THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.101,NO.41
KANSAS STATE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TOPEKA KS 66612
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MONDAY.OCTOBER21, 1991
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Fire storm rages through Oakland neighborhoods
The Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. - A wind-driven brush fire exploded into a fire storm yesterday as it roared through neighborhood in the hills above Oakland, engulfing hundreds of homes and buildings authorities said.
The fire moved quickly from street to street, then hillside to hillside, making a deafening roar as it charred neighborhoods. Many residents said they only had time to grab photos and documents.
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Residents ran into streets, clutching their belongings. Gusts whipped flames as high as 100 feet through dry brush and thick smoke blocked out the street. A fire truck drove through streets filled with flaming debris and lined with burning trees.
"The trees were exploding. It looked like the Fourth of July. I think we lost everything. I think it all gone," said Katherine, who fled with his wife and daughter.
"It is a terrible disaster." G
Wilson said as he toured
today. Wilson declare
emergency and placed
Guard on alert.
The hills were parche year drought, and wind g
40 mph hampered efforts to fight the fire.
The blaze, which was reported late yesterday morning, continued to burn out of control into last night. By early evening, officials said it covered 1,500 acres. There was no immediate report on what caused the fire.
Ten people were killed, including a police officer, said Alameda County Supervisor Don Perata. Five of the victims apparently were evacuated a home when they were caught. Perata said He didn't know how the others
At least 50 people, including three firefighters, were treated at hospitals for burns, smoke inhalation and other injuries, officials said.
A brown pallet extended over Oakland to San Francisco, 15 miles across the bay. Ash fell at San Francisco's Candlestick Park during a football game between the 49ers and the Detroit Lions.
LAWSCHOOL HARASSMENT CHARGES
Four women file complaints
By Rochelle Olson
Four women approached the American Civil Liberties Union earlier this semester and said that they had been sexually harassed by law school faculty members, the ACLU announced Friday.
The women, two current and two former KU law students, were unhappy about how complaints they filed earlier this year were handled by the University of Kansas, said Dr. A cooperating attorney for the ACU.
Kansan staff writers
Since mid-September, the ACLU has investigated the complaints and how KU has handled them, accorded with the release released Friday by the ACLU.
Throughout the summer and fall, students have said they have heard rumors of sexual harassment charges at the law school. But grievances filed with the University are confidential.
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University grievance procedures
Four women — two current and two former KU law students — are frustrated about how the University of Kansas has handed their complaints that law professors sexually harassed them.
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Late Mav
affirmative action
receives a complaint
from a woman
law school
professor
Following the cases
Early June
May 6 Women contact the dean of the law school.
The Associated Press
"We want to follow the
The office of academy complaints from three women regarding a separate case
procedures properly while still protecting the rights of both *parties involved. When you are in a dispute, things may take a long time
Sept. 6
Academic
work on this
date as the
deadline for
a decision on
the request
it received
Del Shankel Interim executive vice chancellor
Oct.18
Oct. 1
One of the women receives a decision from affirmative action concerning the complaint
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May
womenful.
recommendation has
being issued regarding
her complaint. The
recommendation is
appealed the ACLU
issues a news release
publicizing the sexual
harassment charges
June Sent
So you say Kansas is a boring state? It's got more to offer than you think
Special to the Kansan
By Angela R. Waliczek
Special to the Kansan
Most people may think they know all they need to know about Kansas. It's just a flat state with a lot of farms and grassland. It's true that for the most part Kansas is flat, but there are many places in this state that many people may be unaware of.
One example is the Garden of Eden in Lucus. This limestone log cabin was built by Joseph Linnell in 1380.
The house has an exact reproduction of Dorothy's room, including the ruby slippers
In Liberal, tourists can find Dorothy's House. This house was built from 1907 to 1909, during the same time Frank Baum wrote the book "The Wizard of Oz."
Dinsmoor started building the cabin in 1907 with limestone that he cut into individual logs. Surrounding the house are trees, flower beds and animals, all sculpted in cement. Dinsmoor also built a mausoleum and his own coffin out of cement, and he worked on it until his death in 1932. The Garden of Eden is considered a national folk-art masterpiece.
and Toto's bed. It even has the original model house used in the filming of the 1939 movie, which is shown daily.
The Pallasite Meteorite is on display in Greensburg, at the Celestial Museum. This meteorite is the largest of its kind to survive entry into the earth's atmosphere. The meteorite is half iron and half stone and weighs 1,000 pounds.
Greenlands also has the world's largest hand-dug well. The well is 32 feet in diameter and 109 feet deep. It was completed in 1887 and a wall of stone to prevent it from caving in.
Another famous well can be found in Ashland. This well has a mystery behind it. It is called St. Jacobs Well, and many people consider it bottomless.
The pool is 125 feet across, and its depth never has been determined, although many attempts have been made.
Cawker City is home to the world's largest ball of twine. The twine, which weighs more than seven tons, can be found in an octagonal building constructed just for housing it.
The largest living elm tree in the United
States is found in Kansas. It is called the Louis Vieux Elm, named after a man who operates a ferry on the Vermillion River, which is just a few vards from the tree.
The elm stands 99 feet high and 23 feet in circumference. Its branches spread 133 feet, its trunk 68 feet.
The Iron Mound near New Cambria is the closest thing to a mountain in Kansas. Its elevation is 1497 feet, and it is visible from Interstate 70 from the south.
The Iron Mound is capped with greenhorn limestone, making the site the easternmost extent of outcropping for the Cretaceous limestone in Kansas.
In Liberal you will find Samson of the Cimarron, the largest bridge of its kind. Built in 1838 at a cost of $1.5 million, this 1,269-foot giant spans the Cimarron River.
About 30 minutes from Lawrence is Fort Leavenworth. Although Leavenworth is known for the federal penitentiary, it also has the French cannons which overlook the Missouri River. The cannons were cast in 1774 in Paris, but how or why they were brought to Fort Leavenworth is a mystery.
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