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The Inside Front
Monday August 31, 1998
News
from campus,the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Attackers of Wegner plead guilty to battery
The two men arrested in the March 14 battery of University of Kansas quarterback Zae Wegner were sentenced to six months in Jail Friday.
Anthony Cardello, 19-year-old Kansas City, Mo., resident, and Ronald Grego,
20-year-old Kansas City, Mo., resident.
Wegner: Attackers pleaded guilty to battery charges
pleaded guilty to one count of battery each, Douglas County assistant district attorney Jerry Little said. "Hopefully, they'll get the message that this type of thing will not be allowed," Little said.
111 outside of Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall, the Office of Public Safety said. Wegner was walking with a woman in the parking lot when they were attacked by the two men, Little said.
"They knocked Zac Wegner unconscious when they kicked him in the head," Little said. "They also pushed the girl down."
— Kansan staff report
He said Cardello and Grego originally were charged with aggravated battery, but agreed to plead guilty to battery.
NATION
Airline cancels flights after 6,100 pilots strike
Travelers grounded by the Northwest Airlines pilots' strike waited hours for alternative flights, rushed to rent cars or went hundreds of miles out of their way Saturday to get where they wanted to go.
Both the airline and the 6,100-member pilots union said that they were willing to resume negotiations that broke off shortly before the strike, but that there was no indication when that would happen. The union rejected a last-minute offer by the company shortly before its strike deadline of 12:01 a.m. Saturday.
Northwest canceled all of its 1,700 daily flights through tomorrow, said Northwest representative Jon Austin. International flights from Europe also were canceled for Wednesday.
Northwest is the nation's sixth largest airline in passengers and is fourth-largest in revenue. It carries nearly 150,000 passengers a day and 2.9 million pounds of cargo on 1,600 flights in North America, Europe, Asia and India. Cargo service had been halted on Thursday.
Before the strike started, Northwest
had canceled 400 flights for Friday and Saturday, giving many passengers time to rearrange their plans.
Butterfield Foods recalls dip and cheeseball mix
PENNVILLE, Ind. — A food company issued a voluntary recall Saturday of its beef and onion dip and beef and onion cheeseball mix after tests showed possible bacterial contamination.
Butterfield Foods general manager Daniel T. Ringlesbaugh said test results indicated the presence of Listeria monocytogen, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections.
The dip and cheeseball mix were shipped to retailers in 5- and 10-pound units under the Butterfield Foods label. Retailers package the dip and use the mix to make cheeseballs, so the product sold to retail customers is not identified as coming from Butterfield Foods.
Butterfield Food products are sold east of the Mississippi River, primarily in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois.
Consumers who are uncertain of the source of their dip or cheeseballs should destroy the foods or contact the retailer who sold the product, safety officials said.
Listeria monocytogenes pose a particular threat to children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems. Healthy people may suffer short-term symptoms that include fever, headache, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Listeria also can cause miscarriages and stillbirths.
Ringlespaugh said no illness or complaints linked to the dip or cheeseball mix have been reported.
Officials say hurricane not likely to reach coast
MIAMI — Weakened Hurricane Danielle crawled across the Atlantic yesterday, following a path that forecasters said would take it away from land.
Danielle's top sustained wind blew at 75 mph — the minimum for a hurricane is 74 mph — and it was moving toward the northwest at about 9 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.
It was expected to keep turning north and come no closer than 500 miles from the Florida coast, said hurricane center meteorologist Bill Frederick.
Although following a course similar to the one taken by Hurricane Bonnie, Danielle was farther out at sea, forecasters said.
Although not expected to threaten the Bahamas or the mainland United States, high waves were likely to batter the southern Atlantic Coast, forecasters said.
Danielle is the fourth tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which began June 1 and ends Nov. 30.
Dow stays above 8,000 after big drop Thursday
NEW YORK — The Dow held above 8,000 points, but that was one of few positive aspects Friday on Wall Street, where stocks extended the steepest drop since 1990.
Several attempted rebounds from Thursday's 357-point plunge unraveled as soon as they began, with the Dow Jones industrial average falling another 114.31 points to 8,051.68 points by Friday's close.
The low, which has fallen 550 points in three sessions, is now 1.268 points or 13.8 percent, below the July 17 record of 9,337.97 points. That is the steepest drop since a 21.2 percent slide triggered by the Persian Gulf crisis in the summer and fall of 1990.
just before noon, the Dow nearly traded below 8,000 points for the first time since late January, sliding 154 points to 8,011 points. Even with the small recovery, however, the Dow has seen this year's gain shrink from 18.1 percent to just 1.8 percent.
trading was heavy again, with 1.974 billion shares changing hands, the fifth-busiest day in U.S. stock-market history. On Thursday, more than 2 billion shares were traded for only the second time.
Friday's selling was not as ferocious on
Thursday, when the Dow fell 4.2 per-
cent, or 357.36 points, the third-biggest
point drop ever behind the 554.26-point
plunge last Oct. 27 and the 508-point
crash 10 years earlier on Oct. 19, 1987.
WORLD
Rwanda accuses Congo of trying to plot coup
DURBAN, South Africa — A summit of nonaligned nations took a confrontational tone yesterday, with Rwanda reiterating claims that Congo plotted to topple its government.
Rwandan Foreign Minister Gasana Anatase told a news conference that its African neighbor — now engaged in a rebel insurgency of its own — trained 10,000 soldiers to unseat Rwanda's leadership.
Congo was expected to respond later and urge the gathering of the 113-member Nonaligned Movement to censure both Rwanda and Uganda for allegedly aliding rebels in their fight against Congo's government.
Congo President Laurent Kabila, who is not expected to attend the summit, has charged that Rwanda and Uganda are backing a rebel incursion seeking to unseat his year-old government. Zimbabwe, Namibia and Angola, whose presidents are among the 51 heads of state expected at the summit, have sent troops to back Kabila.
Both Rwanda and Congo had previously leveled charges, but the allegations gave an open atmosphere to the meeting, at which much of the business takes place in private.
ON THE RECORD
The Associated Press
A local grocery store, Chris's Fresh Market Place, 608 N. 2nd St., was robbed at about 10 p.m. Thursday by two men, one of whom had a handgun, Lawrence police said. The amount stolen has not been released.
The door of a KU student's 1996 Nissan Pathfinder was damaged between 4 and 5 p.m. Tuesday on the corner of Eighth Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was $100.
A six-disc CD changer, a CD player and several CDs were stolen from a KU student's car at 3 a.m. Thursday in the 1500 block of Louisiana Street, Lawrence police said. The equipment and CDs were valued at $850.
The windshield of a Kansas State student's Acura Integra was shattered at 8 a.m. Thursday in the 100 block of Mississippi Street, Lawrence police said. The windshield was valued at $250.
A mailbox was stolen from a KU student's house at 11 p.m. Friday in the 1100 block of Vermont Street, Lawrence police said. The mailbox was valued at $25.
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Raw sewage flows in cellar of area house
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do not cooperate and let the repair and service people do their job."
Amy Allen, Chicago sophomore, said that although Edwards did respond, the residents questioned the legitimacy of the plumbing service he selected after the company drained the sewage from the basement into the house's side yard.
The Better Business Bureau did not have any complaints registered against Edwards or Jayhawk Property Management. Sherman said that he also had never had any problems with either rental owner.
Ritter said that the hospital could not be sure whether the sickness was caused by the sewage.
Ritter said that the hospital could not be sure whether the sickness was caused by the sewage. Susan Leupold, Milwaukee, Wis., sophomore, also
Sophomores Emily Ritter, of Chappaqua, N.Y., and Jessica Leet, of Lyons, began having headaches and feeling nauseated last weekend. Leet sought aid from Watkins Health Center. Ritter went to the emergency room at Lawrence Memorial Hospital on Aug. 24.
The water department tested the drinking water Friday but found no sign of sewage.
In addition to the $1,600-a-month rent, Allen said that she and her roommates spent more than $1,000 on small maintenance items such as new toilet seats, plus $300 for a phone line to be wired into the house.
"Ultimately we look like a bunch of suckers, but how can you expect a bunch of 18-year-olds to know anything about plumbing and electrical things?" Allen said. "We deserve to be able to breathe in an environment without getting some funky infection."
Edwards said that he did not think it was wise for the residents to go to the extreme filing suit.
"It appears that although the tenants are rightfully upset, their emotions or anger are preventing them from receiving the exact help they need in this matter," Edwards said.
Jayhawk Property Management did not return phone calls for comment.
ON CAMPUS
The Christian Science Organization will meet 7:30 p.m. tonight at Alcove A in the Kansas Union. The topic of the meeting is "Intellect vs. Intellectualism." Call Kara Kelly at 865-3658 for more information.
Jayhawker Campus Ministry will meet 8 p.m. Mondays at Parrals A, B and C in the Kansas Union. Call Dave Diefendorf at 840-9469 for more information.
The KU Deaf Club will have a meeting and social 7:30 p.m. today at the Caterinator in the Kansas Union. Anyone is welcome. Call Elizabeth Fry at 764-4151 for more information.
Applications for 1998-1999 Child Care Grants will be available tomorrow at the Office of Student Financial Aid, 50 Strong Hall.
The KU Meditation Club will meet at 6:15 p.m.
on Tuesdays at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. Call Beng Beh at 864-7754 for more information.
The University Christian Fellowship will have Bible study and worship at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Tim Watts at 841-3148 for more information.
The Writing Consulting Center of Student Resources will have an informational meeting T 4 p.m. tomorrow in the Sunflower Room of the Burge Union. The meeting is for all undergraduate and graduate students interested in working as tutors in the University's first-ever writing centers, "The Writer's Roosts," which will open across campus Oct. 12. Call Michelle Eodice at 864-2399 for more information.
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