THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
Heat continues High 90s
KANSAN
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
Vol. 88, No.160
Wednesday July 5,1978
Staff Photo by ALAN ZLOTKY
Reak tweak
A royal welcome was given to two friends during
Jayhawk Night at Royals Stadium. About 1,500 KU fans
and alumni watched the game, in which California beat Kansas City, 7-4.
Cease-fire ends in Beirut
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Syrian artillery shells crashed yesterday into the crowded Christian sector of East Beirut, causing more than 200 and ending an 18-hour cease-fire.
The Syrians, who make up the bulk of an Arab League peacekeeping force sent to end a civil war in Lebanon two years ago, are trying to win back the region amounts to a battle for control of Lebanon.
A Fourth of July reception planned for Americans by the U.S. Embassy was canceled because of the danger from renewed smolder fire.
A police official speculated that the casualties were high because many people were caught off guard by the sudden break in the cease-fire.
IT WAS NOT known how many of the new casualties were deaths.
The truce had stilled the guns overnight after three days of what had been the heaviest fighting since the Lebanese civil war ended in November 1976.
A Christian leader demanded that the Arab League peacekeeping force, dominated by Syrians, leave Lebanon immediately.
Informed Lebanese military sources said the rightists used the cease-fire to set up a regime in southern Lebanon.
Before the renewed fighting, the police had reported 132 killed and 517 wounded. The damage to property has been estimated at $10 million. Syrian casualties were not
Memphis firefighters end three-day strike
as a violation of the cease-fire agreement and opened fire on the perches, the sources
"The scars will be there many years," Robert Walker, fire chief, said while he watched the blue-uniformed firemen wash and truck for equipment checks and wash.
MEMPHIS (AP)—Firefighters reluctantly halted yesterday a three-day strike and restored fire protection to the 800,000 residents of Memphis who had suffered through a long weekend filled with arson.
The 1,400 members of Local 1784, International Association of Firefighters, returned to the National Fire Service.
them to conduct informational picketing while they resume negotiations with the city legislature.
The U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon, Richard Parker, had invited resident Americans to his home in the hills above East Beirut, but sniper fire and Syrian gunfire crossed over from the western part of the city, where most foreigners live.
Across town, 860 Tennessee National Guardman were returning to the city's armory, where Major Gen. Carl Wallace, the commander with his staff to plan a phased effected
MAYOR WYETH CHANDLER lifted a 10 p.m. to 6 m. curfew that had been in two effects. A spokesman for Chandler's office said that today Chandler would formally end the state of civil emergency that went into effect Sunday.
Civilians in the Christian sector dashed for cover when the shelling resumed.
Handicapped gaining more access
By TOM RAMSTAC
Staff Writer
A disabled woman in a wheelchair entered the office of affirmative action Friday to complain about the problems associated with her job.
The handicapped parking zone in front of old Green Hall has been removed, the elevator and ground entrances to Strong Hall are difficult to use and there is no identified ramp. The hospital, the woman told Bannie Ritter, director of the office.
When the Kansan investigated the woman's complaints it found that the handicapped parking zone in front of old Green had been replaced with parking for trucks carrying audiovisual supplies. It also was discovered that although Watkins Hospital provided handicapped parking on the east side of the building, it was not marked.
The ground floor entrances and the elevator in Strong Hall were found difficult to enter and exit in a wheelchair. One woman in a wheelchair was unable to use the east ground floor door to Strong because of a protruding stone
"We can't stand it any longer." Pierce said, and she smiled. "The quarter, said it. It would be the best bet the shelling were continuous. My children get used to that. But when it stops and starts
ACCORDING TO Section 504 of the Rebellation Act of 1973, federally funded institutions such as KU must remove all staff from their positions.
Section 504 states: "No otherwise qualified handcapped individual in the United States . . . shall, solely by reason of his handcap, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance."
A statement issued in 1977 by Joseph A. Califano Jr., secretary of health, education and welfare, explained
Section 504: "Higher education institutions must assure accessibility of programs and activities to handicapped students and employees. Architectural barriers must be removed if the program is not made accessible by other means."
On June 2K UUls submitted to HEW an evaluation of existing architectural barriers and programs that need to be revised to comply with the law, according to Carol Prentice, secretary of KU's Section 504 Committee.
IN DECEMBER a transition plan for the proposed changes was completed.
Among the recommendations in the evaluation were changes in the public transportation system, housing, campus organizations and University employment practices to make them more accessible to the disabled.
Roger Williams, chairman of the Section 504 Architectural Handicap Committee, said KU administrators had been receptive to helping the disabled and were ahead of the HEW guidelines in planning future projects.
"By and large, the University administration has evidenced a willingness to meet the spirit and letter of the requirements for Section 804," Williams, who is disabled by muscular dystrophy, said.
But Williams, 44, said there were still some barriers to disabled persons at KU that need to be removed.
"The handicapped have to contribute to the transportation fund with their student activity fee, but don't get to experience it."
One of the main problems he cited was a lack of adequate transportation.
HE SAID that the University recently had bought a wheelchair with a wheelchair lift but that it was used
primarily for class field trips and transporting heavy equipment.
A map that was issued by the dean of men's office, which shows the locations of curb cuts and buildings that are accessible to people in wheelchairs, is being updated, Williams said.
Such buildings as Strong Hall or new Green Hall are designated completely accessible, although a disabled person would still have problems getting around in them, he said.
For example, he said, raised numbers are sometimes placed on elevator buttons for blind people, instead of beside the buttons. When blind people touch the raised numbers, they are transported to the number, they are unwillingly transported to the wrong floor.
Williams said some of the barriers to the disabled were caused by a lack of understanding on the part of program staff.
"This is the only group under civil rights and affirmative action in which people can move into, in some cases,
WILLIAMS SAID the University had no exact count of disables in university health members because many did not attain theiraid conditions.
"The whole concept of disability is a stumbling block, a philosophical one. You refer to 'these people.' Someone goes through a stop sign and all of a sudden you're one of those people."
more than 300 fires, mostly in abandoned buildings, broke out at Saturday and Sunday
Williams said that despite his muscular dystrophy, with care he could live a normal lifespan.
"Life is the only thing that is terminal," he said.
Eight fire alarms are normally answered on a Saturday night.
Contain accused treettowers of setting many of the fires. E. Winslow Chapman, director of police, said that 95 percent of the fires had been set by striking firemen.
A leader of the firefighters union denied that his members had anything to do with the fire.
Walker said the damage to property during the strike may reach $6 million. There were no deaths or serious injuries from the attack. A spokesman for the firefighter had a heart attack while on the job.
the firefighters, angry over the city's refusal to grant them a 50-cent-an-hour bonus for working nights and evenings, sent the mayor an order later while contract negotiations resumed.
"The MEN are going back reluctantly". Katrin Huddleston is the union's president.
Ten other unions, including the 2,400-member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees local which represents the city's sanitation and contractors. Only the police and firefighters have yet to reach an agreement with the city.
Chandler said the city could not offer more than the wage package given to the other unions; a 6 percent wage increase immediately, $30 in April and a 7.5 percent increase in September would increase a fire department private's pay from $1,108.88 to $1,295.82 a month.
Official says cement deficit could hurt state economy
Bv TOM ZIND
Staff Writer
the mineral economist, David R. Collins,
said the cement shortage could make
supplies fall 50,000 tons, or 4 percent, short
of demand.
A mineral economist for the Kansas Geological Survey said yesterday that the national cement shortage could have a significant impact on this economy if the shortage continued.
Collins said that one-third of a ton of cement is used for every $1,000 worth of construction. A cost of $150 million worth of cement resulted in "if the shortage reached 50,000 tons, he said."
"The cement shortage also could have a ripple effect on the economy." Collins said.
"WHEN A LACK of cement slows construction, contractors need less labor and order fewer noncement construction materials, such as lumber and structural steel, reducing labor and material requirements in those industries."
Keith Lawton, director of facilities planning, said that because cement supplies started running low about two weeks ago, there had been delays in delivery to RU
He said the construction industry in Kansas used about 1.21 million tons of coal.
Lawton said two area cement companies that supply cement for KU, Lawrence Read Mix and Penny's Ready-Mix there would be serious delays in delivery.
said there had been a short delay in the cement pouring at the Mallot Hall construction and at the solar energy installation at Stouffer Place Apartments.
He said both companies had given KU assurances that University projects would receive priority, along with other principal customers.
Lawrence Ready Mix is contracted to supply cement for the Robinson Gymnasium addition, the satellite union and the Malott Hall addition. Penny's Ready-Mixed Concrete has a contract with Facilities Operations for its projects.
He said the demand for cement in the southwestern United States was a contributing factor in the area shortage. Kansas cement producers, such as Monarch Smith C in Humboldt, Ashgrove Cement in Chanute and General Portland in shipping their cement to the Southwest and, consequently, area supplies are low.
One reason, he said, is the normal increase in demand for cement during the warmer months when many construction projects began.
TRAVIS GLASS, president of Lawrence Ready Mix, said he did not foresee any problems in supplying cement to KU. However, Glass predicted that the cement shortage would continue for the remainder of the current construction period.
Glass said that because of the increased demand, many producers had had equipment breakdowns try to catch up by running 24-hour production.
Glass cited several possible explanations for the shortage.
However, he predicted that prices would go up as a result of the shortage.
Glass said any increase in the cost of cement would not affect construction at KU because his company already had contracts with the construction companies.
Crop chop
Wheat harvesting season has arrived and this lone combine
finishes cutting a big crop just west of Lawrence. This year's
Kansas wheat crop is expected to be 235.5 million bushels, which is well below last year's harvest.
PRO-SYRIAN NEWSPAPERS reported
their survey that Hafaz Asset set two
conditions for the tractor
The newspapers said that Assad and Lebanese President Elias Sarkis agreed on the conditions but that the right-wing Christian Phalange and National Liberal parties are still militants, the Syrians' Beirut for the past three days, obstructed the agreement.
The Christians want to control security in Christian areas.
Former President Camille Chamoun,
head of the National Liberal party, urged
that the entire Arab League force get out of Lebanon.
About 10 Lebanese students sat in the sixth floor lobby of JRP listening to a short-wave radio for news of their home country. Some of them cried.
Students mourn new fighting in Middle East
Lebanese students in Joseph R. Pearson
Hall reacted with fear, anger and mourning
Sunday after hearing of renewed fighting in
the city, which has militants and the Syrian
peacekeeping force.
Several students tried to call Lebanon to check on the safety of their friends and
"We felt very bad because our parents are getting killed and our country is on fire." Antoine Kassab, Beirut graduate student, said.
Kassab said he had called his parents and learned that cannon shells were exploding in the air.
He said his cousin was buried in a cemetery but he had no funeral ceremony before his death.
"Here there is a demonstration because whales are getting shot," Kassab, who was a rightist soldier during the civil war that ended 20 months ago, "but in Lebanon people are getting naked nobody gives a fish to them they are living a sea and the big fish eat the small fish."
Kassab's wife, Madys, who was shot while in her Beit home by a siren during the创动战. "They were all together. We were mad. We couldn't find any explanation."
Mayor scolds city firefighters for sour attitude
Lawrence Mayor Don Binns told city firefighters Monday night to tone down the acrimony in their negotiations with the city if they were unable to receive to the city with considerable force.
Bins met with the firefighters to explain the city's position on a two-year wage and benefit package announced by city commissioners after a special session Friday.
Friday's session was a result of the impasse procedure outlined in last year's agreements, which provides that the City must resolve any impasses in labor negotiations.
Labor packages announced by the commission provide city firefighters with a 12 percent wage increase by Jan. 1, 1980. The average construction wage increase during the same period.
The adual increase for policemen is the result of the commission's approval of a police request for an upward reclassification of uniformed police employees.
DON KNIGHT, firefighters' union president, said his union had taken particular exception to the reclassification of policemen from the firefighters had been denied.
Bins told the firefighters that their request for reclassification, which amounts to a 5 percent wage increase, was denied because it was a last-minute proposal and that the police reclassification request had been brought up in the course of negotiations.