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Wednesday, June 20, 1990 / University Daily Kansan
Caller tells women to cut off their hair
By Ann Sommerlath
Kansan staff writer
During harassing telephone calls Saturday an unidentified man ordered women to cut off their hair, Lawrence police reported.
The man, who said he was from the Health Department, told the women to clip their hair because they had been exposed to toxins. He told the women to place their hair in plastic bags for the department to pick up.
The man told the women their husbands were in Lawrence Memorial Hospital after being exposed to polychlorinated biphenols (PCBs), the police reported.
PCBs are a toxic mixture of chemical compounds that have been found in fish, poultry, humans and package materials.
The man told the women that their husbands had been exposed to the toxins four to seven weeks earlier. He
knew personal information about the women and their families, according to police reports.
The caller said the women could not speak to their husbands because they were being tested and treated for the toxins at the time of the calls.
After women asked him questions, the man hung up.
Chris Mulvenon, Lawrence Police spokesman, said people should ignore such calls.
He said that if the women did not follow his instructions their homes would be quarantined and that he was arrested and jailed for up to four years.
Similar calls have been reported in Lawrence, Junction City, Manhattan and Hutchinson during the last several months. Mulvenon said.
Several women in Hutchinson cut off their hair after receiving the telephone calls. No one came to pick it up.
On the Record
About eight mailboxes were vandalized Sunday in the 2800 and 2900 blocks of Lawrence Avenue, Lawrence police reported.
The suspect drove along the street with a pipe held out of the car window hitting the mailboxes. A piece of pipe was found in the area.
Property damages ranged from $15 to $75.
An eastbound car on West 23rd Street struck another car turning onto Alabama Street on Friday night, Lawrence police reported.
Both drivers failed breath alcohol tests and were given traffic citations.
Gates three and 17 were kicked in last weekend at Memorial Stadium, causing $20 property damage, KU police reported.
An undetermined amount of snack food was taken from a van last weekend in the parking lot of Memorial Stadium, KU police reported.
A truck valued at $8,000 was stolen Sunday in the 1900 block of East 19th Street, Lawrence police reported.
Car tires were slashed Sunday in the 2300 block of Rucker Road,
An outside window in Wescoe Hall was broken last weekend, KU police reported. The damage was thought to have been caused by a runaway skateboard. Damage was estimated at $300.
A concrete wall in the east parking lot of Gertrude Sellarills Pearson-Corbin Hall was spray-painted Sunday with the letters R.O.C. and unidentifiable symbols, KU police reported.
June 20-26 Calendar
20 Wednesday
- Professional development workshop. Begins at noon, Kansas Union. Keynote speaker, George B. Wright, a management consultant from Atlanta, at 3:30 p.m. Sponsored by Unclassified Professional Staff Association and Office of Executive Vice Chancellor. Pre-registration required by calling Janet Crow, 864-4798.
21 Thursday
- Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas meeting. The weekly meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. at 1005 Indiana St. For information, call Amy Meyers, 842-7484.
- Midwestern Music Camp recital. 8 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall.
22 Friday
- Midwestern Music Camp jazz ensemble. 7 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall.
*AEC Picnic - From 3-5 p.m., Potter Lake. Food and games provided. All AEC students are invited.
23 Saturday
*Midwestern Music Camp concert.琴 band, bands and*
*orchestra 11 a.m. Craftman-Freer Theater, Murphy Hall,*
*Midwestern Music Camp registration. Session 1 for senior high school students. 2 p.m. Murphy Hall. The camp ends July 7. For information, call David Buchue, director, 864-4730.
*Midwestern Debate Institution registration. For senior high school students. 2 p.m. Oliver Hall. Two week session ends July 7. For information call John Fritch and Karla Leeper, directors, 864-3633.
24 Sunday
- Midwestern Computer Camp, for junior and senior high school students, 2 p.m. Computer Services Facility. Session ends June 30. For information call Herbert Harris or Kaia Skaggs, directors, 864-0447.
- Midwestern Journalism camp registration. 2:30 p.m. Oliver Hall. For senior high school students. Session ends June 29. For information call Jackie Engel 864-4755.
26 Tuesday
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Ferocious winds hit Wichita area
WICHTIA — A violent storm packing near-190 mph winds tore through southeast Kansas late night, overturning trailer homes and knocking down trees and power lines.
The Associated Press
"We are in the middle of a mess," said a dispatcher with the Kansas Highway Patrol in Wichita. "We have damage all over the place, we have traffic violations. We don't operate." Wichita Police Department are not operating. We haven't had time to take any damage assessments."
Authorities responded to a report that six mobile homes were overturned by winds just north-west of Wichita.
Scattered reports of injuries came in from the surrounding counties just before midnight.
"We have lots of fire equipment out checking turned over trailer houses," said Gary Nichols, director of disaster management for Sedgwick County. "We have lots of trees down, lots of electric lines down we have a Valley Center and Mount Hope at least without power and part of the west side of Wichita without power," he said.
Two people were treated for injuries at Halstead Hospital and two others at Newton Medical Center. An emergency room employee said.
a tornado warning was in effect until 11:15 p.m. in central Hamilton County, in southwestern Kansas. No confirmation of twisters was immediately available.
High winds tipped over fuel tanks in Reno County, west of Wichita.
The National Weather Service reported that a tornado touched down near Mount Hope in northwestern Sedgwick County. Troopers who went to check damage said debris covered Highway 96 near the town, and parts of it were impassible. Firefighters responded to a house fire in Mount Hope.
A tornado warning for Wichita expired at 10:15 p.m., as the storm moved east into Buller County.
Winds up to 100 mph roared through parts of the city. Many traffic lights were malfunctioning and were lit with billboards and other debris.
"Right now it's straight-line winds doing most of the damage," said a weather bureau employee.
There were no reports of twisters touching down in the city.
Three major Wichita television stations — KAKE, KWCH and KSAF — were still off the air at 11 p.m. At least eight radio stations also had lost their transmission. Complete power outages were reported in sections of the city. Neighboring Rosehill, Goddard and Garden Plain also said power lines were downed by heavy winds.
In Kingman, about 35 miles west of Wichita, large trees, some several decades old, were blown to the ground.
The violent night followed a hot day in Wichita. A record high of 105 at 4:10 p.m. beat the old mark of 103 for the day in 1988.
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