VOL.100,NO.105
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Pared-down abortion bill awaits vote
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By Rod Griffin
Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA — Debate on a transportation-bill turned-abortion legislation raged into the night yesterday in the House before Governor Bill Warner watered-down version of the bill. A final vote is scheduled for today.
Med Center bill
Cries of legislative rules violations erupted in the House yesterday when the bill came to the floor.
The House Transportation Committee substituted a parental notification bill for a Senate bill that would have dealt with the use of vehicle registration fees by county treasurers. The abortion bill, introduced by State Rep Artie Lucas, R-Highland, had been killed by the Federal and State Affairs Committee last week.
Lucas, vice chairman of the Transportation Committee, and committee chairman State Rep Rex Crowell, R-Longton, used the committee to get the abortion bill to the floor. Twelve co-sponsors of the abortion legislation hold seats on the committee.
Lucas said the committee process was flawed because there was
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Beware of police officers enforcing drinking laws
Students are expected to behave responsibly from beaches to slopes
Texas state law prohibits the purchase and consumption of alcohol by anyone younger than 21, said Capt. Jerry Nash of the Port Huron Police Department, which has jurisdiction of Padre Island.
By Curtis Knapp Kansan staff writer
Nash said he expected 150,000 to 200,000 people to converge on Padre Island during a four-week period in which universities nationwide have spring break.
Drinking may be a traditional activity for students during spring break, but they won't be exempt from drinking laws, law enforcement officials say.
He said that people of legal drinking age could walk on the beach with an open container of alcohol but that they were subject to arrest for public intoxication. Driving is vehicle with an open container is required to a 90-day driver's license suspension.
Driving under the influence of alcohol is punishable by up to a year in the county jail or a $2,000 fine or both, Nash said. The penalty for a minor with possession of alcohol carries a maximum of 90 days in the county jail or a $200 fine or both. Minors are usually indicted and police try to impose both penalties.
The department has 300 law enforcement officers, and they usually make countless arrests during spring break, he said.
"We welcome everyone to come down
Ott Cefkin, FL. Lauderdale police spokesman, said people were not allowed to walk on the beach with an open container of alcohol in Florida. The police usually give offenders a warning. For second offenses, offenders are taken to jail and fined $500. For third offenses, an open container of alcohol is a maximum fine of $500 or 90 days in jail or both.
here," Nash said. "But they're going to obey state laws. That's what we're there for, to enforce them."
In a forum, the penalty for driving under the influence of alcohol is suspension of a driver's license, a maximum penalty of $500 or six months in jail or both. The maximum penalty for minors with possession of alcohol is 60 days in jail.
Cefkin said Ft. Lauderdale was not as popular with college students during spring break as it had been in the past.
"Last year there was not much of a spring break, and we're not expecting much of one this year either," Cekfir said.
According to a 1989 article in the Orlando Sentinel, Ft. Lauderdale had fewer than 20,000 students during a six-week period in spring, 1989, a significant decrease from the 350,000 students that arrived for spring break in 1985.
Cefkin said the city no longer advertised for spring break; MTV was not accommodated; traffic barriers were put up to discourage cruising; bar entertainment was limited; and hotels were pressured to have stricter regulations.
"It isn't the students that are the problem."
Cefkin said. "It's everyone else that
He said young adults and high school students who had come to the area because
President Senate OK air bill Leaders hope move will quell opponents
The agreement, after more than three weeks of closed-door negotiations, was viewed as a middle ground likely to attract enough support to thwart continuing regional opposition in the looming Senate debate.
The Associated Press
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine, called the compromise a comprehensive agreement that would substantially improve air quality during the next decade. He planned to bring the legislation to the Senate floor on Monday.
"President Bush is extraordinarily pleased with the agreement. It is a milestone, an enormous step forward," said Roger Porter, the president's chief domestic policy adviser.
But the compromise still is likely to encounter stiff industry lobbying, because of its estimated $20 billion to $20 billion annual cost to the economy.
Porter said the administration would attempt to expedite Senate passage and seek a similar agreement in the House, where clean-air legislation remains in committee.
Some senators also have expressed concern that the bargaining weakened provisions in the original Senate bill that would have required stronger automobile emission controls to combat urban smog. Other have voiced continued concern about the impact of acid rain controls.
today hearingders, FBI agent says
Mike Napier FBI agent
'He (Grissom) made two fists and raised his knuckles and rubbed his eyes like he was trying to rub out a memory.'
a memorv."
"You'll dig them up," Napier said, recounting Grissom's words.
Finally, Grissom said the women probably had died, Napier said.
Napier said that while questioning Grissom he called Morrison, who offered to ignore theft charges in Johnson County if Grissom would say what happened to the women.
"His response was that he knew Missouri had a death penalty and that Kansas did not, and that we would not find anything in Missouri," Napier said.
Later that day, Napier and Grissom met again.
"At that point, he said, 'I can give
him the whole package,' Napier
said."
Grissom told him that he, Thibodea and a man named George were involved in the killings, Napier said.
During cross-examination yesterday, deputy public defender Michael Bartee questioned the reliability of Napier's testimony because Napier did not take notes during his discussion with Grissom.
"So your written report is not a
personal account?" Barrett
Nakazawa.
"That's correct," Napier said.
"That is correct," Napier said. In other testimony, Gary Dirks, a chemist for the Johnson County crime lab, said pubic hairs taken from Grissom by authorities in Dallas were indistinguishable from those found by investigators in Rusch and Brown's beds.
In his closing argument, Morrison said, "I suggest that these girls are just as dead as if we had presented the bodies in court."
Warren said, "The fact that somebody is dead is not sufficient evidence to bound somebody for trial."