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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
PUBLISHED SINCE, 1889 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
(USPS 650-640)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1989
VOL.99,NO.79
2 die as bus falls in creek
The Associated Press
OTTAWA — A school bus skipped off a muddy country road and into a creek on the way to school yesterday morning. A 16-year-old sophomore helped several children to safety as the bus began to sink in the cold water, but the driver and one child were trapped and died.
were trapped and
Bill Raley, one of 12 students on the bus, said the bus was upside down in the water and 'I just started grabbing them and throwing them out the door.'
Dead are Dale R. Thomasson, 46, a teacher, counselor and school bus driver, and Loren Newkirk II, 8, both of Wellsville in rural east-central Kansas.
Deputies said the two were trapped under the bus in the cold water of Walnut Creek for more than an hour. Newkirk was freed and survived for more than four hours before being pronounced dead at an Ottawa hospital yesterday afternoon.
Franklin County deputy deputan Alan Radcliffe said Raley, a sophomore at Wellsville High School, "started getting kids out of the back. He went back to the (6-year-old) kid and the bus rolled again. He jumped out, and they said they never saw the driver or the other kid again."
Raley said later that he was frightened when the bus went into the creek and his heroes were "all just kind of a reaction."
He recalled that Thomasson hit the brakes as he went around a curve about seven miles northeast of Ottawa. "The bus flipped over." Raley said. "It went over the side, and the bus rolled twice.
"After it rolled over, it was lying on its top, and I just started grabbing them and throwing them out the door. I got one out, a girl. Then the bus rolled over on its wheels and started filling up with water. And then I helped get another one out. The others had gotten out by themselves.
"As I was getting out, I looked back and saw the little 8-year-old. I asked Mr. Pete (Thomasson) if he needed any help and he said, 'You just tried to reach the newkirb boy but couldn't get to him as the bus filled with water.'
as the bus tried with him. "I got out and ran up the road to a house and called the ambulance," he said.
Radcliffe said the accident occurred when the bus slowed for a curve and ran off the road after making the turn because of muddy conditions. The bus then slid into the bridge over Walnut Creek and rolled into the water. The front end of the bus slid into the water first before the rest of the vehicle ended up in five or six feet of water.
Aquilina criticized the corruption that he said Cuban officials engaged in while he was posted in Syria and Iran and added that he was troubled by the lack of freedom and the militarization of Cuban society.
Hector Aguililla Saladragas, 35, broke with the revolution last October when he was granted political asylum by U.S. officials, but his defection was not public disclosed until the State Department made him available for an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press.
The Cuban diplomatic mission here was apprised of Aguililla's allegations on Wednesday but spokesman Angel Pino refused comment.
Anger.
Aguillera, whose diplomatic career earned 14 years, offered a rare glimpse into the role Cuba had played in cooperation with Palestinian radicals in the shadowy international arms trafficking business.
WASHINGTON - A veteran Cuban diplomat secretly detected to the United States three months ago after becoming disillusioned with North Korea and Cuban support for Marxist rebels in at least three Latin American countries.
trional armies to support Aguililla said that with Palestinian help, Cuba had arranged for the transport of large quantities of Western-made weaponry to guerrilla groups in El Salvador, Guatemala and Chile, and also provided training in Cuba for leftist African groups.
Cuban talks, seeks asylum
The Associated Press
Steve Traynor/KANSAN
With his guide dog, Tristan, leading the way, Joe Triggs, Lawrence graduate student, goes to teach his class at Bailey Hall.
Humor, dog help blind student
hy Stan Diel
Kansan staff writer
Joe Triggs stood in front of his apartment door, legs crossed, a cigarette cradled between his fingers, being careful to flick the cigarette ashes to the ground occasionally. His dog, Tristan, played in the yard, wrestling with a stick.
Tristan can be seen on campus. However, only Tristan sees the campus; Triggs is blind. On most days, Triggs, 32, Lawrence graduate student, and Tristan can be seen on campus. However, only Tristan sees the campus; Triggs is blind.
The scene would be unremarkable, except that Tristan and his owner are a remarkable pair.
"A lot of blind people prefer a cane. I found it cumbersome and slow." Trigg said. "I don't think blind people (with canes) can appreciate the amount of independence and autonomy you get with a dog."
Triggs lost his sight at age 23 to diabetic retinopathy a condition that causes fluctuating blood sugar levels
Illness caused blindness
problem, but the surgery is a challenge.
The trying job of being a student is made more difficult by an inconvenience like blindness. Triggs said. He meets with his professors weeks before classes start and gets a list of books. If a book is not available on audio tape, he has to buy a copy and send it to Recording for the Blind, a service at Princeton that records books. Braille books are big and cumbersome, he said, and he only uses braille for labeling things.
As a result, the retina gets inconsistent nourishment, he said. He underwent laser surgery to correct the problem, but the surgery didn't work.
In addition to his studies, Triggs also teaches Counseling Psychology 430. Counseling Skills for Teachers. The situation is a little awkward at first, but things are soon like any other classroom.
Student and teacher
See BLIND, p. 6, col. 1
Lawrence faces measles danger
Three campus cases suspected; vaccinations recommended
by Candy Niemann Kansan staff writer
Douglas County, still struggling under the burden of the recent mumps epidemic, now may have to contend with the measles.
The third suspected case of mea-
les among KU students was repre-
sented Tuesday night to Watkins
Memorial Health Center, bringing
the total number of suspected mea-
les cases in Douglas County to nine.
"But one confirmed case of the measles is considered an outbreak," said Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins. "Measles in adults can be very serious. This has a much more serious potential than the mumps outbreak."
Kay Kent, administrator and health officer for the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, said that most students who contracted measles would be too sick to do homework.
Yockey said, "Some students may have to lighten their load, while others might go belly-up for the whole semester."
The measures epidemic began in the Kansas City area and may be spreading to Lawrence, and Yockey said that it was very important for the estimated 1,500 students on this campus who were not immunized to get their shots immediately.
Charles Yockey
One confirmed case of the measles is considered an outbreak,' said.' Measles in adults can be very serious. '
Watkins Memorial Health Center
He said students from Jackson County, Mo., and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas who were enrolled in 1880 should be immunized again.
Before 1979, some measles vaccinations were less effective, Yockey said. People who were vaccinated after 1980 or who have already had the disease are almost always immune, he said.
KU's first suspected case of measles was reported Jan. 16. Results from that case should be available by the middle of next week because confirmation of the disease sometimes takes up to three weeks.
Measles symptoms include fever, coughing, tearing and rash. The disease is communicable from six days before its onset to six days after recovery.
Hartless Democrat cancels talk about media, privacy
by Alan Morgan
Kansan staff writer
Gary Hart, former Democratic senator and presidential candidate, has decided not to speak at the University of Kansas.
The Student Senate had originally scheduled Hart to give a speech called "Media and Privacy" on Jan. 31 in Hoch Auditorium.
the Washington Speaker's Bureau Inc., which arranged the spoken engagement, informed the Senate during winter break that Hart had decided not to speak on that topic.
Anee Wole, a representative for the bureau, said that Hart would, however, still be interested in speaking at the convention of some of the Challenges Facing America.
Gary Hart
Pam Holley, Student Senate vice president, said yesterday that no plans were made for Hart to speak at the University on a later date.
Hart was chosen as a speaker for the topic of "Media and Privacy" because of the media attention he received as a presidential candidate in 1987. Hart withdrew from the race in May 1987 after stories emerged about a boat trip he took with Miami model Donna Rice. He re-entered the race in December 1987 and later withdrew again.
whose aim is to provide a speaker who will address the topic that the University requests," Wold said.
The Student Senate had appropriated $11,550 for Hart to appear. The fee for the speaking engagement was the subject of much debate in the Student Senate last semester.
student Senate also voted
"There was apparently a breakdown in communication between the speaker's bureau and Mr. Hart." Holley said, "No money was lost on the cancellation, since we were notified before any money had been spent on promotion."
Holley said that a contract had been signed for Hart to speak, but because it was based on the topic of "the contract," the contract was considered void.
"I'm hoping that this will not affect the long-term goal of having a lecture series." Holley said. "The establishment of a lecture series is not something that can be done in a year, and a good lecture series has been a goal of the Student Senate for a number of years now."
Wold said that Arthur Miller, legal adviser for ABC News, and Larry Speakes, former White House press secretary, would be willing to address the topic of "Media and Privacy."
Professor wants awareness of black history
Education needed
by Cynthia L. Smith Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Like Martin Luther King Jr., a KU professor has a dream.
"I dream that one day all educational institutions will demand that our future leaders know about the diversity of color in our society," said Jacob U. Gordon, associate professor of Art and Humanities at Harvard University and executive director of the Center for Black Leadership Development and Research.
"There's no other place that the observance of Black History Month is more important than the observance of the observance of Black History."
Carter G. Woodson, founder of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History in Washington, D.C., established Black History Week in 1925. The observance was expanded to a month in 1976.
I dream that one day all educational institutions will demand that our future leaders know about the diversity of color in our society.
- Jacob U. Gordon.
associate professor of African and African-American studies
"As a community of scholars, we are to pursue history regardless of color." Gordon said. "Even now I am disappointed because we have not been able to preserve black history through our curriculum."
into our University Library
The Center for Black Leadership Development and Research will celebrate the month by:
- sponsoring an exhibit that focuses on black physicians with a Kansas connection Feb. 11-March 31 at the Spencer Research Library.
- recognizing black medical doctors in
research, public service and teaching at 5 p.m.
Feb. 21 at the Adams Alumni Center.
Feb. 21 at 10am The office of minority affairs also will sponsor several events honoring the月 and the 60th anniversary of King's birthday:
sponsor several events honors...
the 60th anniversary of King's birthday:
■ The celebration will begin with an art
exhibit, "Cutting Up." Jan. 29-Feb. 11 in the
Kansas Art University Gallery. The exhibit will
feature 20 graphite drawings by John Newman.
Hartsfield said he met King during the 1960s. "I had no idea at that time I was standing in the presence of a history maker in terms of changing a nation," Hartsfield said. "But no one could meet Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. without knowing he was in the presence of a man with a mystical destiny."
a KU granddaughter • Wallace Harrisfield, minister of the Metropo-
lite Baptist Church in Kansas City, Mo., will speak at 8 p.m. Feb. 9 in Alderson
Auditorium at the Kansas Union on "The Kingian Dream: Disturbing, Destabilizing and
Dismantling."
■ Performers, including the KU Jazz Band, the KU Gospel Choir, the Haskell Intertribal Club and the KC Cobra Marching Band, also will salute King's birthday at 8 p.m. Feb. 10 in the Crain-Fronter Theatre.
- The Take Six Jazz Group will perform at 8
  February in the Cohon Proffessor Theatre.
Crafton The KU Jazz Festival will be conducted from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 11 in the Crafton Praeyre Theater. The Billy Taylor Jazz Trio will perform in conjunction with the festival at 8 p.m. Feb. 11 in Hoch Auditorium.
The Take SIX sx2x2x2p.m. Feb. 12 in the Craffon-Preyer Theatre.
Alvin Poussain, associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard University Medical School and a speaker for the "Cosby Show."
at 8 p.m. Feb. 14 in Woodruff Auditorium. He will discuss minority sensitivity in the workplace, family violence and television.
Gordon said the observance of Black History Month at KU was important because of a resurgence in racial conflicts, which counter educational efforts.