VOL.100, NO.103
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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WEDNESDAY, FEB 28, 1990
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Bush plans to help Nicaragua
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration, savoring the defeat of leftist President Daniel Orgea, promised yesterday to lift sanctions against Nicaragua and assemble significant aid to rebuild its shattered economy.
President Bush met at the White House with congressional leaders including Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., who said post-Oregon assistance probably would cost hundreds of dollars for a five-year period.
Nunn suggested creating an account of foreign aid for countries such as Nicaragua.
White House officials said they favored the idea if it meant the administration would have more control over the United States, dispatched to Iraq.
Ortega was defeated in Sunday's presidential election by U.S.-backed opposition newspaper publisher Viola Chamorro.
The vote will set the stage for the first democratic transfer of power ever in Nicaragua. Chamorro will
take office April 25 from Ortega's revolutionary government.
Bush summoned congressional leaders to the White House to plan a new strategy for dealing with a crisis because of a decade as U.S. adversary.
"The president indicated that there would be a dramatic and swift change in policy," said Sen. Alan Cranton, D-Calif, the assistant Democratic leader, after meeting with Bush. "What we can do in terms of aid depends upon what Congress can find, along with
the administration, in a very tight budget situation."
Without providing a figure, White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater promised that U.S. assistance would be substantial.
"The United States' commitment is strong and enduring." Fitzwater said. "We will develop an aid package for Nicaragua that will be significant and meaningful. The democratic aspirations of the Nicaraguan people deserve our support and they will have it."
Soviet lawmakers pass presidency
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — A determined and at times angry Mikhail S. Gorbachev yesterday rammed through the Soviet legislature his proposal for a more powerful presidency that progressive lawmakers warned could become a dictatorship.
Gorbachev accused his critics of engaging in demagogy. The Soviet leader recognized lawmakers and revoked their right to speak, apparently at whim, during the often stormy debate.
He hailed the Supreme Soviet's final and overwhelming approval of his proposal as a great political event. But lawmaker Leonid Sukhov warned, "The way the voting went today is the same way presidential power will be."
After only two days of discussion, spread across two weeks, the Supreme Soviet voted 347-24 with 43 abstentions to approve creation in principle of a national presidency with a five-year term. It would replace the government post now
held by Gorbachev, whose title is Supreme Soviet chairman.
The bill was remanded to committees to consider the dozens of amendments offered by deputies during debate.
Subject to final approval by the legislature's parent body, the Congress of People's Deputies, the president will be granted powers to veto laws, unilaterally declare states of emergency and name the prime minister, according to a copy of the
bill shown to Western reporters
Gorbachev, who chaired the legislature's proceedings, emphasized that he had not yet been elected president and said he had even considered refusing the office. But few expect the 58-year-old Communist Party chief to be chosen.
The presidency would give Gorbachev a new and stable power base at a time when his 20 million-member party's popularity and prestige are waning.
Sooners stomp top-ranked KU
By Molly Reid
Kansan sportswriter
It gloats.
NORMAN, Okla. — What does a team do when it beats the No. 1 team in the nation 100-78 on its home court during playback?
After beating No. 1-ranked Kansas last night, the Oklahoma Sooners, now 22-4 overall and 10-3 in the Big Eight Conference, returned to the floor to greet their fans and bask in the chants that filled Lloyd Noble Center.
"We're No. 1" was all that was heard.
Oklahoma seniors Tony Martin, William Davis and Skeeter Henry won their last home game in front of the No. 15 Oklahoma crowd ever in Lloyd Noble Center.
"I's great to go out by beating two. No. 1 teams in a row," Henry said, referring to the Sooners' 107-96 victory against No. 1 ranked Missouri.
Kansas coach Roy Williams said the Jayhawks, who fell to 27-3 and 10-4 in the playmaking that they would be the team to win homa's home court winning streak.
But instead they helped extend that streak to 45 games.
Kansas guard Kevin Pritchard, who scored a team-high 16 points and hit 4 of 7 three-point field goal attempts, made no excuses.
"I've played here before," Pritchard said. "You know what to expect."
What the Jayhawks didn't expect was a turnover frenzy in the first half that lasted eight possessions and almost four minutes.
The turnovers enabled Oklahoma to pull away from the Jayhawks with a 13-point run, extending the lead from a 22-15 gap to 35-15.
Grissom's girlfriend testifies against him
Oklahoma's run ended when Kansas forward Rick Calloway cashed in on an 18-foot jump shot.
The Sooners pressed Kansas throughout the game and forced 26 Jayhawk turnovers. Oklahoma committed 15 turnovers.
"It looked like a track meet, but give their defense credit." Williams said. "I don't think we handled the pressure by any means. I don't think it takes a nuclear physicist to figure
See BASKETBALL, p. 13
Special to the Kansan
By Rich Cornell
OLATHE — A day after Joan Butler's disappearance, Richard Grissom arrived at his Lawrence girlfriend's home in a car identical to Butler's, the former girlfriend testified yesterday during the second day of Grissom's preliminary hearing.
Kathy Arenal, University of Kansas junior, said Grissom, 29, parked a 1989 maroon Chevrolet Corsica in front of her home about 3:00 p.m., Monday, June 19. He told he had driven from Kansas City.
"He said he was so tired he was falling asleep on the drive here," Aranel said. "He said he hadn't slept since I had seen him."
Arenal and Grissom had last spoken about 2:30 a.m. Sunday, June 18 in a parking lot outside Pizzac, a nightclub at 9th and Mississippi streets, she said. He told her that he was going to Kansas City.
Butler, a 24-year-old KU graduate living in Overland Park, rented a 1983 maroon Corsica a few days earlier, according to Monday's testimony.
Arenal treat that Grissom on June 24 again arrived at her home in the maroon Corsica and gave her a gold necklace and Mexican peso pendant as an early birthday present.
Grissom is charged with killing Butler and two 22-year-old Lenea roommates, Christine Rusch and Theresa Brown, who have been missing since June 26, 1989.
The necklace and pendant belong to Carla Dippel, who lives in the same Overland Park apartment complex as Butler did, Dippel testified Monday. The necklace, pendant and another necklace were taken from Dippel's apartment the same weekend Butler disappeared.
Dippei's other stolen necklace was tour in a hallway in Butler's apartm
Grissom told Arenal that he had rented the Corsica because his Toyota was too small to transport the employees of his painting business, and also told her that he had owned the pendant and necklace for some time.
Grissom became a suspect in Butler's killing after a Lawrence police officer saw him near Butler's car. Grissom escaped, but investigators later found blood stains in the car's trunk.
After Arenal's testimony, the focus shifted to evidence about the deaths of Rusch and Brown.
See GRISSOM, p. 5
Burnt out
Tim McIlish of Wakarusa (left), Steve Wempe of Lawrence and Wakarusa firefighter Steve Freed help control a grass fire. The fire
Med Center gives first liver transplant
By Steve Bailey
Kansan staff writer
was set to burn dead grass away so new grass can grow on Highway 59 south of Lawrence.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The state's first liver transplant began at 4:30 a.m. yesterday at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Kristine Poe, 38, of Olathe, was in critical but stable condition in the intensive care unit after the seven-hour procedure, said Nancy Miller, spokesman for the Med Center.
Miller, who spent time with Poe on Monday night after she checked into the Med Center, said that Poe was excited and had been in high spirits.
Poe suffers from Alpha 1 Antitryptin Deficiency, a rare inherited condition that causes an abnormal balance in enzymes which construct and destroy the enzyme imbalance caused the liver damage.
The operation was performed by Jameson Forster, director of the liver transplant program at the Med Center. Forster is board-certified in general surgery in the United States and Canada.
He participated in about 60 liver transplants before coming to the Med Center in July 1989.
Forster said Poe had been put on a waiting list Friday until an organ could be found. The Med Center out about the available organ Monday. The donor was identified only as an adult from the Midwest.
"Donors are extremely special in this business, and I think we should respect the anonymity of the donor," he said.
At a press conference at 2 p.m., yesterday at the Med Center, Forster said that the operation had gone smoothly and that Poe was recovering in the intensive care unit.
"We have every indication to believe that she will progress and do very well." he said.
transplants will have some episode of rejection." Forster said. "We have the patient very tightly monitored to ensure that the liver is functioning properly."
Forster said the operation was important to the doctors as well as the Med Center and the state of Kansas, but reminded the audience of its importance to the patient.
Poe is expected to remain in the hospital for four six weeks. Forster said Poe would take medication for the rest of her life but, barring further complications, would be able to resume a normal life.
"The person who has benefited the most from the procedure is up in the intensive care unit," he said.
Forster said complex operations sometimes had multiple complications. These complications include rejection of the organ by the body, bleeding and infection.
"About 75 percent of the individuals who have
Forster said there was no way to compare the complexity of one type of transplant to another because of factors such as length of procedure and complications.
Greek houses make changes to meet fire codes
Fire prevention measures required by the city have cost seven KU fraternities and one sorority time and money since the Lawrence Fire Department filed complaints in November 1989.
Five houses that have not complied are scheduled to appear in court Friday and in April.
By Christine Reinolds Kansan staff writer
By Christine Reinolds
One of the five fraternities, Acacia,
100 Indian St., is required to install
a water heater.
Stephen Veluz, Acacia president,
said it would cost $6,800 to put
in the sprinklers.
The fraternity was required to install a sprinkler system in the basement, coating more than $14,000, and hydraulic door closers.
Dan Consolver, corporation board member for Phi Kappa Theta, 1941 Stewart Ave., said he thought the house had completed the requirements and just needed to be inspected.
"We need to draw up a contract and have a contractor install it in the house," Veluz said.
He said the installation would not inconvenience residents
A representative for Alpha Epsilon Pi, 1116 Indiana Place, did not appear for the fraternity's scheduled court date Feb. 23. Tom Porter, city prosecutor, said there was confusion about the date. The court date has been rescheduled for April 27.
Marc Ginsburg, president of Alpha Epsilon Pi, said the corporation board president who was handling compliance items was out of town.
"A bench warrant was not issued because we know people have been working here."
Jeff Blongewicz, Phi Kappa Psi
corporation board president, said the fraternity would have a sprinkler system installed during a renovation in the summer.
Porter said the houses were not fined because they had taken steps toward compliance.
"The principal reason for filing the charges was to put added pressure on them to get it done. The fines were not a major concern," he said. Fines are a maximum of $200 for each violation.
The amount of expense on the part
See FIRE, p. 5
Justice Department indicts Exxon in Alaska oil spill
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced a five-count criminal indictment against Exxon Corp. and its shipping subsidiary last night in the Exxon Valdez oil field that fouled Alaska's coast nearly a year ago.
"The indictment returned today represents our best shot at prosecuting this incident," Attorney General Dick Thornburgh said.
Noting that a reporter had said the indictment "throws the environmental book at Exxon," Thornburgh said. "Without endorsing that characterization, it has some poetry to it anyway."
The Associated Press
Officials said that if the giant oil company was convicted on all counts brought by a federal grand jury in Anchorage, it could face criminal fines of as much as $1.6 million.
When those damages have been calculated, the department will bring civil suits to the company, Thornburgh said.
In addition, the government could seek as much as $700 million more in penalties or a separate federal statute that allows recovery of twice the amount of proven losses caused by the spill, the worst in the nation's history, the officials said.
In New York, Exxon chairman Lawrence G. Rawi said in a statement, "We will defend ourselves in
Rawl called the grounding "a tragic accident for which both corporations have apologized to the people, especially the people of Alaska."
court against these charges. We believe there is no statutory basis for the amount of the fines men- by the U.S. attorney general."
Thornburgh told a news conference that the indictment was presented to the grand jury after a proposed plea deal fell through.
The Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound on March 24, 1983, and spilled more than 11 tons of crudue into the ocean waters.
Exxon has spent more than $2 billion in cleanup efforts, but environmentalists argue that the job is far from completed, and the total damages to natural resources may not be known for years.
The three misdemeanor counts accuse Exxon of:
- Violating the Clean Water Act by illegally discharging pollutants into Prince William Sound.
Unlawfully discharging refuse, the oil.
Violating the Migratory Bird Treaty, Act, a count which stems from the deaths of more than 100 birds as a result of oil pollution.
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