2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
MONDAY, DECEMBER 5. 2005
this week in KU HISTORY
dec. 5 - dec. 9
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BY SHANKI UPSDELL
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDENT
Dec. 7,1905-Helium High
What started as a well of "hot air" led to a University of Kansas discovery that would help the Allies in World War II and comprise a national strategic reserve material: helium.
In 1903, the small town of Dexter uncovered "a howling gasser" while drilling a natural gas well, the American Chemical Society wrote in a 2000 booklet. Envisioning immediate industries such as glass plants and ore smelters, the people planned a public celebration.
The celebration would climax, promotional materials stated, by pushing a burning
When the time arrived, the flames from the burning bate movee slowly to touch the gushes then died.
After repeating the procedure – with the same results – the crowd left, some calling it wind gas and others calling it hot air. "Understandably," the booklet said, "the company 'did not wish that it be given great publicity.'"
bale of hay into the gusher to burst into flame and "light the entire countryside for a day and a night."
Erasmus Haworth, the state's official geologist and geology faculty member at the University, heard about the well. He arranged for a sample of the gas to be sent to David McFarland, professor of chemistry. On this day, McFarland and Hamilton Cady, professor of chemistry, extracted and identified helium from the gas sample in Bailey Hall. Helium served as the "inert residue" that helped stop the flame from burning, the booklet said. Isolating helium in natural gas allowed it to be harvested in large quantities.
The country would not use helium extensively until World War II when U.S. Navy patrol blimps filled with helium helped escort ships carrying supplies and troops. The Allies enjoyed a "virtual monopoly" on helium, the booklet said, because only the United States and Canada had identified gas wells that could produce large amounts of it.
Commander Ronald E. Evans, 1956 graduate and KU alumnus, attended the University's Navy ROTC program and earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.
Dec. 7, 1972 - Rock Chalk "Spacehawk"
The first KU alumnus in space blasted off on NASA's last manned mission to the moon for the United States on this day.
He journeyed into space as the command module pilot of Apollo 17. Although Evans never touched the moon's surface, he embarked on a spacewalk outside the spacecraft that lasted for about one hour. He would later recount his experience of that spacewalk to the Kansas Alumni Magazine in December 1981. Although he had to hang on to the spacecraft by his wrists, he said the experience was "actually euphoric" after he adjusted to it.
Evans' commitment to the University never declined. He requested the 'fajawk Fight Song' he played in space to wake him up in the morning. But he later admitted in a University visit that although the song played three or four times, he failed to wake up or hear it. "I have come back to KU to redeem myself," he said.
The Ronald Evans auditorium in Nichols Hall holds one of his keepsakes – a small flag with the University's logo on it. Evans took the flag into space with him and bequeathed it to "the men and women of KU where I took my first steps toward the moon."
Evans holds the world record for the most time spent in lunar orbit - 147 hours and 48 minutes. Evans died from a heart attack April 6, 1990, in Scottsdale, Ariz.
$ \diamond $ Information compiled from www.kuhistory.com,www.nasa.gov and the Spencer Research Library Archives
State targets several local bars
NIGHTLIFE
Establishments join The Hawk on top five list
BY STEVE LYNN
sylnn@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
At least three bars in Lawrence have paid thousands of dollars in fines for multiple alcohol violations in order to keep operating.
The Kansas Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control has cracked down on underage drinking in Lawrence bars, and especially those open to patrons 18 and up, such as Quinton's Bar and Deli, Club 508 and The Hawk, according to records from the Kansas Department of Revenue.
"I think it happens to every other bar," Jesse Del Campo, manager of Club 508, said. His mother, Severina Del Campo, owns the 18-and-up dance club on 508 Locust St., north of the Kansas River.
Despite Del Campo's opinion, Club 508, Quinton's Bar and Deli and The Hawk are among the five bars in Kansas with the most violations.
The other two bars, Manhattan's Shotz and Emporia's Rawdawgz, have closed. Records show a sharp rise in enforcement at two of the Lawrence bars beginning in 2004, but their owners say the ABC is stepping up enforcement at other bars. too.
Tom Groneman, director of the ABC, said in the Sept. 23 edition of The University Daily Kansan that the ABC often inspects establishments in Lawrence because of the town's large population of underage drinkers.
Steve Gaudreau of Quinton's 615 Massachusetts St., was fined $3,300 after he pleaded guilty or no contest to 20 different MIPs and three other alcohol law violations since 1991. In a settlement agreement between Gaudreau Quinton Enterprises, Inc., and Alcoholic Beverage Control, signed Nov. 4, Gaudreau agreed to pay $10,000 for 10 violations that occurred between March 11, 2004, and Sept. 24, 2005.
Quinton's was also suspended from serving alcohol for one day on three different occasions in 1997 and 1998. The bar was also ordered to complete a training program.
Gaudreau said he recently noticed an increase in enforcement at his bar and others in Lawrence. "There definitely has been an increase across the board," Gaudreau said. "I think they're going after the popular places. It's like shooting fish in a barrel."
Severina Del Campo has been fined $3,600 after pleading guilty or no contest to 24
MIPs since 1996. The establishment changed its name from Los Amigos Saloon to Club 508, Jesse Del Campo said.
In a settlement agreement between Severnina Del Campo and the ABC, also signed Nov. 4, the bar agreed to pay $12,000 for 13 violations between Feb. 6, 2004, and Jan. 29, 2005. Club 508 was also suspended from serving alcohol for a total of six days on two occasions in the past and was ordered to complete two training programs.
Del Campo said the club had to gamble and hope that its 18-year-old patrons wouldn't drink. If an underage person is drinking, employees remove them from the bar, he said.
But that hasn't worked. A record states that the State of Kansas will serve to revoke Severina Del Campo's liquor license for any additional violations.
"We take the chances of letting in 18 and up." Del Campo said. "If we didn't do that, they'd go somewhere else."
Most of the patrons that go to Club 508 are younger than 21, he said.
The Hawk, which admits 18 year-olds, has been cited for 43 MIPs from 2003 to September 2005, records show.
Seven of those violations were dropped at a hearing.
John Heleniak, co-owner of The Hawk, 1340 Ohio St., said
LAW BREAKERS
Of the five bars in Kansas cited for violations of Kansas alcohol control laws, three are in Lawrence. The remaining two have been closed.
1. The Hawk
5. Rawdawgz (Closed)
Source: Kansas Department of Revenue
he would not comment. The ABC did not provide information pertaining to increased enforcement and fines paid by The Hawk.
Brad Burke, assistant attorney general for the ABC, said the ABC recommended that The Hawk's liquor license be revoked. Burke said he could not comment on the specifics of the case.
The ABC enters into hearings or settlement negotiations with licensees and takes the bars' histories into consideration.
"If there have been additional violations after agreements, it's taken into consideration that they have been given a chance." Burke said.
Edited by Jonathan Kealing
No longer on the prowl
J. Scott Applewhite/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A man identified by Secret Service spokesman Jonathan Cherry, unseen, as Shawn A. Cox of Arkansas, left, is taken into custody by an officer of the Secret Service Uniformed Division outside the Northwest Gate of the White House facing Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, Sunday. A man from Arkansas scaled the fence surrounding the White House Sunday while President Bush was inside and was immediately captured by Secret Service officers.
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