Tuesday, May 9, 1978
Laetrile bill becomes law
By TIM SHEEHY
Staff Writer
TOPEKA-Gov. Robert F. Bennett forwarded to the secretary of state yesterday an unsigned bill legalizing the prescription and use of the controversial cancer treatment Laetrile. The bill now becomes law without Bennett's signature.
Kansas becomes the 15th state to authorize the use of the drug, although the Food and Drug Administration still allows the use of apricot pits, from which Laetrile is made.
In a prepared statement, Bennett said that doubts raised by the medical profession about the drug's effectiveness had made him reluctant to sign the bill.
"THERE IS strong evidence that individuals suffering from cancer may be enticed away from more effective treatment because of both the ease and the painlessness of treatment by the use of this drux." Bennett said.
He declined to vet the measure, he said, because doing so would take away an individual's right to decide what was appropriate treatment and also because the bill mandated that patients must be in emotional initial hazards and success rates of the drug.
"To deny to an individual the hope of survival, even where that hope may be false, is an awesome responsibility and should be exercised only where there is a persuasive and compelling public purpose," she writes. "And no such public purpose in this instance."
THE BILL provides that Laetrile can be produced only in Kansas under the auspices of the state board of health and environment.
Doubt remains about where potential manufacturers will get their raw materials, because Kansas has a very limited supply of apricots.
The bill also provides that patients must sign a release form stating that the medical profession doesn't recognize the use of Laetrile as an effective cancer treatment agent. Some doctors doctors from potential lawsuits resulting from any side effects of the drug's use.
Tuesday, May 9
Witchcraft/Black Magic:
HAXAN-WITCHCRAFT
THROUGH THE AGES
Dir. Benjamin Christensen
THE BLACK CAT
THE BLACK CAT
Dir. Drgar G. Ulmer with Boris Karloff
Bela Lugosi
7:30 p.m. $1.00 Wooldruft Au
7:30 p.m. $1.00 Woodruff Aud.
Wednesday, May 10
Samuel Fuller:
SHOCK CORRIDOR
SHOCK CORRIDOR with Peter Breck. Constance Towers
THE NAKED KISS
THE NAKED KISS
with Constance Tower, Anthony
Ellens
7:30 a.m. $1.00 Woodruff
Thursday, May 11
Leavnworth, experimental film-maker, BARRY ARCHER, with his barry. Barry was student of Tom Coyne (Picklen while at Antlion College).
9:00 p.m. FREE Forum Room
Friday, May 12
AUSTRIAN FILMMAKER KURT KREN, IN PERSON
"One particularly rich exponent of both tension and gesture is Viennese dactylogram, with a large scale, expressive and elaborate, with a wide range of content and comment that is always full of freshness and homeliness of the sensation." S. Dwikson.
Co-Sponsored by the GERMAN DEPT.
8:00 p.m. $1.00 Forum Room
Saturday, May 13
HOLLAND EXPERIMENTAL FILM
UNDER TERMS of the bill, the state,
beginning next year, will assume the cost of
its unified court system. The cost presently
is borne by the counties.
Also, yesterday, Bennett signed into a law that increases the salaries of members of the state judicial system and other state legislators, including the governor and state legislators.
A collection of 11 shorts, totally a 2 hrs. representing the best of Dutch film, PETER RUBIN, a film teacher, is accompanying this national tour, sponsored by the Dutch Ministry of Culture.
This move represents $1.87 million in tax relief for the counties, Bennett said.
Also provided in the bill is a $10,000 increase in salary for whoever assumes the governor's office after the November election. The governor's salary is currently $55,000.
Sponsored by the GERMAN DEPT.
8:00 p.m. $1.00 Forum Room
BENNETT SAID the increase in judicial salaries was long called for but that he would have preferred to review the two increases on an individual basis, letting individual increases be judged on their own merit.
$400 in non-taxable expense allowances for legislators during out-of-session months.
The bill provides an increase from $200 to
Bennett said that he could not veto the measure because of the loss of tax relief to the counties and the dire need for salary increases for judges.
"Taken on balance, there is more to be gained in the passage of this bill than in its veto. Bennett said to me, 'avo encourage subjugation to a voio' approach bag approach to legislative proposals."
SUMMER SALE
University Daily Kansan
May 8th thru 13th Hours:10 to 5 1405 Mass.
New hours
are set for Union, library
The Kansas Union will continue to be open during its regular hours 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sundays.
The Union's hours of m. May 24, 25 and 26
will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The Union will be closed May 27, 28 and 29 for the Memorial Day weekend.
From May 30 through June 2, the Union will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.; June 3 the Union will be closed and on June 4 the Union will be closed for an hour p.m. for Sunday brunch in the Prairie Room.
June 8$4 the Union will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; June 9 from 7 a.m. until 9
p.m. and June 11 from 10:45 a.m. to 3 p.m.
for Sunday brunch.
Beginning June 12, the Union will be open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 10:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. for Sunday brunch.
Watson Library hours now through May 17 will be from 8 a.m. to midnight Monday through Friday; 0 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. These hours also apply to branch libraries.
Watson will be open 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Thursday, May 18, and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday, May 19, the last day of finals.
The library will be closed May 20 and 21.
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