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The Inside Front
Tuesday November 10,1998
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
NATION
Four escaped inmates captured in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Authorities captured three of the five maximum-security inmates, including a convicted murderer who eluded police, yesterday after a weekend escape from the Wardone County Detention Center.
Houston County Detention Center. Two other escapees remained at large, including a man charged in two murders.
A sixth escapee James Wedlow, 16, was captured Sunday at an apartment complex in Kansas City, Kan., about 12 hours after the breakout. He had been jailed on charges of aggravated robbery and auto theft.
The escapees caught yesterday were picked up by police about 3 p.m. in midtown Kansas City, Lt. Dave Melton of the Wyndotte County Sheriff's Department said.
The three were identified as James Crum J., 39; Steven A. Ford, 17; and Michael J. Enriquez, 20. Kansas City, Mo., police got a call on a tips hotline that the men were in a midtown neighborhood, and all were caught in the same spot.
Crum is an inmate at the El Dorado Correctional Facility and is a convicted murderer. He was being held yesterday in the Wyandotte County jail pending more charges in Kansas City, Kan., Melton said.
Carssey Littlewood, 21, and Cleveland Henderson, 24, are still at large.
Rord is charged with aggravated rape, aggravated robbery, sodomy and aggravated battery. Enriquez is being held as a fugitive from Jackson County for failing to appear in court on drug charges.
Dow Corning settles breast implant claims
Littlewood is charged with capital murder, and Henderson is facing six counts of aggravated robbery.
BAY CITY, Mich. —Thousands of women who claim their silicone gel breast implants made them sick could each get $12,000 to $300,000 from Dow Coming Corp. under a $3.2 billion settlement proposal filed yesterday.
settlement property The plan, submitted to U.S. Bankruptcy Court, is subject to approval by a judge and creditors of Dow Corning, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1995 because of the implant claims.
More than 600,000 women have filed claims against Dow Corning, about one-fifth of who have implants manufactured by the company, said Kenneth Eckstein, whose law firm represented the claimants. To collect, women must prove the implant or gel inside was made by Dow Corning.
Eckstein said payouts could begin as early as next summer if the settlement plan was approved on schedule. Those who fall sick later would have nearly 15 years to file claims.
Navy plane crashes off coast of Virginia
NORFOLK, Va. — Navy teams searched the coast off Virginia yesterday for three flyers missing after a nighttime crash on the deck of an aircraft carrier.
A Navy EA-BG Prowler whose crew was practicing landings on the USS Enterprise struck an S-3 Viking aircraft sitting on the deck Sunday night. One of the six crew members who ejected from the two planes was killed.
The two crew members of the Viking were slightly injured.
Cmdr. Roxie Merritt, a Navy representative in Norfolk said as time progressed it would be unlikely to find the other three alive.
The cause of the accident was under investigation.
The victims' identities were withheld while their relatives were notified.
Army officers charged after helicopter crash
FORT STEWART, Ga. - Three soldiers have been charged with involuntary manslaughter for taking two of their wives for an unauthorized ride on an Army helicopter that crashed in the Bahamas, killing both women.
Chief Warrant Officers David E. Gulio and Daniel P. Riddell and Sgt. William E. Westgate, all stationed at Fort Stewart in Savannah, had been sent to the Bahamas to take part in an anti-drug program with the Bahamian government.
They took Guido's wife Pam and Rid dell's wife Rebecca for a ride in the helicopter July 6. The women were killed and the three men seriously injured when it crashed on Grand Exuma Island.
The charges against Guido, Riddell and Westgate include conspiracy, involuntary manslaughter, making false official statements, dereliction of duty and destruction of military property.
The charges were filed Friday and announced by the Army yesterday.
Fort Stewart representative Rich Olson said the conspiracy charges were related to the plans the men made for the unauthorized flight.
All three men have recovered from their injuries and will remain on duty pending a decision by higher-ups on whether to court-martial them.
ELAV, Israel --- Israel likely will miss the New Mideast peace accord's Nov. 16 date for beginning a phased withdrawal of its soldiers from 13 percent of the West Bank, a key adviser to the prime minister said yesterday.
Peace accord stalled; Israel checks conditions
WORLD
The peace accord was to have taken effect Nov. 2 and be implemented over
1. 2 weeks. It has been held up by Israel, which seeks to clarify the Palestinians' obligations. After a suicide bombing in Jerusalem on Friday, Israel's Cabinet suspended debate on the deal until the Palestinians did more to fight Islamic militants.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior adviser, David Barllan, said yesterday that Israel likely would not begin withdrawing from the West Bank on schedule.
The Palestinians said they are carrying out their commitments and said Israel is using the security issue as a stall tactic.
Pakistani negotiator Hassan Asfour said the agreement was as good as dead if Israel refused to carry out the withdrawals on time.
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan — Government troops chased the last large group of rebel fighters into Tajikistan's mountains yesterday following five days of fighting in the Central Asian nation.
Tajikistan government pushes back rebel group
The 200 rebels concentrated around the town of Aini, about 100 miles north of the capital Dushanbe. They tried to flee in small groups toward the border of Uzbekistan after suffering heavy losses in weekend firefights.
The fighting follows a 1997 peace treaty that ended five years of civil war between the Muslim opposition and the hard-line government.
rebel leader Makhmud Khubobdenyev launched the uprising last Wednesday, demanding that President Emomali Rakhmonov free all political prisoners and bring his supporters into the government. The president refused to negotiate with the rebels.
Diamond mine attackers kill five, take hostages
TORONTO — Armed men staged a hit-and-run attack on a Canadian-owned diamond mine in Angola, killing at least five employees and taking four others hostage, the company reported yesterday.
DiamondWorks Ltd. said the attack occurred Sunday at its Yetwene mine in northeastern Angola.
The company said 18 Angolan workers were wounded in the attack. The remaining 13 foreign workers were unharmed and have been flown to Angola's capital, Luanda, Diamond-Works said.
Michael Grunberg, a company representative, said the dead employees included two Britons, a Portuguese national and two Angolans, including a representative of the state diamond company.
A British geologist, two Filipino mechanics and an Angolan metallurgist were taken hostage, Grunberg said.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's parking permit was stolen between 1 and 1:30 a.m. yesterday in the 900 block of Iowa Street, Lawrence police said. The permit was valued at $9.5.
The Associated Press
A KU students' wallet and its contents were stolen between midnight and 9 a.m. Saturday in the 1000 block of Massachusetts Street, Lawrence police said. The property was valued at $37.
A CD player and three CDs were stolen from a KU student's car between 8 p.m. Friday and 2 a.m. Saturday in the 600 block of Massachusetts Street, Lawrence police said. The property was valued at $276.
A KU employee's vehicle rolled into a Lawrence man's vehicle at 1pm. Nov. 4 in Lot 54 west of Murphy Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The KU employee's parking brake was not on.
A KU employee's red-zone park permit was stolen between 3:15 and 3:30 p.m. Nov. 3 in the 1100 block of Mississippi Street, the KU Public Safety Office said. The permit was valued at $90.
A man flagged down a KU public safety officer at 11:40 a.m. Nov. 6 to ask directions to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, the KU Public Safety Office said. The man said a passenger in his car had sustained a head injury while wrestling with friends. The man had a small cut above his eye and no other injuries. The officer gave directions to the hospital.
A KU student's license tag was stolen between 9:30 a.m. and noon Nov. 6 in lot 124, between 13th and 14th streets, east of the Kansas Union, the KU Public Safety Office said. The tag was valued at $10.
A KU student's two shifts were stolen between 9 p.m.
Nov. 3 and 9:30 p.m. Nov. 6 from her room in GSP-
Corbin Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The
shirts were valued at $80.
At 12:43 p.m. Nov. 8 two KU public safety officers went to the area west of Parker Hall to investigate a report from a KU employee who said he heard gun shots or firecrackers in the area. The officers found nothing unusual in the KU Public Safety Office said
morning significantly, the KU Police
Computer equipment was stolen between 2:30 p.m.
Aug. 31 and 8:30 p.m. Sept. 3 from 1246 Mississippi St., the KU Public Safety Office said. The equipment belonged to the department of networking and telecommunications. The stolen items were valued at $2,543.32.
Officers search for men involved in armed robbery
By Keith Burner
Kansan staff writer
Three Lawrence residents were taped up and robbed Friday afternoon at their home about 2 miles west of Lawrence.
The incident began about 1:30 p.m. when three men entered the victims' home in the 1000 block of N. 1800 Road and taped up two women and one man at gunpoint, said Kenny Massey, Douglas County Undersheriff.
Massey said the suspects then placed the man outside.
He escaped to neighbor's house at 1:45 p.m. and called 911.
Officers also found that the three men had stolen four ounces of marijuana from the house, though the three victims did not mention it at first, Massey said.
When Sheriff's officers arrived, they discovered the suspects had stolen a Ruger 9mm pistol and damaged the windshield of a victims car.
"After other evidence of marijuana was found in the house, they reported it stolen," he said.
Massey said the victims were not arrested but that they might be at the discretion of the District Attorney.
ON CAMPUS
The three suspects were last seen driving away in a white pickup truck with a white camper shell.
The three suspects face one count each of aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and criminal damage to property, and three counts of kidnapping, jail officials reported.
Sheriff's officers are looking for three men, one of whom was wearing a Halloween mask, in connection with the robbery.
- Latin American Solidarity will have a donation collection for hurricane relief in Central America from 9 am. to 5 p.m. weekdays at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries. There also will be a collection site from 9 am. to 3 p.m. today and Thursday at the lobby in the Kansas Union.
University Career and Employment Services will have an internship workshop at 3 p.m. today at 149 Burge Union. Call 864-3624 for more information.
The Hispanic-American Leadership Organization will meet at p. 6. tpm at the Multicultural Resource Center. Call Janell Avila at 864-HALO for more information.
- The SUA committee will meet today and tomorrow in the Kansas Union. Call the SUA box office at 864-3477 or visit http://www.ukans.edu/sua for more information.
KU Environs will meet at 6 p.m. today at the International Room in the Kansas Union. Call Matt Dunbair at 864-7325 for more information.
The KU Meditation Club will meet at 6:15 p.m. today at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. Call Bena Beh at 864-7754 for more information.
*Emily Taylor's Women's Resource Center will teach self-defenses for women from 6:30 to 8:30 tonight at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union. Call Teresa Schwab at 864-3552 for more information.*
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. will have AKA-
demic Study Group from 7 p.m. to midnight tonight
at Earlsworth Hall. Call Erica Hawthorne at 864-8084
for more information.
College Republicans will meet at 7 tonight at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union, Call Ward Cook at 331-2705 for more information.
University Christian Fellowship will meet at 7 tonight at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries. Call Tim Watts at 814-3148 for more information.
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