VOL.100, NO.105
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
T THE STUDENT NEWSPAFER OF T THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAF
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FRIDAY, MAR. 2, 1990
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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 a vote that returned watered-down version of the bill. A final vote is scheduled for today.
Cries of legislative rules violated erupted in the House yesterday when the bill came to the floor.
Med Center bill
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
Good deals often aren't
Bv Kathrvn Lancaster
Kansan staff writer
They've been advertising for months. Spring break specials are plastered on bulletin boards across campus. They appear in classified sections in newspapers nationwide.
Companies organizing spring break packages promise the cheapest combination of flights, accommodations and entertainment.
The catch? If students aren't careful, the week can be much costlier than planned, said Piaitner, director of Lawrence Consumer Affairs Association.
Chris Butler, Olathe sister, said he saw a great deal no sour his sonhomore year.
"Students need to be cautious when offered a great deal," she said. "We recommend that people ask as many questions they can when offered spring break specials."
But this was not the worst of his problems.
Butler helped plan a tour to Daytona Beach, Fla. Organizers had been promised a free trip and $1 for each person they signed up, he said. He and a roommate recruited about 60 people to go. But when the trip was finished, they received only $20.
When group members arrived at Daytona Beach, they learned that their hotel accommodations were far short of expectations.
"There weren't even refrigerators in the rooms," he said. In addition to his disappointment, he had to contend with 60 angry customers.
But the experience hasn't stopped Butler
from arranging spring break tours
He said he was working for Vacation Planners, a Colorado company, to arrange one-week tours to Cancun, Mexico, and the Andes. He said he will work at Cansu, and he will earn almost $400.
"This company is very reputable." Butler said. "They have been around for a long time, and they really seem to have their act together."
He and Pitner said students needed to be wary when offered vacation deals through newspaper advertisements, telephone calls or home mailings. Students should find out which agencies are sponsoring the trip and whether they allow people to change or cancel reservations.
Most agencies in Lawrence are dependable, Pitner said. But students should check the fine print before signing any agreement.
In newspapers, many airlines advertise what appear to be cheap rates, she said. However, when examining the fine print at the bottom of the page, customers will discover that they are paying a one-way fare.
The best thing students can do is to plan ahead when making travel arrangements, Waugh said.
Devin Waugh, a travel agent for Maupin-tour Travel Service, 831 Massachusetts St., said most airlines offered several types of fares. However, airlines generally do not provide refunds or allow schedule changes for the lowest fares.
"Students will find the biggest savings when flight reservations are made at least 21 days in advance," he said.
University Daily Kansan / Thursday, March 1, 1990
President, Senate OK air bill
Leaders hope move will quell opponents
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.
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.
ut's chief domestic policy av. Corter said the administration did attempt to expedite Senate usage and seek a similar agreement in the House, where clean-airilation remains in committee.
"President Bush is extraordinarily pleased with the agreement. It is a milestone, an enormous step forward," said Roger Porter, the presi-
but the compromise still is likely to counter stiff industry lobbying,ygle because of its estimated $20 million for $40 billion annual cost to the momy.
some senators also have expressed concern that the bargaining eked provisions in the original bill that would have required longer automobile emission cons to combat urban smog. They voiced continued concern about impact of acid rain controls.
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— Mike Napier FBI agent
memory."
Finally, Grissom said the women hadly died, Napier said. "You'll dig them up," Napier said, counting Grissom's words.
Napier said that while questioning nissim he called Morrison, who fered to ignore theft charges in Johnson County if Grissom would say hat happened to the women.
"His response was that he knew 'jssourl had a death penalty and at Kansas did not, and that we were anything in Missouri,'' Piier said.
Later that day, Napier and Grisam met again.
"At that point, he said, 'I can give em the whole package,' " Napier id.
Grissom told him that he, Thibodu oi a man named George were solved in the killings, Napier said.
During cross-examination yesterday, deputy public defender Michael treze questioned the reliability of apier's testimony because Napier did not take notes during his discussion with Grissom.
"So your written report is not a complete, accurate account?" Bare asked Napier.
"That's correct." Napier said.
"That is correct," Napier said. In other testimony, Gary Dicks, a memist for the Johnson County lme lab, said pubic hairs taken am Grissom by authorities in Dalat were indistinguishable from those and by investigators in Rusch and town's beds.
in his closing argument, Morrison id, "I suggest that these girls are as dead as if we had presented bodies in court."
Warren said. "The fact that somebody is dead is not sufficient evidence to bound somebody for trial."