THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL. 101, No. 142
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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TUESDAY, APRIL 30,1991
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Douglas County District Attorney Jim Flory defends his position about the death of Gregory Sevier, while Douglas County Coroner Carol Moddrell listens. Flory has been accused of being prejudiced by saying that the death of Sevier by two Lawrence police officers was justifiable.
D.A. answers accusations
Flory says inquest to proceed despite Indians' charge of bias
By Lara Gold
Kansan staff writer
The coroner's inquest into the fatal shooting of a local American Indian by police will proceed today as scheduled, despite allegations that the district attorney had predetermined death was a justifiable homicide.
"I think certain persons have prejudiced me and my ability to carry out the proceeding," said Jim Flory, Douglas County district attorney, in a news conference at his office yesterday morning.
Flory called the conference in response to allegations made at a forum at Haskell Indian Junior College on Sunday night. Some at the forum said Flory already had decided that the April 24 fatal shooting of Greg Sevier, 22, by Lawrence police was a justifiable homicide.
The forum was organized by the Lawrence Indian Center to question whether the police were justified in using gunfire as the only means of disarming Sevier, who had a knife in his hand when he was killed. Family members had called police to the city, and a m to assist in dealing with Sevier, who had been distraught about personal problems, according to police.
Flory said that statements made at the forum by Lance Burr, a Lawrence attorney and representative of the Sevier family, and Don Broad, a Lawrence resident, were taken out of context and not true.
Burr said at the forum that Flory should not be allowed to conduct the inquest because healready had seen that his death was a justifiable homicide.
had said in a conversation with him and the Sevier family that the death was a justifiable homicide.
Flory said that he had never made a decision about Sevier's death and that he had stated twice in the meeting with the Sevier family and Bread that a determination had not been made.
Flory said he had told them it was likely that the jury at the coroner's inquest could conclude that the death was a justifiable homicide.
Bread said at the forum that Flory
"I think I have certain responsibilities as district attorney to carry out the inquest," he said. "The one time my ability to be fair and impartial is questioned centers on a statement I did not make."
"Why would we make something up like that?" Bread asked. "He is biased. He is slanted. He wants the truth to justify to accept his word as being true."
Bread said an outside investigative team needed to be brought in for justice to be served
Bread said that Flory was lying.
'I think I have certain responsibilities as district attorney to carry out the inquest. The one time my ability to be fair and impartial is questioned centers on a statement I did not make.'
lim-Flory
Douglas County district attorney
Guerrillas' extortion from refugees must stop, allies say
Flory said, however, that the corer's impquest was the best way to assure the public that a thorough and fair proceeding was being conducted. He said he did not think the incident involved an outside investigative team
Flory said the inquest would investigate the case thoroughly.
The Associated Press
ZAKHO, Iraq — Allied forces have demanded that Iraqi Kurdish guerrillas stop exorting money from Kurdish refugees and let them return home, senior U.S. officers said yesterday.
The first Kurdish family arrived yesterday in the US built camp outside Zakho, joining 576 Kurdish men already there
U. S. commanders said they
expected refugees to start arriving in large numbers this week.
Since allied forces entered northern Iran, some of the Kurdish guerilla, known as pesh merga, have blocked the refugees' return out of fear for their safety. Others have had the opportunity to charge tolls, stop vehicle movement and checkpoints, and demanding payment for passing through.
Col. Jim Jones, the highest-ranking
U. S. Marine Corps officer in northern Iraq, said U.S. patrols had been sent to some of the more notorious checkpoints off the oil军队 to stop the extortion
"It's immoral, and it's got to stop," said Jones. "They're straight-out bandits."
Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said in Washington yesterday that the U.S.-led effort to aid Kurdish refugees has turned the
corner in terms of the food situation
and the level of love of perhaps
thousands, people
Cheney applauded the U.N takeover of the camps in northern Iraq now occupied by U.N troops. "We are confident we are confident that we can with draw our forces from there, it is our urgent desire to do so," Cheney said.
In southern Iraq, meanwhile, the U.S. Army airlifted more refugees to
Saudi Arabia, in an operation that is a prelude to the U.S. troops' own departure. The airlift is expected to take about a week.
In wide-ranging interviews on the huge aid effort in the north to aid the Kurds, senior U.S. commanders said they hoped to clear the Turkish border of primitive refugee camps by June.
About 300,000 Kurds arrived at the Turkish border this month, fleeing
Saddam Hussein's postwar crackdown on their rebellion. Allied military officials are building camps for them in northern Iraq.
Military officials said some Kurdish guerrillas had been refusing to allow refugees to go to the camp at Nisir al-Nabi, where he vicioused it was safe from Iraq attack.
Bush sends aid to storm-tossed Kansas citizens
The United Nations said it was sending a convoy carrying personnel and supplies to Zakha today.
The Associated Press
Bush responded less than 24 hours after Finney requested that he declare the two counties disaster areas, so that nearly $2.6 million in aid will be available for tornado victims in the Wichita area.
TOPEKA — President Bush has ordered federal aid to help recovery efforts in Sedgwick and Butter counties after tornadoes ravaged those areas. Gov Joan Finney announced yesterday.
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbach sent condolences yesterday to President Bush for victims of tornadoes in Kansas and Oklahoma, according to the Soviet news agency, Tass.
"We were deeply aggrieved to learn about the natural disaster in your country—the tornadoes that hit Kansas and Oklahoma and caused considerable material damage and the loss of lives. Gorbach's message as saying,
"Mr. President, please accept the condolences and compassion of all Soviet people for the American people and bereaved families," it said.
Finney submitted her request Sunday in a letter through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's regional office in Kansas City, Mo.
"On behalf of the people of Kansas who have suffered such tremendous losses from the weekend storms, we thank the president for his swift action to provide additional relief." Finney said in a statement.
Nineteen people died when torna
Paris of southeast, north-central and northeast Kansas also suffered storm damage Finney already covered by federal declaration covering 10 counties.
douched down across Kansas on Friday night, and hundreds of homes were destroyed. A majority of the deceased lived in a mobile home park in Andover, a small town just east of Wichita.
Finney's request was designed to make available more than $1.9 million in federal money and more than $643,000 in state money available through an existing disaster relief fund.
Affected families could receive up to $11,000 to cover the loss of furniture, clothing and other uninsured personal property. They could also receive grants to cover six months' rent for a new home or apartment.
State officials also hope to make homeowners, businesses and renters eligible for federal Small Business Tax Credit, so they recover from uninsured losses.
Individuals and business owners who sustained losses in Butler and Sedgwick counties may call 1-800-462-9029 to inquire about available assistance. The hearing and speech team may use 1-800-462-7585 for assistance.
The numbers will be in operation from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day.
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Midair takeoff
Tony Allen, Overland Park senior, and Jason Johntz, Prairie Village junior, test a plastic-foam airplane that Allen bought from a
India Languages
toy store in Overland Park. The two were reminiscing about childhood toys yesterday by the Campanile.
Fulcher may have been overpaid at Salvation Army shelter
Former director files formal complaint with assistant dean
Kansan staff writer
FORMER
By Benjamin W. Allen
The former director of the Salvation Army homeless shelter said there were discrepancies between the number of hours worked by Darren Fulcher, incoming student-body president, and the number of hours he was paid for by the KU community-service program.
Jeeanne Blankenship, the former director, said she filed a formal complaint about the discrepancies in Kaiser, assistant dean of student life.
Blankenship did not say how many hours were in question.
Fulcher, who will become student body president tomorrow, said that questions were raised about nine hours of community work but that he thought the matter had been dealt with and a hoe committee, which included students, the Organizations and Activities Center and Student Senate members.
Fulcher said the ad hoc committee recommended that he pay the community-service program nine hours and about $39, which he could not accept.
He said the committee included Mike Schreiner, current student body president, David Hardy, assistant
director of the Organizations and Activities Center, Lisa Krisgaten, director of the KU community-service program, Carl Danon, current Senate treasurer, and Su Confort. Current Senate administrative assistant.
Schreiner said that the committee met April 4 and that it was his understanding there were 44 hours of work in question.
The KU community-service program matches volunteers with community-service organizations and helps them time they work for the organization
'From what I could tell from the committee, everything was resolved. The committee was a special effort to make sure everything was OK.'
Schreiner said that the idea for the
He said financing for the program was allocated by Senate from the Educational Opportunity Fund.
program had been around for several years but that not until the 1889-90 academic year did it become effective.
Darren Fulcher Incoming Student Senate president
Fulcher began working for the Salvation Army in early November and continued until just before spring break.
Both Eversole and Hardy said they could not comment because the situation might be a student disciplinary matter.
Blankenship said the committee also included Ann Eversole, director of the Organization and Activities Center.
"Lots of people know about this." Blankenship said. "As I became unhappy with the way it was handled, I went up the ladder."
Kaiser said he could neither confirm nor deny that a formal complaint had been filed because the national Rights and Privacy Act prohibited him from discussing student records.
"If there were a complaint filed, I couldn't discuss it." Kaiser said.
Fulcher said he was unaware of any complaint being filed against him or of any disciplinary hearings been scheduled about the matter.
"From what I could tell from the committee, everything was resolved." Pulcher said. "The committee told me to make sure everything was OK."