Iola Register (Newspaper) - February 10, 1977, Iola, Kansas lOLA REGISTER VOLUME 80, NO. 94 KANSAS 66749 THURSDAY FEBRUARY 10, 1977 TEN CENTS Gunman has attorneys check offer of immunity lola Jaycees President Roger Parson discusses witli Fire Chief Tince Little plans for V Operation Red a fire safety program begun today by the two Round Child SO vers like the one Parson is can be placed on the bedroom windows of invalids and handicapped In a firemen will go to those rooms Parson executive Richard 0. Hall said George spokesman for police Martz said the friend read the offer through the booby-trapped front door to who told him that he didn't want to think about it then and preferred to wait until Martz said the signed by a deputy offered from arrest or psychiatric confinement to the 44-year-old bachelor who took Hall prisoner on Tuesday morning as part of a plan for revenge against the mortgage has given us four demands and we met all of said Authorities learned that Kiritsis recently bought 100 pounds of dynamite and police said they believed his declaration that the apartment has been rigged so that it could blow felt it was more than a possibility that the dynamite would be set said a deputy Marion County 42, is director of a mortgage company that lent Kiritsis to buy 17 acres of land on which he planned to build a shopping Kiritsis contends he was On Kiritsis demanded and was granted release from the loan and a public apology from Hall's Mortgage Co. He also demanded unspecified monetary damages stemming from the mortgage dispute and immunity from any damages arising from his actions after abducting don't like Martz said of the immunity that's beside the What are you going to do about Prosecutor James A. discounting fears that immunity would set a dangerous said he would agree to free Kiritsis it is necessary to save a life and prevent anyone It's the middle of the A child smelling She opens her bedroom door to find flames licking up the strangers are and fire engines red lights flashing and sirens Firemen jump out and begin high-pressure To a small the chaos of a fire is and oftentimes children caught inside their bedrooms simply hide under their beds or in their closets rather than find A new fire safety program called Operation Red Ball will help firemen find children invalids - It is being sponsored by the lola Jaycees and the Fire and here's how it Beginning firemen will be thing people can do for their own protection against having both would be he Little noted that 12,000 people died last year from Eighty per cent of these deaths occurred in the own He cautioned lolans on indiscriminate use of the noting that they should be used only in the bedrooms of young invalids and handicapped persons - those most likely to be caught inside their bedrooms in a better expect some broken he from now on the first thing we'll do is have a fireman circle a burning house to look for the red ball in the If he sees and the situation looks demonstrate proper placement of the Those unable to go to the station can call the fire department business 365-2154 and a Jaycee member will bring stickers to their Anyone living in lola or thp five-mile rural fire district around the city can use the Little Variety of new bills introduced in House giving away free Red Ball stickers to he'll break the anyone in the The stickers should get be placed on the inside hand we're not going to break corner of a window in the bedroom of down windows on every he a child or if there's no other way to In case bf fire we'll do it. We'll firemen will check rooms marked have to make sure no one's in with Red Balls speeding rescue operations by be a great help to Fire Chief Tince Little to smoke it's the greatest The stickers are being furnished by the and are free for the asking at the lola fire 408 North Firemen will Attorney says people are for death penalty KANSAS Kan. County district attorney Nick A. Tomasic said voters should decide whether the death penalty should be reinstated in Tomasic said Wednesday he wrote Gov. Robert Bennett asking for a state referendum on the issue because he believes legislators were not voting the way their constituents wanted when they capital punishment Monday in the Kansas don't really think they are representing the people who put them in he The lawyer said Uie polls he had seen indicated a majority favor the death penalty in some form for some including premeditated The senate approved an amended version of the death penalty increasing from 15 to 30 years the term a person convicted of murder would have to serve before becoming eligible for The governor Said Tuesday he did not know whether he would sign the altered if it passes in the Bennett said he supports reinstatement of capital but he said he doubts the law would pass the legislature after the Senate said he also supports capital punishment for persons convicted of premeditated He said he did not know what the requirements are to get the measure on a state but the attorney said he expects it will take at least a hp also wrote to Atty Gen. Curt Schneider and Sen. Edward Reilly is also an advocate of capital Reduction in District 479 staff COLONY - the teaching staff of Unified School 479 in Colony and by four teachers and two teacher aidis was presented to the board of to 24 one teacher aidie By school ' r Hie including a gradual phasing out of George Kan. - A to provide longevity pay increases to state civil service employes who have reached the top step in their pay range was introduced today in the Kansas House by Rep. Ruth Mrs. Wilkin said such employes now can look forward only to such as may be voted by the Gov. Robert has recommended a 2.5 per cent cost of living increase this Under the a state employe at the top of range would be eligible for a longevity increase every five It would be granted only if the chief administrative office for the agency certified the employe as eligible and The longevity increase would be equal to one pay Mrs. Wilkin said this does not exceed five per cent. of a lot of state employes is not very Mrs. Wilkin haven't taken very good care of increases for state employes have not kept pace with private industry raises or with A by Rep. Theo Cribbs and 13 other House members would provide for establishment of a state program for treatment of persons suffering from sickle cell anemia and who are unable to pay for care and treatment on a continuing A by Rep. William would reduce the amount an may contribute to a candidate or team of candidates for state or district His would cut the amount that could be contributed to a governor candidate team from to for a primary or general and from to to for a candidate for a judicial or district attorney Rep. introduced a to revamp the Highway Advisory Under present two members are appointed from of six highway have one INDIANAPOLIS - A vengeance-seeking thinking he is marked for continued to hold a hostage in a booby-trapped apartment today while his lawyers studied an offer of immunity from Anthony G. Kiritsis asked this morning that his attorneys examine the immunity papers which local prosecutors approved in an effort to break the tense standoff which began Tuesday at Authorities said Kiritsis indicated he would accept his The read to Kiritsis Wednesday night from an apartment across the were picked up by his and then delivered to the lawyers by a deputy spokesman for negotiators said there was no reason to believe Kiritsis would issue any new and authorities were hopeful the ordeal would end when attorneys verified the is We're the spokesman ' In a predawn telephone interview with radio hews Fred whom spoken several group of con- three residents here begun a - 2? * no o - for the Allen communication the the 'The ambulance presently a or Neosho Memorial she police band proponents say they need a hospital band radio They're also raising money for radio pagers for the volunteers manning the Working on raising money in the county are Mary ambulance Tom Rutledge and David city council and Lucy The Humboldt National Bank is presently receiving for the Mrs. Campbell said an estimated would be about half for the ambulance radio and for personal pagers for all Humboldt ambulance needs another radio Frustr a t if s deputies maintained their vigil near the one or two uniformed officers walked between a large bus used as a police command center and a neighboring building where the sheriff's department set up A friend took a copy of the immunity offer night to the apartment where Kiritsis held state The teacher was proposed by Rep. Norman The due process do now now apply to teachers in their first or second year of teaching and the Justice would make the procedures apply to all introduced in the House would require Kansas driver's licenses to carry the Social Security number of the and to take a special city improvement fund tax levy outside tax Girl struck by car but escapes injury Julie a 13-year-old lola was uninjured after she was hit by a car on U.S. 54 at Buckeye Street at 1:18 p.m. Doris 122 South was driving the car that hit Miss who lives at 412 North Dr. Frank Lenski told police that the girl was not hurt from the Mrs. West told police she saw the girl push the pedestrian but she didn't Miss Boeken said she entered the crosswalk while the light was still announces upcoming survey Allen County Community Junior College will conduct a survey of educational needs and interest of persons 18 and over who are residents of Coffey and Woodson questionnaires will be mailed to 1,000 households selected at random from census Instructions will accompany the Persons receiving the questionnaires are asked to complete the entire form and return it to by February 18. An envelope will be provided for that Responses to the questionnaire will be tabulated and used to give direction to future programs offered by This is in keeping with the college's objectives to offer college education for those who will transfer to a four-year provide specific training needed for provide a two-year associate degree and offer adult education courses as a part of the continuing education Dr. Terry dean of instruction at is coordinating the though both hospitals have radio sending and receiving are problems with communication with law enforcement officers in thC Allen County officers are on a while Chanute police are on a high The since it is situated between Chanute and often makes emergency runs to both city is no communication between Mrs. and the volunteers other than A personal either one-way or would free volunteers from staying at home while on volunteers are willing to take training and serve the Mrs. Campbell should make their work as rewarding as She said she has been very by the response so far in the A progress report on the efforts will be made at Monday's Humboldt Temperature High yesterday Low last night High a year ago today Low a year ago today Precipitation 24 hours ending 8 a.m. This month to date Normal for this month Total this year to date Deficiency since Jan. 1 AREA FORECAST - Partly cloudy tonight and Lows tonight upper 30s. Not as warm highs mid to upper South to southwest winds 5-15 mph Kansas extended outlook Saturday through Monday - Minor day-to-day temperature changes with little or no Lows in 20b, lighs in mid 40s to mid 62 37 74 57 0 trace 1.55 1.20 Printed word sfill says education Tuesday Ferguson's job as of the The plan was developed by Supt. Kincaid Otto recommended Carl Otto to cope with a declining increasing Ferguson's teaching load population in the It until he will be carrying nearly a be implemented over a six-year time teaching load by the 1979-80 year i A projected enrollment Board showed that the total in the district will probably decline from the present 372 to approximately 255 by 1986, Otto recommended reducing from the 28 and members are In other action the board voted to offer three-year contracts to and Fred Crest I will be member from each oi 11 new highway districts and dnie from the at The also would prohibit the closing of any highway shop or office without the approval of a majority of the members of the advisory Rep. Dan introduced a which would exempt members of the state's Kan. - The still is the supreme medium of significant communication and never will be supplanted by broadcast Clayton of the Chicago said moving images on a screen may emotional but when the communication one of the most distinguished positive of newspaper Kirkpatrick his I think he would find today's prospects for journalists exciting and the opportunities for satisfactions such as he achieved printed instrument that he employed so skillfully to is from intellect to supreme medium now can replace he Kirkpatrick was honored at a luncheon as winner of the William Allen White Foundation's 1977 medium of significant And this is only one of the many positive aspects of newspaper technology is another hopeful national award for journalistic sign for the future of he His remarks came in a speech and composition from provisions of the law the carrying of concealed Bills also were introduced to extend due process procedures for the termination or non-renewal of contracts for teachers and to declare an by Kirkpatrick said he was Ored of the topics Wrong With and Problems of award which I am so proud to receive is named for one of the great writing on video display storage and retrieval through of computers are speeding up the process of placing words on a printed Other encouraging signs for Kirkpatrick in- -A growing scientifically the desires and needs of -A renewed and determined commitment to freedom of with growing disposition for organizations to unite and to resist together any infringement upon First that advertising revenues will increase by some 10 per cent in 1977. of the hold that newspapers have on local Radio and television generally do a miserable job of covering Tlie 1976^ winner the William Allen White award was the lato Peter Washington bureau chief for the Chicago Dally White won national acclaim as a journalist as editor of the
