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The Inside Front
Wednesday September 16, 1998
News
from campus, the state. the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Health fair designed to teach about services
Students and faculty wanting to learn more about Watkins Memorial Health Center's services can stop by the health fair between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. todav and tomorrow.
The health fair is set up inside and outside of Watkins, just east of Allen Field House. It features a golf theme with four miniature golf holes and 18 booths with health information.
Faculty and students can get their body fat and blood pressure checked for free, see kick boxing demonstrations and sign up for next week's campus blood drive.
Door prizes, including restaurant coupons, health-club memberships and T-shirts, will be given away. For more information, call 864-6F50
— Sue Franke
LAWRENCE
Police officer pleads guilty in battery case
Lawrence Police Officer James W. Miller pleaded guilty at 2:30 p.m. yesterday in Douglas County District Court to the August battery of his 15-year-old daughter.
Douglas County District Court Judge Jack Murphy sentenced Miller to six months of supervised probation.
"It resulted in a spanking not appropriate for her age," she said.
Loveland said the spanking was done in an angry manner.
Sherri Loveland, Miller's lawyer, said that on Aug. 16, Miller engaged in inappropriate discipline with his 15-year-old daughter.
Miller was angry at his daughter because she had a party while he was out of town. Loveland said.
"There were illegal activities involving minors, and he was upset given his position at the police department," she said. "He was provoked to a certain extent."
Miller did not receive the maximum sentence of six months in jail because he had a clean record and was seeking counseling for both his daughter and himself, Murphy said.
Douglas County Sheriff Loren Anderson said the incident was reported on an abuse hot-line.
"We sent officers down there to check it out," Anderson said. "Miller came down to the station after he was contacted."
Police did not know when Miller would resume his duties.
Miller was arrested Aug. 20 on a battery charge and placed on administrative leave from the Lawrence Police Department that day, Lawrence Police Set, George Wheeler said.
By Keith Burner
NATION
Contract with workers may end phone strike
HARTFORD, Conn — Southern New England Telecommunications Corp. announced a tentative contract agreement with union workers, signaling a possible end to a four-week strike.
The new contract, if ratified, would be effective from Friday to April 1, 2001, company chairman and CEO Dan Miglio said early today after nearly 12 hours of negotiations. He declined to detail terms of the agreement until after it was ratified.
CWA representative Dennis Trainor said members of the bargaining committee were happy with the settlement, but he declined to give details. The union plans to hold a membership-ratification meeting tomorrow.
The 6,300 union workers walked off the job Aug. 23, demanding higher pay and increased benefits. The company has used 3,700 managers, retirees and temporary workers to stay in business.
eBULDER, Colo. — A grand jury convened yesterday to investigate the JonBenet Ramsey case and use the panel's subpoena powers to get the answers that have eluded police for nearly two years.
Jury in Ramsey case plans to use subpoena
The 6-year-old beauty queen was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her home in December 1996, and the failure to make an arrest since then has led to allegations that police and prosecutors botched the case, perhaps even deliberately.
In March, police asked that the case be handled by a grand jury, saying they need the panel's subpoena powers to get to the bottom of the slaying. In making the request, Commander Mark Beckner, now police chief, noted that JonBenet's parents, John and
Ramsey: Was found beaten and strangled in 1996.
Patsy Ramsey, have refused requests for interviews since he took control of the case in December. District Attorney Alex Hunter has said the Ramseys are under an umbrella of suspicion.
Alabama bids farewell to former governor
The Ramseys have denied any involvement in their daughter's death. Their attorney had no comment on the convening of the grand jury.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama's Capitol, where Jefferson Davis was sworn in as the president of the Confederacy, opened its doors yesterday one final time for for-
mer.gov, George Wallace, the firebrand segregationist and presidential candidate.
Wallace, who died Sunday night of cardiac arrest at 79, will lie in a bubble casket in the rotunda of the white-domed building for 24 hours that ends this afternoon.
Arrangements were made for shuttle buses to bring crowds to the Capitol.
A funeral procession is planned for today to the First United Methodist Church for a service that will include a eulogy by the Rev. Franklin Graham, son of the Rev. Billy Graham, Wallace will be buried, with
Wallace: Will receive a 21-gun salute at his funeral
a 21-gun salute, at Montgomery's Greenwood Cemetery, in a plot next to his first wife's. Billy Graham declined an invitation to the funeral because of ill health. In a letter to George Wallace Jr., the Rev. Jesse Jackson called the late governor a figure who represented both tragedy and triumph.
Tibetan exiles received U.S. money, papers say
LOS ANGELES — The CIA provided the Tibetan exile movement with $1.7 million a year and paid the Dalai Lama a subsidy of $180,000 annually during the early 1960s, the Los Angeles Times reported yesterday.
The decade-long covert program to support the Tibetan independence movement was part of the CIA's worldwide effort to undermine Communist governments, particularly in the Soviet Union and China, the newspaper said.
Citing declassified historical documents released last month by the State Department, the Times said that the CIA helped support Tibetan guerrillas in Nepal, a military training site in Colorado, Tibetan causes in New York and Geneva, education for Tibetan operatives at Cornell University and supplies for reconnaissance teams
Tibetan exiles and the Dalai Lama have claimed for years that the CIA supported their cause. But until now, Washington has refused to release any information about its Tibetan intelligence operations.
By 1968, the CIA dropped its training programs inside the United States and cut the program's budget to below $1.2 million a year, the Times said. The support finally ended in the early 1970s after the Nixon administration's diplomatic opening to China.
In recent years, Congress has approved about $2 million annually in funding for Tibetan exiles in India. Congress also has urged the Clinton administration to spend another $2 million for democracy activities among Tibetans, the newspaper said.
- The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
A KU police officer was dispatched to a medical emergency at 12:56 p.m. Monday at the Military Science Building, the KU Public Safety Office said. A KU student had fainted and appeared to be having a seizure. She was treated by Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical and was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
A KU student's bag was stolen between 12:35 and 12:55 p.m. Monday from the voluntary bag drop at the Kansas Union Bookstore, the KU Public Safety Office said. The bag contained a shirt, a textbook, disks, pencils, folders and five tickets for Loveline at the Lied Center. The items were valued at $1.53
■ A KU student's TV and VCR were stolen Saturday from the 800 block of Tennessee Street, Lawrence online said. The items were valued at $525.
■ The dashboard of a KU student's car was damaged and 59 compact discs and two 10-inch speakers were stolen Saturday in the 1600 block of Edgehill Road, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $2,895.
Today: IN HISTORY
1908 This was the day that General Motors was founded.
1924 Jim Bottleman, of the St. Louis Cardinals,
set a Major League Baseball record by
knocking in 12 runs in a single game.
1960 - Amos Alonza Stagg announced his retirement from football coaching on this day. He was 98 years old at the time!
1963 "She Loves You" was recorded by The Beatles this day on Swan Records. It was the first record recorded by the Beatles, but the second single by the Frab Four to hit No. 1.
1981- On this day, 25-year-old boxer 'Sugar' Ray Leonard knocked out Thomas 'The Hit Man' Hearns. Leonard won the wetter-weight boxing championship — and the richest payday in boxing history.
MU fans give band members wet welcome
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to behave as they did.
"Before we walked out, we heard them announce that anyone caught on the field or throwing things on the field would be ejected from the game. It seemed kind of like an invitation to me," Reed said.
KU band member Keith Galantowicz, Chesterfield, Mo., senior, missed the trip to Missouri, but said the action of the crowd was not surprising.
"Missouri fans are not the nicest people in the world, and I'm not necessarily proud of where I come from," he said. "The people over there just like their team a lot."
As far as the punishment of the fans, Willard said that some were ejected from the game but that little else could be done after the incident had occurred.
university of Missouri Chancellor Richard Wallace issued an official statement about the events, saying the University of Missouri does not condone disrespect for guests, and expects all members of the MU community to take responsibility for their own behavior.
Willard said the rivalry between Kansas and Missouri had historical roots, making meetings emotional events.
"Just about every other college rivalry is superficial, but this one goes back to the Civil War. These opposing sides used to kill each other, but that doesn't excuse stupidity." Willard said.
"We used to have a tradition of throwing oranges into the end zone on the first game because we were competing for the Orange. Bowl, but that is kind of absurd now," Willard said.
Willard said that in the past, the act of throwing things on to the football field was an acceptable tradition.
ON CAMPUS
The African Studies Resource Center will show Rabi, a Burkina Faso film, as part of its African Film Festival at 4 p.m. today at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Call Pia Thielmann at 864-3054 for more information.
The KU Libertarians will meet at 7 p.m. at the Governor's Room in the Kansas University, Call Rodger Woods at 841-6195 for more information.
Annesty International will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. Call Kyle Browning at 842-1351 for more information.
Campus Crusade for Christ will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union. Call Mike Markley at 838-4909 for more information.
The Center for Community Outreach will have a Students on Board, and the Community Internship Program will have an information session at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Alcove A in the Kansas
the First Nations' Student Association, formerly NASA, will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow. Call Raven E. Heavy Runner at 749-9385 for more information.
Union, Call Cheryl Hill at 864-4073 for more information.
Intervarsity Graduate Christian Fellowship will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Alcove A in the Kansas Union. Call Steve Swank at 841-5211 for more information.
The KU Environics and Proponents of Animal Liberation will have a vegetarian luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries. Call Laura at 841-2588 for more information.
The Polish Club will hold its first meeting from 4 to 5 p.m. tomorrow at Alcove G in the Kansas Union. The meeting is open to all people interested in Polish or Slavic cultures. Call Professor K. Zechner at 864-3313 for more information
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