TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1995
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
SECTION A VOL.102, NO.60
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TODAY in the KANSAN
SPORTS
Heisman Trophy winner?
Senior quarterback Tommie Frazier is at the center of an impressive Cornhusker team. Page 1B
CAMPUS
Put your clothes on!
Sexual thriller movies are drawing lower turnout than producers wanted, Page 3A
NATION
Shuttle readies for rendezvous
Atlantis will dock with the Russian space station Mir tomorrow. Page 7A
Americans die in bomb blast
WORLD
An explosion in the Saudi Arabian capital killed four Americans and wounded more than 30. Page 6A
WEATHER COOL AND CLOUDY
High 51° Low 31°
Weather: Page 2A
INDEX
Opinion ...4A
World...6A
Nation ...7A
Features ...8A
Sports ...1B
Scoreboard ...2B
Horoscopes ...4B
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Talks fail; government grinds to halt
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The government skidded toward a shutdown that would send 800,000 federal workers home after President Clinton and Republican leaders failed to reach a budget deal last night.
White House press secretary Mike McCurry said it was virtually certain the government would begin closing this morning. As much as 40 percent of the federal workforce could be idled in the first shutdown in five years.
"There's no continuing resolution and no funding authority to keep the United States government operating," he said. He dismissed suggestions that Republicans could rush a bill through early today to avert a shutdown.
Clinton met with lawmakers for an hour and 40 minutes last night in the Cabinet Room at the request of GOP leaders.
Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole said the talks would continue this morning, with White House chief of staff Leon Panetta meeting with House Budget Committee Chairman John Kasich and his Senate counterpart, Pete
Federal agencies shut down for the first time in five years after negotiations miss deadline time.
Democratic leaders emerging from the White House meeting were pessimistic that a short-term extension of spending and borrowing authority could be worked out in less than 24 hours.
Even so, Dole said, "The fact we're going to meet tomorrow is progress."
The White House meeting came after Clinton vetoed twin spending and borrowing bills, insisting that Republicans drop provisions that would raise Medicare premiums and cut education and environmental spending.
"This could last for a while," House Minority Leader Dick Geckardt said, adding that
Republicans had rejected the idea of extending for 48 hours the spending authority that expired at midnight.
"We should not be facing this kind of black-mail." he said.
The key stumbling point remained GOP insistence on a Medicare-premium increase. "This cannot be resolved as long as Medicare is on the table," Gephardt said.
Alice Rivlin, director of the Office of Management and Budget, told representatives of federal agencies to have their employees report to work as usual today. If it looked as if a temporary budget measure acceptable to the president could clear Congress today, agencies will operate normally, she said.
In any case, air traffic controllers, prison guards and others with crucial jobs would keep working, as would military personnel and the Postal Service. But national museums and monuments and the IRS and Social Security hotlines would be among the federal operations closed.
Both bills contained provisions Clinton opposes, such as higher Medicare costs for
the elderly and restrictions on future anti-pollution rules.
"Ordinary Americans don't like pressure tactics, and I would be wrong to permit these kind of pressure tactics to dramatically change the course of American life," Clinton said. "I cannot do it, and I will not do it."
For their part, Republicans sought to portray themselves as responsibly doing Congress' job of completing needed legislation and of being willing to seek compromise.
"We hope at some point the president will decide to talk with us and have a discussion about how to get this solved," House Speaker Newt Ginchric said.
The administration objected to another part of the spending bill that would limit some agencies to 60 percent of their 1995 budgets.
The White House also opposed limits on the Treasury Department's ability to utilize trust fund cash during debt crises; a requirement that Clinton pledge to seek a balanced budget in seven years; restrictions on new environmental, safety and health rules, and limits on appeals by death-row inmates.
James W. Grau/ KANSAN
'Ballroom' dancing
The Panamanian Dancers show off their colors and culture at the Kansas Union Ballroom. The group performed Friday night before Los Angeles educator Jaime Escalante spoke.
Downtown merchants growl about deli/bar
Residents, businesses oppose liquor license for G. Willikers
By Tara Trenary
Kansan staff writer
Many downtown residents and merchants plan to attend tonight's Lawrence City Commission meeting to oppose the granting of a liquor license to G. Willikers, a deli/bar owned in part by a graduate of Kansas State University.
The deli/bar is on the commission's consent agenda for a drinking establishment license.
"It's the Aggieville mentality that doesn't belong in downtown Lawrence," said Mark Schreiber, resident at 733 Massachusetts St., just above where G. Willikers plans to establish business.
The deli is owned by Ashmar Inc., which is owned in part by Vernon Dolezal, a K-State graduate, and will be at 733 Massachusetts St.
City ordinance requires that 55 percent of a new downtown establishment's profits come from food sales.
Dolezal said that the situation was being blown out of proportion and that residents and merchants had no basis for their opinions.
"We'd like to be able to sell a beer with a sandwich," he said. "We'll also do a lot of carry-out."
But many merchants and residents are skeptical about the owners' intentions.
What is important is the determination of whether a downtown bar is complying with the city ordinance, said David Longhurst, manager of the Rivertron Milk. 1 Riverfront Plaza.
Longhurst said the problem was that inspections were not made until the end of the first year of operation. Inspections should be made monthly, he said.
In the area between Sixth and 11th streets, and from Vermont to Massachusetts streets, no more bars can be opened unless the previous establishment was strictly a bar. New establishments must conform to the ordinance.
Another concern of residents and merchants is that a bar is not appropriate in that area of downtown Lawrence.
The commission passed the ordinance to prevent downtown Lawrence from being overrun by bars.
Schreiber said he was concerned with keeping the fragile balance between residents and businesses. With a bar underneath apartments, downtown is going to lose residents, he said.
"The city of Lawrence has to make a decision on how many bars they are going to let in," said Carolyn Salyer, owner of Santa Fe Optical, 737 Massachusetts St.
Residents and merchants are concerned that G. Willikers could operate for a full year solely as a bar.
"The owners say they are interested in the lunch business," Schreiber said. "If that's true, they shouldn't have any problem closing at 10."
Lawrence has about eight bars that opened before the ordinance was passed and do not serve food.
According to Lawrence city ordinance 4-112, the commission can require additional conditions for the issuance of a city license for a drinking establishment.
The conditions include reduction of operation hours, reduction of noise, and the protection and preservation of the public health, safety and welfare of neighboring properties.
The commission meeting begins at 6:35 tonight at City Hall, 6 E. Sixth Street.
Dean quits Med Center post, to stay on faculty Resignation is second amid transplant probes
Kansan staff writer
By Joann Birk
Kansan staff writer
Daniel Hollander, executive dean of the University of Kansas School of Medicine, announced his resignation effective yesterday but said he would remain on faculty at the Med Center.
The Med Center continued to accept transplant patients during this period and did not tell them that hearts were being turned down.
Hollander was one of the administrators who had overseen the heart transplant program, which came under scrutiny in March.
Glenn Potter, former vice chancellor for hospital administration, resigned last month. Officials would not comment on whether Hollander's or Potter's resignations were related to the transplant program.
Hollander, who has been dean of the medical school for less than two years, would not comment on whether his resignation was related to the transplant program's problems.
Hollander, 56, is the second Med Center administrator to resign since The Kansas City Star revealed that the heart transplant program turned down 45 donor hearts from early May 1994 to late March 1995.
"I've determined at this point in my career to take the opportunity to leave administration for the time being and concentrate on teaching and full-time patient care," he said in a prepared statement.
Four investigations into the heart transplant program have occurred since it was shut down in April.
Donald Hagen, executive vice chancellor at the Med Center, would not comment on whether Hollander resigned voluntarily.
"Dr. Hollander provided valuable leadership for this institution at a critical time," Hagen said yesterday in a prepared statement. "We're glad he will remain on faculty and will continue to serve our patients."
Hagen said an acting dean would be named in the near future.
Investigators for the Legislative Post Audit Committee said in September that Med Center officials had failed to recognize problems and effectively oversee the transplant program.
A final decision on the future of the heart transplant program has not been made.
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