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The Inside Front
Tuesday November 17,1998
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Counterfeit bill found in Murphy Hall's till
A student employee discovered a counterfeit $20 bill Friday in the University Theater box office in Murphy Hall.
The bill had been passed successfully at the office earlier, and an employee reported it to police at 12:55 p.m. Friday.
Sgt. Troy Mailen of the KU Public Safety Office said it was not known whether the office accepted the bill Friday or whether it was already in its till from a previous day.
The counterfeit bill was a photocopy of a $20 bill of the old design.
Linda Hope, Murphy Hall box office manager, said the bill was not convincing to the student who discovered it.
"It was pretty obvious to her," she said. Mailen said it was possible that the bill could have been passed in a stack of other bills so that whoever accepted it only looked at the corner of the bill.
He said the person working at the box officer cash register Friday recalled making only one cash transaction and did not think the transaction had involved a $20 bill.
Stolen car, drug arrest unfold after violation
A KU public safety officer stopped a car for a routine traffic violation Saturday and discovered that the vehicle was stolen and the driver was in possession of drugs.
The officer pulled over a Geo Tracker at 6:29 p.m. in the 1700 block of Engle Road. He checked the license plate number on the vehicle and discovered it was a stolen plate.
"After a further check, the officer determined that the vehicle itself was also stolen," said Sgt. Troy Mailen of the KU Public Safety Office.
Mailed则 the driver of the vehicle, a 19-year-old Lawrence resident, was taken to the Law Enforcement Center, 11.1 East 11th St., where he was found to be in possession of one gram of what police suspected was marjiquana. He also had rolling papers.
Kelli Raybern
Police arrest second man suspected in burglary
The first suspect, a 20 year-old Lawrence man, was arrested Wednesday.
Police arrested the second suspect in the recent burglary of a Douglas County Sheriff's deputy's home Friday, following a week-long investigation.
An interview with the first suspect contributed to police identifying a second suspect, a 21-year-old Lawrence man. They arrested him at the Lawrence Riverfront mall 3:30 p.m. Friday.
The two men are suspected of breaking into the home of Deputy Steven Freeman in the 1700 block of Maple Court and stealing a stereo, speakers, a Nintendo, a shotgun, a gold wedding ring and a small amount of money the afternoon of Nov. 5, Lawrence police said.
The men also are suspected of stealing a bulletproof vest found discarded it in the front yard.
Freeman reported a loss of more than $2,000.
Freeman, 31, was sleeping when two men cut open a window screen and entered the home.
Both men were placed into the Douglas County Jail on charges of aggravated burglary, conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary, felony theft, conspiracy to commit theft and criminal damage to property, jail officials said.
Police look for two men after abduction, rape
A 19-year-old Independence, Mo., woman reported to Lawrence police that she was raped by two strangers Nov. 10 after being attacked near a Lawrence club.
The woman told police that she was abducted at knife point by the men in an alley behind the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St.
She said that she had stepped into the alley for some fresh air, when the two men kinked her and led her down the alley for several blocks, police said.
Police said she did not know which direction she was taken.
"She was led into a residential area and taken into an apartment building, or a house converted to apartment, where the rape occurred," said Lawrence Police Ser. George Wheeler.
She told police that the two men led her away from the apartment and left her in the back yard of a nearby house.
She then walked back to the club, where she contacted the police at 2:49 a.m.
Police are looking for two 22- to 23-year-old men last seen in that area. They both were wearing plain white T-shirts.
The two men are wanted on charges of kidnapping and rape.
Keith Burner
task force this summer to lobby the department in hopes of convincing it to keep the unit in Topeka.
TOPEKA — The state Department of Corrections plans to relocate its center for evaluating new inmates to its prison outside El Dorado. Legislators' reactions vary.
The task force's chairman, Rep. Rocky Nichols, D-Topeka, said he planned to fight the decision but acknowledged Topeka-area legislators may be in a minority, given the department's figures for construction costs.
Cigarette markers settle with states to stop ads
NATION
WASHINGTON — Cigarette makers have agreed to a $206 billion settlement of state lawsuits that would prohibit tobacco companies from advertising on billboards, city buses and those T-shirts so popular with teen-agers.
The department believes the three Topeka Correctional Facility buildings that house the unit are unsafe for staff and inmates because of their age. The agency believes it can save about $4 million in construction costs at the El Dorado prison.
STATE
Northeast state officials upset about prison unit
Secretary Charles Simmons announced the decision yesterday, only three days after two out-of-state consultants recommended that the Reception and Diagnostic Unit be moved from Topeka.
Eight state attorneys general reached the proposed deal with tobacco companies after months of negotiation and have sent the proposal to all other states in hopes they, too, will join in. Thirty-nine states now are using the tobacco industry to recover Medicaid money spent treating sick smokers, but seven others that have not sued the industry also are eligible to join the settlement.
Four states already have separately settled with tobacco companies for a total of $40 billion.
Under the proposed deal, the states would end their lawsuits in exchange for millions of dollars each. Plus, cigarette makers would establish a $2 billion foundation to send anti-tobacco advertising into every home in America.
Northeast Kansas legislators probably will try to prevent relocation of the unit after the Legislature convenes Jan. 11.
Gov. Bill Graves signed on the decision.
Northeast Kansas legislators formed a
In addition, cigarette companies agreed to end advertising of tobacco on billboards and public transportation such as taxis and to stop marketing tobacco paraphernalia such as hats and T-shirts.
WORLD
Israel suspends pullback hurting peace processes
JERUSALEM — In yet another blow to the Mideast peace accord, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuu suspended a West Bank troop pullback yesterday and demanded that Yasser Arafat retract threats to use force to bring about a Palestinian state.
The escalating tensions came on the day Israel had been scheduled to begin pulling its troops out of West Bank areas and crippled U.S. envoy Dennis Ross' efforts to get the Mideast peace accord started.
Palestinian officials countered that Israel was making just as many inflammatory remarks and accused Netanyahu of inventing excuses to avoid carrying out the agreement.
Netanyahu said the suspension was a result of Arafat's statement Sunday promising to declare a Palestinian state in May and telling supporters "our rifle is ready" to take Jerusalem.
ON THE RECORD
The Associated Press
A 52-year-old Topeka man reported being a victim of battery and criminal damage to property at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 10 at the intersection of Jayhawk Boulevard and Sunflower Road, the KU Public Safety Office said. The man was attempting to turn onto Jayhawk Boulevard when a person at the crosswalk kicked his car. He then got out of his car and was kicked. The male suspect then grabbed and tore his jacket, Sgt. Troy Mailen of the KU Public Safety Office said. Damage to the jacket and the vehicle, which was scratched, was estimated at $42.5
An unknown vehicle struck a KU Educational Services vehicle and left the scene at 2:20 a.m. Nov. 10 in Lot 132, north of the Kansas Union, the KU Public Safety Office said. According to a police report, a northbound vehicle in the 1200 block of Oread Avenue made a sharp left turn over a curb, grazing a no-parking sign and drove down a hill into the Educational Services vehicle. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at more than $500.
A KU student's bicycle was stolen between 3 p.m.
Oct. 29 and 4:30 p.m. Nov. 12 from her apartment
in Stouffer Place, the KU Public Safety Office said.
The stolen item was valued at $60.
KU police responded to an attempted suicide by a KU student between 12 and 12:42 a.m. Friday in the 1800 block of Naismith Drive, the KU Public Safety Office said. The student tried to run into traffic and was pulled off the road by a friend. The student was evaluated by a Bert Nash doctor and committed voluntarily to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
A KU student was transported by Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for alcohol poisoning at 10.44 p.m. Friday from Stephenson Scholarship Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student was transported at 9:58 p.m. Saturday from Oliver Hall to Lawrence Memorial Hospital by Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical for possible alcohol poisoning, the KU Public Safety Office said.
- Six CDs, a Sony Discman and several other items were stolen from a KU student's car between 11 p.m. Thursday and 9:10 a.m. Friday in the 900 block of Stratford Road, Lawrence police said. The property was valued at $780.
A KU student's windshield was broken between 12:30 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. Sunday in the 1300 block of Rhode Island Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $300.
Hawk report to help city deal with bars
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"We'll sit out on the porch and watch people drive on the sidewalk trying to hit their friends." Williams said.
Kris Williams, Lawrence junior, lives near The Hawk. He said that most of The Hawk's customers were underage and that minors who left the bar were out of control.
"I don't see any cops over here." he said.
Williams, who also bartends at Coco Loco Mexican Cafe, 943 Massachusetts St., said police needed to patrol the 14th and Ohio street intersection in the same manner that police patrol Massachusetts Street.
"I don't see any cops over here," he said. Another option listed in Corliss' report recommended that the city enforce its current public nuisance laws instead of enacting a provision to the city code. Matthew All, attorney for John Heleniak, owner of The Hawk, said this would be the most reasonable option for the bar.
All said he and his client would maintain their original position. He said that a bar such as The Hawk could not stay in business if the city set its closing time at midnight.
All said The Hawk had not received any neighborhood complaints and that the bar was working to set up meetings with the Oread Neighborhood Association. He said that any compromise should allow The Hawk to stay in business and the residents of the Oread Neighborhood to live peacefully.
"I hope that whatever is done, that we have a reasonable balanced proposal." All said.
ON CAMPUS
Student Union Activities will sponsor "Turkey Daze" from 11 am. to 1 p.m. today through Thursday in front of Wescoe Hall.
The KU German Club will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at the balcony in the Glass Onion, 624 W. 12th St. Call Joyce McCall at [785] 379-5289 for more information.
OAKS — Non-Traditional Students Organization will have a brown bag luncheon from 11:45 am. to 1:15 p.m. today at Alcove E in the Kansas Union and at the same time tomorrow at Alcove A. Call Similem Berroya at 830.0074 for more information.
The SUA committees will meet today in the Kansas University, Coll. the SUA box office at 864-3477 or visit http://www.ukans.edu/~sua for more information.
Students in Communication Studies Club will have a resume-writing workshop from 7 to 8 tonight at Alcove F in the Kansas Union. Call
Crissy at 842-4839 for more information. The Environmental Studies Association will meet.
The Environmental Studies Association will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Cream Room in the Kansas Union. Call Todd Simmons at 838-4673 for more information.
University Christian Fellowship will meet at 7 tonight at Ecumenical Christian Ministries. Call Tim Watat at 814-3148 for more information.
Latin American Solidarity will meet at 7 tonight at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. Call Megan Hope at 313-2403 for more information.
The Asian American Student Union will meet at 8 tonight at the Multicultural Resource Center. Call Nellie Kim at 864-3576 for more information.
The Pool Boys and various campus Christian ministries will have an evening of praise and worship music at Downs Auditorium in Dyche Hall. Call Mark Fleske at 832-6228 for more information.
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