Convicted killer seeks new trial in Emporia church shooting
Cortland Berry, court-appointed for Cheun-Phon Ji, argues Ji's conviction for one first degree murder and six attempted murders in the March 1988 Calvary Baptist Church attack deserves a new trial. Berry cites misstatements on insanity law, improper juror guidance, unlawfully obtained statements, and inadequate representation.
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Cheun-Phon Ji
Lyon County District Court
Berry
James Smith
Smith
Roy Lacoursiere
Lacoursiere
Taiwan
Calvary Baptist Church
KU awards Janicke Freshman Honor Scholarships to 70 plus seniors
More than 70 Kansas high school seniors received the Janicke Freshman Honor Scholarships for the 1990 91 academic year at KU. Selection was based on high school achievement national test performance and faculty recommendations. The awards named for Harry O Shed Janicke and Willmerth Billie Janicke of Winfield provide a single $300 freshman year grant. In the Lawrence area recipients include Galen Adams Geoff Deman Sean Devlin Chris Earl Kelly Kay Jay Koester Amy Newman Alicia Thomas and others.
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Kansas University
Janicke
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Winfield
KU Law School
Lawrence Area
Galen N. Adams
Geoff L. Deman
Summertree Ln
Sean A. Devlin
Chris Earl
Wagon Wheel Rd
Kelly C. Kay
Jay A. Koester
Amy K. Newman
Peee
Alica Thomas
Language scholar to lecture at KU Langston Hughes chair
Mervyn C. Alleyne a noted sociolinguist and Creole expert will give KU inaugural Langston Hughes lecture The Humanities Now A Third World Caribbean Perspective at 7 30 p m in Alderson Auditorium Kansas Union Alleyne co edits Dictionnaire de la linguistique Pidgin Creole and wrote Roots of Jamaican Culture He has taught at Yale SUNY Buffalo University of Puerto Rico and Indiana University The Langston Hughes professorship honors the Lawrence childhood resident poet and rotates among KU departments
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Kansas University
Langston Hughes
Mervyn C. Alleyne
Alderson
Kansas Union
ESU receives $500000 challenge grant for alumni center
An anonymous donor offers a $500,000 challenge grant to complete the fundraising for an alumni endowment center at Emporia State University. ESU officials say $500,000 must be raised by May 15 to trigger the match, with $1.3 million targeted and $450,000 already raised. Ground-breaking is set for May 11.
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Emporia
Emporia State University
DeWayne Backhus
ESU Alumni Assn
Joe Cannon
ESU Endowment Assn
Former principal urges label black over African American at college
Joe Clark, former Eastside High principal known for his tough methods, told about 300 Johnson County Community College students that he prefers to be called black. He argued most black people live outside Africa and criticized affirmative action as a liberal ploy while praising achievements of Martin Luther King Jr. and urging voters to follow conscience rather than party. He acknowledged applause and mixed reactions during his remarks.
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Joe Clark
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Johnson County Community College
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China
India
South America
Clark
Eastside High School
Paterson
N.J
Martin Luther King Jr
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