Thursday, Jan. 16, 1986
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KU woman attacked; local man arrested
A Lawrence man is being held pending $5,000 bond in connection with the assault Tuesday of a 23-year-old KU woman at her apartment in the 600 block of Alabama Street, Lawrence police said yesterday.
The woman told police she let the man into her apartment when he asked to use the telephone. She said the man made about five calls and then told her he was a male nurse, police said.
The man told the woman his job was to give enemas and then showed her an enema bottle, police said. The man held a fork to her throat but left the apartment when the woman told him to leave.
New lab established
Police apprehended the suspect within an hour of the assault.
The University of Kansas department of electrical and computer engineering this spring will establish a signal processing laboratory with a $20,000 grant from American Telephone & Telegraph Co.-Information Systems.
Gary Minden, assistant professor of electrical engineering, said that the signal processing lab could be used to analyze seismic activity or to improve the quality of voice and television transmissions, for example, by eliminating telephone line echoes or ghosts on TV screens.
The laboratory will open in Learned Hall this spring, but students won't use it until the fall semester, Minden said.
Victor Frost, assistant professor of electrical engineering,
said AT&T gave the grant to KU because it recognized the quality of research in telecommunications that is being done here.
Career seminar at 7
A workshop titled "Today's Woman: Exploring Career Options" will be at 7 p.m. today in the Governor's Room of the Kansas Union.
The seminar, sponsored by the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center, is designed to help students determine how their lifetyles and values affect their career choices.
Language skills help
A foreign language skills workshop will be presented by the Student Assistance Center at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Council Room at the Kansas Union.
The seminar will help students overcome mental blocks, prepare notes and improve reading, writing, speaking, listening and comprehension skills.
The session is free and no registration is required.
Improve study skills
Students will be offered a chance to improve their study skills in a workshop sponsored by the Student Assistance Center. The workshop will be at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in 3140 Wescoe Hall.
It offers help in managing students' time, reading, notetaking and listening in class.
Weather
Today should be partly cloudy with a high temperature around 50 degrees. Winds will be from the west to southwest at 5 to 15 mph. Tonight should be cloudy again with the temperature dropping to about 30 degrees.
Tomorrow should be sunny with temperatures in the 50s again.
From staff and wire reports.
Mark Mohler/KANSAN
yesterday that the HPLC method of separating compounds was essential to her research. See story page 7.
Glover, city prepare for change
By Lori Polson
Staff writer
City Prosecutor Mike Glover announced earlier this month that he planned to leave his Lawrence post this spring to move to Denver where his wife is being transferred by her company.
Mike Wildgen, assistant city manager, said yesterday that although Glover hadn't yet handed in his resignation, he had informed the city of his plans to leave.
"He hasn't given us his resignation, but he definitely plans to leave and move to Denver with his wife," Wilden said.
Glover has been city prosecutor since October 1980. Before that he served as a state representative from Lawrence from 1973 to 1979. In 1984 he ran as the Democratic candidate for district attorney but lost the November election to Jim Flory, the
Republican candidate.
Glover said that he had made a serious attempt to find another position in Denver but that he still was looking for employment.
"I've sent out over 60 resumes," he said. "I hope to secure a position in about 30 to 90 days."
"I'm looking at private firms and district attorney positions — just about everything," he said.
Glover said he planned to remain in Lawrence until he had found a job in Denver.
No attempt has been made yet by the city to find a replacement for Glover. Wildgen said.
"We won't start looking for a replacement until we know the exact day he is leaving." Wildgen said. "It may be May or it may be June. We don't know."
Wildgen said that after Glover handed in his resignation, the city
would begin the search for his replacement by placing ads in newspapers. Lawrence City Manager Buford Watson will appoint Glover's replacement after he looks at the applications, said Wilidson.
Glover's wife, Bonnie, is a sales manager for Westinghouse Credit Corp. and was the top 1985 sales representative for the company. She will hold a similar job in the company's regional office in Denver.
Glover said that his decision to leave his current position was influenced by his wife's new job but that the couple had considered leaving Lawrence before they knew about her promotion.
"We talked a little bit about the possibility of leaving Lawrence last spring," he said. "I had lost the election, and I felt like I had reached a plateau here in Lawrence."
munity here, and I've been rewarded by that investment. But there are professional opportunities that I'm looking forward to in Denver that really don't exist here in Lawrence."
Glover said that he planned to move his wife and two children, Grady, 8, and Haley, 5, to Denver on Jan. 31. He said he would stay until Feb. 3 for job interviews and return to Lawrence Feb. 4 for a jury trial.
Some of those opportunities may include chances to work for larger law firms, he said.
He expressed some regrets about leaving Lawrence.
"I've invested myself in the com-
"Lawrence is my home," he said. "I have lifelong friends here. I'll miss the community atmosphere and the University atmosphere. I'm making a trade, and life is like that. But at the same time, I'm going to really enjoy the mountains."
Workers surprised at closing
By Barbara Shear
After 10 years, Cornucopia Restaurant had evolved into a respected restaurant serving international cuisine. On Monday, the restaurant closed its doors to the public and a few surprised employees.
"He said we'd be laid off and to go down and file for unemployment," she said. "It was a shock to everyone."
Renee Ludwig, a waitress at Cornucopia, 1801 Massachusetts St., said Monday that the restaurant's owner called her early that morning to tell her the restaurant was closed.
Murrell refused to elaborate on the restaurant's closing, but one employee said Cornucopia recently was plagued with financial problems.
Cornucopia seemed to be a permanent fixture in a city where restaurants frequently come and go. But Todd Murrell, owner, said he closed the restaurant for personal reasons.
"Not as many customers had come in lately," said Curt Enoos, assistant manager at the restaurant for two years. "We had bad luck with two ice storms. On a weekend where we'd usually make $5,000, we only made $600."
However, Murrell denied that the restaurant was having any financial difficulties.
"The Cornucopia is a profit-
making organization," Murrell said
yesterday. "We were not behind on our bankroll or bills. I closed the restaurant for personal reasons."
Murrell said the closing was not necessarily permanent and he was considering several business options.
Cornucopia opened about 11 years ago as a tavern that served food. Over the years, it evolved into a restaurant that served international cuisine such as crepes, quiche and stir-fried vegetables, Mike Sweeney, general manager, said.
Sweeney said that in the past Murrell had received offers to buy the restaurant.
Murrell said he probably would sell the restaurant and had already talked to interested buyers.
"I had no idea this was coming," Kevin Cooper, a cook at the restaurant, said. "There were no signs of anything like this happening."
The announcement of the closing took several other people by surprise.
Staff writer
Higuchi called top executive
By Peggy Kramer
"I am pleased that the magazine editor thought it would be appropriate," Higuchi said yesterday.
Takeru Higuchi, known as the "father of physical pharmacy" in research circles, was named Executive of the Year for 1985 by Kansas Business News magazine.
Higuchi, University Regents distinguished professor of pharmaceutical chemistry and chemistry, was featured in the December issue.
"Dr. Higuchi is regarded as a pioneer in pharmaceutical chemistry," said Ron Borchardt, department chairman of pharmaceutical chemistry.
At a Dec. 17 luncheon given by Chancellor Gene A. Budig, Higuchi received a commemorative plaque from Dan Bearth, Kansas Business News editor, and Susan Rumans, associate publisher.
Higuchi has been making advances in the field of pharmaceutical research since 1947. He also was among the first to apply the principles of physics, mathematics and
In addition to being a chemist and a researcher, Higuchi is an entrepreneur.
The Institute of Research in Pharmaceutical Chemistry was founded at Lawrence in 1968. From 1972 to 1980 it operated independently under the name INTERx with Higuchi as president and chairman of the board.
In 1980 it became a research division of Merck and Co. Higuchi was its president and a vice president until his retirement from those positions on Jan. 1.
Oread Laboratories Inc., which is a separate corporation, is a new laboratory for bioanalytical research.
"The research products Oread is using will be generated in the University," said Rigueli, who is Oread chairman and director of the board.
Higuchi helped transfer this for-profit organization into a branch of the Kansas University Endowment Association, which is a private foundation that finances University programs.
Takeru Higuchi
ventions and approximately 350 pharmaceutical chemistry research publications to his credit. The patents relate to sophisticated drug dosage.
Higuchi also has 70 patents for in
Despite his many accomplishments, Higuchi said his greatest achievement was his students.
Staff writer
By Monique O'Donnell Staff writer
Big Bob's patriotic wall soon to be covered again
The disputed red, white and blue stripes on the wall of Big Bob's Used Carpets will soon be covered with white or grey paint.
But it doesn't matter anymore to the owner of Big Bob's, because the store has rolled up its carpets and left town.
David Elyachar, owner of the store formerly at 738 New Hampshire St., said yesterday that he regretted leaving Lawrence, but business had not been as lucrative as he had estimated.
"We thought inexpensive carpets offered a feasible alternative for students." Elyachar said during a telephone interview from his office in Kansas City, Kan. "But students seem to arrive with only a certain amount of money from home, which is quickly spent. And then they usually have to scrounge for pizza and beer money."
The patriotic stripes on the
Elyachar said that the city considered the stripes a sign, but he considered it simply a "paint job." Elyachar won a court case against the city and the patriotic stripes remained.
building's south wall became the issue of a dispute in April 1985, when the Lawrence City Commission ordered Elyachar to repaint the wall. The stripes, according to the City Commission, were in violation of the city sign ordinance.
Elyachar rented the building from Susan and Mit Winter, who live in Topeka. Susan Winter said the city had not yet approached them about repainting the building.
"But we're probably going to repaint it," she said. "It'll look better."
Elyacha said, "Before we moved in last year the wall was an ugly green. It was obnoxious. We thought a very nice color scheme would enhance Lawrence."