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The Inside Front
Thursday October 9,1997
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CAMPUS/AREA
A bill that would create a Student Senate judicial branch passed during the rights committee meeting last night. It must now be approved by the Senate.
Phi Gamma Delta fraternity members are pondering how to deal with an alcoholic-bev erage ban imposed by their international chapter.
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON: Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday the economy had been on an unsustainable track, sending shivers through Wall Street. Stock prices slumped after his comments, but the prices regained some ground later.
WASHINGTON: Heading toward a new faceoff with President Clinton, the house gave final approval yesterday to a bill making it illegal for doctors to perform certain late-term abortions.
MANASSAS, Va.: Dying and desperate, Douglas Crable paid a doctor $12,000 up front for an unorthodox cancer treatment: injections of aloe vera, the same stuff in hand creams and burn ointments. Less than a month after his first aloe vera injection, he was dead.
INTERNATIONAL
HUATULCO, Mexico: Whipping up 30-foot waves and unleashing torrential rains, Hurricane Pauline roared toward Mexico's Pacific resort coast yesterday, its 125-mph winds howling ever closer to shore.
BEING: China will face problems with the United States unless there is a change in the dramatic imbalance in bilateral trade, U.S. Commerce Secretary William Daley said yesterday.
CAMPUS/AREA
Judicial-branch legislation on way to Student Senate
Legislation for the formation of a Student Senate judicial branch passed during last night's Rights Committee meeting, clearing the next-to-last hurdle before it can become part of Senate Rules and Regulations.
According to the bill, the 11-person Student Senate Judicial Board would resolve disputes involving students, student organizations and Student Senate. The board also would hear Elections Commission appeals.
Kelly Huffman, StudEx chair, introduced the bill two weeks ago, but it was tabled after much debate about who would be appointed to the new board and how.
After almost two hours of further debate last night, Huffman said he and his bill were ready to go to Senate.
Although the committee approved amendments to Huffman's bill, he said that he was pleased with the changes.
The main area of dispute was how to appoint members to the Judicial Board in a fashion that would eliminate the possibility of favoritism toward a particular coalition, especially in rulings on Elections Commission appeals.
Jason Fitzell, Olathe senior, was one of the many committee members who favored the elaboration of preexisting precautions already built into the bill to prevent such biases.
"It's not that I don't trust Kelly to chair the board," said Fizell, referring to the fact that the StudEu chairman also would chair the Judicial Board. "I just don't know if I could trust chairs down the road."
To help prevent such problems, the committee changed the portion of the bill stating that the student body president would appoint six of the 11 members of the Judicial Board. Instead, the five Senate committees will elect the members.
KU fraternity pondering handling of alcohol ban
Members of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at the University of Kansas are still wondering how to deal with a new ban on alcoholic beverages imposed by their international fraternity.
The ban was part of the organization's substance-free resolution, which will outlaw any alcoholic beverages at all of its fraternity houses by the year 2000. The ban was announced Oct. 2 by the international chapter.
"I think we'll be able to adjust to the new policy," said Jim Mills, president of the KU chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. "We'll still have social functions, but there's a lot more to this fraternity than alcohol."
Mills said the fraternity had not yet taken steps in its plans to enforce the ban for future members.
Phi Gamma Delta joins the international governing boards of Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Nu in the ban.
-Kansan staff reports
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday that the economy had been on an unsustainable track, sending shivers through Wall Street. Stock prices slumped after his comments, though they regained o.o. ground later.
Federal Reserve warns economy unsustainable
In his testimony before Congress, Greenspan said it would be unrealistic to expect stock market gains anywhere near those of the past two years.
NATIONAL
Hinting of possibly higher interest rates, Greenspan said growing demand for scarce labor could drive up wages and consumer prices. The demand could short-circuit the economy's 71/2-year-old expansion.
"A re-emergence of inflation is, without question, the greatest threat to sustaining what has been a balanced economic expansion virtually without parallel in recent decades," he told the House Budget Committee.
The Dow Jones average shed 115 points immediately after Greenspan spoke. It closed down 83.25 points at 8,095.06. Bond prices also plunged. The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond, considered a benchmark for mortgage rates, jumped from a 20-month low of 6.23 percent on Tuesday to 6.36 percent yesterday. The yield moves in the opposite direction from prices.
WASHINGTON — Heading toward a new faceoff with President Clinton, the House gave final approval yesterday to a bill making it illegal for doctors to perform certain late-term abortions.
Clinton vetoed a similar bill last year and, a representative said,"The president's position has not changed."
The House vote, 296-132, was more than enough to carry a subsequent attempt to override the anticipated veto.
The Senate has passed the bill twice but never by the two-thirds majority required to override vetoes in the 100-member body.
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., said yesterday he believed that there was a real opportunity this year to overturn the veto.
But Rep. Charles Canady, R-Fla., the chief sponsor of the bill, sounded a less optimistic note. "We face a battle in the Senate," he said after the vote.
House members repeated emotional but familiar arguments during two hours of debate. In the end, 217 Republicans joined 79 Democrats to $a_v$ prove the Senate-passed bill. Voting against it were 123 Democrats, eight Republicans and one independent. Six members did not vote.
MANASSAS, Va. — Dying and desperate, Douglas Crabble paid a doctor $12,000 up front for an unorthodox cancer treatment: injections of aloe vera, the same
Aloe-vera treatments contribute to 4 deaths
stun in nail creams and burn ointments.
It wasn't long before Crabble's lower body swelled to four times its normal size, cracking the skin on his feet. He then began throwing up. Less than a month after his first aloe vera injection, he was dead.
Now the doctor who treated Crabe is under investigation in that case and in the deaths of three other patients. Virginia authorities suspended his medical license last week.
stuff in hand creams and burn ointments.
"We were just reaching out for anything," said Crabbie's widow, Deanna.
The aloe vera mixture Donald L. MacNay, Crabbe the physician, used has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treating cancer. Regulators say MacNay was not authorized to conduct research trials.
Although autopsies did not directly blame aloe vera in any of the deaths, police cited a possible manslaughter charge in seeking search warrants of his suburban offices.
MacNay's office is closed, and he did not return calls.
Aloe vera is a cactus-like plant that releases a gelatinous sap commonly used to treat skin irritations. It also is used in shampoos and laxatives.
Patients learned of MacNay's treatments through word-of-mouth, the Internet or through his aloe vera supplier.
Deanna Crabbe said her 48-year-old husband got the first of his 21 injections the first day he walked into MacNay's office in March. The doctor told him it could help Crabbe's immune system fight his esophageal cancer.
INTERNATIONAL Hurricane Pauline crashes into Mexican resort coast
HUATULCO, Mexico — Whipping up 30-foot waves and unleashing torrential rains, Hurricane Pauline roared toward Mexico's Pacific resort coast yesterday, its 125-mph winds howling ever closer to shore.
"This is a very dangerous hurricane. We're urging people in the area to rush their preparations to protect life and property," forecaster Max Mayfield said at the U.S.National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Trees toppled across roads, and towering waves crashed over a causeway as tourists huddled in hotels and souvenir shops amid warnings of possible flash floods, mudslides and tidal surges.
Pauline's eye was 30 miles south-south-east of the coast at 1 p.m. CST. The hurricane was moving on a northwest trek at about 7 mph and was expected to hit land fall late yesterday.
Chinese trade barriers create problems in U.S.
BEIJING — China will face problems with the United States unless there is a change in the dramatic imbalance in bilateral trade, U.S. Commerce Secretary William Daley said yesterday.
Daley urged President Jiang Zemin to further ease trade barriers that the United States says are keeping out foreign goods and services, aggravating a trade surplus
expected to rise to $44 billion this year.
"The trends have just got to change," Daley said in remarks to the American Chamber of Commerce. "The trade trends have not been promising. This will create problems back in the United States."
Daley's comments may serve as an example of what Jiang may face when he pays his first state visit to Washington later this month. Despite efforts on both sides to emphasize improvements in ties, the two countries are still at odds about the trade imbalance and other issues.
Despite his harsh assessment of the trade imbalance, Daley said he expected to announce some export-boosting agreements today. Negotiations on a possible Chinese purchase of Boeing jets continued, with Daley and the Seattle-based aircraft maker saying a contract might be signed this week.
Daley's talks appeared unlikely to yield any major breakthroughs on the issue of China's bid to join the World Trade Organization or on U.S. restrictions on sales of nuclear energy technology.
The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's green Saturn was damaged at 2:10 a.m. Tuesday in the 1900 block of Stewart, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $500.
A KU student's checks were stolen between 11 a.m. Aug. 22 and 1:30 p.m. Aug. 23 from the 2500 block of W. Sixth Street, Lawrence police said. The checks were valued at $30.
A KU student had $30 stolen between 8 and 11 p.m. Monday from the 700 block of Arizona. Lawrence police said.
A KU student's 1993 Ford Ranger tailgate was stolen between 2 a.m. and 1:20 p.m. Sunday, Lawrence police said. The tailgate was valued at $300.
A KU student's Schwinn Mesa mountain bicycle was stolen between 8:30 p.m. Sat day and 10:30 a.m. Sunday from the 1600 block of West 19th Street, Lawrence police said. The bike was valued at $524.45.
A KU student's parking permit was stolen between 9:45 and 10:30 a.m. Monday from lot 91, located southeast of Memorial Stadium, KU police said. The permit was valued at $75.
A KU student's wallet, driver's license and other items were stolen at 6:30 p.m. Sept.
15 from a lot east of Hashinger Hall or one southwest of McCollum Hall, KU police said.
The items were valued at $38.
A Ohaus SL 2000 portable lab scale was stolen between 5 p.m. last Thursday and 9 a.m. Tuesday from the University of Kansas Life Span Institute, KU police said. The scale was valued at $200.
CORRECTION
In yesterday's edition of the "University Daily Kansan," the price and location of a parking lot to be built in 1999 were incorrect. The correct price is $10 million, not $2 million, and it will be located on the west side of Oread Avenue, not the east.
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