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BACK PAGE The Manhattan Mercury A8 Sunday, October 16. 1994 Talks with N. Korea hit sea: AG talk: How tough on crime can you be? sions became very serious and divisive." He did not elaborate. American negotiator Thomas Hubbard said there were no plans to meet again Sunday. "We didn't make any progress beyond that which we achieved in talks earlier this week," he said in a terse statement.

It was not immediately clear what the problems were. Earlier in the day, the chief North Korean negotiator said the two sides were nearing agreement. "We are almost at the final stages," Kang Sok Ju told reporters after a two-hour session with his U.S. counterpart, Robert Gallucci. The talks have focused on opening North Korea's nuclear facilities to international inspections to allay suspicions it is making nuclear weapons.

In return, the United States would offer technical and economic aid and improved diplomatic links. approach "gimmicky." The two differed sharply over allocation of scarce resources to operate the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. Stovall said her priority would be on putting agents in the field to assist in investigations. Schodorf said KBI resources needed to be redirected into lab work, which he said is badly backlogged, and into testifying on the results of that Jab work in court. On the issue of domestic violence, Stovall revealed that her best friend was murdered by her estranged spouse.

"You're not going to find anybody who takes it more seriously than I do," she said. Schodorf emphasized local solutions to problems like the funding of crisis centers. "I don't think it's a problem that can be cured at the attorney general's office," he said. Continued from Page Al than Stovall to interpret the open records law as applyingto private foundations that support public institutions like universities or hospitals. Stovall was more likely than Schodorf to interpret the same law as applyingto materials like drivers license records.

Stovall expressed opposition to the sentencing guidelines, say-ing they were too lenient. Schodorf had a more creative agenda for dealing with crime: It included suspending the drivers licenses of juveniles convicted of many crimes, impounding cars if the juveniles are subsequently caught using them, and use of probationers in public work details. "I'm going to do some things that dont work," Schodorf confessed, "But I'm going to do a lot of different things." Stovall called his i Oleen, Glasscock offer backing to proposal Associated Press GENEVA See-saw negotiations between the United States and North Korea on easing nuclear tensions snarled Saturday, dashing hopes of an imminent breakthrough. "Today's negotiations were faced with a very difficult situation because of the unacceptable and abnormal position raised by the U.S. delegation," North Korean spokesman Ho Jong said.

"Therefore the discus- Brown flagging in voters' eyes Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. A year ago, every new poll was another nail in Republican Pete Wilson's coffin. Now it's Democrat Kathleen Brown who is struggling to breathe life into her campaign for governor. Wilson's comeback since he hit bottom with a 15 percent job approval rating last year is one of the most remarkable turnabouts in California's political history. A year ago, Wilson trailed Brown by 22 and 23 percentage points respectively in California's two best-known polls.

Now he leads Brown by nine and seven points in those same polls and has a 3-1 lead in cash for television ads, according to the latest campaign contribution reports. "Voters are pretty much frustrated. It's more withdrawal away from Kathleen Brown than flocking to Wilson a slow movement away from her and back to this relatively unpopular governor," says Mark DiCamillo, director of the Field Poll. "It's with a certain degree of reluctance that voters are going back to Pete Wilson." Brown gave Democrats plenty to be enthusiastic about when she launched her campaign last year. Paper names top carriers The Manhattan Mercury's Carrier of the Year is Jacob Taussig, 1845 Virginia.

He is the son of Susan and Mark Taussig. A 10th grader at Manhattan High School, he has three sis ters and one brother. His hobbies are basketball, rowing and collecting coins. Runner-up for Carrier of the Year is Eric Rubottom of Alma. A 9th grader at Wabaunsee High School, he is the son of Diana and Les Rubottom.

He has one sister, and his hobbies are collecting baseball cards, playing Nintendo and sports. Cessna bid or Continued from Page Al Continued from Page Al projected $20 million payroll, the sales tax initiative had to receive support. "I think it is critically important we pass this tax," he said. "I think we have to realize if we don't invest in ourselves, then we will blow in the winds of economic fate." Oleen and Glasscock, who was a member of the task force that proposed the half-cent sales tax, argued that the sales tax plan contains the accountability opponents have said it lacks. The plan requires the City Commission approve expenses from the Staff photo by John LaBarge President Wefald delivers dedicatory remarks at Throckmorton ceremony Friday.

Kassebaum highlights dedication 3 private contributors, including the Kansas Farm Bureau, the Kansas Wheat, Corn, Grain Sorghum and Soybean associations and Fred and Virginia Merrill. In honor of the million contribution to the Throckmorton project, the building's new west wing will be called Merrill Hall. Fred Merrill, a 1949 KSU graduate, is the founder of Cereal 1 Food Processors in Kansas City and has served on the KSU Foundation's Board of Trustees. Among the research facilities in Throckmorton's west wing is a wheat genetics lab that features more than 10,000 wheat varieties. Work at the lab will generate wheat varieties that produce higher yields and are more disease resistant, Wefald said.

For Kassebaum and Roberts, the completion of the Throckmorton project marks years of work in securing federal funding $12.2 million for the project. The first part of Throckmorton was built in 1981. Plans for its expansion began in 1988. The project's groundbreaking was in 1992. "Seeing the fruition of the plant sciences center is a dream Cornhuskers: Still the raining champions The United States has been under pressure from its ally, South Korea, not to make too many concessions to Pyongyang.

Seoul was particularly worried at reports that Washington might give North Korean a five-year breathing space before opening up two suspected nuclear waste sites to inspections. North Korea claims the sites are military facilities, but the West believes they could contain proof that the North has been making nuclear bombs. near and dear to my heart," Kassebaum said. A University of Kansas graduate, Kassebaum was dressed in K-State purple for the dedication. She echoed Wefald's remarks about the important role Throckmorton will play in agricultural research.

She said research at Throckmorton will have a great ripple effect, including helping Manhattan attract new businesses tied to those research efforts. Roberts, a graduate of KSU's College of Agriculture, said American farmers will have to feed 20 percent more people by the year 2000 just six years away. He said research at Throckmorton will help farmers get the job done. "Throckmorton represents the dream of helping us win the war against hunger and malnutrition," he said. "It also will help K-State attract the top (agricultural) scientists and students around the world." Relatives of Ray "Throck" Throckmorton attended the ceremony.

The building was named in honor of Throckmorton, a former dean of the College of Agriculture and director of the Agricultural Experiment Station. "I don't like being a celebrity, and I don't like being treated like one," he told reporters inside. "I don't know what people want from me." "Whatever it is they want me to say, it's in my books," he said. And that's a lot of books. King has written 38 novels, screenplays and short story collections and has sold more than 150 million copies of his work.

Without King, Viking Penguin might well be another publisher of quality classic and contemporary literature, struggling to survive the onslaught of MTV and mass merchandising. King said the ride had been difficult, but that today's journey from Manhattan to Colorado Springs would "really show what I'm made of." "I'm 47, and I did it because I thought I'm too old to do it," he said of his trip. He hasnt exactly been incognito the whole way. One woman shouted out of her car "I love you!" to King, who was not impressed. What he did think was cool was a "gas jockey" in a small Missouri town whose face broke into "a real nasty smile" when he recognized King.

'You're driving that thing all the way across the King recounted in his best Deliverance dra wL 'But you're in for pain tonight, Mr. King, because it's gonna get dark tonight, and it's gonna rain." Not long afterwards, the darkness and rain forced King and his travelling companion to bed down for the night in a motel. (6) Continued from Page Al first May had thrown all season. Others talked about the numerous penalties called against the Wildcats and about penalties that weren't called against the Cornhuskers. The most controversial "non-call" was on a May pass attempt to Kevin Lockett, which at first was called pass interference, but later ruled an uncatchable pass.

"I'd like to see a replay of that interference call," said Curt Flo-erchinger of Kansas City. "I think K-State had opportunities, but they didn't take advantage of them. K-State played well. We were definitely playing a good team." KSU fan Mike Aylward gave credit to the Cornhuskers. "I think Nebraska was the better team today," Aylward said.

"I fund. "If they don't approve it, it don't go," Glasscock said. "If I thought it was going to be a slush fund, I wouldn't be here." Oleen added that the tax provides Manhattan a way to decrease its dependence on the state and federal tax dollars that fund its two main employers Kansas State University and Fort Riley. She disagreed with opponents who have said the city will become addicted to the economic development tax. "We would like our children to be educated in Kansas, but darn it, we would like them to stay in Kansas, too," she said.

"And we need jobs to do that." was disappointed in some of the plays we made. But we're building a good ball team. Next year we will come away with a victory." Topekan Jewel Acker is from a family full of K-Staters and was prepared to make a quick analysis of the game. "Kansas State didn't have as much confidence against Nebraska as they did before against other teams," Acker said. Given top-ranked Florida's defeat at the hands of Auburn, the victory over K-State probably will vault the second-ranked Cornhuskers into the top spot in the rankings this week.

That made the comment of one K-State fan a comment probably heard many times from Big Eight oppo-nents over the past several decades even more down-to-earth. Said the fan, "It's not a crime to lose to someone like Nebraska." was elected as an executive committee member. Truitt's executive committee seat was previously held by Robert Hagans of Overland Park. KSU Foundation President Mark Moore and KSU President Jon Wefald presented the KSU Advancement Award to William 'and Judith Ann Sinderson, Shawnee Mission and Wendell and Pauline Gardner of Lake-wood, Colo. The award is the highest honor conveyed by the Foundation for service, commitment and volunteer leadership on behalf of the university.

The recipients were praised for outstanding support of the university and the foundation. "Volunteers are a vital part of the success of both the university and Foundation," Moore said. "The continuation of strong programs directly relates to the leadership and volunteerism shown by alumni and friends." The banquet featured speaker was Tim Schulz, a K-State senior from Whitewater. Schulz is two time national public speakingchampion. The foundation raises private support for the university's benefit and manages more than 3.000 funds for K-State colleges, departments and programs.

During the past fiscal year, gifts exceeded S20 8 million and market value of total assets increased from $123 million to $129 million. mystery lobbies for stores Foundation names 12 to board of trustees Continued from Page Al lawn of Ackert Hall, across the street from Throckmorton. A large crowd that included several state lawmakers and representatives of state agricultural organizations packed the lawn. "This is a day of celebration for Kansas State University and the College of Agriculture," Wefald said. "It's a day of celebration for anyone who cares about rural Kansas industry." Wefald said the contributions from research that will be conducted at Throckmorton will have a tremendous impact on agriculture, which he called the state's "most important industry." "We are now looking at across the street," Wefald told the crowd, "the premier plant sciences facility in the world.

It's that special. It's that extraordinary." Johnson and Wefald thanked state legislators and the state's congressional delegation for helping to secure the more than $24 million that made the expansion possible. Both also thanked The King of Continued from Page Al didn't exist," King told reporters in the press conference. When he started out, King said, discount chains such as B. Dalton and Barnes and Noble didn't dominate the retail book trade the way they do now.

Some of these stores will be discounting Insomnia up to 50 percent because they order in such large quantities, he said. "Independent book stores can't come within a shout of matching those prices," he said. In its first week of print, Insomnia has already reached the number one slot in the N.Y. Times Bestseller List With a raspy voice not unlike that of Jack Nicholson, King spoke about his personal connection to independent book stores. He said they had nurtured him in his early years, and he had helped them, too back in the days before the chains and before he was a bestselling superstar.

"Independent bookstores don't like me that much anymore," he said. "They resent me, and they have a right to resent me." King said he would not try to change how his books were marketed or distributed, however. "I've investigated it," he said, "and they (bulk, discounters) would have me in court with an anti-trust or restraint of trade suit fsterthan you could blink an eye." Instead, he would focus on speaking out for the little stores struggling to survive against their years. Riley County property taxes on a building and 60 acres of land would run about $975,000 a year. "That means that in the 11th year, the city, county and school district would share in abput $1 million in new taxes," Pearson said.

The $4 million in revenues from a proposed half-cent sales tax or about half what the tax is expected to bring in during its four-year lifetime would be forwarded to Cessna in $400,000 increments over 10 years. Cessna could use the funds to pay on its lease to the city, for training expenses or other items, Pearson said. 7 don like being a celebrity, and I dontlike being treated like one. Steven King larger, cheaper competitors. "Independent bookstores reflect bravery, boldness and diversity of intellectual pursuits," he said.

"Go in to Wal-Mart and you can get" Rush, Rush or maybe Howard Stearns." "I'm trying to avoid saying that they have a stranglehold on the market today," King said later at KSU. "I want to nibble the hand that feeds me, not chomp it off." With a casual demeanor and sentences punctuated with "dude" and a few expletives, King won over both the KSU students and the reporters. In both places, he appeared in blue jeans and a purple K-State sweatshirt. At McCain Auditorium, the audience of around 1.800 greeted him with a standing ovation. At Varney's, some fans started gathering an hour before King was scheduled to appear, and then converged on him as he entered.

"I came from Wisconsin to see you." one woman exclaimed. "Well. I came from Maine to see you," King replied. As many as 200 people looked on in astonishment as King disappeared into the back of the store for his press conference. Varney's management had announced before Saturday that he would not be signing books, but had done little to discourage fans who were waiting to meet King.

The Kansas State University Foundation elected 12 members to its board of trustees, recognized two couples for exemplary leadership and celebrated the organization's 50th anniversary at the annual meeting Friday. Janet Ayres, Scottsdale was the banquet emcee. Ayres, a 1970 K-State College of Arts Sciences graduate, is a management consultant in Scottsdale. Previously, she served as chairman of the board at the KSU Alumni Association. The new board members are: Jonathan E.

Baum, Kansas City, Mo; Duane L. Cantrell and Constance L. Hubbell of Topeka; Julie L. Davis, Burr Ridge, Joseph L. Downey, Midland, Douglas M.

Gaston. Overland Park; John D. McCloskey, Evergreen, Earl D. Mc Vicker, Hutchinson; Richard D. Pearson and Dennis C.

von Waaden of Lea wood, Randolph A. Pohlman, Wichita; and Janci-naL. Wilson, Salina. Jarold Boettcher, Beloit, and Richard Thiessen, Manhattan, were re-elected chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the Foundation's executive committee. Boettcher, John Koger, Topeka; Barbara Wilson, Manhattan; and Fred Merrill, Shawnee Mission, were reelected to the executive committee and will serve three-yearterms Mark Truitt.

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