Thursday, November 12, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 7
State News
Church threatened with letter
Methodist group gets note saying it holds anthrax
WICHITA — An administrative office of the United Methodist Church received a letter threatening anthrax exposure, authorities said.
The Associated Press
No injuries were reported and the building was not evacuated Tuesday, said FBI spokesman
Jeff Lanza.
"It appears to be a hoax." Lanza said.
sain.
The letter was received by the Kansas Area United Methodist Foundation on Monday but was not reported until Tuesday morning, said Jack Harris, the foundation's director.
The note inside the envelope read: "You have been exposed to the anthrax virus" Harris said.
Anthrax is a deadly strain of bacteria that can be used as a biological weapon. Lanza said the letter had been sent to the FBI Crime Laboratory in Washington, D.C., for examination.
"It appears to be a hoax."
Jeff Lanza
FBI spokesman
Notes with nearly identical language have been sent recently to a Chicago office of an anti-abortion group, a Catholic church in suburban Buffalo, N.Y., and a Catholic school in Indianapolis, which was evacuated Mondav
postmark. The letters received in Indianapolis and Chicago also had Texas postmarks.
The letter received in Wichita was computer-generated and sent in a window envelope, Harris said. It had a Fort Worth, Texas,
A Wichita abortion clinic was evacuated for about 45 minutes Oct. 31 after it received a letter threatening anthrax. That letter had a Cincinnati postmark.
The Kansas Area United Methodist Foundation is a financial arm for the United Methodist Church and is not connected with any advocacy groups, Harris said. There are about 18 employees in the Wichita offices, all of whom work for four or five agencies connected with the church.
Bids will be taken on bankrupt track
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Woodlands dogs and horse racing track is scheduled to be sold at an auction in federal bankruptcy court on Dec. 16.
Bankruptcy Court Judge John Flannagan approved the date and rules of the auction Tuesday at a federal court hearing in Kansas City, Kan.
Any interested party can bid on the racing track, but the only serious bidder is expected to be William Grace, owner of a riverboat casino in St. Joseph, Mo. No minimum bid will be required.
Grace heads the creditors' group that is owed money by The Woodlands, which has a debt of approximately $30 million.
Attorneys for the current owner and debtor, Sunflower Racing Inc., said they did not know whether Sunflower would submit a bid. Sunflower is a
subsidiary of the California-based Hollywood Park Inc.
The pending auction will be advertised in The Wall Street Journal, said Eric Rajala, the court-appointed trustee for The Woodlands.
Grace said he wanted to enter an agreement with the Wyandotte Indians of Oklahoma to create a gaming casino at the track. Such a plan would require that a compact be negotiated with the state of Kansas.
Gov. Bill Graves said he opposed the gaming compact because the Wyandottes were not an official Kansas-based tribe.
The Woodlands owes the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/ Kansas City, Kan., about $2 million in delinquent real estate taxes.
Unified Government officials said they supported Grace's plan to acquire the track and pursue the Indian gaming option.
Four Hutchinson men face accusations of illegal sex
The Associated Press
HUTCHINSON — One of four men accused of using drugs and alcohol to lure underage girls into having sex has pleaded guilty to indecent solicitation of a child.
Steve Scott, 24, of Hutchinson,
entered his plea Tuesday in district court after waiving his preliminary hearing. He faces up to two years and 10 months in prison.
Another man, 19-year-old Sterling L. Spence, waived his preliminary hearing on a single count of
aggravated indecent liberties with a 14-year-old girl.
Preliminary hearing dates for William Dean Carroll, 31, and Donald H. Stovall Jr., 41, were rescheduled for Dec. 11.
Carroll is charged with sodomizing or having sexual intercourse with 11 different girls between the ages of 13 and 15. The alleged acts occurred between September 1997 and May 1998.
Stovall is charged with indecent liberties and aggravated criminal sodomy with a 14-year-old girl.
Demolition derby
Demolition on the first of four houses north of the Kansas Union begins. The houses are being removed to make room for a new parking garage. Photo by Jeff Severin/KANSAN
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