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University Daily Kansan / Friday, December 8, 1989
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Two people charged in Topeka murders
By Rich Cornell Kansan staff writer
A man and woman were formally charged yesterday in Shawnee County with killing an elderly Topeka woman Monday. The man was also charged in Douglas County with kidnapping and killing two other Topeka residents.
Gene Olander, Shawnee County district attorney, said yesterday that he charged Tyrone L. Baker, 19, of Topeka, and Lisa A. Pfenennestiel, 19, of Auburn, with one count of first degree murder, one count of aggravated burglary, three counts of kidnapping and one count of conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary.
Baker and Pfennensiel were charged with killing Ida Mae Dougherty, 72, of Topeka.
"The death was by asphyxiation," Olander said.
He would not specify whether she was asphyxicated by stranulation.
Loren Anderson, Douglas County sheriff, said Dougherty's body was found Wednesday morning by investigators in a field near County Road 2190, also known as the River Road, about five miles northwest of Lecompton.
Lt. Bud Brooks of the Topeka police said yesterday that investigators thought that Baker, possibly with Pfennentsiel's help, killed Dougherty Monday morning in her home. They apparently wanted to burglarize the house.
About 11:30 a.m. Monday, Brooks said, a gunman believed to be Baker
was surprised in Dougherty's house by three of her neighbors. The gunman made Lester M. Haley, 87, his wife Nancy C. Haley, 69, and Verne B. Horne, 68, get into Dougherty's car after they walked on in him.
The Haleys and Horne checked on Dougherty because she had not taken her morning newspapers from her driveway, Brooks said. About two miles west of Lecompton, the gunman let them out of the car.
A woman driving on River Road saw Horne waving for help, Brooks said. The woman took Horne to her nearby farmhouse, Horne called her husband and he called the Topeka police.
Anderson said investigators found the Haleys' bodies Tuesday afternoon near a dilapidated two-story stone house beside the River Road.
Olander said he charged Baker and Pfennensiel with the kidnappings of the Haleys and Horne.
Baker's bond was increased yesterday from $300,000 to $500,000, said Sue Carpenter, Shawnee County assistant district attorney.
Pfennentiel's bond remained at $8,000. Carpenter said. Both are at county jail. The county jail. Call for their preliminary hearing should be set by Dec. 14.
Brooks said the burglary and conspiracy charges stemmed from items found from Dougherty's house, including her car. He would not say what other items were found
Investigators from the Topeka police arrested Baker and Pfennstiel around midnight Wednesday.
Brooks said.
Investigators think Baker and Pfennentienst chose to burglarize Dougherty's house at random, Brooks said. He would not say what led police to think Dougherty was killed in her home.
He would not specify whether police think Pfennnestil was with Baker throughout the entire day.
Jim Flory, Douglas County mourn attorney, also charged Baker yesterday, he said. He charged Baker with the kidnappings and murders of the Haleys and the aggravated assault of Horne.
He did not charge Pfennenttiel, indicating that investigators do not need to be with Baker when he brought the Halys and Horne into Douglas County.
Baker's bond was set at $50,000 in Douglas County, Flory said.
Flory will help Olander prosecute the Shawnee County cases until they are resolved. Flory said, Then, a bearer at Baker will allow officers from the Shawnee County sheriff's department to arrest him for the charges Flory filed.
Then, Olander will assist Flory as he prosecutes Baker for the Haley killings and the assault of Horne, Flory said.
Brooks said investigators found a small-caliber handgun, but refused to say where they found it or if the Haleys were killed with it.
Carol Moddrell, Douglas County coroner, said Wednesday that both Haleys died from two gunshot wounds from small-caliber bullets.
Minority protesters stop traffic, office procedure
By Doug Fishback Kansan staff writer
Staff in the chancellor's office closed the office for lunch Wednesday as demonstrators gathered outside to protest the administration's minority recruitment and retention policies.
James Scaly, assistant to the chancellor, said staff in the administrative office complex on the second floor of Strong Hall closed and locked inside. The complex and turned off the lights as the protesters gathered about noon.
Some staff remained in the office and ate their lunches during the protest, he said.
"Most days we're open from 12 to 1." Sally said.
But Wednesday, the office was
- James Scally
Everyone in the administration was going to be gone. There was nobody for them to meet with.'
assistant to the chancellor
closed to let the protesters know that no administrators were available to speak with them.
Members of the Black Men of Today burned a copy of the Minority Issues Task Force report in front of Strong Hall and stopped traffic by repeatedly crossing Jayhawk Boulevard.
Scally said that the demonstration, which involved about 80 protesters, had not posed a danger to staff in the
chancellor's office.
"It was an attention getter and that was all," he said. "People do that once a month and have a perfect right to."
Scally said the office workers did not call for KU police intervention.
KU police did respond, however, said KU police spokesman Sgt. Schuyler Bailey. Three or four onduty officers went to the scene, he said.
Bailey said officers stopped traffic for the protesters' safety while they crossed the street for about two minutes.
"I don't believe there was ever a threat to anyone inside Strong," he said.
Scally the office staff reopened the office about 1 p.m.
Andrew Morrison/KANSAN
'Tis the season
With the help of an employee, Dutchman's Forest owner Steven Vanderwilde, left, drills the bottom of a tree for a tree stand. Dutchman's Forest tree farm is near McClouth and has about 200,000 Scotch Pine trees.
Council approves Parking Board's budget
By Kate Lee
The University Council yesterday approved two amendments to the Parking Board's proposed budget, including one to reduce the proposed cost increase of residence hall permits, before approving the entire budget.
By Kate Lee Kansan staff write
The other amendment recommended that the $2 fee charged to basketball patrons parking in the new parking garage be increased to $4.
The Council began discussion of the budget at its Nov. 30 meeting, but a vote on the matter was not taken because a quorum was not present.
The proposed permit fee increase would affect all parking permits except emeritus and visitor permits.
The budget proposed a cost increase in residence hall permits, raising them from $23 to $35.
Morris Falman, chairman of the Parking Board, said the increase was necessary because the Parking
Department did not receive funds from the University or the state and had to generate its income through the sale of permits and collection of fines.
Pat Warren, a Student Senate representative to the Council, proposed that the residence hall permit fee be increased to $30.
"There are two reasons for this," he said. "One, many students only drive their cars to school and then park them in the dorm lots. They don't use them after that. They drive
to school from wherever they are from, Denver or Oklahoma, and then basically store them in the lots.
"The second reason is that it is not fair to target one group. If a blue lotto had to be reinforced, would those teams have to be a tax on the residence bills?"
Warren said the $7 increase would generate about $120,000 for the Parking Department, about $20,000 more than Don Kearns, director of the Parking Department, said was used for the residence halls lots yearly.
An amendment proposed by J. Bunker Clark, professor of music history, music and dance, to decrease the hourly rate for using the garage during the day from 50 to 25 cents an hour was defeated.
Iaman said the budget now wou be presented to other carrier groups. their approval and recommendations. The Board would then discuss it with the director of parking services before it was presented to the executive vice chancellor.
KU attorney has a passion for challenges and new places
By Angela Baughman Kansan staff writer
As many things in life do, it all came down to a matter of finances.
Rose Marino did not become a lawyer because she grew up wanting to be one.
She chose the University of Kansas School of Law rather than studying folklore at an Indiana school because it would come up with the institution tutelage.
"I never had any desire to be a lawyer," said Marino, who has been appointed general counsel for the chancellor in 1982. "I never even considered it."
Marino, who was born in Manhattan, Kan, and graduated from Salina High School in 1965, received her law degree in May 1977. Now she is representing the University during dismissal hearings for Dorothy Wellner, a tenured professor of anthropology since 1970. The hearings, which began Oct. 16, are the first of their kind in KU's 123-year history.
The reason she did apply to the school was because she liked challenges. Marino said that some people thought law school would be too much of a challenge for her because she had two little girls at home.
it was sort of a challenge." she said. "I wanted to see if I could do it."
The open dismissal hearings are scheduled to continue until Dec. 22, Marino finished presenting witnesses for the University on Dec. 1.
The majority of her time on the job is spent in preparation, she said.
She said that the office also was involved in reviewing contracts and research grants and in answering questions from faculty and staff.
"With law, there's a lot of tedium, a lot of preparation," Marino said. "In this office, we do a lot that's not litigation."
Besides her duties as associate general counsel, Marino is an adjunct faculty member at the School of Law and serves as adviser to the Turkish and American Student Association which spent 1970 to 1972 teaching English in Izmir, Turkey, for the Turkish-American Association.
"I really do like to travel," Marino said. "I kind of have a passion for going to different and interesting countries, especially Turkey."
She also spent the summer of 1966 in Moscow at the Summer Language Institute. Marino received a bachelor's degree from KU, with distinction, in Russian language and literature in January 1969.
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Marino worked as managing attorney at Kansas Legal Services Inc. in Lawrence from 1798 to 1981 and as a staff attorney at Legal Aid of Western Missouri Inc., Kansas City, Mo., from 1797 to 1978.
She said she enjoyed working with indigent people in those jobs, although it could be emotionally draining.
"I really wanted to help people," Marino said. "I loved Legal Aid a lot. I thought it was great."
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