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Standing pat
Calvin Monroe, 45, middle, of New Orleans undergoes a security pat down yesterday in Houston. After surviving Hurricane Katrina and loosing everything, Monroe is en route to Denver. Evan Semon/The Associated Press
CAMPUS Student arrested for exposing bottom
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 5A
A 21-year-old KU student was arrested for exposing his bottom at 2:24 a.m. Sept. 3 on the 900 block of Massachusetts Street. A Lawrence police officer observed the 21-year-old and a 19-year-old
arguing, Sgt. Dan Ward of the Lawrence Police Department said.The 21-year-old told police the 19-year-old knocked a sandwich out of his hand.
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The 21-year-old was arrested after he pulled down his pants and underwear and exposed his bottom. It was unclear to whom the exposure was directed, Ward said. Alcohol was thought to be involved.
Police arrest student for alleged rape
A 19-year-old male was arrested Sept. 3 for allegedly raping a 22-year-old female and former KU student June 25 in southwest Lawrence,
The victim and suspect were intoxicated at a mutual, friend's house, Ward said. The suspect drove the victim to her house where he allegedly raped her, he said.
Sgt. Dan Ward of the Lawrence Police Department said.
Police issued a warrant for the suspect's arrest, Ward said.
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BUSINESS
Boeing strike cuts hours
BY ROXANA HEGEMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
stoppage at the Boeing Co Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers walked off the job at Boeing production plants near Seattle, Portland, Ore., and Wichita on Friday. The union represents 18,400 people at the three facilities, including 960 in Wichita where Boeing has kept its military operations.
Few watched strike developments with as much interest as Spirit Aerosystems, the company formed after its parent, Onex Corp., bought Boeing's commercial aircraft operations in Wichita as well as Tulsa and McAlester in Oklahoma.
WICHITA — Spirit Aerosystems Inc. told its 8,600 employees in Kansas and Oklahoma yesterday it was shortening their workweek by no more than two days during the machinists' strike and subsequent work stoppage at the Boeing Co.
Boeing has so far remained Spirit's sole customer, said Spirit spokesman Fred Solis, adding that the strike underscores the need for Spirit to expand its customer base.
About 8,600 people now work at Spirit's three plants, including 7,500 in Wichita.
In a letter to employees, Spirit CEO Jeff Turner said yesterday the decision was based on several immediate priorities.
"We plan, to the best of our ability, to minimize the impact on you of necessary business actions taken to preserve cash resources, ensure the long-term health of our young company, and be ready to support Boeing's production requirements when the work stoppage is over,"
Turner wrote.
Turner told workers that none of them will be asked to shorten their workweek by more than two days. The reduced weeks will begin as soon as possible.
Excel Manufacturing, which employs 130 people in Wichita, produces structural components like ribs and fittings for Boeing's military and commercial aircraft operations.
Some "critical areas" at the plant will not be affected, the letter said. Those include programs focused on future development and those in pursuit of new business.
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To minimize the personal impact, the company has continued its health and group benefits and given workers various options. Employees are allowed to use their vacation balance or earned time off until it is exhausted for their two days off per week.
Allen Oakleaf, owner and CEO of Excel Manufacturing, remembers how nervous he was then when Boeing machinists went on strike. At that time Boeing orders accounted for 70 to 80 percent of his business, sparking a work slowdown and work stoppage at Excel.
The last strike by Boeing machinists was a 69-day walkout in 1995.
work stoppings "It hurt us," he said. "Today, we are more diversified. We are so doggone busy now, if there was an impact it would allow us to do more work for someone else."
"In our case, the impact is not as severe as some only because the amount of business we do with Boeing as a percentage of our business is fairly low," Oak-leaf said.
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