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The Inside Front
Thursday November 19,1998
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Chemical society names professor as president
Darryle Busch, professor of chemistry was named president of the American Chemical Society yesterday.
The American Chemical Society has more than 155,000 members, including professors and chemists employed in the United States and abroad.
Busch said that the society acted as a center for the intellectual activity of chemists and produced the most respected chemistry journals in the world
"I consider it to be a great honor," Busch said. "I hope I can bring some new ideas to the organization."
Busch was nominated for president by the American Chemical Society council in March and was one of four candidates who was selected to be on the ballot. All of the society's members have the opportunity to vote in the election.
— By Chris Fickett
Merchandise profits missing from KU game
More than $10,000 in cash, checks and credit card vouchers have been stolen from the Kansas Union bookstore
Sgt. Troy Mailen of the KU Public Safety Office said the money, $10,308.60, came from merchandise sales at the Kansas-Oklahoma State football game Sept. 5.
An employee responsible for the money and receipts could not account for them, Officer Anthony Augusto said.
According to a police report, the theft occurred between 11 a.m. Sept. 7 and 8 a.m. Nov. 13.
At this point, he said, it is unclear whether money from sales at any other games are missing.
Augusto said KU detectives still were investigating the missing money.
The employee who was questioned no longer works at the University, Augusto said.
— By Kelli Raybern
LAWRENCE
Police arrest suspect in alleged drug deal
After a three week investigation, local law enforcement officers arrested an 18-year-old Lawrence man Tuesday night on drug charges.
The Tri-county Drug Enforcement Unit raided the man's house in the 2000 block of Heatherwood Drive and seized one-quarter pound of marijuana and about three grams of crystal methamphetamine.
Douglas County Undersheriff Kenny Massey said that the drug unit also had bought 3.5 grams of methamphetamine on three separate occasions
from the man.
He said that purchases of 3.5 grams, also known as eight balls, were common.
In total, the drug unit — with assistance from the Lawrence Police Department — seized between $1,300 and $1,500 in drugs.
Police also found drug paraphernalia for both consumption and distribution in the house.
Police said they suspected the man of dealing much of the meth sold in Eudora and Lawrence.
The man is being held in the Douglas County Jail on three counts of the sale of crystal methamphetamine, possession of marijuana with intent to sell, possession of crystal methamphetamine with intent to sell, felony possession of drug paraphernalia, misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia and four counts of no tax stamp, jail officials reported.
Olathe man suspected of writing bad checks
Lawrence police arrested an Olathe man Tuesday who was suspected of writing more than $50,000 in checks on a Kansas City-area business' account.
The first check, written on the account of a branch of H&R Block, turned up in late September.
Because checks are still coming in, police have not released the number of checks written or the exact amount stolen from the business through the forgeries.
"We contacted him through his attorney," said Lawrence police officer Matt Sarna. "He came in. We interviewed him and arrested him."
He was placed in the Douglas County Jail on nine counts of making a false writing, 2 counts of conspiracy to make a false writing and possession of stolen property, jail officials reported.
By Keith Burner
lion during the next 25 years, and countless more dollars even beyond that — assuming the tobacco companies remain in business and profitable
Stovall leans toward national tobacco deal
STATE
TOPEKA — Attorney General Carla
Stovall will announce tomorrow
whether Kansas will join other states in accepting a national tobacco litigation settlement, but yesterday it seemed to all the world as if her mind is made up to do it.
Stoval: Has shown support for national tobacco settlement.
— but it also imposes anti-smoking conditions on the companies that can't be won in court.
Friday is the deadline for states to accept or reject a deal worked out with four major tobacco companies last weekend.
"I'm leaning toward it, but we're still cogitating and contemplating the details," Stovall told reporters after appearing before the Legislative Budget Committee and the Legislative Coordinating Council.
She said not only would it provide Kansas with a potential $1.5 bll.
NATION
AOL, Netscape could join forces, newspaper says
NEW YORK — America Online inc., the world's largest online provider, is considering new partnerships with Netscape Communications Corp., The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday
Under discussion is everything from stronger co-marketing agreements to loading Netscape's Internet browser onto AOL's online service alongside or in place of Microsoft Corp. software, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the situation.
A new pact between the companies could influence the online industry and the browser war between Microsoft and Netscape. That conflict is at the heart of the government's ongoing antitrust suit against Microsoft.
AOL's Internet browser deal allows it to end its exclusive arrangement with Microsoft on Jan. 1.
WORLD
Mexico volcano eruption anticipated within days
MEXICO CITY—Hundreds of people were evacuated yesterday from villages near Mexico's most explosive volcano, following experts' warnings an eruption was likely within days.
Volcanologists have recorded thousands of small tremors at the 12,700-foot Volcan del Fuego — Spanish for Volcano of Fire — and have detected chemical changes in waters near the mountain, 280 miles west of Mexico City. A plume of smoke rose from the volcano yesterday.
About 300,000 people live within 25 miles of the volcano's peak, and Colima city, the capital of Colima state, is within 20 miles of the peak.
Volcanologists say the volcano is one of the most active and most dangerous in North America.
The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
A window was broken between 5 p.m. Monday and 3:44 a.m. Tuesday in a ticket booth at Memorial Stadium, the KU Public Safety Office said. The damage was estimated at $100.
- A window was broken at 2:12 a.m. Tuesday on the east side of Lindley Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The damage was estimated at $75.
■ KU police responded to a report at 8:53 a.m. Nov.
1 that a man grabbed a woman by the arm and
pulled her behind a tree in Lot 90, south of Robinson
Center, the KU Public Safety Office said. Both were
KU students and said they were just arguing. The
female said the male had not touched her. He was
patted down and had no weapons.
KU police responded to a call at 4:55 p.m. Tuesday in Stouffer Place of a five-year-old resident who had gone to a friend's apartment and said he was afraid to go home. Police knocked on the boy's door and awoke his step-father, who was sleeping because he works nights. He said the boy was not supposed to have left the secured apartment. A police report said the boy was happy being with the step-father at home but was afraid he would get in trouble for having left the apartment.
A KU police officer responded to a report of a man having chest pains at 5:44 p.m. Tuesday at Watkins Memorial Health Center, the KU Public Safety Office said. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical transported the man to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
- Two Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall residents reported being harassed by telephone between 11:30 a.m. Monday and 8:35 p.m. Tuesday in their room, the KU Public Safety Office said. The residents the caller said nothing when they answered the phone.
The dashboard of a KU student's car was damaged, and the stereo was stolen from it between 3 a.m. and 8 a.m. Tuesday in the 1900 block of Stewart Avenue, Lawrence Police said. The damage was $150, and the stereo was valued at $200.
The sunroof of a KU student's car was shattered and the CD player was stolen from it between 7:15 and 9:35 p.m. Monday in the 900 block of Louisiana Street, Lawrence Police said. The damage was $300, and the CD player was valued at $300.
Four glass window panes on a KU student's home were shattered at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 1500 block of Tennessee Street, Lawrence Police case.
Environmental studies ordered for trafficway
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John Pasley, South Lawrence Trafficway project manager, said that he was disappointed in the court decision
Craig Weinaugh, county administrator, said that no tentative plans had been made yet to determine what action the county would take. He also was surreised by the outcome.
"We thought we had a good case," he said. Pasley said he would be meeting with the Kansas Department of Transportation and the Kansas Highway Department to discuss whether they still planed to complete the environmental impact statement and the noise study.
"Obviously we are disappointed by the decision," Weinaug said. "We feel like the community needs the trafficway."
He said the next step for the county would be to meet with the department of transportation, the Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Highway Administration to perform the supplementary environmental impact statement.
This would require the four agencies to develop alternative routes for the trafficway. They would then have to explain what environmental and cultural impacts the trafficway might have on those routes, Plenk said.
After considering these ideas, the agencies would have to choose the route with the least impacts and have it approved by the district court.
Thomasine Ross, one of the plaintiffs in the case, said she was very happy with the court's decision.
"I was so excited," she said. "When we found out the decision, we kind of expected it."
The western leg of the trafficway was completed in 1994.
ON CAMPUS
Academic Computing Services will present "Netware 5.0: What's New" as part of its Lunch and Learn Video Viewing sessions from noon to 1 p.m. today at the Computer Center Auditorium. Call Julie Loats at 864-0464 for more information.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries, Proponents of Animal Liberation and KEN Environs will sponsor a vegetarian luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the ECM. Donations will be accepted. Call Laura at 841-2588 for more information.
Latin American Solidarity will present "Chile Under Pinea" at 6 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries. There will be a free Chilean dinner and a discussion with KU professors and Chilean refugees. Call Megan Hope at 331-2403 for more information.
New Student Orientation will have an Orientation Assistant Information Session at 6 p.m. today at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union for those students interested in representing the University of
Kansas for the upcoming year. Call Heidi Schrandt at 846-4270 for more information.
Amnesty International will meet at 7 p.m. today at Alcove A in the Kansas Union. Letter writing will follow immediately at the Glass Onion, 624 W. 12th St. Call Kyle Browning at 842-1351 for more information
Campus Cruseade for Christ, an Interdenominational Christian student organization, will meet at 7:30 p.m. today at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union. Call Mike Markley at 838-4909 for more information.
Intervarsity Graduate Christian Fellowship will meet at 7:30 p.m. today at Alcove in the Kansas Union.
Call Steve Swank at 841-5211 for more information.
Queens and Allies will meet at 7:30 p.m. today at 106 Fraser Hall. The movie "The Life and Times of Manley Milk" will be shown, and it will be the last meeting of the semester. Call Jack Shay at 864-3091 for more information.
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