Shankel again expresses support for Washington
Bv COURTNEY THOMPSON
Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor, yesterday retraited his support of Marion Washington's recent actions within the women's athletics department at the University of Kansas.
Washington, director of women's intercollegiate athletics, has made several changes within the school.
Shankel said that he thought articles about the situation were a misrepresentation of the facts. He said he thought that the use of the press by the authorities made their complaints was an inappropriate action.
"I SUPPORT Ms. Washington's decision not to fight her personal battles via the press and I think that the women involved in the situation should have exercised the same judgement."
Shankel he felt he girls became frustrated when Washington wouldn't do everything they asked her to do concerning recent decisions to release several coaches and staff members.
"I think the whole situation has been greatly overplayed," he said. "It seems that a relatively minor incident of an athletic director exercising her muscles in front of a crowd into a major event of unwarranted proportions."
Accusations by the women that he and the administration were inaccessible were unfounded,
"I HAVE no knowledge of any refusal by me or my secretaries to arrange an appointment with these women," he said. "They're no different from anyone who asks for an appointment gets one."
field hockey coach, was released two days prior to her contract expiration but he said that it was known that her contract was for one year only and that a two day variation wasn't significant.
Shankel said he knew that Jane Markert, former
He also said that Washington is now filling the vacant positions within the women's athletics department and that he thought all coaching and staff would be filled by the beginning of the fall semester.
Washington's decision not to renew Sharon Drydeney's contract as head football coach was passed.
"WOULD IT seem logical to you to retain a staff member with whom it was impossible to have a teammate?"
"I think in many cases that disappointment over Drysdale's failure to be chosen as women's athletic coach has been a major factor," she said.
probably is the root of much of this opposition to Ms. Washington."
Sankel said that he had responded to letters he received about the problems within the women's athletic program. Specifically, he said that he met Sankel in person and made a statement of dissatisfaction with how the department was run. No comment was made about the team. Sankel by Irene Maley, former athlete trainer.
He said a new coaching staff which will be able to solidify the department under Washington's direction would be an incentive for contributors to continue support of the women's athletics program.
Shankel said he thought that many of Washington's strongest supporters hadn't spoken out because they agreed with Washington that the department's problems shouldn't be discussed in
the press or by word of mouth.
"THIS IS a very complex issue that Washington must deal with (building the women's athletics program) and her job is certainly not an easy one. I think she has done many things to strengthen women's athletics at KU and I will continue to support her actions."
Shankel said previously in an official news release about Drysdale's dismissal that he had kept Chancellor Archie R. Dykes informed of the allegations. Drysdale knew of all decisions which had been made.
Dykes told Tuesday night that he hadn't had an opportunity to read the latest article about the dissatisfaction among the women athletes and was therefore not able to comment on the specific charges. Dykes could not be reached yesterday for further comment.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Wednesday, July 28, 1976
Vol.86 No.170
Summer tennis camp
Staff photos by JAY KOELZER
The third session of KU's tenis camp for boys and girls aged 9-17 went bouncing on yesterday. While Jeannie Brooker of Tokea had her hands full with tennis balls, Danny
Westerville of Blue Springs, Mo., puffed his cheeks and kept his attention undived. By Friday, many of the 38 students of the camp will have had their fill of blistered feet and bruises.
Connally says he's backing Ford
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Texas Gov. John B. Comcast announced yesterday that he was ending his neutrality and coming out "nequivocally" in support of President Ford for the Republican nomination.
The announcement was made, with Ford standing by, following a meeting between the two companies.
Ford said the decision on who would be his running mate was still open to "any potential Republican."
CONNALLY, who has been discussed as a possible vice president candidate, said he decided to announce his backing of Ford and George W. Bush. Reagan had selected Sen. Richard S. Reagan.
City approves agreement for county to use landfill
By G.S. BASHAW
The Lawrence City Commission approved last night a contract between the city and Douglas County for disposal of county waste in the city's landfill.
Under the plan, approved last week by the Douglas County Commission, the city will retain control of the landfill, located northwest of Lawrence.
Buford Watson, city manager, said the county will pay regular ordinance prices to use the fill, which should have room for trash for about six more years.
Watson suggested that the commissioners review the city's water extension policy in order to ensure that rock excavation needed to install new水 lines. Although the city now charges $4 a foot in trenching costs, this doesn't cover the cost of rock excavation is necessary. Watson said.
"WE HAVE plenty of room in the dump and wanted it to put us," Mike Wilden, assistant city manager said. "After it was done, I'll have to provide for another landfill."
"I say that when excavation is required to install water mains, the city should charge for labor, material and equipment to whoever owns the property," he said. "There's no reason for this to come out of the general utilities fund."
Commissioner Barkley Clark said he agreed with the plan but that a commission would be created to develop developers, already started on a project at 15th and Kasold, of a possible change in policy. The issue will be reviewed as a discussion item at next week's meeting.
THE COMMISSION authorized preparing of ordinances to begin annexation of 29 acres of land west of Kasold and north of Trail. Rivierview Investment requested the annexation and wants to develop the area into a residential section, Watson said.
COMMISSION MEMBERS vuiled their approval over a resolution, drafted by the board of directors of House of Representative's bill calling for a uniform unemployment insurance act. All city employees would have to be covered under the federal insurance fund, Watson
The new ordinance allows recreational vehicles parked on streets for up to 48 hours as long as they are at least 150 feet from the center of any intersection. This distance is required so you see around campers and trailer like they can see around cars. Watson said.
"This is just another mandated program pushed on us," Watson said. "In Lawrence, where we have a three per cent unemployment rate, we'd only be subsiding high unemployment areas by trying to contribute to an unemployment fund."
An amendment to the city zoning ordinance on storage of recreational vehicles may be stored on ordinance vehicles may be stored on property for 72 hours during a seven-day period, provided they aren't on front lawns or within 10 feet of other property. Watson
"That's an ordinance that will be tough to enforce," Clark said. "I'll probably have to do it."
Schweiker of Pennsylvania as us running mate.
He said that his statement had nothing to do with his chances of being picked as Ford's running mate but that he felt the need to win and make a difference. Ford and Reagan "as quickly as possible."
"I think it's quite clear between the two men that the President is unmistakably the better choice, not only for the party but for the country." Connally said.
Clark said, "The Supreme Court only recently held that the federal government
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Earlier in the day it was announced that Ford would personally return to the nomination battle with a trip to Mississippi to woo 30 uncommitted votes there.
PRESS SECRETARY Ron Nessen said that as far as he knew, the decision to visit Mississippi had no relation to Reagan's announcement of Schweker as a running
Nessen has indicated that Ford won't select a running mate until after the election.
Reagan's vice presidential move has caused, at least for now, almost no significant moves of delegates in either direction. Ford headquarters in Washington declined to announce that delegates found two shifting from Ford to Reagan and two from Reagan to Ford.
THE CONSERVATIVE governor said he would not switch his support to President Ford for the Republican nomination, and he said he would wait until after the party's presidential candidate had been selected, so he could "see what the whole picture is."
There was reaction from one powerful non-delegate, though, when New
The Mississippi delegation voted last weekend to cast all its votes for the same candidate and has been the focus of considerable attention from both Ford and Reagan. The delegation lists itself as uncommitted to either candidate now.
Hampshire Gov. Meldrum Thomson withdrew his longtime support for Reagan, calling the selection of Schweiker "a crass political maneuver."
Ford will meet with all 30 Mississippi delegates and 30 alternates in a group and then the team will send to smaller groups of delegates during the Jackson visit. Details of the trip will be posted online soon.
From the South, while there was some grumbling at Schwedker's liberal voting record, there were no immediate known moves by him. His moves by uncommitted delegates to Ford.
With 1,130 delegates needed to capture the presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention next month, Ford now has 1,094 and Reagan 1,025, with 140 uncommitted, according to the latest survey by The Associated Press.
Med Center inquiry hears of dirt, low pay
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A legislative inquiry of the University of Kansas Medical Center bead complains yesterday of inadequate equipment, excessive dirt, and poor maintenance of personnel morale, too many boses, and too little coordination and communication.
Several nurses and a doctor told the three-member special committee of the Kansas Legislature they would not want to be patients at the hospital.
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She also complained of inadequate air conditioning, causing surgeons to perspire excessively over incisions, and a lack of suctions to carry away excessive blood.
"I hope your committee does some good," Miss Rupp said. "We've been complaining and complaining, and nothing has happened."
She said she once scrubbed the floor of her
san's hospital room to clean up vomit and blood. M.searles charged that there are not enough nurses and housekeeping personnel to properly care for patients.
Patricia McAanney, a nurse in graduate study, said the center "is loosing its nursing talent." She said several nurses have recently been recently by low pay and overwork.
Janet Sourk, a nurse in intensive care, said supervisors and administrators blame the state Legislature for staff shortages and lack of equipment.
Barth Hoogstraten, physician, said he agreed with the others, but added that he thought the center "has more than enough very talented doctors and nurses and supportive staff to make it a very fine hospital."
"We simply don't have enough nurses to give the kind of nursing care we want to give."
"We unnecessarily rob patients of duty, said Mr Koehne, a fifth-grade teacher. "We have to lie in urine or have had to let urine lie on the floor because there weren't enough people on housekeeping duty to lift it, and we wasn't included in their job description."
Dykes releases testimony
- KU is attacking the shortage of physicians in Kansas by the increase in the number of students studying medicine at KU. KU is now educating doctors in Kansas at a rate approximately 50 per cent higher than the national average.
- Chancellor Archie R. Dykes released yesterday testimony he gave July 14 before a joint Kansas House-Senate interim committee investigating medical services that outlined the steps KU is taking to improve the availability of health care in Kansas;
- The national Liaison Committee on Medical Education has approved the increased enrollment to 50 students in the medical Clinical Branch of the KU School of Medicine.
- KU is expanding training programs for allied health professionals to increase the amount of time physicians have to devote to medical problems which they are uniquely able to handle. KU has presented to the Health Education Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of baccalaureate programs in emergency medical services, nurse anesthesiology and respiratory therapy, while increasing the enrollment in the School of Nursing.
- KU is making a major effort to attract more medical students to primary care programs, especially Family Practice. The KU Medical residencies in primary care fields.
**KU** is planning the development of the Integrated Family Practice Residency Program, beginning in the summer of 1977 with 12 new residencies in Family Practice. For the first year of residency in this program, students will be exposed to the skills required for residency in City or Wichita; to the second and third years of training, these residents would be based in cities over the state where community-based physicians would serve as faculty. While based in these cities, the residents would also periodically rotate into small communities, gaining exposure to the benefits of establishing medical practice in communities which aren't new practitioners. Although the program will begin next summer with just 12 residencies, the program is expected to grow.
*Studies have shown that a doctor tends to establish medical practice in the areas where he/she is practicing.
In response, KU has increased the number of programs for training residents outside KU.
In the 1975-76 school year, 39 residents spent驻居民 outside of Kansas City and Wichita; this year 68 residents will participate in such residencies. Presently, KU has residents in Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, General Surgery, Obstetrics/Gynecology serving in residency rotations in Topeka, Garden City, Halsted, Hays, Kingman, Norton, Minola, Belleville, Phillipsburg and Howard.
*Increased emphasis is being given to programs of continuing education for practicing physicians so that they may engage in professional renewal and avoid the effect of isolation from professional colleagues.
- KU has provided services to practicing physicians such as inward WATS and MATCH lines so that physicians may call clinical specialists at the Medical Center, KU also provides medical library materials upon request.
*The University and the Kansas Medical Society have developed a Locum Tenens program. The program will make available advanced medical residents who can relieve practicing physicians who need time for vacation, postgraduate courses, or medical illness or to provide extra medical help should the need arise in a community.
*KU is planning a model rural health care center to be located in a small community in a rural area of the state. It would be a clinic for ambulatory patients and would serve as a training center for healthcare residents and a continuing education center.
*The University is planning this fall two Kansas Health Days, one in Kansas City and Wichita. Already more than 40 people have indicated an interest in participating.*
- A state scholarship program, developed under the leadership of Sen. Wesley Sowers, R-Wichita, is to provide financial assistance for students pursuing education or practice in medically underserved areas.
*KU is trying to find ways of bringing into the medical school students who are strongly committed to Kansas and who are likely to practice in the state.
Carter calls reserve forces inept
PLAINS, Ga. (AF)—Democratic presidential nominee Jimmy Carter said yesterday that the nation's national Guard and military forces are "shot through with politics," "madefully trained and equipped and unprepared to fight."
Commenting on a Monday briefing from defense experts, Carter said that as president he would try to involve all the nation's governors in the initial planning of a series of changes to improve the National Army reserve and other reserve forces.
Carter said that reform of reserve forces had been difficult in the past because of the influence of state politics and the desire of the military to use force free of control from Washington.
HE SAID changes he would strive for in consultation with the governors was
result in a reserve force that could be counted on to perform its mission in close coordination with the nation's regular military forces.
The readiness of current reserve forces is doubtful, Carter said, adding that they lack both the training and the weapons to be an effective fighting force.
Carter's running mate, Sen. Walter F. Mondale of Minnesota, said he believed the key to the nation's military strategy should be the maneuverability of our retailer force.
I think inevitably put a hair-trigger on nuclear war and scared the Russians as well.
Monale said he voted for research and development funds for the costly and controversial BI bomber because he felt it was more sensible to deploy a sophisticated drone. He also said the team was to proceed with a publicly acknowledged policy of counter force which
Carter said it is essential for the nation's leaders to realize that "when we talk about 40-megaton capability for our submarines or 800 megatons for our bomber fleet that in
CARTER SAID a successful first-strike nuclear capability could not prevent "unbelievable" devastation in the nation that originated the attack and that 200 million Americans would die in any all-out nuclear war.
He said Monday that he could foresee having to order the use of nuclear weapons as president if the nation's security or the security of nations to which the United States is bound by treaty were to be threatened.
human terms this is an unbelievable amount of death."
Asked if he believes the United States should or could seek a first-strike nuclear capability, Carter replied, "Obviously we now have and the Soviet Union has the ability to create devastation. But there is no way to prevent a massive retaliatory strike."
"There would be no possibility under the sun that a first-strike capability would be adequate in preventing a massive bombing," he signaled the massive attack. "Carter said."
Therefore, he said, while first-strike capability is a possibility, it no longer is a reality and has not been since the first combat airbornemen were launched 15 or 20 years ago.