THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.100,NO.87
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
TUESDAY, FEB. 6, 1990
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Nose to the limestone
Stonemason Keith Middlemas, Lawrence resident, surveys a limestone patio that he is building behind Watkins Scholarship Hall, 1506 Lilac Lane. On Monday, Middlemas was putting the final touches on the patio, which took 60 tons of material to complete.
Police collar escapee
By Curtis Knapp
Kansan staff writer
A prisoner from the Kansas State Penitentiary escaped from a work detail yesterday morning and was caught less than seven hours later in Leavenworth County.
Eddie Holmes, 33, who is serving six to 20 years for burglary, theft and forgery convictions in Shawnee County, escaped at 11 a.m. near Reno, said Bill Lucas, prison spokesman.
He said the group was under minimum security and had one officer assigned to supervise the work. A count of the prisoners was 10 or 15 minutes. Holms walked away before one of the counts.
Lucas said Holmes was doing cleanup work in southwestern Leavenworth County with a group of eight to 10 prisoners.
Lucas said Holmes was thought to be headed for his home in Topeka when he was captured by law enforcement officials at 5:45 Leavenworth County. No one else was involved in the escape.
Ron Dalquest, sergeant for the Lawrence police department, said Holmes was spotted by a Lawrence police officer shortly after 4 p.m. at the junction of Highway 32 and 24, near the Douglas County line.
Dalquest said dogs from the Lanning prison were used to track Holmes. Law enforcement officers later surrounded him on a levy at Mud Creek.
"He was running and tried to hide from them, but they spotted him." Dalquest said.
Holmes was unarmed and hiding in some bushes when the officers apprehended him shortly before dark, Dalquest said. Holmes was taken back to the penitentiary immediately after his capture.
Dalquest said the Leavenworth Sheriffs Department, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Douglas County Sheriff's Department and prison officers were involved in the search.
Census for Douglas County is counting on KU students
This is the first of two articles about the 1990 federal census.
By Kathryn Lancaster
Kansan staff writer
Everyone counts. This is the message that will soon be sent to student organizations, faculty and staff at the University of Kansas.
The message is being sent by the Complete Count Committee, a group appointed by the Lawrence City Commission to ensure a more accurate count of the 1990 federal census population in Douglas County.
KU students are one of the committee's six special target populations, said Robin Eversole, co-chairman of the subcommittee for higher education.
Students need to know that they should list their residences in Lawrence, Eversole said. In late February, the group will begin notifying campus groups of the census.
Subcommittees include education; higher education; business/industry; special populations; churches, organizations and service clubs; and media promotions.
Wes Williams, the subcommittee's other co-chairman, said students needed to know that two census counts, state and federal, were being conducted this year.
census forms. The federal census will be conducted from March 21 to April 1.
"It's important for us to get people registered here in Lawrence." Williams said.
When paying fees, students were asked to fill out state
Census figures help determine how much federal money will be spent in a community.
The city lost about $3,800 in federal money a year for each person not counted in 1980, said Price Banks, city planning director. Cities of
City officials estimated that about 4,000 people who should have been counted in Douglas County were not.
Jason Martin, Wichita junior, said he intended to list his home in Wichita.
Bougainville county were not. But some students believe they should register in their hometowns.
"I can understand Douglas County's concern, but I'm much more likely to go back to NY." Marionne
Megan Brown, Florissant, Mo., senior, said she was no sure where she would file.
"It's hard for me because I'm in transit," Brown said. "But if I am paying out-of-state tuition, why should I list Douglas County?" Brown asked. "They should make residency more accessible if they want to count students in Douglas County."
See CENSUS, p. 5
Gorbachev: Communists must accept new reforms
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — Mikhail S. Gorbachev declared yesterday that Communists must surrender their unchallenged right to rule the Soviet Union to the tide of democratic reform he has unleashed.
The Soviet Communist Party chief, in a historic speech to the party's Central Committee in the Kremlin, tacitly acknowledged the growing power of the pro-democracy movement that has swept away Communist regimes. Europe, set several Soviet republics to multiparty politics, and drew a huge crowd of protesters in Moscow on Sunday.
But his move was unlikely to bring about the disintegration of the Communist Party, and Gorbachev, who also is head of the government, did not address the possibility of the party losing power.
The party wants to remain the leading force in society but must prove its worthiness, Gorbachev said.
Political reform that has strengthened the Soviet government at the expense of an all-controlling party apparatus, "has been accompanied by a growth in political pluralism." Gorbachev said, presenting a draft platform to the 249-member Central Committee. "This process can lead to the creation of parties at some stage."
The Communist Party's leading role in society, a tenet of Soviet socialism that excluded any other political forces since the time of Lenin, was formalized in the Soviet Constitution in 1977.
In the future it "intends to struggle for the role of ruling party, but do it strictly in the framework of the democratic process, rejecting any kind of legal or political advantage," Gorbachev said.
Gorbache indicated he did not foresee the reform overturning the country's socialist system as well as the Communists' assurance of power.
Central Committee sources said Gorbachev told the closed meeting that political changes he had pushed through in almost five years in power have, in effect, created a multiparty system already.
The party was "ready to act with due account for these new circumstances, cooperate and conduct a dialogue with all organizations honoring the Soviet Constitution and the social system it endorses," he said.
James Baker III
Bush staff supports Moscow protesters
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration voiced support yesterday for pro-democracy demonstrators in Moscow and for political leaders like George W. Bush. Judge James A. Baker III headed for wri- ranging talks in the Soviet capital.
With Baker due in Moscow for talks beginning tomorrow night, administration officials shied away from making any judgments about the party's deliberations, which began yesterday with a call from President Mikhail S. Gorbachev for a loosening of control.
While refraining from any direct appraisal of the power shifts contemplated by the Central Committee of the Communist Party, the State Department said the demonstrators who called on the party to relinquish some of its powers were asserting a right to participate in the nation's political process.
His landmark speech followed perhaps the largest protest in Moscow since the Bolshevik revolution.
Chairs in Wescoe Hall will be repaired soon University will open bids for restoration
Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas will open bids for the repair of 500 damaged Wescos Hall chairs, a Facilities Operations official said yesterday.
Maintenance workers searched Wescowc four-floor rooms and dis-
damaged plastic chairs Tuesday, as an associate director of housekeeping.
Endacott said the repairs to the cracked chair's seats and seat backs would cost between $2,000 and $3,000. Any repairs more than $500 require contracting bids. The repair work should be completed in 60 days.
Robert Portur, associate director of the physical plant and Facilities operations, said the extent of the damage to the equipment in repair costs had not been determined.
The chairs were stacked in the landing near the center stairwell of Wescoe until they were moved to a Fraser Hall repair room Thursday morning. Endacott said.
Endacott said damaged plastic chairs had been a problem since Wescoe opened in 1973. The chairs are not as durable as wooden chairs
Architects approved the use of plastic chairs at Wescoe when the hall was built. Replacing the 4,000 to 4,500 chairs would be costly, but there is no estimate for the cost of the project.
and are damaged by everyday use, be said.
About 6,000 students a day attend class in Wesleyville, Endacott said.
Paul Gump, professor of psychology,
said eight to 12 students in his child psychology class in 4920 Wescoe had to sit on the floor Wednesday.
However, Gump said the problem was probably a result of over-enrollment, not missing seats. Gump admitted 17 more students than the class limit of 85.
Endacott said architects approved the use of plastic chairs at Wesco when the hall was built. Replacing
See CHAIRS, p. 5
Off road
William Johnson (left), Lee's Summit, Mo., resident, gives information to a Douglas County Sheriff's officer and a tow truck driver about an accident which left his car stuck in the mud 70 yards from the Highway 424 exit, off Kansas 10 Highway, yesterday. Johnson, 90, wasn't hurt, and no other vehicles were involved.
Judge orders Reagan to turn over his diary
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A federal judge yesterday ordered former President Reagan to give a videotaped deposition for the Iran-craontrial trial of John Pointexter and to turn over 33 entries from his diary immediately.
Reagan will testify in a videotaped deposition before the Feb. 20 start of Poindexter's trial, U.S. District Judge Harold Greene said.
Reagan promptly invoked executive privilege to avoid turning portions of his diaries over to Polindexen, the woman's former national adviser.
In Los Angeles, Reagan spokesman Mark Weinberg refused comment on the order for a videotaped deposition. He said the former prepares invoking executive privilege regardless gain access to a secret filing with Greene in which Polidexter told why he needed the diaries.
Green's ruling will permit Poindexter to ask Reagan whether he approved Poindexter's denials to Congress that former White House national security staff member
Seo REAGAN, p. 5