University of Central Oklahoma
THURSDAY November 5, 1992
The Student Voice Since 1903
Woman. almost buried alive SFATTLE (AP) — A woman who was found alive at a funeral home al-ter she was mistakenly declared to be dead two days at a hospital, a nursing supervisor said. Roberta Jones, 68, of Seattle died at 5:20 a.m., said the Harborview Medical Center superviSac„ who declined to give her name or the cause of death. Jones suffered from colon cancer, a hospital offici.A said earlier. She was erroneously declared dead Smithy, when a fire department medic summoned by (.-_t worried out-of-town relative found her lying 011 the floor of her apartment with a body temperature of 90 degrees sand no apparent pulse. A funeral-home employee noticed what he thought was faint breathing as he began n oa di )O Jones' sheetcovered body from a stretcher to the mortuary Sunday. Jones was pronounced dead a second time 24 hours later at Harborvienv Medical Center.
Hopeful voters wait in line at Northern Hills Elementary School in Edmond for their chance to mark a ballot. More than 1,379,320 Oklahomans braved the cold Tuesday to
cast their votes for president, senators representatives. (Photo by Whitney Wheeler)
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Optimistic attitudes products of change By Tami Watson
Staff Writer
Four-year-old receives organs
After 12 years of Republican rule, America is looking forward to a change with the election of President-elect Bill Clinton, said Dr. Drew Mason, assistant professor of political science at the University of Central Oklahoma. Mason said the biggest. change that Clinton will bring to America is a change in public
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Doctors today transplanted live organs into a4-year -old gig l who was born with an intestine too short to absorb Nutrition properly. Charlie Fourstar, who lives on Montana's Fort Peck Indian kcservaticin, was in critical condition alter receiving a liver, stomach, pancreas and small and large intestine in a 16 - hour operation at Presbyterian University Hospital. The child was born with Snortgut syndrome, in which the small intestine cannot absorb nutrition properly, and has been led intravenously her entire hie, II the operation succeeds, she will I)e able to cat normally.
attitude.
"The country was suffering from a had attitude," said Mason. "Clinton's election will start to jazz things up and people will start thinking in different. terms. They'll liven up a bit." Clinton ran a good campaign and will make a good president, said Mason. "He was a great campaigner. He was smart. enough to look at the Dukakis race and to avoid making the same mistakes," he
said. "He appealed to the middle ground by working to bring the Democratic party back to the middle." "I think he'll also be smart enough to avoid Carter's mistakes," Mason added. Bush was not articulating anything that would help solve our problems and his campaign was unfocused, said Mason. "The country needed a change and Bush was the easiest
thing, to change," he said. "He wasn't relating to people as a fixer of problems." "We have a huge deficit problem and I think Clinton will do his best to get the country moving without raising taxes," he said. "He's going to change the way the public feels about itself and economic improvement will shortly follow as the public gains confidence in the system."
Kallienke case goes to trial again By Roy Howe
Staff Writer
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A 10 woman, two !nail jury began listening to testimony last Thursday in Oklahoma County District Court. in the murder trial of former University of Central Oklahoma professor Gerhard Kallienke by two Edmond teenagers last April. Kallienke died of smoke inhalation when the duplex he lived in was set ablaze. Jacqueline Lattice James, 16, and Shariell Brisby, 13, were
arrested April 22 and charged with arson and the murder of Kallienke. Authorities charge the suspects poured lighter fluid on the body and set it on fire. • The jury is currently listening to testimony by witnesses brought forward by the state. These include Kurt Habrock maintenance man from the property where Kallienke rented a duplex and Ron Williams, Edmond fire marshal. "The day of the fire I saw 2 black females leaving the area of
Kallienke's duplex," Habrock said. "They appeared to he teenagers," he added. During cross examination by the defense, Habrock said that was the first time he had seen two black females in that area. "You didn't see Ms. James did you," defense attorney Nathon Gigger asked pointing at the defendant. "I couldn't identify who I saw," Habrock said. Ironically, Habrock said the last time he was in Kallienke's duplex was six weeks prior to the fire to check the smoke
detector. Williams testified that the heat caused by the fire in the house was extreme. Williams said the fire was not Out when the professor's body was found in a mound of debris. "The body was first recognized by a knee joint. protruding out of a couple of feet of debris," lie said. The body was burned beyond recognition and was confirmed as Kallienke's through dental records.