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
By Rod Griffin
Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA — Debate on a transportation-ballot-turned-abortion legislation raged into the night yesterday in the House before Gov. Rick Santorum watered-down version of the bill. A final vote is scheduled for today.
Cries of legislative rules violations erupted in the House yesterday when the bill came to the floor.
Med Center bill
p. 3
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
President, Senate OK air bill
Leaders hope move will quell opponents
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.
The Associated Press
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.
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.
Porter said the administration mild attempt to expedite Senate usage and seek a similar agreement in the House, where clean-air isolation remains in committee.
"President Bush is extraordinarily pleased with the agreement. It is a milestone, an enormous step for-rd," said Roger Porter, the presi-
but the compromise still is likely to counter stiff industry lobbying,狠 because of its estimated $20 billion annual cost to the money.
some senators also have expressed concern that the bargaining acknowledged provisions in the original note bill that would have required longer automobile emission cons to combat urban smog. Other voiced continued concern about impact of acid rain controls.
te today hearing ers, FBI agent says
le (Grisom) made two stets and raised his buckles and rubbed his eyes like he was trying rub out a memory.'
Mike Napier FBI agent
memory."
Napier said that while questioning Rissom he called Morrison, who fired to ignore the charges in Johnson County if Grissom would say hat happened to the women.
Finally, Grissom said the women had badly died, Napier said. "You'll dig them up," Napier said, counting Grissom's words.
"His response was that he knew 'issouri' had a death penalty and that Kansas did not, and that we know 'anything in Missouri,' apter said.
Later that day, Napier and Gris en met again.
"At that point, he said, 'I can give em the whole package,' " Napier id.
Grissom told him that he, Thiboddo id a man named George were solved in the killings, Napier said.
During cross-examination yester-
day, deputy public defender Michael
three questioned the reliability of
apiper's testimony because. Napier
d not take notes during his discus-
sion with Grissom.
"So your written report is not a complete, accurate account?" Barre asked Napier.
"That's correct," Napier said.
In other testimony, Gary Dirks, a armist for the Johnson County tree lab, said pubic hairs taken om Grissom by authorities in Dale were indistinguishable from those and by investigators in Rusch and town's beds.
in his closing argument, Morrison
hit, "I suggest that these girls are
as dead as if we had presented
bodies in court."
Warren said, "The fact that someday is dead is not sufficient evidence to bound somebody for trial."