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University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, June 21, 1978
State employees begin tapping tourist pipeline
Kansas ranks second in the country in its annual tourist count. The only problem is that most tourists are just passing through.
"Everyone thinks Kansas is dry land and cowboys." Patricia Rice, one of 15 persons employed by the Kansas Travel Information Program, said.
"They're surprised about all the things to do and see in Kansas."
and SEEKERKI
The program was established in 1977 by the Department of Economic Development in an effort to promote tourism in Kansas.
historical points of interest
LARGE SAFE the program was funded by
taxes appropriated by the state Legislature
for tourism.
to tour.
"The purpose of the program is in part to acquaint and persuade Kansans to see Kansas," Harriet Lange, director of tourism development, said.
"It also serves to delay or divert the traveler passing through Kansas to its historical points of interest."
The program employs 10 college students and five senior citizens during the summer
to staff four campers s.
Two campers are used as stationary units
and the other two as mobile units, all with
the inscription "See Kansas First."
Lamie said the stationary campers were added to the program this summer.
added that the program might be ex- pounded, rather if it was successful.
We've talked about making the stationary units more permanent if we can document the fact that the program is providing a real service to tourists in Kansas. "Lange said, 'but we haven't asked for it next year.'"
asked of the campers, situated at rest sites on an interstate 10 in Lawrence and Goodland, and tourists who need information or suggestions about where to go in Kansas.
'MANY OF THE other states have permanent sites for tourist information.'
Rice, Lawrence junior, said that the Lawrence stationary camper had been averaging more than 150 travelers each day.
Staff Photo by SUZANNE BURDICK
Tourist tent
Patricia Rice, Lawrence junior, and Greg Munzer, Topeka senior, answer questions and pass out maps and brochures about
Greg Munzer, Topeka senior, said that 99 percent of the travelers were crossing Kansas on I-70.
"If people are going west on L-70 and want to know what they can see in Kansas, I usually tell them to stop in Abilene," Munzer said.
"There they can see the Eisenhower Museum or, especially if they have kids, they can see Old Ablene."
Kansas at one of the four tourist information campers at rest stons on Interstate 70.
The campers also provide maps and information about alternative routes through
'THEY GET THIS far and want to know if there's another way to take. Rice said, 'We don't know.'
"I usually tell them to take Highway 24 if they are on their way to Colorado."
Travelers often stop to ask about mileage.
"How far is it to Colorado?" is the usual
question," Ty Winteres, olae the senior, said. Rice said, however, that even those who stopped for maps or directions usually took a few of the brochures on display in the room.
"If someone wants to hunt or fish in kansas, we have a brochure here with fishing tips."
Manzer said that a two-day orientation helped acquaint the staff with events and activities.
Mondale lauds urban aid proposal
ATLANTA (AP)—Vice President Walter Mandela told the nation's masters yesterday that the National Development Bank proposed by the Carter administration could bring their communities as much as $16 billion in private investment.
The Urbank, considered the capstone of President Jimmy Carter's urban policy, was created in 1960 by a group of five men.
sent to Congress yesterday; it was the last of 15 bills in the administration's urban policy package.
"The development bank is crucial to our joint efforts to bring jobs and private investment to cities, counties and communities," Mondale said.
Mondale said that 1,800 large communities would be eligible for assistance automatically and that 10,600 smaller ones come eligible if they met federal criteria.
Referring to the taxpayer revolt symbized by the passage of Proposition 13, which mandated a $7 billion reduction in California property taxes, Mondale said that the taxpayers' complaints were aimed at waste and unfair tax schemes and that people would support the urban programs if they were properly administered.
sutride low-interest rates for private industry that is willing to locate in decaying areas, are available at a lower cost.
Addressing the U.S. Conference of Mayors' annual convention, Mondale said the development bank would cost the government less than $2 billion. The proposal brings the total cost of Curtz's urban programs to $10.8 billion over the course.
The legislation to establish the bank was
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was to leave such cases to the states for prosecution, and only a handful of federal cases were pending involving brutality against Hispanics.
Until February, the department's policy
REP. EDWARD Roybal, D-Callif,
chairman of the five-member caucus, said
Bell adopted five recommendations that
the group presented, including a pledge to speed
up review and prosecution of pending
business cases under federal civil rights laws.
But Bell ordered a federal grand jury investigation into the 1975 killing of a Hispanic-American by the police chief of Castrillo, Texas. The police chief was sentenced to prison in a state sentence and made eligible for parole after serving less than two years.
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Spokane Terrence Adamson said Bell placed that the department would emphasize training of policemen, developing sensitivity to race problems and vigorous investigation and prosecution where indicated.
Bell wants completion of brutality inquiries
Adamson said the department had completed the investigations of 55 complaints of official violence against Chicanos in the Southwest. He said that the police officers were being prosecuted for violating the civil rights of Spanish-speaking Americans.
Royal reported that the department now was investigating 12 cases. He said that investigations had been completed in 47 cases in Puerto Rico and 50 cases in Texas and that the department would decide soon whether to prosecute the policemen involved. He said 14 other Texas cases still were under investigation.
WASHINGTON (UP1) - Attorney General Griffin Bell promised last night to push for the completion of Justice Department investigations into more than 200 cases of alleged police brutality against Hispanic Americans, including 50 such complaints in
Bell told members of the congressional Hispanic Caucus that the department would renew its efforts to eliminate police violence in Hispanic-Americans, a spokesman said.
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"WHY SIT WE HERE UNTIL WE DIE?" is a text found in 2nd Kings 7-3. In times past it was often used for a sermon, and have heard a number of good and helpful messages about the life of Jesus. The story of the context and thereby may have missed the most important and solemn message. "And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ."
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