THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
Vol. 85-No.123 Thursday, April 10, 1975 The University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
KU students guilty in Lewis altercation
Kansan Staff Reporter
By BILL GRAY
Kansas Staff Reporter
Four University of Kansas students were found guilty of a misdemeanor charge of battery Wednesday in connection with a Feb. 24 incident at Lewis Hall.
Richard Jones, Topeka, attorney for three of the convicted students, said after the trial that political pressure had been applied to have her convicted and sentenced to county attorney to prosecute the students.
Karen Raynes, North Hopkins, Minn.
phomorpha was convicted of two battery
charges.
Convicted of single charges of battery were: Denise Brown, Overland Park junior, Helen Pilot, Kansas City, Kan. Kevin Murtz, Martin Stuart, Greene, N.C. freshman.
All convictions will be appealed, according to the defense attorneys.
Jones said in his closing argument that he thought the county attorney's office wouldn't have brought the case against him, but instead the office hadn't been pressured politically.
"I know that state legislators have called the KU dean of women's office," Jones said.
after the trial. "Pressure was applied to the county attorney's office."
Kala Sroup, dean of women, said that her office had been contacted by many students and parents about the incident, but she did not know whether any legislators that called her office.
"We didn't have anything to do with the county attorney's bringing charges," Stroup said. "our investigation was started because many students and parents were concerned about the incident, and had already heard the investigation by the county attorney."
David Berkowitz, Douglas County attorney, denied this office had been authorized.
"We haven't been contacted by any legislators about this." Berkwitz said.
He said his office had first learned that someone could be filing charges in connection with the incident when his office had been contacted by an attorney for two women involved in the incident, Jeannie Dugan Debra Wea Lestell, both topoKela freshmen.
The Wastells signed complaints against seven women from Lewis, alleging that the
The charges were in connection with a fight between the Wastells and several Lewis residents in the Lewis basement. The controller over a broken alarm clock.
women had touched or used force in a rude, or angry manner against the Wastells.
Plot, Brown and Stuart were sentenced to 60 days in jail, a $250 fine appeal and court charges. The two battery counts, was sentenced to 60 days in jail, $250 and cost costs for each charge. The two 60 day sentences are to be served concurrently by Raynes, according to Mike Spencer.
Elwell dismissed charges against Taunya Louye, Wetfta freshman.
Five hours of testimony were heard March 26 before Elwell continued the trial to Thursday. A trial for D'Ann Tombs, Wichita freshman, was continued March 26 until Friday because Tombs's attorney was unable to appear.
Allocations finished by Senate committee
By GREG HACK and JIM BATES
Tombs's trial will be postponed indefinitely. Doug Walker, assistant county
Kansan Staff Reporters
The Student Senate Academic Affairs Committee became the first Senate committee to complete its budget deliberations by allocating $8,673 to 23 groups that had
The groups had requestd $32,000 but the committee had only $9,673 to allocate.
The largest cut the committee made Wednesday was in the Kansas University Association for Women Engineers request for $3,250. Members of the committee said the request included excessive travel expenses and requisite supplies for an internship providing programs and other functions the committee thought extravagant.
The committee recommended $400 for the group.
The Student Bar Associations (SBA) and the Chicano Law Students Association also took significant cuts. The SBA received $40 million from the Chicano group received $10 of $1,350.
The SBA didn't get $500 for a typewriter to replace one that was stolen this year. There is a possibility that insurance payments may be made.
Both groups received funding for office rental and supplies about equal to this amount. Both groups requested. Funding was denied for books and journals that the law school library already has, but the Chicago group specializes in Chicago legal problems.
The Honors Program, the Association for Minority Pre-Health Sciences and the Microbiology Society were the only organizations the committee cut nominees.
The committee ruled that the Minority Pre-health Services request for $1,100 was
Villages, Inc. withdraws application
An application by Villages, Inc. for a permit to build foster homes for children in the Pleasant Valley area withdrawn by Wednesday night at the group's request.
Villages can't request use of the same site to another year, although other sites may be used.
In a meeting attended by many residents who had come to hear the commission debate the Villages building permit, Lance Burr, project director, asked the commission to withdraw the building permit application.
"I don't want to cause any more ill feelings." Burr said. "We're abandoning the project tonight because these people are concerned."
Commissioners Peter Whitehight and Arthur Heck, commission chairman, voted to allow the application to be withdrawn. The commission voted against allowing the withdrawal.
Many residents and land owners in Pleasant Valley fear that having an institution in the area would devalue the surrounding land and that the children would disrupt the neighborhood and school classrooms.
See APPLICATION page 3
too much for a new organization with 27 members. The committee said the group could work with the Student Association for Combined Health Services, which received
The committee reviewed each organization a second time and made minor changes from Monday's tentative allocations.
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE
Research Project $1940 $ 800
Blackacre School Students Council $1940 $ 800
American Institute of Astronautics $1906 $ 2600
Chancery Club $1906 $ 2600
Chancery Club $1906 $ 2600
School of Architecture and Urban Design $1917 $ 305
School of Business Student Council $1757 $ 375
School of Health Sciences $1838 $ 375
American Society of Civil Engineers $1367 $ 178
BlackStudent Social Workers $1600 $ 70
Chicago and American Indian $700 $ 70
Black American Law Students $1600 $ 70
Student Association for Combined
Studies $1510 $ 276
Student Association for Combined
Studies $1510 $ 276
Chicagoland Law Students Association $1300 $ 340
Honors Program $1275 $ 340
Honors Program $1275 $ 340
Pre-Hospital Sciences $1100 $ 0
KI Academy for Women Engineers $1250 $ 0
MISCHANE $1200 $ 0
The committee's recommendations, like those of all other committees, will be subject to the approval of the entire Senate. The Student Services Committee was unable to finish its final deliberations Wednesday.
As of Wednesday night, the committee was still $1,264 over its budget. The committee, which had more than $30,000 to cover the cost, has only $1,449 to allocate this year.
All 12 groups requesting funds had their budgets cut, most of them severely. Only one organization (CPA), is tentatively receiving more money this year than it did last year.
The CPA, which originally requested $10,896 and later reduced its request to $8,571, was tentatively allocated $7,265. It received $7,156 last year.
A battery charge against Jackie Led-
den's phone, and sophomore, was dismissed
by March 26 by WMU.
Complaints against Looney, Ledbetter, Raynelles, Pilot, Brown, Stuart and Tombs had been signed by Debra Lee Wastell. They signed one complaint against Raynelles.
Jones, attorney for Pilot, Raynes and Brown, said he would appeal the convictions. Hertzelle Whty, attorney, for Stuart he would also he would also file an appeal for Sharp
May 5 was tentatively set by the Douglas Court office for the hearing of the appeals.
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"I was shocked by the verdict," Jones said, "but I think the evidence warranted a vicious word."
"In my personal experience, I've never Wastellos testify in the manner that Wastellos did."
The bulk of the defense by Whyte and Jones was presented Thursday. The prosecution, directed by Walker, presented its initial case March 26.
Whyte and Jones called the five defendants—Looney, Raynes, Pilot, Brown and Stuart—for testimony about the incident. Molly Lafkin, director of Lewis, Sherry Wrench, assistant resident director of Lewis, and Helen Kimball, assistant to the dean of women, also were called by the lawyers for their questions them about their activities while they were members of a panel appointed by Stroup to investigate the incident.
Jones and Whyte centered their questioning on the fight. They asked each of the defendants whether they had struck the defendant or that the defendants had been struck by the Wastells.
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two museum representatives Henry Wahwasee and Amos Goslin read a temporary settlement following the takeover Wednesday of the museum.
Charles James, area BIA director, listens. The Indians
resign the resignation of Jack Carson, Horton BIA
aquifered intern.
Indians oust BIA officer
By MARNE RINDOM
Korean Staff Reporter
HORTON- The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) announced Wednesday night the transfer of Jack Carson, superintendent of the Horton BIA office, to the office at Anadarko, Okla., according to the Associated Press. Bob Delaware, a nine-year BIA man who has been in Horton and Mendearah, was named acting superintendent-Mardale.
The transfer came after about 40 members of the Pottawatomie and Kickapoo Indian tribes occupied the Horton BIA office and said they would remain until Carson was fired. No weapons were seen and the atmosphere was calm.
Steve Cadue, executive director of the Kickapoo tribe, said the Indians' action had been prompted by a recent recall election of four tribal council members.
One of the recalled council members was Frank Wabwassuck, the tribal treasurer who had been accused of checking for trivial employees. He said the BIA had refused to give that authority to anyone else after he had been recalled and tribal employees hadn't been paid for a couple years.
Caude said the BIA offered a welfare assistance allowance to the employees.
"They were saying, 'Keep it cool and we'll do best to feed you.'" Caitlin said.
Segments of both tribes had pressed in-
ternitely for Carson's removal for more than three years. In 1972, Pattowatiana spokesman charged that Carson had done everything he did between the ruler under his jurisdiction.
After hearing of the settlement, Carson said he had been treated unfairly. He has been sued by his employer.
"I certainly don't think this is the way to negotiate," Carson said. "Now it will be
"In my opinion, 95 per cent of the Indian people are illiterate and embarrassed by their English."
He indicated he might seek an administrative appeal of the decision under a law.
Before the 'announcement of Carson's transfer, a temporary agreement between BIA officials and members of the two tribes was negotiated. The tribal, tribal representative of the Kickapoo,
Charles James, BIA area director from Anadarko, Oka., said the agreement allowed the Indians to remain in the BIA office until a final agreement was reached. Further negotiations would continue, he said.
"It's an agreement to extend negotiations." James said.
The announcement of the agreement came at 6:35 p.m., after a 40-minute closed meeting between BIA officials and Indian tribal representatives.
The negotiations were then moved to the Kickapoo Tribal Council office about five miles out of town, where he was asking the negotiators more privacy and allow BIA officials access to a phone, Goslin said. He said the telephone lines leading into his town had been cut by an unknown person.
Henry Wawaschwass, tribal representative of the Pottawatomic Indians, said the agreement guaranteed the Indians free access to the lower floors of the building and resumption of phone service. The upstarts also protect the records kepi there, he said.
The Indians also received assurance that law enforcement officers would not interfere with the Indian occupation, Wah-wassuch said.
The Indians occupied the building about 9:30 Wednesday morning. Kansas Atty. Gurt Schreiber and William Atkinson, Gen. Investigation, arrived Wednesday afternoon,
from the Potawatomi and Kickapoo
bureau a list of demands to the
BIA officials.
The American flag outside the building was turned upside down, an international airport in New York.
Wahwaussch said early reports about the occupation had stated that the Indians held Carson hostage. That was untrue, he said.
Grad student aid fund questioned
Rv TRICIA BORK
Kansan Staff Reporter
An allocation of $33,000 to the post-baccalaureate scholarship fund requested by Chancellor Archie Hykes was approved by Associate Hanne Hynne member, at a SenEx meeting Wednesday.
Hyle said it was necessary to determine whether the post-baccalaureate scholarship would be accepted.
money, she said, would be deducted from general undergraduate scholarship funds.
the fund provides money for minority students in the business, social welfare and law school graduate programs. Jerry the director of financial aid, said Wednesday.
It was developed, he said, because it is generally considered that there is less risk of cancer in the elderly.
Woolworth breakthrough
By Staff Photographer BARBARA O'BRIEN
Esther Oderkirk, 516 Louisiana, took an unconventional and unintentional to entering the F. W. Woolworth Co.
store at 911 Massachusetts yesterday. "This is a hell of a way to get notorily," she said.
assistantships in these schools, whose programs are considered to be post-graduate.
The money for the post-baccalaureate scholarship fund is from Endowment Association funds and the $33,000 figure is the same amount allocated last year.
The Financial Aid to Students Committee (FASC) of the University Senate, of which Hyle and Rogers are members, recommended the funding of about $25,000 for post-baccalaureate and graduate student aid.
However, before Dykes knew what recommendations FASC had made, Rogers said, Dykes requested $33,000 for post-baccalaureate and $40,000 for graduate student financial aid, and those figures were appropriated by the Association.
Louis Burmester, chairman of FASC,
said that as a general policy, FASC
recommended that financial aid be made
available for post-baccalaureate and
graduate students but that kind be awarded
on a preferential basis to any school or
"Our basic policy is that financial aid should be made available to students at large, although not necessarily in equal amounts," he said.
an addition, Hyle said, since graduate schools aren't required to report to the Office of Student Financial Aid the scholarshipss they award, a graduate student could fund funds from bona fides at the school fund and the Office of Student Financial Aid.
The allocation of $40,000 for graduate student financial aid in effect reduces the funds available to students and said. She said unrestricted funds—those not allocated to the post-baccalaureate fund or to graduate student aid—were appropriated for undergraduate studies.
"It is conceivable that you could be
Rogers said that although it was too late to do anything about the funding this year, the FASC recommendations would be looked at again next year.
awarding money twice to some students," she said.
In other action, SenEx endorsed an recommendation to sick leave policy for faculty members. The policy, recommended by the Faculty Rights, Privileges and Duties Committee, Davis, University general counsel, will be presented to Dykes for final approval.
SenEx also discussed a letter from Wakefield Dort Jr., professor of geology, which requested the establishment of a building a building a building space allocation complaint.
James Seaver, chairman of SenEx, that SenEx decided to discuss the complaint with Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor, and coordinate its actions with him.
Applications for UDK posts
Applications for the positions of editor and business manager for the Kanan for the summer session and the fall semester applications for Friday in 105 Flint Hall. Application forms are available in 105 Flint; the Student Senate office, 105B Kansas Union; the office of the dean of men, 228 Women's College; the dean of women, 222 Strong. Candidate interviews will be on April 16.