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SECTION A VOL. 103, NO. 104
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1997
One killed in shooting on observation deck
NEW YORK — A man opened fire into a crowd of tourists on the observation deck of the Empire State Building yesterday, killing one person and wounding six others before shooting himself in the head.
Dozens of people — many of them foreign tourists—fled in panic toward the stairways and elevators as the unidentified man sprayed bullets around the large, windowed room that opens onto the observation deck. A baby and toddler were knocked from their parents' arms, and four women were injured.
The man muttered something about Egypt seconds before he began shooting at about 5:15 p.m. on the 86th floor observation deck, authorities said.
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Hello, Dolly — the first clone of an ewe is born
A man in his 30s was killed, Police Inspector Michael Collins said. A .380 caliber pistol was recovered at the scene.
NEW YORK—Researchers have cloned an adult mammal for the first time, an astonishing scientific landmark that raises the unsettling possibility of copying people.
Scientists slipped genes from a 6-year-old ewe into unfertilized eggs and used the eggs to try to make other sheep pregnant. The result: A lamb named Dolly, born in July, that is a genetic copy of the ewe.
The feat opens the door to cloning prized farm animals such as cattle and should make it much easier to add or modify genes in livestock, experts said.
China prepares farewell to leader Deng Xiaoping
Researchers used DNA from the ewe's udder cells, proving that mature mammal cells specialized for something other than reproduction could be used to regenerate an entire animal. Scientists had thought that was impossible. Experts said that the same technique could make it possible to clone humans but emphasized that it would be unethical to try.
BEIJING — Police blockaded a cemetery for revolutionary heroes yesterday, keeping back hundreds of curious Chinese, while soldiers made final preparations for the nation's farewell to Deng Xiaoping.
Deng is to be cremated today, just hours before U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in Beijing on the last stop of a nine-country, around-the-world trek, sources at state-run TV said
Eulogies praising Deng's exploits and his economic reforms, which raised tens of millions of Chinese from poverty, gushed yesterday from government television and media.
Soldiers, meanwhile, solemnly rehearsed carrying an empty, seethrough bier at the cemetery for Communist veterans where Deng is to be cremated in Babaoshan, a neighborhood in western Beijing.
Deng died Wednesday at age 92.
Report declares aide not murdered, again
LOS ANGELES — Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr has concluded that presidential aide Vince Foster was not murdered and that there was no coverup in his death, the Los Angeles Times reported yesterday.
A coroner and Starr's predecessor as independent counsel, Robert B. Fiske Jr., both declared Foster's death was a suicide, but right-wing groups have insisted President Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton were involved in a coverup.
Starr's recently completed report is the third investigation of Foster's death from a gunshot wound 3 1/2 years ago.
The Associated Press
"Words can't describe what he's meant to me over the last four years. I'm a better person for having known you."
B. J. Williams to Coach Roy Williams
"The coaches have never treated me any different. This has been an experience of a lifetime."
Steve Ransom
"You are the greatest fans in the world. You have made all this special." Joel Branstrom
"My father isn't here,
and nobody can replace
him. But I'm glad you're
here."
Karen Hasee in Coul Roy Williams
Flowery farewell
Forward B.J. Williams, guard Jacque Vaughn, forward Steve Ransom, forward Joel Branstrom, guard Jerod Haase and center Scot Pollard take center stage in Allen Field House. Fans and cheerleaders showered the floor with flowers before the six seniors played their final game in the field house on Saturday. Kansas claimed its sixth conference title in seven years with a 78-58 victory against Kansas State.
Roberts visits research facility
Senator seeks to ensure KU receives adequate funding for research
By Ann Marchand Kansan staff writer
Unbeknownst to many students and Lawrence residents, the University of Kansas is the home to the top-ranked biodiversity research center in the country in terms of its collections, faculty and output.
Sen. Pat Roberts visited the Natural History Museum on Friday to learn about grants to fund biodiversity research.
The museum began its collections in the late 1800s. Approximately 65 graduate students assist with the research, which is conducted beyond exhibit walls and is the basis for each of the exhibits and displays at the museum.
Andrei Urasov / KANSAN
"The exhibits are like a funnel out of the research," said Bath Hueter, director of membership and visitor services for the museum. "Everything we do here stems out of the research that nobody gets to see."
Roberts toured the herpetology, ichthyology and mammalogy research divisions. Each division emphasized the importance of diversity among the animals.
Roberts said that he came to the museum to see that research. He said that the Senate had started to focus on appropriations, and he wanted to ensure that research at the University received adequate funding.
In the ichthyology division, Roberts learned about a species of fish, which has become extinct in western Kansas due to pollution and changes in the food chain. Research at the University helped isolate the extinction's cause.
The collection of 155,000 specimens is now the fourth largest in the United States and the fifth largest in the world. Specimens that date back to the 1800s are useful for comparisons with today's animals.
Robert Timm, curator of mammals and associate professor of biological sciences, said that in the 1960s, KU researchers were instrumental to proving that the pesticide DDT affected the thickness of bald
"There's a real practical application to all of this, as opposed to just conducting real and applied science." Roberts said.
Mammalogy research at the University was begun in 1860 by Francis Snow.
eagle eggs. Because the museum had eggs from decades earlier, including some Snow had collected in the 1800s, they could compare the old eggs to the new eggs.
Sen. Pat Roberts looks at part of the University's ethology collection with the help of Christopher Fielitz, Chicago, III, graduate student, during the senator's visit to the KU Natural History Museum on Friday.
"Now we're realizing that these collections are much more valuable than anybody ever realized," Timm said.
Roberts said that despite the need for fiscal restraint, he understood the importance of funding for research at the University. The museum has received approximately $7 million from federal agencies over the last three years for its research projects.
projects.
"On one hand you want to make sure that there's a balanced budget, but on the other hand, you also want to make sure there's adequate research funding," he said. "This is not only a benefit to the University of Kansas but to the whole country."
City elections offer a variety of views
Downtown, busing and trafficway are key areas of debate
By Paul Eakins Kansan staff writer
When voters turn out for the city commission elections tomorrow, they will have a wide variety of candidates from which to choose. The six candidates who receive the most votes of the 12 will advance to the general election of April 1.
Debra Allen-Barnes
Debra Allen-Barnes said that she was running to give broader representation of the community. Allen-Barnes supports some national businesses downtown but said that a mix with local businesses was essential.
Allen-Barnes, a pharmacist at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, said that she did not support a second hospital, but that she might support a small center that could provide services not provided at LMH
Allen-Barnes said that she supported an improved public transportation system in Lawrence but said that such a decision should be put to a vote.
Jolene Andersen wants to keep downtown strong and that bringing in national businesses would benefit downtown by drawing larger crowds.
Jolene Andersen
Andersen, incumbent commissioner and kitchen designer for Payless Cashways Building Materials , said that she supports expanded public transportation and the preservation of older neighborhoods.
As commissioner, Andersen voted against supporting the county in building the eastern leg of the South Lawrence Trafficway along 31st Street.
Sean P. Bergin
Sean Bergin's main focus is the environment; he supports curb-side recycling.
Bergin, Lawrence graduate student in biology, said that he thought Lawrence development was moving too quickly and that down-
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