February 4, 1993
The goals of the so-called “family leave” bill are fine, proper and timely, but in the real workplace world, this new legislation is bound to cause many difficult and costly repercussions. It also would be interesting to know how many members of the U.S. Congress, who are so enthusiastic in their support of this bill, have ever had to meet a payroll or run a profitable business.
Few people can argue against the idea and plan for individuals to be able to take off from their jobs to be at home with a new baby or to help when there is serious illness in their family. The plan being readied for passage in Washington would allow employees of companies with more than 50 employees to have up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave a year to care for a new baby or sick family member.
February 4, 1993
To the editor:
I would like to voice my opposition to our new president’s plan of allowing homosexuals in the military. The armed forces have served and defended this nation well for over 200 years. Why change something that works?
February 4, 1993
To the editor:
I am writing to express my shock and disgust at the Oliphant cartoon which appeared in Saturday’s Journal-World. The cartoonist obviously commenting on the ban on homosexuals in the military, portrays a purse-toting, effeminate soldier challenging the command of a beefy drill sergeant.
By Dave Toplikar
February 4, 1993
It was as crystal clear as spring water Wednesday proposed changes to the state’s Water Transfer Act are not going to sail through the Legislature.
Members of the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee spent about 45 minutes asking a Kansas University professor and the state’s chief water engineer about a broad range of technical legal questions concerning a proposed bill to change the way the state regulates water transfers.
By Tim Carpenter
February 4, 1993
Kansas University’s acting vice chancellor for academic affairs today testified that law professor Emil Tonkovich should be fired for abusing his faculty position and sexually harrassing law students.
“What I saw … was sufficient evidence of unethical conduct, moral turpitude, that, unless refuted, would warrant dismissal from the university,” David Shulenburger testified.
February 4, 1993
Law enforcement report
Police reports
February 4, 1993
Authorities soon will know the fate of a man who has been fighting extradition from the Douglas County Jail for more than a year.
Timothy Rowlett is waiting to hear whether the Kansas Supreme Court will review his appeal of an Illinois court’s ruling to extradite him to that state, Douglas County Sheriff Loren Anderson said.
February 4, 1993
The cost of parking permits at Kansas University will go up slightly next year, according to recommendations approved Wednesday by the Senate Executive Committee.
SenEx approved permit fee increases for fiscal year 1994, which begins July 1.
February 4, 1993
Services for Henry E. Jankus, 94, Lawrence, will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary with the Rev. Ron Kocher officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Jankus died today, Feb. 4, 1993, at the home of his daughter in Lawrence.
February 4, 1993
Memorial services for Randolph M. Bundy, 82, Ottawa, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Westminster Presbyterian Church here with the Rev. Henry A. Roberts officiating. A private burial will be in Highland Cemetery. The body was cremated.
Mr. Bundy died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1993, at his home.
February 4, 1993
WASHINGTON, D.C. Lynette Woodard was to receive the Flo Hyman Award from President Bill Clinton here this afternoon during National Girls and Women in Sports Day festivities.
The former Kansas basketball All-American and Olympic gold medalist is winding down what is probably her last year in professional basketball. In three weeks, she’ll end her third season with Daiwa Securities in Japan.
February 4, 1993
A movie filmed partially in Lawrence and starring Brooke Shields and Richard Thomas will make its television debut Tuesday.
“I Can Make You Love Me: The Stalking of Laura Black” will air at 8 p.m. Tuesday on CBS.
By Gary Bedore
February 4, 1993
Kansas junior Darrin Hancock returned to basketball practice on Wednesday, just five days after laser surgery on his left retina.
Hancock, who also had surgery on his right eye eight days ago, was given the OK to practice after visiting the doctor for his post-operative check up early Wednesday afternoon in Kansas City.
February 4, 1993
Fire calls
Lawrence firefighters assisted with a medical emergency at 11:53 a.m. Wednesday at Babcock Place, 1700 Mass.
Chad Rader, J-W Sports Writer
February 4, 1993
After a successful wrestling season last year, Eudora High had high expectations again this year.
The Cardinals have either equaled or exceeded those hopes so far.
February 4, 1993
Public hearings have been scheduled for six Kansas University programs that have been targeted for elimination under Program Review, KU’s comprehensive assessment of its programs conducted last fall.
The dates of the hearings, locations, times and programs:
By Michael Dekker
February 4, 1993
Kansas University officials are backing away from a recommendation to transfer the department of economics from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to the School of Business.
Economics will remain in the College to avoid “disruption” that would be caused if it were to be incorporated into the business school, officials said.
Peter Lundquist, J-W Staff Writer
February 4, 1993
Bettie-Lou Metsker does not live within what planners call Primary Urban Growth Areas areas where cities might soon intrude and planners would like to regulate.
The Metsker 240-acre hog farm, passed down since 1860 through four generations, is about nine miles south of Lawrence’s southern most tip.
Nancy Price, J-W Staff Writer
February 4, 1993
Herman Cain says thinking of his career like a bus ride has gotten him where he is today president and chief executive officer of Godfather’s Pizza.
“I had to make the decision to get off the bus and go take over Godfather’s, or stay on the bus and work at Burger King,” Cain said Wednesday afternoon at the Kansas Union. “I decided to get off the bus.”
Nancy Price, J-W Staff Writer
February 4, 1993
Tired of those late night crank telephone calls?
One Lawrence resident was, so he used Southwestern Bell’s Call Blocker to put the kibosh on calls from a Kansas University telephone number.
February 4, 1993
Douglas County authorities have caught a 22-year-old Kansas City, Kan., man who had eluded them for nearly a week after he allegedly kidnapped and sexually molested a 36-year-old woman.
The man was arrested Wednesday on a warrant charging him with aggravated kidnapping, aggravated sodomy, attempted rape, aggravated assault, aggravated burglary, burglary and theft in the incident, which occurred Jan. 28 at the woman’s residence four miles west of Lawrence.
By Mark Fagan
February 4, 1993
A traffic consultant says there are two prudent solutions for solving traffic problems at the intersection of 15th Street and Engel Road: Either install four-way traffic lights, or move half the intersection.
“I think there’s always more than one way to skin a cat, but these two are the ones we found to have the best potential to have good solutions,” said Steve Schooley, an engineer for JBM Consulting Engineers in Kansas City, Mo., in an interview Wednesday afternoon.
February 4, 1993
Services for Nettie May Phillips Spray, 100, of Lawrence, will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Rumsey Funeral Home. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Spray died today, Feb. 4, 1993, at Sterling Heights Nursing Home.
February 4, 1993
Lawrence High had to forfeit the two lower weight classes, but nevertheless posted a 44-30 dual wrestling victory over Kansas City Harmon on Wednesday night in the LHS West gym.
Shawnee Mission West defeated the Lions, 45-18, in the other half of the double dual.
February 4, 1993
Kansas University’s Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art will feature a comtemporary photojournalism exhibit beginning Saturday through March 14.
The exhibit, “Contact: Photojournalism Since Vietnam,” chronicles more than 15 years of people, events, trends and issues that have shaped recent history.
February 4, 1993
With the number of people being tested for HIV still increasing, area AIDS service providers are continuing with education programs to get the message out about risky behavior and how HIV is and isn’t transmitted.
“In 1992, we counseled 791 people about HIV testing and tested 758 people,” said Elaine Houston, education coordinator with the Lawrence Douglas County Health Department. “And four positives were reported. This is an increase of 42 percent being counseled and 39 percent being tested” over 1991 figures.
Sharon Dickinson, J-W Staff Writer
February 4, 1993
All Lawrence-area school districts have evaluated their facilities as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act and targeted changes needed to make them accessible to people with disabilities. School officials now are taking a look at implementing the recommendations.
Rod Elder, an architect for the state department of education, said the ADA requires public schools to make their educational programs fully accessible. That doesn’t necessarily mean every building in the district must be accessible to people with disabilities. For example, if the district includes three elementary schools for kindergarten through sixth grade, only one school must meet the requirements, he said.
February 4, 1993
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To the editor:
Brad Addington, J-W Staff Writer
February 4, 1993
“Miami Vice” was a popular television show. “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” was a much-talked-about movie. And somehow the old Beatles’ version of “Twist and Shout” had seen a resurgence in popularity.
The year was 1987. The place was St. John’s School. And on Wednesday, several St. John’s School graduates traveled back to that time and place by opening a time capsule they had prepared six years ago.
Leigh Anne Nicholson, J-W Staff Writer
February 4, 1993
Seventh-grade public school students in Lawrence are getting a chance to see how much they like playing on extracurricular sports teams without having to worry about being “cut” from the team or being preoccupied with needing to win.
In an expansion of the junior high athletic program implemented last year, seventh-graders now are able to join school basketball and volleyball teams with “no-cut” policies.
February 4, 1993
Graveside inurnment services for William H. Edmands, 69, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Edmands died Tuesday, Feb. 2, 1993, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
February 4, 1993
ADMISSIONS
Lida DeGraffenreid, Baldwin.
Chad Rader, J-W Sports Writer
February 4, 1993
Lawrence may have suffered a letdown Wednesday night, but Topeka High ended up sustaining the major blow.
The Lions pounced on the Trojans 64-35 in girls’ high school basketball. After placing second at the Glacier’s Edge Tournament in Emporia this past weekend, Lawrence played sluggishly until late.
Tim Carpenter and David Toplikar
February 4, 1993
Kansas University’s law school dean today apologized for a private memo he wrote that said Washburn University’s law school in Topeka was of “low quality.”
“I am dismayed that a private memo written to my immediate supervisor has been leaked to the press,” Bob Jerry, KU’s law dean, said in a statement.
February 4, 1993
Lawrence High’s girls basketball team has just finished practice, and coach Gary Hammer is trying to compare the Lions to the previous year, when they won the Class 6A state title.
“It’s funny how things change,” he says. “Expectations are higher this year.”
February 4, 1993
To the editor:
In the Jan. 21 Journal-World, William Dann made a few insidious attempts at fanning the fires of misinformation. In his paid political advertisement, he fails miserably at combatting science with science and thereby ends up shooting himself in the foot. Here are some points for Mr. Dann, the science man, to reconsider:
By Andrew Hartsock
February 4, 1993
National football signing day passed without a Lawrence High player committing to an NCAA Div. I school, but four Lions opted to go the junior college route on Wednesday, and another is considering walking on at Iowa.
Lawrence linemen Brian Robb and Robby Popp signed to play at Fort Scott Community College, and defensive backs Brian Martin and Troy Anderson signed with Coffeyville CC.
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February 14, 1993
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Valentine’s Day may be the one time in the year when some people are able to express their feelings to their loved ones.
Dennis Dailey, professor of social welfare at Kansas University, said Valentine’s Day is an artifically constructed holiday that gives some people the opportunity to say things they might not otherwise say. - PIZZA STORES VIE FOR SLICE OF COUPON-CRAZED MARKET
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February 14, 1993
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It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there, particularly when pizza’s on the menu. At least that’s how local purveyors of the pie size up the Lawrence market.
Lured by a population of fast food-loving college students and young families eating on the run, pizza entrepreneurs have flocked to Lawrence. - WORKING ON 911
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February 14, 1993
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To the editor:
In response to Mr. Hewitt’s Jan. 28 letter concerning the bugs in the 911 system, we offer the following response. - SAX AND STRINGS COMBO GLOWS
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February 14, 1993
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SCOTT HAMILTON WITH STRINGS (Concord CCD-45380): Here’s a Valentine’s Day gift par excellence! It’s the romantic heroism of tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton cradled by a 20-piece string orchestra and the sublime rhythms of pianist Alan Broadbent, bassist Bob Maise and drummer Roy McCurdy.
It’s a heaven-made match. Hamilton’s heart-on-sleeve evocations of the ballad styles of hornmen Stan Getz and Ben Webster lyrical and warm, yet also slightly introspective are show-stoppers. So, too, is the string writing of Broadbent, whose impressive credits include the Woody Herman band, Charlie Haden’s Grammy-nominated Quartet West, and most recently, the resurrected Natalie Cole of “Unforgettable” fame. - S 9-2 VICTORY
