VOL.100, NO.105
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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FRIDAY, MAR. 2, 1990
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Pared-down abortion bill awaits vote
Kansan staff writer
By Rod Griffin
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TOPEKA — Debate on a transportation bill—turned-abortion legislation raged into the night yesterday in the House before President Obama 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. Arite 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
Florida stands as king
By Jonathan Plummer
Kansan staff writer
Many KU students' spring break plans call for places where the temperature is high and the prices are low.
the temperature is higher than the temperature at some local travel agents, most KU students will be hitting the beaches of Florida, Texas and Mexico for spring break.
Many agents noticed a large increase in the number of trips to Cancun, Mexico. Sally Shaw of Maupittour Travel Service, 831 Massachusetts St., estimated that trips to Mexico made up 35 percent of the trips she had booked.
percent of the trip is
Although Shaw was unsure of the reason for Cancun's increased popularity, Andy Strasser of Ports Unlimited Travel Service. 601 Kasold Drive, offered a theory.
Strasser said price was often a factor with groups going on break. He said that usually a group of eight to 10 students made plans for a trip together but that when it was time to put money down for the trip, the group dwindled to about four.
"There is a tour operating out of Kansas City, and their price was just incredible," Strasser said. Round-trip airfare and lodging for a week averaged $350, he said.
The stores of results the ever-present Padre Island." Strasser said.
Shaw said that the majority of the tours she booked were to Harlingen, Texas, and Padre, and that those places had grown in popularity since last year.
Although the popularity of Texas and Mexico has increased, Florida is still king, said Ruth Nye of Adventure Travel, 544 Columbia Drive.
Student Union Activities, for the second year in a row, is sponsoring a trip to Panama City, Fla., along with Kansas State, Wichita State and Emporia State universities, said Susan Heutnick, adviser to SUA.
Heutnick said that although many students signed up for the trip as members of a group, some people signed up by themselves.
The shores of Texas also are a popular place for trips
"They are looking for a place to get away and meet new people," she said.
"Of course, Florida is still number one," Nye said.
She said that as of Feb. 22, about to take the trip and that mo reservations. Last year, 39 KU sk
some hotspots for spring break Springs, Colo.
The price of the trip varies factors such as whether a student
"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.
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.
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.
WASHINGTON — Senate leaders and President Bush compromised yesterday on future air pollution controls for automobiles, factories and electric power plants, enhancing chances that a clean air bill will pass this year.
Thursday, March 1, 1990 / University Daily Kansan
Porter said the administration could attempt to expedite Senate assage and seek a similar agreement in an air-airiation in companies.
But the compromise still is likely to counter stiff industry lobbying, argly because of its estimated $20 billion to $40 billion annual cost to the conomy.
Leaders hope move will quell opponents
Some senators also have expressed concern that the bargaining ekened provisions in the original mate bill that would have required stronger automobile emission controls to combat urban smog. Other voiced continued concern about e impact of acid rain controls.
The Associated Press
President, Senate OK air bill
le today hearing ers, FBI agent says
ye (Grisom) made two
sts and raised his
nuckles and rubbed his
yes like he was trying
' rub out a memory.'
— Mike Napier FBI agent
memory."
nally, Grissom said the women
Finally, Grissom said the women
obviously had died, Napier said.
"You'll dig them up," Napier said,
counting Grissom's words.
Napier said that while questioning lissom he called Morrison, who tried to ignore theft charges in nelson County if Grissom would say at happened to the women.
His response was that he knew Missouri had a death penalty and Kansas did not, and that we need anything in Missouri," theler said.
ater that day, Napier and Grisa met again.
rissom told him that he, Thibodda a man named George were tived in the killings, Napier said.
At that point, he said, 'I can give me the whole package,' "' Napier'!
uring cross-examination yester-
deeply public defender Michael
tee questioned the reliability of
ler's testimony because Napier
not take notes during his discus-
s with Grissom.
to your written report is not a plete, accurate account?" Baraked Napier.
"hat's correct," Napier said.
other testimony, Gary Dirks, a sist for the Johnson County e lab, said pubic hairs taken in Grissom by authorities in Dalere indistinguishable from those by investigators in Rusch and mets beds.
his closing argument, Morrison "I suggest that these girls are as dead as if we had presented cities in court."
uran said, "The fact that some is dead is not sufficient evic to bound somebody for trial."