique blue velvet love seat and chair were stolen between midnight Sept. 10 and 3 p.m. Oct. 4 from Regency Place, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $2,400.
A KU student's four chrome wheels and radial tires were stolen between 6 p.m. Oct.
6 and 10 p.m. Wednesday from the 2100 Quail Creek, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $1,000.
A KU student's $23 and Mastercard were stolen between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesday from the 1000 block of Alma Drive, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $23.
A KU student's Sony cassette car stereo was stolen between 10:30 and 11 a.m. Friday from the 2700 block of Louisiana, Lawrence police said. The item was valued at $150.
ON CAMPUS
The Asian American Student Union will hold a general meeting featuring guest speaker Pat Mazumdar at 7 p.m., Oct. 14, in the Multicultural Resource Center. Contact: John Weroha, 749-0021.
Student television station KUJH will tape "Speak Your Mind" between 1 and 3 p.m., Oct. 14, in the fourth Floor lobby of the Kansas Union. The public is invited to participate in the forum. Contact: Hilary Johnston, 749-1478.
Auditions for on-camera positions at student television station KUJH will be held between 6 and 10 p.m. Oct. 13 through 16 in the T.V. studio in Dale. Contact: Hilary Johnston, 749-1478.
A. S.P. and Student Senate will sponsor the KU Pharmacy Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Oct. 17, in the fourth floor lobby of the Kansas Union.
The Tae Kwon Do Club will hold practice between 5:30 and 7 p.m. Monday and Wednesday and between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. Friday in room 207 in Robinson Center. Contact: Adam Camron, 842-9112
The Christian Science Organization is holding a discussion "Alcohol: Shattering the Deception" at 7 p.m., Oct. 14, in Alcove A of the Kansas Union. Contact: Pam Peck, 841-6768.
■ The KU Meditation Club will hold a meditation retreat from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on October 18 in the Daisy Hill Room of the Burge Union.
Contact: Pannir, 864-7736.
The KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 p.m. Oct. 14, in the Sunflower Room of the Burge Union. Contact: Pannir, 864-7736.
KU environs will hold a meeting at 6 p.m., Oct. 14, in the International Room of the Kansas Union. Contact: Sarah Yannacone, 864-2078.
Action Alliance is holding a meeting for KU activist organizations at 4 p.m., Oct. 18, at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries. Contact: Matt Bachard 839-3124.
■ KU Environs, Proponents of Animal Liberation and the Ecumenical Christian Ministries are holding a vegetarian lunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Oct. 16 at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries. The lunch is open to anyone interested in the groups. Contact: Thad Holcombe. 843-4933
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will hold a support group for survivors of suicide and friends and families of victims at 7 p.m., Oct.
17. Contact: Tid Holcumen, 843-4933
- Ecumenical Christian Ministries will have a meal, discussion and common prayer for students between 5:15 and 7 p.m., Oct. 19, at the center. Contact: Thad Holcombe. 843-4933.
University forum presents "Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon" with Bart Dean and Michelle McKinley of the KU department of anthropology. The presentation begins at noon, Oct. 15, at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries. Contact: Thad Holcombe. 843-4933
KU De... rats will hold a Festival Fair Oct.
18, at the Maple Leaf Festival in Baldwin.
Contact: Phil Stevenson. 841-7307.
- Proponents of Animal Liberation will hold a meeting at 6 p.m., Oct. 16, in the Oread Room of the Kansas Union. Contact: Sarah Yannaccone, 842-2078.
■ The International Student Association will hold a meeting at 6 p.m. tonight, in the International Room of the Kansas Union. Contact: ISA office, 864-4848.
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