The Wichita Eagle from Wichita, Kansas • 3

Editorials 2-3 BusinessFarm 5 Markets 6-8 LJ ihrHJichita (ftaoile-iBcacon 0 1W WictiH EnM ant kMCsn PuWWilm Tuesday July 28 1981 Stephan Gets Tough on Gambling Raids Race Track of these laws have serious consequences and I want Kansans to realize it The KBI will continue to investigate gambling complaints Bob Stephan By JOHN PETTERSON Of Our Topeka Bureau TOPEKA years ago former Attorney General Vem Miller announced a statewide crackdown on illegal gambling Monday Attorney General Bob Ste-phait said the problem again has reached such proportions that he has instituted his own sweeping anti-gambling campaign Riding on a reputation of being tough on gambling and drugs Miller ran an unsuccessful campaign for governor in 1974 Stephan who has a busy schedule each week traveling around the state is pondering entry into the 1962 gubernatorial sweepstakes Like Miller also from Wichita Stephan bounded into the races at Anthony Downs in Harper County Operating under a search warrant last Friday KBI agents confiscated about $1900 in cash betting slips and equipment at the race track THERE WERE no arrests but Stephan said some are anticipated when the KBI completes its investigation was a lot of confusion (during Friday's search)" Stephan said "There were a lot of people there and the identities of those we're immediately concerned with were KBI agents had placed bets at the track last Wednesday and Thursday the attorney general said Kansans to realize it The KBI will continue to investigate gambling complaints and when we find the law being violated we will At Anthony fair board members had no comment on the attorney general's actions But Harper County Sheriff John Catherwood was unhappy with the way Stephan's agents conducted themselves Catherwood said his office was notified of the search about 20 minutes before it took place and it was over by the time he arrived work with me or the county attorney" he said "I feel if there is something going on in my county they should trust me enough to fill me in on what's ping STEPHAN SAID it isn't that he doesn't trust local officials it's just that gambling is a statewide problem and should be handled by the state Stephan said local officials may be so burdened with other law enforcement activities that they haven't put gambling high on their lists The attorney general shunned suggestions that his anti-gambling program may have political overtones don't care whether they violated the law on election day or a year and a half before the election I'm not going to sit by and ignore it" he said as attorney general the emphasis on pmMing prosecutions dwindled BUT NOW Stephan said gambling activity has intensified and he has placed its eradication as an office priority "We've received complaints and information that types of gambling violations are occuring within the he said of these laws have serious consequences and I want Legislator Glad Probe Extended Tenure Process Heavy Rains Put Homes Roads Under By ANNE VALENTINE Staff Writer Thunderstorms dumped up to 8 inches of rain on Kansas Sunday night and Monday causing flooding that closed roads pushed in a basement wall in Topeka and forced at least 30 Leavenworth County families from their homes Rain was expected to continue on and off in the southeast part of the state until noon today as the storms and accompanying cool-weather system moved slowly to the east At least 30 families were evacuated from homes near Easton in northwest Leavenworth County and more families were evacuated in Lawrence officials said TOPEKA (AP) A Johnson County legislator is happy with the way his probe into university tenure policies turned out Rep Joe Hoagland R-Overland Park led an investigation during the last legislative session into the way the University of Kansas handled its probe of a professor's controversial trips to Iran in 1979 and 1980 "Now for the first time faculty members such as Nop man Forer can be held accountable for I misconduct which has gone unchallenged by their faculty Hoagland said in a letter to the Board of Regents which he made public I Monday He referred to Prof Norman Fora of the KU school of social welfare His absences from class to take trips to -Iran' to to the deadlock over release of the US hostages drew Hoagland's ire Hoagiaaa Hoagland chairman of the House Judiciary Committee held hearings aimed at developing legislation to change state Board of Regents' policies on tenure However he dropped his legislation when the regents moved to change policies voluntarily "I have read the new Board of Regents policies concerning tenure which were recently adopted" Hoagland wrote "I am very pleased with the results "The submission of tenure lists to the board for final approval will provide the granting of tenure with one final chkkand balance and give a systemwide perspective to the avyard of lifetime employment" John Conard regents' executive officer said the new tenure policy requires the board to approve the recommendations of university (residents or chancellor before tenure is granted to faculty members at Kansas' six universities and medical school The procedure for recommending tenure is not changed The universities still will go through their campus review procedures with the university presidents or chancellor recommending approval Us However instead of the presidents' or chancellor's approval being the final step as now the approval will be the final step in the future Flood no reason to believe (those involved) were other than local but not ruling out anything until the investigation is complete" Stephan said In 1971 Miller announced publicly he would crack down on repotted gambling at country race tracks and at one track he was greeted by an airplane towing a sign that read: "Welcome Vem Miller" Following Miller's colorful tenure Sitting Out the state would deliberately put me in more words recorded Monday will be played at Augman's fourth parole hearing sometime in August He is in prism in Lansing for aggravated burglary rape and taking indecent liberties with a child husband dents vote on whether the Shawnee County Commission should have the authority to sell all or part of the Shawnee County Fairgrounds in central Topeka The vote does not mean the grounds will or will not be sold but would give the commission direction The $395 million in bonds would be issued for a triangular-shaped 37600-square-foot building near the old Forbes Field terminal an 11000-cpinrcM s'-T'chtre that would be Grady Mrs Charles of the She was joined by Mr and Charles Richter and their son Jr and Margie Buch mother two women Members of an Easton family survey the situation as flood waters continued to rise around the home on K-192 in northeastern Kansas Monday The flooding was at the home of Mrs John Rape Victim Opposes I See Why Let Him Attackers Parole before and why he paroled from prison shouldn't be "If you had seen Claude Augman like I had seen Mm like a wild animal I can't see why you would turn him Hildebrandt said at the hearing in the downtown Wichita Public Library don't see why the The Red Cross responded by setting up shelters in Eastim and Lawrence Funnel clouds were reported in Butler and Sedgwick counties Monday night especially near El Dorado The rains also prompted flash-flood watches for parts of central Kansas where heavy runoff was expected NORTH CENTRAL and northeast Kansas were worst hit by the storms The heaviest rainfall was reported north of Topeka where there were unofficial reports of 8 inches Amounts of 1 to 3 inches were common across the eastern and southern parts of the state At Wichita the National Weather Service reported 072 of an inch of rain Worden reported 686 inches Belle-font near Dodge City 356 inches and the Rossville-Oskaloosa area an average of 6 to 65 inches In Topeka rain-soaked earth caved in a 75-foot length of basement wall at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co plant early Monday No injuries were reported Officials said 120 workers will be laid off indefinitely because of damage to the building Flood waters covering highways and washing out bridges closed several roads in northeast Kansas Man-day and some remained closed Monday night Most seriously affected was US 24 near Topeka The bridge on that highway over Soldier Creek on the northeast side of town is expected to be closed until late in the week ALSO REMAINING closed Monday nigM were K-187 north of Centralia in Nemaha County where a bridge went out and K-192 near Easton in Leavenworth County The high water caused problems for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co Officials said long-distance service was disrupted for about 1200 people in the Jefferson County towns of Ozawkie and Meriden In Wichita service to about 250 people was disrupted by water seeping through plastic cable covering Rescue teams resumed a search for victims inundated by an 6-foot wall of floodwater that crashed through a canyon filled with swimmers east of Tucson Ariz One person drowned and at least seven others were swept away UP TO 8 inches of rain fell on the northern half of Missouri from Kansas City to Columbia Bulldozers cut a 400-foot-wide notch in a northeast Missouri dam to release flood-waters into the rain-swollen Salt River Terminal Across Kansas Leoti Man Is Charged -In Slaying LEOTI Ramon Medina 27 of Leoti was charged with second-degree murder Monday in WicMta County District Court in connection with the shooting death of Gene Phillips 51 also of Leoti Phillips was shot and killed early Sunday WicMta County Sheriff Mel McKellips said Monday that the incident started as an argument between two families He said that Phillips a friend of one of the families became involved later Stagecoach Driver Passengers Hurt ABILENE driver and six passengers in a stagecoach at Old Abilene Town were injured Saturday when the coach overturned police said The driver 78-year-old Elton Crocker of Abilene was listed in serious condition at a Wichita hospital Monday A passenger Danielle Alvarado 20 of Emporia was listed in satisfactory condition at an Emporia hospital Five other passengers were treated and released Police said something apparently frightened the horses and when Crocker tried to turn them two wheels hit a curb and the coach turned over on its side Autopsy Planned In Pool Death TOPEKA Police say an autopsy is planned in the death of a man who drowned in an apartment swimming pool over the weekend The body of Leo Williams 24 of Chicago was found at the bottom of the pool Sunday Auto Accidents Claim 4 Lives Four Kansans were killed in automobile accidents over the weekend A car driven by Bonnie Herd 52 of Coldwater left the road and rolled three times Sunday throwing her out of the vehicle Two Kansas women were killed in Colorado on Sunday They were Elisa Mullen 21 of Ottawa and her passenger Lorita Fuller 21 of Garden City Charles Johnston 38 of Milford was killed early Saturday in a one-vehicle accident near Topeka From Staff and Wire Reports People Helping People parents and two workers from the Reno County Rape Center said Monday that they want Augman to stay where he is Hildebrandt toid how Augman had broken through three locks on her door to get to her How he had thrown back his head and laughed when she tried to fight him How he had pulled out her long blond hair "My hair has not even grown out yet and he is ready to get out of prison?" Hildebrandt asked Her husband William said his wife is still imprisoned by fear Because of the rape he said "there are so many she takes for simple tasks such as leaving the house and going to the grocery WHEN SHE walks in the park Hildebrandt said she takes a dog and tear gas Rachel Neufeld mother from Buhler said her daughter is "just barely getting over" her fear to leave the house And Hildebrandt still is not ready to work her husband said She quit her job soon after she was raped she said I just typed and cried all Kathy Lett director of the rape center in Hutchinson said Hildebrandt had been by the (See VICTIM 4B Col 1) Topeka Air She Was Aided After Fall On June 22 the afternoon lightning struck the clock tower of Old City Hall my bus had to detour around the fire apparatus that was at the usual bus stop I was hurrying to catch a bus at Broadway and Douglas when my ankle turned and I had a sudden and painful fall A young man who had passed me returned and gathered up my purse umbrella and package and then helped me to stand and hobble up the street I am deaf and did not get Ms name but I would like to take this means of thanking him for Ms greatly appreciated help Please send the donation to the WicMta Association for the Deaf WUma Hunsaker WicMta If you know someone who has gone out of the way to help another The Eagle-Beacon would like to know about 1L If the story is published we'll send $3 to your designated charity Send your letters to People Helping People PO Box $28 Wichita C7291 By SUSAN EDGERLEY Staff Writer "I am Lindy Hildebrandt I am the victim" The 26-year-old Hutqhinson woman twisted her handkerchief as she spoke Monday at the Kansas Adult Authority public hearing She told how Claude Augman Jr had raped her five years Morton County Clerk Faces Ouster Effort By Our State Staff ELKHART The state attorney office will file ouster proceedings against the Morton County clerk Neil Woerman a spokesman for the attorney general said Monday Attorney General Bob Stephan had given cleric Peggy Livingston until Monday to resign or face the civil removal proceedings in connection with more than $10900 in missing fishing and hunting license fees Monday Livingston's attorney William Graybill of Elkhart said he sent a letter to Stephan last week telling Mm that Livingston did not plan to resign by the deadline Livingston denied any wrongdoing and "respectuflly Stephan's suggestion she leave office Graybill said Woerman said the investigation into the missing money showed of willful misconduct willful neglect or violation of state laws He said the attorney general's office is working on memos and legal background in the cue and that the civil ouster complaint will be filed in the Morton County District Court a couple of The ouster case does not preclude the filing of criminal charges he Voters Decide Today on TOPEKA (UPI) County voters will decide today whether to issue $395 million in bonds to replace an old Air Force base office that has served as the air terminal Residents have watched a lively media campaign over the issue with supporters contending the city desperately needs the improvement and opponents arguing the new building would unnecessarily raise taxes and stand merely as a facade today Shawnee County resi demolished The actual cost of the new building is $45 million SUPPORTERS of the plan who formed Shawnee Countians for Jobs say poor air transportation facilities have hurt development in the city Gary Richert executive director of the Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority said Monday the old terminal which used to be an Air Force administrative building is too small it's lack of room in side the building for people to sit and wait for a Richert said The old crowded terminal south of the city presents an image problem for Topeka because it is the first tiling seen by visiting businessmen and industries he said "A new termial is a front door to a community" Richert said Besides conveying a better image a new terminal would provide more (See TOPEKA 4B Col 1).