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The Inside Front
Thursday September 3,1998
News
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LAWRENCE
Lawrence police officer bitten in domestic dispute
A 36-year-old Lawrence resident bit a Lawrence police officer Tuesday, after she had been arrested following an argument with her ex-boyfriend, police said.
The incident began about 8 p.m. at the ex-boyfriend's residence in the 2200 block of Harper Avenue when the woman hurled a rock through his living room window, police said.
After breaking the window, the woman ran a short distance before being stopped by Lawrence Police Officer Don Hicks.
"We located the suspect in the area," said Matt Farna, Lawrence police officer. "She gave a fictitious name when she was first contacted."
"That's when she got violent," Farna said. "She grabbed the microphone cord and tried to throw it out the window."
"When the officer reached for the mike, she bit him," he said.
According to police reports, Hicks was bitten in the web of his right hand but did not bleed.
He reported no injury and was not hospitalized the police said.
Hicks was not available for comment.
Douglas county deputy threatened during arrest
A Lawrence man threatened to kill a Douglas County Sheriff's officer Tuesday after the man was arrested for his part in an car accident on Kansas Highway 10, the Douglas County Sheriff's office reported.
The van then went into a ditch and caught fire.
The man, 34, was driving intoxicated west on Kansas Highway 10 near Lawrence, when the van he was driving was rear-ended by another vehicle, the Sheriff's office said.
When Sheriff's deputies arrived, they arrested him for driving while he was intoxicated and for being a habitual violator, the Sheriff's office said.
The man told the officer that he had not been driving the van and threatened to kill the officer when the officer arrested him.
As of yesterday, the man had not been charged with the threat to the officer, the Sheriff's office reported. The driver of the other vehicle, a 20-year-old Lawrence resident, was not arrested in the incident.
KANSAS Train derailment causes evacuation of Kansas city
Keith Burner
HAZELTON — A train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed and caught fire yesterday, forcing the evacuation of this south-central Kansas town.
No one was injured in the derailment, but four cars carrying the chemicals derailed about 6:30 a.m., and three of the cars overturned into a ditch and caught fire. About 200 people were evacuated from the town.
Officials also evacuated residents in a 5- to 7-mile radius surrounding Hazelton.
A National Guard helicopter was brought in to dump water on the train fire, but authorities did not start using it right away because they were trying to figure out which chemical was in which of the overturned cars, said Joy Moser, a spokeswoman for the Kansas Adjutant General's office, which oversees the National Guard. Some of the chemicals could explode in contact with water, she said.
The train was carrying nitric acid, alcohol, sodium hydroxide solution and isopropyl palmitate, Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. officials said.
NATION Thousands flee Gulf Coast as Hurricane Earl advances
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — Thousands of people fled the Gulf Coast yesterday as Tropical Storm Earl strengthened into a hurricane and veered toward Florida with drenching rain and wind up to 100 mph.
The storm's center was expected to come ashore last night somewhere near Panama City, then cut across Georgia and into South Carolina, with 10 inches of rain possible.
A hurricane warning was posted for about 320 miles of coastline, from Pascagoula, Miss., to a point near Talahasse.
Many people also left Santa Rosa Island, east of Pensacola, at the recommendation of condominium and hotel managers. A state park closed on St. George Island, connected to mainland by a single bridge. Evacuations were recommended in floodprone areas elsewhere.
Islands off Tallahassee were under
mandatory evacuation orders.
Northwest cancels flights as pilot strike continues
Before strengthening into the third hurricane of the season, Earl had been moving almost due north across the Gulf of Mexico, and Texas and Louisiana seemed to be the targets. Early yesterday, however, Earl took a sharp right turn toward Florida.
MINNEAPOLIS — Northwest Airlines laid off 27,500 more employees yesterday and canceled all of its flights through Labor Day weekend because of a pilot strike.
The affected employees included mechanics, flight attendants, customer service employees and other ground workers.
Northwest said more layoffs among its about 50,000 employees might follow.
Because of the layoffs, the airline would need eight to 10 days to resume a full flight schedule when the strike ends, spokesman Jon Austin said.
Yesterday, the National Mediation Board called a meeting with airline and union negotiators to identify areas of flexibility as the strike by 6,100 pilots entered its fifth day.
Northwest is the nation's sixthlargest airline in terms of passengers carried annually and the fourth-largest in revenue. It carries nearly 150,000 passengers a day and 2.9 million pounds of cargo on 1,700 flights in North America, Europe, Asia and India.
WORLD Experts find similarities in South African bombs
Experts had finished reconstructing the Planet Hollywood bomb, which killed one man and injured 27 people.
Cape Town and its surrounding slums have been subject to a wave of recent bombings, which authorities have linked to a Muslim vigilante group, People Against Gangsterism and Drugs.
One bomb went off Aug. 6 outside police offices, killing a street vendor, and another outside a local police station struck about a month before that. No one was injured in that attack.
Immediately after the blast, top South African officials speculated that the restaurant bombing was connected to U.S. missile strikes against alleged Islamic terrorist sites in Sudan and Afghanistan. The U.S. strikes were retaliation for the Aug. 7 bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
Police spokesman John Sterrenberg said all three bombs had common elements but said he could not elaborate to protect the investigation.
The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's dashboard was damaged and the license plate removed at 3:30 a.m. Monday in the 1700 block of Ohio Street, Lawrence police said. Damage was estimated at $600.
A RU student's 67 video tape, some bedding and a 24-pack of Mountain Dew were stolen at 9 a.m. Monday from the student's residence in the 1800 block of Arkansas Street, Lawrence police said. The property was valued at $1,191.
A KU student's wallet and checkbook were stolen Monday from the student's residence in the 2300 block of Louisiana Street, Lawrence police said. The property was valued at $10.
A KU student's car was broken into and two speakers, a speaker box, two amplifiers and a CD player were stolen at 12:30 a.m. Monday in the 900 block of Arkansas Street, Lawrence police said. Damage was estimated at $1,650.
A KU student's passenger window was smashed and a CD player stolen at 12:30 a.m. Monday in the 1100 block of Sunset Drive, Lawrence police said. Damage was estimated at $530.
Today IN HISTORY
1777 The American flag is flown in battle for the first time during a Revolutionary War skirmish at Cooch's Bridge, Md.
1783 - The American Revolutionary War ends when the Treaty of Paris is signed by representatives from the United States and Britain.
1838 Frederick Douglass, American orator, abolitionist, writer and diplomat, escapes from his early life as a slave when he boards a northern-bound train disguised as a sailor in the slave state of Maryland.
1939 - Two days after the German invasion of Poland, Great Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany, and World War II begins in Europe. On the same day, the British passenger ship Athenia is sunk by a German U-boat, killing 30 Americans, and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt reiterates America's neutrality during a fireside chat.
Morning-after birth control sale approved
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the first federal acknowledgment of the emergency birth-control method that European women have been prescribed for years.
Until now, however, contraceptive manufacturers have refused to sell the form of emergency birth control here, citing litigation and political fears.
The pills prevent or delay ovulation, experts said. Some say the pills possibly could prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterine wall so it could grow into an embryo.
If an embryo is already implanted and growing, the morning-after pills will have no effect—unlike RU-486.
The FDA said the regimen is effective 75 percent of the time. It consists of taking two oral contraceptive pills within 72 hours of unprotected sex and another two pills 12 hours later.
For every 100 women who have unprotected sex during the second or third week of their menstrual cycle, eighth would normally become pregnant — but only two would if the women took the emergency birth control, according to studies.
The emergency contraceptive's side effects are nausea and vomiting, which can sometimes be severe. More than 4 million women have taken emergency contraception in Britain alone, and studies there have shown no serious side effects.
ON CAMPUS
The Interversity Graduate Christian Fellowship will meet at 7:30 p.m. tonight at Alcove F in the Kansas Union. Call Steve Swank at 841-5211 for more information.
The Proponents of Animal Liberation will meet at 6 p.m. today at Alcove A in the Kansas Union. Call Laura Ford at 841-2588 for more information.
The Native American Student Association will have a potluck dinner at 7 tonight in the Multicultural Resource Center.
The Proponents of Animal Liberation and KU Environments will have a vegetarian luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries. Call Laura Ford at 841-2588 for more information.
- Delta Force will have introductory meetings at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Joyhawk Room of the Kansas Union and 7 p.m. Sept. 13 at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries. The coming year's on-campus issues will be discussed. Call Emily Heath at 841-8127 for more information.
■ Campus Christians will have a dinner for-a-dollar event at 6 p.m. Sunday at 1320 Ohio St. Worship will begin at 7 p.m. Call John Hendrix at 832-9963 for more information.
@ 812.395.7040 for information
The KU Ballroom Dancing Club will not have lessons Sunday because of Labor Day weekend. Lessons will resume at 2 p.m. Sept. 13 in the Ballroom of the Kansas Union. Call Tesla at 864-1763 for more information.
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