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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1986, VOL. 96, NO. 123 (USPS 650-640)
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Books win over game after loss
Chris Magerl/KANSAN
By Sandra Crider
Staff writer
Watson Library was filled with students last night who said they wanted to be someplace else doing something else.
The Jayhawks' loss in Saturday's National Collegiate Athletic Association Final Four gave some students extra study time they didn't really want
DALLAS — Louisville senior Robbie Valentine goes up for his piece of the net after his team beat Duke in the final round of the NCAA championships
"I would have been at a bar somewhere with a big screen TV and a lot of friends," said David Peterson, Lawrence graduate student.
Steve Lierz, Seneca senior, also would have been at a bar, although a lot of projects due soon made the library necessary after the basket-
"if they would have won, I would have said," To hell with the deadlines "Lierz said.
Some students still were interested in the NCAA championship, despite the absence of the University of Kansas.
Paul McAllister, Lucas junior, said that he was leaving the library to watch the last of the final game between Duke and Louisville but that it was not as important.
Kristi Troupe, Omaha junior, said, "I'll be interested to see who wins, but not really as interested as I would be if KU was in it."
Some local merchants had made special preparations for the Final Four weekend, although they realized many students would be home for Easter or in Dallas.
"I don't think we really stockup up because we realized most students would be going home, although we did order extra Old Jayhawk Whiskey," said Henry Menghii of Barrand Rear Liquor. 2004 W. 23rd
Underwood's Retail Liquors, 1215 W. 6th St., had about 25 percent more business than usual Saturday, according to John Loudenslager, a clerk at the store, but last night was extremely slow.
Several area bars also had given extra effort in case KU made it to the final.
Ken Wallace, owner of the Jayhawk Cafe, 1340 Ohio St., said he had advertised that the bar would have a television set just for the occasion.
The bar usually is not open on Monday nights, Wallace said, but since he had the television, patrons could watch the game anyway.
"Since I didn't go to Dallas, I might as well be on openway," he said.
Gary Edmiston, manager of the Kansas Sports Bar & Grill, Seventh and Massachusetts streets, said ordering extra beer was not a problem because it was ordered daily, but he did have extra frozen food in his freezers for snacks in case of a large. hungry Javahawk crowd.
Edmiston said he expected a large crowd for last night's game.
See LOCAL, p. 5, col. 1
Final Four fans end Dallas siege
By Frank Hansel
Associate sports editor
DALLAS — Four days of around-the-clock parties came to an end last night when Louisville defeated Duke, 72-69, and won the NCAA National Championship.
Fans from Kansas, Louisville, Duke and Louisiana State turned Dallas, a traditional football hotbed, into the basketball capital of the world for one week during the NCAA Final Four.
Seas of red, blue and purple covered the Dallas area as parties continued throughout the weekend.
Fans from each of the four schools set up camp at different parts of Dallas so those who came without tickets could cheer for their teams.
See related stories p. 12.
"We were waiting around the Fairmont Hotel for the Louisville pep rally but it was so crowded that we couldn't even get in." Steace yelled. "We had to manhand, said yesterday. 'We ended up watching the game at the Hyatt.'"
Wisman said she made the 15-hour trip without having tickets because she wanted to be near the Final Four festivities.
Randy Stastry, Louisville junior,
who accompanied Wisman to Dallas,
also came to soak up some of the
Final Four atmosphere.
"It got to a point where I didn't even care about classes." Stasny said. "If we win tonight, it's going to be hard to go back to class this week."
Stastny won't have to worry about not attending classes today, because Louisville administrators canceled classes in honor of the national championship.
Fans who weren't able to attend the semi-final game Saturday had ample opportunity to see last night's game. Scalpers lined the walkways up to Reunion Arena offering tickets for sale anywhere from $80 to $200 a piece.
"We went up to the LSU fans after the game, and the scalpers just outbid us," Wisman said. "It's a shame because they don't care about the game. They just want to make a profit and the students can't compete with them."
Some KU and LSU fan weren't as eager to turn a profit by selling their
"That's the difference between basketball fans and those who just jump on the bandwagon," Shaun Trenholm, a 1984 KU graduate, said. "We've had a great time down here. Just imagine how much fun we would have had if we would have won."
Charley Vogel, Kansas City, Kan., senior, said he never thought of selling his ticket after Saturday's loss to Duke.
"There's nothing like it." Vogel said. "I've never been to a Final Four and the only thing I thought about Saturday was what I was going to do on Sunday."
Monopoly's Park Place, the KU fan headquarters in North Dallas, was
See DALLAS, p. 5, col. 1
DALLAS — KU Spirit Squad member Jeff Davis reacts to the Hawks' loss in the semifinal round of the NCAA basketball championships Saturday at Reunion Arena.
KU fans to honor 'Hawks
By Frank Ybarra Staff writer
KU fans will get one more chance to parade in their red and blue and cheer the basketball team today when the Jayhawks return from their Final Four appearance in Dallas.
Steve Traxlier, Overland Park sophomore, who is special events director for Student Union Activities, said yesterday that a pair of teachers at Seventh would about noon at West and Massachusetts streets.
Traxler said about 20 groups had signed up to participate in the parade but he welcomed any other groups to participate.
Traxler said groups were encouraged to build simple floats or form marching units. Living groups, such as fraternities, sororites and residence and scholarship halls, also are encouraged to participate.
The team will be riding in convertible cars, Traxler said, and fans will be able to line up along the parade route.
The parade will go up Massachusetts Street to 11th Street. From 11th Street it will go to Louisiana Street. From Louisiana it will go up 12th Street to Oread Avenue.
Then the parade will move up
Jayhawk Boulevard to Naismith
Drive. It will stop at Allen Field
House.
The parade will be on campus about 12:30 d.m., Traxler said.
Vehicles participating in the parade need to show up at Seventh and Vermont streets at 11 a.m. Any walking groups need to show up at 11:30 a.m.
The parade, sponsored by SUA, the Athletic Department, and the Downtown Lawrence Association, will end about 1:30 p.m. Traxler said the theme of the parade would be red and blue.
A spokesman at Gov. John Carlin's office said Carlin would be at the field house when the parade ended.
The KU pep band and spirit squad and Lawrence Mayor Mike Amyx also will participate
Jayhawk Parade
A parade honoring the KU Jayhawka will start about noon at Seventh and Massachusetts today. The parade will come on campus by about 12:30 and end up at Allen Field House.
Two arrested in Audio-Reader theft
By Brian Whepley
Two Lawrence men were arrested yesterday afternoon in connection with a Wednesday burglary of more than $23,000 worth of electronics equipment from the Audio-Reader Network, KU police said.
Staff writer
The two men, 19 and 20 years old, were arrested after questioning at KU police headquarters, LT. Jeanne Longaker said. An inventory had not been taken yet of stolen goods found during the investigation, but some of the equipment had been found, she said.
The equipment was stolen from a building at 1120 W. 12th St., between 6 p.m. Wednesday and 8 a.m. Thursday after thieves broke a window, Longaker said.
Hurwitz said yesterday that she didn't know how much of the equipment had been recovered but she hoped enough was recovered to enable the network to resume full operation.
which broadcasts news and other programming to the blind and other disabled persons, said Friday that the theft had crimped the service.
The director of the Audio-Reader Network,
"It was devastating, just devastating," said director Rosanna Hurwitz.
Hurwitz said the theft of the spectrum analyzer was a great loss because it was used to tune receivers used by the service's 6,000 subscribers. Many of the service's listeners move often and their receivers need to be retrained so that they can receive the FM signal in their area, she said.
Among the stolen items were a computer, software and a spectrum analyzer, KU police said.
The network's signal is broadcast on the sub-channels of four radio stations throughout the state, including KANU-FM, Hurwitt said. The service also is provided through 13 cable television systems in Kansas.
Hurwitz said the computer and its software, which was written by the network, were valuable because they were used in the production of programs that were supplied to about 100 reader systems throughout the country.
The replacement cost of the stolen equipment would have been more than $40,000 if none of it had been purchased.
"This piece of equipment was key to that service," she said.
Parade closes Mayor Amyx's tenure
"We're terribly relieved," she said.
See READER, p. 5, col. 2
By Julli Warren
Today's parade honoring the KU basketball team will mean more than the end of the basketball season to Lawrence Mayor Mike Amyx.
Staff writer
The event is also the last scheduled official appearance at a public event as mayor that Amyx will make this year, he said.
Commissioners are expected to elect a new mayor from the commission tonight.
The mayor serves a one-year term, presiding over weekly commission
meetings, signing documents on behalf of the city and often representing the city at public events.
"It's been really enjoyable," Amyx said. "You get to see and do a lot of things that you wouldn't otherwise."
Commissioner Sandra Praeger seems to be the front-runner for the position, according to other commissioners.
The reason, Commissioner David Longhurst said, is that he, Amyx and Commissioner Ernest Angino already had served and Commissioner Howard Hill could be up for reelection next year.
Being both mayor and a commission candidate could be awkward, Longhurst said, and Hill agreed, without committing himself to candidacy.
If he was mayor and ran for re-election, Hill said, "That tends to put a-political overtone on everything I do."
He said he would accept a nomination and wanted to be mayor someday.
"But I'm not hung up about tomorrow," he said.
If Praeger is nominated, Hill said, he would yote for her.
Her experience as chairman of the planning commission showed her great skill.
Praeger is in the second year of a four-year term, so she has a year of experience. Longhurst said, and she is well aware of the importance of the community and the commission.
See MAYOR, p. 5, col. 3
Angino said he thought the position should go to Hill or Praeger because they hadn't done it before.
Fourth patient to receive transplant at Center dies
The fourth patient to receive a heart transplant at the University of Kansas Medical Center died Friday from heart failure, hospital officials said.
By Lynn Maree Ross Staff writer
Joy Shepherd, 53, of Carterville, Mo. died at 11:30 a.m. at the Med Center, Mary Harrison, a Med Center spokesman, said. She entered the hospital March 22 with respiratory difficulties.
"It was a very rewarding life," Reeder said.
Harirettte Reeder, Mrs. Shepherd's mother, said that for the 14 months after the operation her daughter had been healthy and active. Mrs. Shepherd's good health and outlook on life had been evident in the talks she gave at schools, churches and American Heart Association meetings.
A heart transplant on Jan. 10, 1985, relieved Mrs. Shepherd's 12-year battle with heart problems. She had heart surgery in 1973 and 1979, and a heart attack in October 1984 caused her health to deteriorate further.
Although Mrs. Shepherd died of heart failure, Harrison said, doctors at the Med Center are not sure why her transplanted heart failed. Doctors plan to investigate the cause of the failure.
Mrs. Shepherd always had an outgoing personality, Reeder said, but the transplant operation allowed her to return to gardening — something she hadn't been able to do for almost 10 years.
i almost 10 years. "Life was sweeter," Reeder said
"Life was sweeter," Reeder said. Harrison said that when Mrs. Shepherd spoke at meetings she would say, "I stand before you now as a product of 1,000 kinds of research, as the result of a caring family who could donate the heart of a loved one."
And the miracle of Mrs. Shepherd's transplant operation continues, because her family gave the Med Center permission to use any viable organs, Reeder said.
mrs. Shepherd was born Dec. 20, 1932, in St. Joseph, Mo., and lived in Carterville most of her life. She is survived by her husband, Marvin, of Carterville, a son, five daughters, her mother, a brother and sister and eight grandchildren.
Of the 12 Med Center heart transplant patients, Mrs. Shepherd is only the second to die. Clara Sallaz, the second person to receive a heart transplant from the Med Center, died in 1984 soon after her operation.
Services for Mrs. Shepherd will be today at 11 a.m. at Hedge-Lewis Funeral Home Chapel, 301 W. Broadway in Webb City, Mo.