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News in Brief
Wednesday September 3,1997
NEWS FROM AROUND CAMPUS, THE NATION AND THE WORLD
Seizure causes auto accident between KU student, grad
A KU student and a KU graduate were involved in a five-car accident at 5:20 p.m. yesterday at the intersection of Ousdahl and West 23rd streets.
Sam Clay, a Lawrence KU graduate, had a seizure while driving his black Pontiac Sunfire on 23rd Street. The effects of the seizure made Clay unable to control his vehicle.
Consequently, Clay could not stop his car when the stoplight turned red.
The Sunfire hit KU student Jeff Martens' 1994 Acura Integra, causing a domino effect into three other cars waiting at the light.
Martens, Buhler junior, said he did not realize what had happened until it was finished.
"I didn't really know what was going on. I guess the other car couldn't stop. My car is totaled though." Martens said.
Clay said he had a history of seizures but took medication to control the seizures.
"I've never had anything like this happen before," Clay said.
The accident happened about 5:30 p.m.
By 7 p.m., lawrence police had the intersection cleared and most of the vehicles involved towed from the scene.
Police are considering filing charges against Clay.
NATIONAL
Beer-for-votes case under grand-jury investigation
CHARLESTON, Mo. — As many as 200 voters last fall were rewarded with yellow coupons good for a $1 purchase at the Gas-A-Mat — enough for a cold, 16-ounce Old Style beer at the convenience store.
And enough to trigger a federal grand-jury investigation into allegations of Democratic vote-buying.
"Thank you for your support!!!" read the mass-printed coupons that Republicans said were handed out to departing voters in mostly black, mostly poor areas to reelect the Missouri Legislature's senior member, a good ol' boy who took office on the 1960 Democratic ticket headed by John F. Kennedy.
"In no way did we cheat," said Harry "Joker" Warren, owner of the Gas-A-Mat and a Democratic loyalist for more than half a century. "The Republicans just got mad because they got beat."
Several figures in what has been dubbed southeastern Missouri's Beer for Votes case have testified before the grand jury. No one has been charged.
"If people are to go out and pay people a dollar or two to steal their votes, I think that's the most degrading behavior," said David Barklage, director of the Missouri House Republican Campaign Committee.
Barklage conceded that the 200 or so votes involved would not have changed the outcome of the election, which Rep. Gene Copeland won by an 1,166-vote margin, or 55.3 percent.
INTERNATIONAL Paparazzi face charges in Princess Diana's death
PARIS — A French judge declared seven paparazzi to be manslaughter suspects yesterday in the death of Princess Diana, including one aggressive photographer said to have felt the dying princess's pulse while snapping shots of the car wreck.
A lawyer for one photographer dismissed the investigation as "theater justice," a move to appease public outrage over the fact Diana, her millionaire boyfriend and their driver were killed while being chased by paranazzi.
But an attorney for boyfriend Dodi Fayed's father, Mohammed Al Fayed, said there was causality between the photographers' pursuit and the fatal crash, and the elder Fayed was joining the case as a civil party to prove it.
Fresh disclosures, however, pointed out a combination of deadly factors in Sunday's accident, including the apparently drunken condition of the driver, a Fayed employee.
A Paris newspaper reported chauffeur Henri Paul's blood alcohol level may have been almost four times the legal limit at the time of the crash — higher than originally believed.
The photographers who went before the judge yesterday, one by one, all had been in custody since being arrested at the crash scene Sunday morning.
Judge Herve Stephan placed them under formal investigation for involuntary homicide — the French equivalent of manslaughter. It does not mean they will be formally charged with any crimes.
They also will be investigated for failing to aid people in danger, a crime under the French Good Samaritan law requiring onlookers to assist victims of road accidents.
All were freed, two on bond. Both involuntary homicide and Good Samaritan violations can be punished by up to five years in prison and fines of almost $100,000.
Two Mir cosmonauts may be fined for collision
MOSCOW — Russia may fine two of its cosmonauts for history's worst space collision, rejecting the veteran crew members' claim that Mir's worn-out equipment was to blame, an overseer of the space station said yesterday.
A space commission concluded beyond any doubt that Vasilly Tisliyebev and Alexander Lazutkin caused the damaging June 25 crash, which occurred during the practice docking of an unmanned robot spacecraft to the aging space station.
"Personally, we felt pity for the boys, but the facts remain," Valery Ryumin, the Russian coordinator of the Mir-NASA program, told the ITAR-Tass news agency. "Most likely we will have to fine them."
American astronaut Michael Fole, who remains aboard Mir, was the third member of the crew at the time of the accident. However, he — like other visiting astronauts — usually is not involved in operating or maintaining Mir.
Lazutkin and Tsibilyev returned to Earth after the crash, which bashed one of Mir's modules and cost the space station about half of its power.
The conclusions of the commission, which Ryumin said signed off on its report yesterday, are unlikely to put all questions about the collision to rest.
Skeptics could argue that Russia has a vested interest in finding that technical problems aboard Mir — a cash cow for its struggling space program — did not cause the collision.
Guatamalan guerrillas, army guilty of massacre
CHACALTE, Guatemala — When the armed men came, 9-year-old Roberto Sanchez hid with his sister under their bed. His mother was shot dead, apparently shielding the children with her body.
He fled while flames destroyed their house and killed his little sister.
It is the sort of story that has become routine as Guatemalans piece together the bloody history of a three-decade civil war that ended in December. But here, survivors say, it was not the army blamed for the butchery but rather the rebels.
A new project to exhume mass graves at Chacalte is the first probe into guerrilla war crimes since forensic anthropologists five years ago started digging up the secret graves left from the war.
Survivors said at least 120 people were killed in the attack on Chacalte in June 1982 at the height of the war.
It is a bitter lesson for some human rights activists accustomed to blaming the army alone for the war that claimed an estimated 140,000 lives, not including 40,000 people who disappeared and were never heard from again.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's blue 1964 Chevy Impala was stolen between 1 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday from the 4500 block of Cedar Ridge Court, Lawrence police said. The car was valued at $2,000.
A KU student's Sony compact disc changer and stereo face plate was stolen between 4 a.m. and noon Sunday from the 700 block of West 12th Street, Lawrence police said. The stereo was valued at $695.
A KU student's coins and key ring were stolen and window screen damaged between 8:30 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. Monday from the 1500 block of Rhode Island, Lawrence police said. The items and damage were estimated at $460.
A KU student's Panasonic compact disc player and four compact discs were stolen and left rear window damaged between 3:30 and 4:30 a.m. Sunday, Lawrence police said. The items and damage were valued at $460.
A KU student's four cassette tapes were stolen between 3 and 8:31 a.m. Sunday from the 1900 block of West 27th Street, Lawrence police said. The tapes were valued at $30.
disc player was stolen between 12:30 and 8:15 a.m. Thursday from the 1900 block of Stewart, Lawrence police said. The stereo was valued at $360.
A KU student's Sony stereo compact
A KU student's entry door and frame were damaged at 8:02 a.m. Sunday in the 2100 block of Massachusetts, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $100.
A KU student's Panasonic compact disc stereo was stolen and passenger window damaged between 2 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Aug. 17 from the 2300 block of West 26th, Lawrence police said. The item and damage were valued at $650.
A KU student's clothing and other items were stolen between 10 p.m. Aug. 27 and 1 p.m. Thursday from the 1300 block of Tennessee, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $160.
A KU student's Sony portable compact disc player was stolen and driver's side window damaged between midnight and 9 a.m. Monday in the 2300 block of West 26th Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $250.
A KU student's subwoofer and amplifier were stolen between 1:30 p.m. Aug.
23 and 8 a.m. Aug. 24 from the 1600 block of East 24th Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $750.
A KU student's Alpine stereo compact disc player and 31 compact discs were stolen between 12:05 a.m. and 2 p.m. Aug. 11 from the 1600 block of High Drive. Lawrence police said
A KU student's speakers, subwoofers and other items were stolen between 12:15 and 9 a.m. Aug. 11 from the 1700 block of W. 19th Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $545.
A KU student's Cobra radar detector, duffel bag and compact disc player converter were stolen between 1 and 10 a.m. from the 2000 block of Stewart, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $250.
A KU student's yellow parking permit was stolen between 5 and 5:30 p.m. Aug. 27 from the 1300 block of West 24th Street, Lawrence police said. The permit was valued at $70.
A KU student's front door and frame were damaged at noon Aug. 25 in the 200 block of North Michigan, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $300.
A KU student's 1993 Chevy S-10 truck's driver's side window was damaged between 5 p.m. Friday and 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the 900 block of West 20th Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $150.
A KU student's cellular phone, wallet and other items were stolen between 1
and 1:15 p.m. Friday from the 1100 block of Indiana, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $485.
A KU student's car seat and liner were damaged between 6 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday in the 1900 block of Alabama, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $360.
A KU student's $1,700 cash was stolen between 1 and 7:55 p.m. Thursday from the 1400 block of E. 24th Street, Lawrence police said.
A KU student's polo shirt, Sony Play Station game and other items were stolen between 4 and 7:30 a.m. Aug. 25, from the 1200 block of Kentucky, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $680.
A KU student's window was damaged and Nikon binoculars and other items stolen between 7:45 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Aug. 22 from the 1000 block of West 19th Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $1,240.
A KU student's parking permit was stolen between 8 and 8:30 p.m. Aug. 26 from the 900 block of Massachusetts, Lawrence police said. The permit was valued at $35.
A KU student's Murry 18-speed bicycle, lock and chain were stolen between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. Thursday, from Wesco Hall, KU police said. The items were valued at $116.
A KU student's yellow parking permit was stolen between 10:30 a.m. Aug. 27 and 9:30 a.m. Thursday from lot 50, KU police said. The permit was valued at $75.
A KU faculty member's blue parking permit was stolen between 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Thursday from lot 8, KU police said. The permit was valued at $110.
A KU student's yellow parking permit was stolen between 3 and 4 p.m. Aug.
27 from Lot #50, KU police said. The permit was valued at $70.
A KU student's KUID, bus pass, phone cards and other items were stolen between 9:15 and 10:20 a.m. Aug. 27, KU police said. The items were valued at $185
A KU student's yellow parking permit was stolen between 12 and 2:30 p.m. Friday, from lot 90, KU police said. The permit was valued at $75.
A KU student's residence hall parking permit was stolen between 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Friday from lot 111, KU police said. The permit was valued at $70.
A KU student's KUID, leather case and other items were stolen between 8:15 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Aug. 27 from the KU Lawrence campus, KU police said. The items were valued at $88.
A KU student's brown wallet and other items were stolen between 3 and 3:10 p.m. from a Lawrence bus, KU police said. The items were valued at $140.
A KU student's $50 and other items were stolen between 8 and 9:45 p.m. Friday, from lot 70, KU police said. The items were valued at $115.
CORRECTION
An error appeared in yesterday's listing of Budig Hall's computer lab hours. On Sundays, the lab is open from noon to midnight.
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