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The Inside Front
Tuesday August 24,1999
News
from campus,the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Officials unsure if meter was stolen or moved
Wayne Mixdorf, a parking meter officer for the KU Parking Department, reported a meter stolen about 3 p.m. Friday, KU Public Safety officers said.
Sgt. Troy Mailen said the meter was removed from the ground between 3 p.m. Thursday and 7:45 a.m. Friday from Lot 90 near Robinson Center.
The meter contained about $50 in change, and the meter was valued at $500.
Donna Hultine, assistant director of the parking department, said she was not positive whether the meter was stolen or whether construction workers had moved it. She said the parking department was still investigating the situation.
Michael Terry
LAWRENCE
Police find knife used to stab KU employee
Bowen P. Dino, 25, the suspect in Saturday morning's stabbing, remains in custody at the Douglas County Jail on charges of attempted voluntary manslaughter, Lawrence police said. Bond is set at $50.000.
The victim, 21-year-old Aron Guthrie, a KU employee, initially was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and then was transferred to University of Kansas Medical Center, police said. Guthrie was being treated for possible nerve damage to his jaw.
Officer David Anderson said police had recovered the weapon, a folding buck knife with a 4 3/4-inch blade. Dino allegedly stabbed Guthrie after a fight shortly after midnight Saturday at 12th and Ohio streets.
— Katie Hollar
Speaker will address KU multicultural group
Donna 0. Johnson will speak at the HAWK Link welcome address tonight at 6:30 in the Kansan Union Ballroom. Johnson is the founder of the "Guaranteed 4.0" study method. The event is free and open to all students.
Page described her as a dynamic speaker and said she would also talk about studying, involvement and persistence.
Johnson will talk about why minority retention is important, said Robert Page, associate director for the office of multicultural affairs.
Johnson will return to the University in the spring to present her Guaranteed 4.0 program.
— Lesley Simmons
Suspects still at large after robbing students
Police continue to search for two men who robbed six KU students and a Lawrence resident early Sunday morning at Colony Woods Apartments, 1301 W. 24th St., Lawrence police said.
Three KU students were approached at a downtown coffee shop Saturday night by two men who asked them if they wanted to buy any marijuana.The three said no.
They later saw the same two men outside Building C at Colony Woods. The men asked about a party and whether they wanted marijuana again.
When the students said no, one of the suspects removed a small black revolver from his pants pocket, pointed it at one of the students and demanded money, police said.
The victim said he had no money. After one of the men punched him in the face, he gave them his watch. The suspects obtained watches from two of the three victims.
Meanwhile, two more KU students walked past Building C and saw the two suspects talking to the first three victims. Lawrence Police said the two newcomers were acquainted with the first three, and, not knowing that anything was wrong, walked into the robbery.
Two more victims became involved after parking their car. After they got out of the car, the two suspects approached them and demanded money. As one of the victims handed over his wallet, he saw that one of the suspects held a knife. After the other victim told the suspects he had no money, he was struck in the face.
The first suspect was described as an African American about six-foot-three, thin, wearing black shorts and a black tank top. The second suspect was described as six-foot African American, with a heavier build and wearing a white T-shirt, a collared shirt and blue jeans.
Some subscribers get more bang for the buck
-Katie Hollar
The University Daily Kansan is now being delivered to the doorsteps of some students who live off campus.
The Kansan is now an insert in copies of the Lawrence Journal-World delivered to about nine apartment complexes across Lawrence. Beginning last week, students at certain complexes with Journal-World subscriptions have been receiving the Kansan each weekday morning.
Ralph Gage, general manager of the JournalWorld, said he hoped the arrangement would improve the readership of both papers.
Tom Eblen, Kansan general manager, said the arrangement helped create a wider distribution for the paper.
"It allows us to get the student paper in the hands of Journal-World subscribers when they don't come to campus," Eblen said. "This is really, by far, the most practical way for us to distribute our paper."
Amber Stuever
Gage said he and Eblen would evaluate the arrangement after the fall semester.
STATE
Internet site returned to area anti-gay group
TOPEKA—An anti-gay Web site owned by pastor Fred Phels Sr.'s church is accessible again after people trying to find it were diverted for three days to a site that preaches love for homosexuals.
From Wednesday until Friday afternoon, computer users looking for www.godhatesfags.com, which is owned by Westboro Baptist Church, found www.godlovesfags.com., owned by Kris Haight, a 22-year-old gay man from Newport, N. H.
Height said he returned the site, which he obtained Wednesday, after the church's attorney threatened to sue his employer.
Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church are well-known for their anti- gay demonstrations.
The attorney, who is Phelps' daughter, said she made no such threat, although she noted that it would not be wrong to do so. She contacted both the FBI and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
Haight denies that he hacked into an e-mail account and said he received an e-mail Tuesday telling him that he would receive ownership of the Web site. He would not identify the sender.
Hight said he decided to give the site back to the church on Friday.
The Web site's notice on Friday gave users a choice of clicking on either Web site. Church officials said its Web site would be up and running within a day.
NATION
Iraq claims U.S. forces killed two in attack
BAGHADH, Iraq — American and British warplanes killed two people Monday in an attack on a northern Iraqi town, Iraq's armed forces said.
The U.S. military said allied planes shot at an Iraqi military radar station after being fired upon by Iraqi anti-aircraft guns.
A statement from the U.S. European Command in Stuttgart, Germany, did not mention casualties, saying only that damage to Iraqi forces was being assessed.
The Iraqi armed forces said U.S. and British planes flew 18 sorties over northern Iraq, bombing the town of Ba' sheqa. The town is 280 miles north of Baghdad.
The U.S. military said the allied planes were fired on Monday while patrolling the no-fly zone in northern Iraq.
The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
A KU staff member's blue office chair was stolen between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Aug. 17 from the west alveo of Budig Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The chair was valued at $125.
A KU public safety officer was dispatched to Jayhawk Boulevard at 1 a.m. Thursday on a report that a man was urinating in public, the KU Public Safety Office said. He was cited for violating the ordinance against urination in public and then was released
A KU public safety officer was dispatched to the scene of a non-injury accident Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in lot 91 southeast of Memorial Stadium, the KU Public Safety Office said. The parked car did not have its emergency brake engaged, and when the car popped out of gear, it rolled into two parked cars.
A KU public safety officer was dispatched to the west side of the Military Science building at 10.42 a.m. Friday on a report that a student had slipped on stairs, the KU Public Safety Office said. The student was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for treatment of a possible sprained or broken ankle.
A KU public safety officer was dispatched to KU parking lot 112 at 4:10 p.m. Saturday on a report that a student's vehicle was struck by another vehicle while parked, the KU Public Safety Office said. The damage was estimated at $500.
■ A KU student's car was damaged, and auto parts and accessories were stolen between 10 a.m. Saturday and 7:50 a.m. Sunday from KU parking lot 101. The damage and items were estimated at $500.
A KU public safety officer was dispatched to Hashinger Hall at 4:57 p.m. Sunday on a report that a student had collapsed, the KU Public Safety Office said. The student was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
A KU student's detachable compact disc player and 20 compact discs were stolen between 12:30 and 1:30 a.m. Sunday from a car parked in the 1900 block of Maine Street, Lawrence Police said. The merchandise was valued at $400.
Effects of storm's destruction felt in southern Texas
The Associated Press
RIVERIA, Texas—A blustery shadow of its former self, Hurricane Bret was downgraded to a tropical storm yesterday as it plodded across a sparsely populated swath of southern Texas.
There was little structural damage in Sarita, the only town in Kenedy County and home to 460 people, but power lines and trees were down.
The storm, the biggest hurricane to strike Texas in nearly 20 years, continued to drench the region with thunderous squalls today, but no injuries had been reported since Bret made landfall about 6 p.m. Sunday in Kenedy County.
Up to 25 inches of rain fell by early yesterday on the coastal plains of Kenedy County, where the average rainyfall for a whole year is 29.7 inches, the National Weather Service said. Rain tapered off there but continued falling elsewhere, and there was a chance of flooding in places plus isolated tornadoes.
The King Ranch occupies much of Kenedy and Kleberg counties. Ranch president Jack Hunt said about 50 people had evacuated before Bert arrived and had left 55,000 head of cattle to fend for themselves.
a tornado between Rockport and Aransas Pass destroyed a mobile home and damaged several other buildings, the Aransas County sheriff's department reported yesterday.
Damage was substantial in Falfurrias, about 60 miles southwest of Corpus Christi, Mayor Michael Guerra said. The eye passed over the town of about 5,800 residents about 3 a.m., ripping roofs from homes and businesses, he said. Up to 90 percent of the town had no electricity, he said.
"We have a lot of debris and live power lines in the roads, and we've had four convenience stores lose the canopies from their gas pumps," he said. Maior damage also was reported in Port
Major damage also was reported in Port Mansfield, about 50 miles north of Brownville.
Power outages were reported from the state's southern tion to the counties surrounding Corpus Christi.
Power outages were reported from the state's southern tip to the counties surrounding Corpus Christi.
Bret was expected to turn toward Mexico, where more than 3,500 people near the Rio Grande have been evacuated because of the possibility of flooding.
ON CAMPUS
wspotts@falcon.cc.ukans.edu.
Members of the HorrorZontals Men's Ultimate Frisbee Club will have an informational meeting and practice session at 4:30 p.m. today at the north end of Shenk Complex, at 23rd and Iowa streets. Bring a light shirt, a dark shirt and water to drink. Contact Will Spotts at 841-0671 or by e-mail at
- Interactions, informal worship and conversation on a variety of topics, will take place at 9 tonight at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Contact Thad Holcombe at 843.4933
OAKS, non-traditional student organization, is sponsoring a brown-bag lunch from 11:30
a. m. to 1 p.m. today at Alcev E in the Kansas Union and from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. tomorrow at Alcev F in the Kansas Union.
Pat Villeuve, curator of education at Spencer Museum of Art will give a lecture called "New Ways of Looking at Art" from noon to 1 p.m. tomorrow at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Contact Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries and Enviros are co-sponsoring a veggie lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Contact Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
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