Salina Journal, The (Newspaper) - November 8, 1988, Salina, Kansas alina Journal 115th year 313 Kansas TUESDAY 1988 25 Cents Jury finds Stephan broke contract Harris News Service TOPEKA An federal jury Monday afternoon ruled that Attorney General Robert Stephan must pay in com damages to Marcia his former records clerk who had sued him for breach of The jury also found that neither Stephan nor his codefendant Bob Storey had violated privacy by casting her in a false light as she had Storey was only named on the false light claim and not on the breach of The jury began deliberations at noon and returned with a verdict at Although the was far from the million Stingley had it was nevertheless a stunning blow to who had claimed he was a victim of a conspiracy by former Attorney General Vern Miller and her former the Phelps family of Stingley was formerly known as Marcia The jury awarded no punitive The award reflects what the jury considered to be loss resulting from the breach of Stephens Gerald seid he anticipated an appeal would be although he did not expect to handle Earlier in the Michaud had told the jury he was donating his Stephan had no comment but announced a press conference for question is whether Stephan will ask the Legislature for state funds to pay the Carl an assistant at torney general who assisted in Stephens de said it was too early to consider whether the state would be asked to pay the Earlier this legislative leaders had said the question of whether the state would pay for Stephens lawsuit damages or for his legal expenses could not be answered at that Michaud said he was surprised at the especially at the Stingley and her attorneys had no Asked if she was unhappy with the Stingley Marge who served as attorney earlier in the said she thought Stingley would get 40 percent to 50 percent of the The rest would go to the numer ous attorneys who handled her case during its long she I have maintained since October that I didnt know what the monetary damages but he Stephan should not have gotten away with she Stephan left the courtroom quickly with his You did the best you could Stephan told Michaud after the jury was a Topeka attorney and former state also declined He was a adviser to Stephan in 1985 during the formative stages of Stephens abortive campaign for See Page 11 File photo Robert Stephan must pay to Marcia Quake hits China up to 600 die Earthquake measured on Richter scale By The New York Times BEIJING A strong earthquake shook a remote region in south western China on Sunday and two state radio stations said Monday that 600 people were Roads and telephone links to the stricken in Province neer the Burmese were and it wes impossible to verify the death Other official sources reported a lower number of The which measured on the Richter had its epicenter in and Menglian a lightly populated aree about 240 miles southwest of the provincial Kun There were no reports of or injuries in which has million The New China News Agency said that most houses in the two counties at the epicenter were destroyed and that some were destroyed in 14 sur rounding If the redio reports are the death toll would be the worst in a Chinese since one in 1976 that killed more than in the northeastern city of That quake registered at least on the Richter A quake of 7 can cause heavy damage in populated and each number on the scale indicates a tenfold in the energy The government met to heer a report on Sundays The government sent a senior delegation to visit the registering up to on the Richter continued Monday in Yunnan but there was no indication of more Radio Beijing and the Peoples Central Stetion both quoted a reporter in the quake area as saying that 600 people were Radio Beijing quoted the reporter as saying that most of the dead were from a small village called Zhan which was neerly Chine is one of the most earth countries and seis predicted in 1985 that ac would increase through the end of the Inside HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL play offs begin tonight throughout the For a rundown of aree see Page Living On the Weather KANSAS Mostly sunny highs around Cloudy lows in the Cloudy Wednesday with a chance for showers in the highs around Americans go to polls today to elect leaders George and Barbara Bush wave to supporters Monday morning at a rally in Photos by AP Michael wearing a Louis Cardinal responds to supporters Monday in By The New York Times One of the most bitter presidential campaigns in recent history drew to e close Americans to decide todey who will succeed Roneld Reagen es On Republican George Bush sought to portray himself as Reagens rightful heir and Micheel Dukakis invoked the under dog legacy of Harry Although the final polls showed Bush neither candidate acted as if he considered the contest deci Both campaigned in punishing crosscountry trying to touch down in as many of the states as in a televised speech that summed up his campeign America tonight is a strong Our economy is our defenses are solid and our spirit is What it all comes down he is which set of values will keep future bright end who you trust to stick to those in a televised struck the theme that has marked the more success ful days of his Look in the mirror and ask your self Is George Bush on your side Dukakis I want to give every a chence to build a better Dukakis began with a tape of the first question posed to Polls are open from 7 to 7 Dukakis in the firtel debate with when Bernard Shaw of the Cable News Network how would feel the death if his wife were and The lack of passion in Dukakis response at the time drew much and Monday night he an swered it again by talking of his feeling for his his passion for public and his efforts to fight crime in But he did not mention his stance on the death The last Gallup Poll gave Bush a commanding 53 percent to 42 percent A final CBS News Poll gave Bush 49 Dukakis 43 surveys told only part of the because the White House will be won or lost in the state battle for electoral and the two men were close in many large If all or most of these swing to he will get an electoral land But if most of them swing to Duk he will have a chance to The Bush forces were counting on a result somewhere in Kansans may buck trend with record turnout By The Associated Press a million will go to the polls with Republican George Bush a solid favorite to capture the states seven electoral votes for the Final public opinion polls indicated a Bush lead in the 10 to 12 percentage point Even Democratic leaders said it would take a major upset for Michael Dukakis to win one of the nations most Republican states based on voter of State Graves predicted Kansans would which would be a record and about more than in Graves estimated 81 percent of the states registered voters would go to the Polling places open at 7 and close at 7 Graves predictions about the Kansas turnout are in sharp contrast to what many observers say will be a disappointing showing across the United About half of the registered Americans are expected to cest ballots Besides casting ballots for Kan sans will decide whether to reelect all five members of the House and choose 165 members of the 40 members of the Senate and 125 members of the Republicans control the state Senate 2416 and the House and few observers expect those numbers to change Kansans also will vote on whether to change the state constitutions provision on redi of the To be able to use Census figures each decade to tion legislative voters are being asked to change the year for redistricting from the ninth year each decade to the second A speciel stete census was required this en unwelcome cost of so that fresh figures could be used to reapportion the House and possibly the Senete in the 1989 A federal court panel had warned the Leg it could not use the 9yearold figures of the last federal census to reapportion next Voters in 11 counties will decide whether to change their Those in Sherman Stafford and Wyandotte counties will decide whether to remove a 30 percent See Page 11 Origin of United Way dates back to Depression By LILLIAN ZIER Staff Writer It was the good ol days of grad ual growth and prosperity also known as the Roering It was a time when Owen Hodgson taught et Salina High who later became the schools seid Salina at the time was a city of Like others with and a position of leadership in the commu Hodgson sat on various boards and was responsible for several civic As soon as he stepped down as president of the Red Cross board of he found president of the YMCA And each organization had to reise money or At the Salina was sixth in the nation in grain Hodgson There was a streetcar that ran from Johns Military School at the north end of Santa Fe to Kansas Wesleyan at the south There were grocery drug stores and many other lively busi nesses on the main Then came the 1930s and the Great It was pretty tough Hodgson In the we took 10 and 35 percent cuts in The lack of funds caused them the agencies to I seid it was the one good thing to come out of the Hodgson also was a member of the Salina Chamber of and as he the chamber helped the agencies organize into the Saline Community In the Red Boy Welfare Boerd and Americanization Center joined for the first time to raise money for their mutual benefit and collected more than The organization grew over the See Page 3 A driving desire Ailments of aging may inhibit ability to drive By DAVID CLOUSTON Staff Writer If youve got a license to do commands a local car dealers Many el Last of two parts derly Kan sans have to But like Verla Jos Saline Presbyterien 2601 see their cars as their mein link to in Id be very if I hed to give up my she who drives a 1987 Lin coln Town doesnt drive et She rarely the radio because it bothers her concentra and she has her vision tested Youve got to have confidence in your car and not be she Joscelyn never has been in a Tom Dorsey Verla feels comfortable behind the serious She used to drive herself and her husband to Cali fornia every summer until about two years She doesnt have a problem See Page 8
