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News in Brief
Monday September 8,1997
NEWS FROM AROUND CAMPUS, THE NATION AND THE WORLD
Split pipe leaves campus halls, hydrants dry
Several buildings on campus were without water for three hours on Friday because of a split water pipe between Fraser and Blake Halls.
The split affected Blake Hall, Blake Annex, Danforth Chapel, Miller Scholarship Hall, Watkins Scholarship Hall and the chancellor's residence and guesthouse. The split also dried out two fire hydrants and covered Lilac Lane in mud.
Facilities Operations received a call at about 10:30 a.m. and repaired the pipe by 1:30 p.m., said Bob Porter, associate director for plant maintenance.
He said that Facilities Operations had turned off the water shortly after receiving the call and had unearthed the pipe.
Facilities Operations workers cut out the section and replaced it. he said.
Porter said the pressure in the pipe was about 100 lbs., forcing water out of the ground.
"When it's been dry and the ground moves, pipe breaks like this are going to happen." Porter said.
Facilities Operations personnel used hoses and a street cleaner to clean off Lilac Lane, which was covered in mud, Porter said.
Students can have fun win with SUA and CBS
The CBS College Tour will open its tents from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 4
on the lawn in front of Allen Field House. The tour is sponsored by Student Union Activities.
Tractor-trailers unloaded platforms and supplies for six game tents. The games are based on CBS television shows, including "The Price is Right" and "The Late Show with David Letterman."
"The Price is Right" game is the coolest," said John Gilson, a CBS event producer. The University is the second of 40 tour stops at colleges and universities in the Midwest and East before Thanksgiving.
Kielyn Scott, SUA coordinator, said CBS contacted SUA about the tour.
"There was a similar tour two years ago, but it was a CBS Sports Tour." Scott said. "It's free for students, and there are a lot of prizes to win. I think it will be lots of fun."
State
Officials curse safety of 34 dams in Kansas
KANSAS CITY — At least 34 dams across Kansas pose significant hazards and are unsafe, including one in Wyandotte County that presents immediate dangers, state officials say.
Piper Lake Dam in Wyandotte County
was rated "emergency unsafe," a condition indicating the dam is in imminent danger of failure, officials said. But the dam's owner said that residents living below the structure have nothing to fear.
"I don't disagree (with the Division of Water Resources) that some things need (to be) improved, but; I think they are making a mountain out of a mole hill," said owner Jim Denham, who is working with agency officials to bring the dam under state guidelines.
Thirty-four dams around the state are rated unsafe, meaning the structures have either physical problems or spillways that are too small to contain backup water if the dam breaks, state officials told a legislative committee Aug. 28.
Details of the problems plaguing the dams were not available, but Denham said he was correcting his problems.
High-hazard dams are defined as those in which failure would cause the loss of several lives and where more than one residence, major business development or transportation facility could be endangered by a failure.
Significant-hazard dams are defined as those in which failure could cause the loss of less than a few lives or damage to buildings, roads, railroads, water supplies and other infrastructure.
Kansas has 6,000 dams, the second largest number of nonfederal dams in the country.
Of the 34 rated unsafe, half are privately owned by individuals or organizations, while the others are owned by municipalities or watershed districts.
National Clinton prepares to battle for free-trade hemisphere
WASHINGTON — After three nearly uninterrupted weeks at play at Martha's Vineyard, President Clinton returned to the White House yesterday with a long-todo list. At the very top:
salvage his centerpiece plan for education standards and testing.
The president also hoped to control the political agenda on the big issues of tobacco, free trade and global warming. But with opposition building on those issues, time already was running out.
Clinton has "really
Clinton: To do list includes plan for education standards
had a chance to relax and spend some time thinking and recharging his batteries, so I think he's looking forward to getting back to work," said Joe Lockhart, a representative for Clinton, before the president and his family departed the Massachusetts island. "We expect progress on a number of issues."
Still, looming over the work ahead was the expectation among many White House officials that Clinton would be dis
tracted by the departure of his daughter, Chelsea, for Stanford University later this month.
Clinton, who wants wide latitude in negotiating a hemisphere-wide, free-trade zone at next spring's Summit of the Americas, instructed aides to consult with more than 100 members of Congress while he was away on the prospects of winning so-called fast-track trade authority.
Prepared for a fight from liberals in his own Democratic party, Clinton plans to announce proposed legislation in an East Room ceremony Wednesday.
Credit card companies charge tax bill won't work
WASHINGTON — The $152 billion tax cut bill was supposed to make life easier by allowing taxpayers to use credit cards to pay their federal taxes.
But, alas, the fine print of the tax bill poses a major obstacle.
Major credit card companies — Visa, MasterCard and American Express — say member banks aren't expected to do business with the Internal Revenue Service because the tax bill — now law — doesn't allow the federal government to pay the banks the typical merchant fees for credit card transactions.
Without a merchant agreement with banks, the IRS won't be able to access the credit card payment system to process and verify individuals' tax payments. And the credit card banks are highly unlikely to sign such an agreement unless they get paid for their efforts, industry analysts said.
"It does not make sense to authorize the federal government to accept a credit or debit card while prohibiting any fee for processing of those products," said William P. Binzel, vice president of government relations at MasterCard International.
"They basically say you can do it, but in the next sentence, they say it's impossible."
Banks belonging to the Visa and Master-Card associations charge merchants a "discount fee," which can be as high as 2 percent of the purchase total, to cover costs for computer processing, verifying status of accounts and other transaction costs to ensure the merchant is paid.
The original language of the Taxpayer Relief Act would have allowed the government to pay such fees, but the fees were stripped out in the last days of negotiations involving the House, Senate and White House.
The IRS declined comment
International Princes and paupers pray in memory of Mother
CALCUTTA, India — Barefoot paupers, movie stars and government leaders wept and prayed beside Mother Teresa's body yesterday, paying their respects to a woman who embraced both the poor and the powerful.
The Nobel laureate and nun lay in state
Mother Teresa, whattack Friday night, lie under a glass case on a platform draped in the white and blue colors of her Missionaries of Charity order.
at one of Calcutta's oldest and largest Catholic churches.
Mother Teress, who died of a heart
Mourners filed quickly through the church, stopping for just a few moments before the body.
Mother Teresa's funeral Saturday will be held in the 10,000-seat stadium where
Teresa: Funeral to be held Saturday
Pope John Paul II addressed the faithful during his 1986 visit to India, a representative for Calcutta Archbishop Henry d'Souza, Father Ambrose, said yesterday.
Members of the Missionaries of Charity said Mother Teresa would be buried in the courtyard of the order's headquarters, on the edge of a Calcutta slum.
Prime Minister I.K. Gujral, who visited St. Thomas' Church, where Mother Teresa lay Sunday, has called for a state funeral, meaning she will be given the full military honors normally reserved for heads of state. That also makes it likely presidents and prime ministers from around the world will attend.
The nun was born in Albania but had become an Indian citizen. She had suffered heart problems and other ailments for years and gave up leadership of her order in March.
Mother Teresa, who said she saw God in every suffering human being, began her charity work with just a few helpers five decades ago.
Her order now has more than 4,000 nuns and runs 517 orphanages, homes for the poor, AIDS hospices and other charity centers around the world.
Sports Hingis nets third victory of Grand Slam tournaments
NEW YORK - Martina Hingis ended a near-perfect run through the Grand Slams by winning the U.S. Open, her third major title of the year, in a virtually flawless performance yesterday against Venus Williams.
In the first round of a rivalry for the future of the women's game, Hingis' 6-0, 6-4 victory showed she has the all-court game that's more than enough to cope with Williams' power.
Hingis waited for her opportunities and put balls away against Williams, who showed only flashes of the brilliance that carried her to the final in her.
the final in her U.S. Open debut.
It was the youngest match-up of finalists
Hingis: One loss kept her from sweep of Grand Slam
In grand Slam history —16-year-old Hingis against the 17-year-old Williams.
Hingis has shown maturity and confidence all year. Only one loss in the final of the French Open shortly after knee surgery prevented her from a rare sweep of the Grand Slam events. Her triumph at the U.S. Open lifted her into the company of some of the greatest players in history, who have all won three majors in a year.
Americans close to goal of World Cup appearance
PORTLAND, Ore. — Tab Ramos scored in his return to the World Cup qualifying round 10 months after a severe knee injury, putting the Americans in prime position to qualify with a 1-0 victory against Costa Rica yesterday.
Ramos connected from 22 yards out in the 79th minute, moving the Americans (2-1-3) into second place in the final round of qualifying in soccer's North and Central American and Caribbean region, two points behind Mexico (3-0-2).
Costa Rica (2-3-2), with two losses and a tie in its last three games, is a point behind the Americans, falling into a third place tie with Jamaica (2-2-2), which beat Canada 1-0 yesterday.
The top three teams advance to the 32 nation tournament in France next summer.
The Associated Press
On the Record
■ The windshield of a KU student's Audi 5000 was damaged at 2:30 p.m. aug. 29 in the 900 block of Emery Road, Lawrence police said. Damage was estimated at $350.
A KU student's passenger-side window was damaged, and a compact disc case and 14 compact discs were stolen between 8 p.m. Wednesday and 4 p.m. Thursday from the 1600 block of Oxford Road, Lawrence police said. Damage and items were valued at $530.
A KU student's 1984 Toyota Tercel's hood was damaged between 3 and 4 a.m. Wednesday in the 3300 block of Iowa Street, Lawrence police said. Damage was estimated at $250.
A KU student's amplifier and subwoofer were stolen between 3 and 7 p.m. Aug. 31 from lot 50, KU police said. Damage was estimated at $200.
A KU student's green parking permit was stolen and rear seat damaged between 11 a.m. Aug. 30 and 6 p.m. Tuesday in lot 103. KU police said.
A KU student's 1985 Toyota was damaged and ATM cards and checks stolen between 7 p.m. Tuesday and 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in lot 111, KU police said. Damage and items were valued at $92.
■ A blue parking permit was stolen between 7 a.m. and 12 p.m. Wednesday in lot 37, KU police said. The permit was valued at $150
A KU student's Ray-Ban sunglasses were stolen between 9 and 9:30 a.m. Aug. 28 from the fourth floor hallway of Wescow Hall, KU police said. The sunglasses were valued at $97.
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