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The Inside Front
Wednesday October 7,1998
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Air Force ROTC cadets to give out T-shirts, hats
University of Kansas Air Force ROTC cadets will hand out hats, T-shirts and frisbees on Wescoe Beach from 10:30 a.m. to 1.p.m. today as a part of a new recruitment tactic on campus.
Last Wednesday, Air Force ROTC cadets gave hamburgers to pass-by in front of Wescoe Hall. Students were offered information about Air Force opportunities but were not asked to sign anything. Cadets helped those who wanted more information to fill out a request for a brochure.
Maj. Daniel Staggenborg, assistant professor of Air Force ROTC, said he thought Wednesday's event was a success, and he was pleased with the turnout.
"The promotional events are good because they draw attention to the program and increase awareness of the BOTC on campus." Staggenbord said.
Cadet Gabe Hunninghake, Topeka freshman, passed out information at last week's promotion and said that at least 20 people seemed to be interested in the Air Force ROTC.
The give-away event today will be similar to last Wednesday's, Staggenborg said.
He said the Air Force ROTC decided to try promotional events after watching how phone- and credit card companies effectively marketed themselves last year.
Although other schools had done com parable activities, this was the first time the Air Force ROTC had financed such an event at the University, he said.
"I would expect us to continue doing similar events here at KU in the future," Staggenborg said.
— By Dan Curry
State
Investigators proclaim father killed family
ABILENE — Investigators have concluded that financial and domestic problems led a father to shoot his wife and three young daughters, then commit suicide.
That explanation is not a surprise because Abilene police and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation have been investigating the deaths of the five family members as four murders and a suicide.
The Dickinson County coroner, Steven Schwarting, reached the same conclusion, basing it on preliminary autopsy results. His determination was made public yesterday by Jim Davis, Abilene's public safety director.
The victims were Douglas L. Bowen,
28; his wife, Sandra L. "Sandy"
Bowen, 25, and their daughters,
Amanda, 6; Sierra, 4; and Victoria, 2.
The wife and girls were found dead in
the family's trailer home last Wednesday
night.
Bowen, the husband and father, was found critically wounded inside the trailer. He died Thursday at a Wichita hospital.
In a statement, Abilene police said they believe Bowen shot his wife and children with a shotgun, then used a small-caliber handgun to shoot himself. Both guns were recovered from the trailer.
Final autopsy reports are not likely until next week, said KBI Special Agent Scott Teeselink.
Olathe man's body found with gunshots
BURLINGTON — Law enforcement officers spread out across east-central Kansas yesterday, looking for clues in the killing of an Olathe man whose body was found with multiple gunshot wounds.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has seven agents working on the case, said Special Agent Scott Teeselink.
Michael J. Leitner, 37, was believed to have been killed Friday night or early Saturday, Coffey County Sheriff Randy Royster said.
"This is an execution-style murder." Rogers said in a statement.
A resident found Leitner's body Saturday morning in a road in rural southern Coffe County. Leitner had formerly lived in the town of Toronto, in the southwestern part of neighboring Wood son County.
Teeselink said investigators are fanning out to interview acquaintances, hoping to find someone who saw Leitner alive in the 36 hours before the discovery of his body.
Woman and son killed in car, minivan collision
EMPORIA — A woman and her 7-year-old son were killed when their minivan was hit head-on by a pickup truck in east-central Kansas, officials said.
Wayne A. McMurphey of Emporia was pronounced dead at the scene of Monday's accident, Lt. Charles Pankratz said. His mother, Victoria McMurphey, 36, died later at a hospital.
McMurphy's three daughters and the driver of the pickup were also injured.
The driver of the pickup, who was traveling north, came up behind several other vehicles that had slowed for a car attempting to make a left turn, Pankratz said. The driver could not slow down in time and turned his pickup into the left lane and clipped a car before hitting McMurphy's minivan.
The family was traveling south on a Lyon County road about 4:30 p.m. Monday when their minivan was hit by a pickup truck, Pankratz said.
Williams, 13, Donnetta L. McMurphey, 11, and Ashley M. McMurphey, 10, were taken to an area hospital. The girls' father did not want their conditions released, hospital staff said.
NATION
U.S. government begins Medicare fraud probe
TAMPA, Fla. — The U.S. Department of Justice added its name to a lawsuit that accuses Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. and Quorum Health Group of cheating Medicare with false claims.
McMurphey's daughters, Miranda I.
The suit, which was unsealed Monday, alleged that the two national hospital chains routinely submitted false claims to Medicare and other federally funded health insurance programs to cheat the government out of money.
The lawsuits is separate from a criminal investigation into Columbia's billing practices, but its complaints are similar to the criminal charges.
Last year, the government filed a criminal complaint accusing four Columbia mid-level managers of conspiring to cheat the government out of $2.8 million by disguising Medicare claims to reap too much money. The men have pleaded not guilty. A trial date has not been set.
Russia makes steps to improve prisons
MOSCOW — Russia's justice minister yesterday proposed a broad amnesty and other steps intended to improve brutal conditions in Russia's decrepit and overcrowded prisons.
The amnesty, which is subject to parliamentary approval, would free more than 100,000 people, or every tenth inmate, this fall, Justice Minister Pavel Krasheninkov said at a news conference.
It would apply to those facing charges or convicted of minor and unpremeditated offenses, he said.
Russia has the world's highest incarceration rate and a long history of brutal prisons and labor camps that date to cirastist times but were greatly expanded under the repressive Soviet regime.
Virtually all of them are rundown and overcrowded, with some cells holding more than 100 inmates. Officials acknowledge that malnutrition, infections, food poisonings, violence among inmates and a tuberculosis rate five times the national average plague the prison system.
Like the rest of Russia, the prison system has suffered a severe funding shortage, which has been worsened recently by the nation's economic crisis. The government-allocated daily food ration now stands at 4.2 cents per prisoner, Krasheninikov said.
ON CAMPUS
The Associated Press
OAKS, a non-traditional student organization, will have a brown bag lunch banche from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. today at Alcove A in the Kansas University. Call Simmie Berrova at 830-0742 for more information.
University Forum will present "National Monument Project" from noon to 1 p.m. today at the Ecumenical Christian Ministers. Sculptor Jim Lawrence will be the featured speaker. Call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933 for more information.
The African Studies and Langston Hughes Resource Center will sponsor the Africana Faculty Seminar from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. today at the Governor's Room in the Kansas Union. Visiting professor Omar Souguw will lecture about "Critical Perspectives on African Literature." Call Pia Thielmann at 864-3054 for more information.
■ The SUA Recreation Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. today. The SUA Live Music Committee will meet at 7 p.m. today. Both meetings will be in the Kansas Union. Call the SUA box office at 864-3477 or visit wukans.edu/~sua for more information.
KU Libertarians will meet at 7 p.m. today at the Governor's Room in the Kansas Union. Call Rodger Woods at 841-6195 for more information.
Bi Alpha will meet at 7:30 p.m. today at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Call Wendy Brown at 838-3984 for more information.
- Proponents of Animal Liberation, KU Environs and Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor a vegetarian luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow at the ECM. Donations will be accepted. Call Laura at 841-2588 for more information.
The American Association of University Women will present "Issues Facing African-American Women in Business" at 7 p. m. tomorrow at Alvamar Country Club. An optional dinner will start at 5:30 p. M. Reservations can be made through Alvamar at 842-0004. Dorothy Pennington, associate professor of communications studies, will be the featured speaker. Call Carol Graham at 842-6059 for more information.
■ Amnesty International will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. Letter writing immediately will follow at the Glass Onion. Call Kyle Brownning at 842-1351 for more information.
**Campus Crusade for Christ, an interdenominational Christian student organization, will meet at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union. Call Mike Markley at 838-4909 for more information.**
Bar meets city requirements
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"Frankly, I don't see this happening in 30 days." she said.
Mayor Marty Kennedy suggested that the commission grant Heleni a license with no conditions and that the city staff draft an ordinance that could be debated later.
"Why don't we let him stay open until two now and watch him like a 'hawk.' Kennedy said.
Commissioner Bob Moody said that he would like to set The Hawk's closing time at midnight but that it wouldn't be fair because the owner had met all of the requirements to receive a license.
Commissioner John Nalbandian voted against granting the license because he didn't want to retract the midnight closing time because a neighborhood bar ordinance might be passed in the near future.
All said that Heleniak had taken several measures to reduce neighborhood concerns. Haven't told the Humphreys.
increased security to discourage unruly behavior
behavior installed a bar security system that will prevent underage patrons from obtaining alcohol
planned to meet with the neighborhood to discuss any problems.
Guests present, Janet Gershner, an Oread Neighborhood resident, submitted a petition containing 135 signatures at the meeting.
Gershner said that the petition supported a permanent closing time of midnight not only for The Hawk, but also the Wagon Wheel Cafe, 507 W. 14th St.; Bull Winkles Bark, 1344 Tennessee St.; and The Crossing, 618 W. 12th St.
Gershner said the many different kinds of residents — doctors, lawyers, artists, writers and KU faculty and students — signed the petition with concerns about noise, parking, public urination and public vomiting.
ON THE RECORD
A KU employee's red parking permit was stolen between 8 a.m. and 5:10 p.m. Oct. 2 from the lot west of Memorial Drive, the KU Public Safety Office said. The permit's value was $90.
The driver of a Coca-Cola truck hit a light pole at 9:20 a.m. Oct. 5 in Lot 19, the KU Public Safety Office said. The truck and the pole were not damaged.
A KU student's bus pass, billfold, cash, driver's license, KUID, credit cards, Lawrence Public Library card and computer services card were stolen between 1:20 and 2:30 p.m. Oct. 1
from Room 110 in Budig Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The value of the items was $176.
A window was damaged between 4:30 p.m. Oct. 2 and 9:30 a.m. Oct. 5 in Room 1057 of Learned Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The damage was estimated at $100.
A KU employee's vehicle was struck by an unknown vehicle, which left the scene, between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Oct. 2 in the lot west of Memorial Drive, the KU Public Safety Office said. The damage was estimated at more than $500.
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