NATION/WORLD
Wednesday, September 14, 1994
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Pilot had drug history
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Maryland man who died after crashing his stolen airplane onto the White House lawn had trace amounts of cocaine in his system and a blood-alcohol content slightly above the legal limit, officials said.
Frank Corder, 38, had a blood-alcohol content of .045. Secret Service representative Dave Adams said yesterday. The legal limit for pilots is .04. The Secret Service reported earlier that the blood-alcohol level was .32, but Adams said that was based on an erroneous blood test.
He said Corder's blood showed "trace amounts of cocaine." Tissue tests to determine the exact amount will not be completed for several days, he said.
Corder, a self-employed trucker, died in the crash when the stolen plane tore into the White House lawn, crashed through a magnolia tree and crumbled against the south wall of the White House.
Corder had a history of alcohol and drug abuse.
Corder, who worked as a self-employed freight truck driver at Baltimore-Washington International Airport, was described as an upbeat, "jeans-and-flannel shirt type of guy," haunted by substance abuse problems.
"Frank ... told me that sometimes ... he just wished he had a gun," said a cousin, Dee George.
Family said Corder's marriage had just fallen apart and his father had recently died of cancer.
He was reported to have undergone alcohol detoxification at the Veterans Hospital in Perry Point, Md. Clinton mentioned the hospital during a speech Sunday in Corder's native Aberdeen, Md., and the Secret Service was investigating a possible link.
At least one family member said Corder may have had publicity, not suicide, in mind. His brother, John, said Corder admired how teen pilot Mathias Rust "made a big thing for himself" when he landed a small plane in Moscow's Red Square in 1987.
The Washington Post yesterday quoted John Corder as saying his brother once spoke of crashing a plane into the White House if he ever wanted to commit suicide. The brother refused to confirm the report.
LOS ANGELES — Comedian George Burns was hospitalized in intensive care yesterday after surgery to drain fluid from the surface of his brain, a hospital representative said.
The Associated Press
George Burns in stable condition
The 98-year-old comic made it through the surgery well and was expected to remain in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for about a week, Ron Wise, hospital representative,
said.
The fluid collected on Burns' brain after he fell in his bathtub at his Las Vegas home on July 13 and hit his head. Wise said.
Burns was admitted to Cedars-
Sinai on Monday night and underwent two hours of surgery.
"The fluid was drained. He tolerated the operation and has been making gradual progress since the surgery." Wise said, adding that Burns was stable.
Former U.S. treasurer faces prison
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The former U.S. treasurer, whose signature appears on most of the nation's currency, was sentenced yesterday to four months in prison for evading taxes and obstructing justice.
Catalina Vasquez Villalpando had pleaded guilty earlier in the year to three felony charges, which also included conspiring to hide outside income while she served in the Bush administration.
"I'm embarrassed," she told U.S.
District Judge Thomas F. Hogan, her voice broken, "I hope you will find it in your heart to take what I own oociety in some sort of community service" rather than in a prison sentence, she said.
A few minutes later, however, Hogan said, "I can find no basis to excuse your conduct."
After serving her time in a federal prison still to be determined, she will be put on supervised release for three years, including four months of house detention. She also must do 200 hours of community service.
Use your Kansan Card!
s KU Athletic Director, Bob Frederick knows the importance of helmets to KU football players. As an avid cyclist, Bob experienced firsthand the necessity of a helmet to anyone riding a bike.
You see, Bob was admitted to Lawrence Memorial Hospital in June with multiple injuries suffered in a cycling accident. Fortunately, he was wearing a helmet. "They say he would not have lived if he hadn't had a helmet on," says Margey Frederick, Bob's wife.
one of the 50,000 bicyclists each year who suffer head injuries.And though helmets greatly reduce the risk of head injury. only 5% of children wear bike helmets.
During LMH's Kids' Day '94 on September 17, you can help change that. At Kids' Day you can purchase a bicycle helmet for just $13, compliments of LMH and the Kansas SAFE KIDS Coalition. This one-day event at Pinckney
"FOOTBALL OR BICYCLING TAKE IT FROM ME. WEAR A HELMET."
Community Care-Community Pride
749-5800
(1-800-749-2226 Outside Lawrence)
325 Maine, Lawrence, KS 66044
Elementary School in Lawrence, will highlight children's health and safety, while delighting kids with the magic of the Wizard of Oz.
So, if your children are among the 95 who bicycle without a helmet, there's never been a more affordable time to buy one. Then wear it. Always. After all, according to Bob Frederick you'll be benched if you don't.
KIDS' DAY'94
ACTIVITIES
Saturday, September 17, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Pinckney Elementary School, 6th and Mississippi
A CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND SAFETY FAIR FOR PRESCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY AGE CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS.
Immunizations - Available for a small fee from the Douglas County Health Department. You must bring the child's immunization record.
Bicycle Rodeo! - Kids can bring their bicycles and navigate a challenging obstacle course. Supervised by the Lawrence Police Department. Bike check-in service available while you visit other activities.
Bike Helmet Sale - Purchase a safety-approved bike helmet for only $13. Cash only. characters will be on hand to entertain and educate the kids!
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
a member of
TEAM HANDBALL CLUB
Come and Learn One of the Fastest Team Games in the World
Time: Thursday, September 15, 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Place: Robinson Gymnasium Entrance by the swimming pool
No Team Handball experience necessary
If you can't make it, Please call
Rey 843-8676 or Bob 843-5928
TUESDAY LIVE JAZZ!
No cover and $1.50 Longnecks (including Rolling Rock)
No cover and $1 off imports
WEDNESDAY ACOLISTIC OPEN-MIC
Darrell Lea & Megan Hurt $1 Samuel Adams Draws
Musicians interchange $1.50 Boulevard Pints
FRIDAY
THURSDAYS
Ricky Dean Sinatra
Ricky Dean Sinatra
$1 P.B.R. bottles • $1.50 wells
$1 dogs/burgers on the patio (5-7PM)
2 for 1 wells $1 P.B.R. bottles
$3.50 Domestic Pitchers
$2.00 Bloody Marys
$2.99 Burger Baskets
PUPS GRILL OPEN UNTIL 3AM!!
1016 Massachusetts • Downtown Lawrence
913-855-4055
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