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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
The University of Kansas
Vol. 88, No.140
Monday May 1,1978
Lawrence, Kansas
race past K-State
Despite clouded skies and occasional rain, the KU Dogues finished first in the annual KU-Klase competition.
The Rogues finished the 102-mile race between Manhattan and Lawrence with a time of 15 hours and 55 minutes, just minutes before the K-State Kawdads.
The race, sponsored by the Jayhawk Cafe, 1340 Ohio St., The Dark Horse Tavern in Manhattan and the Miller Brewing Co., was divided into two days of the race. On Sunday, a 7-way point at the Mary S. Murray Saturday night.
DAVE Alderson, Prairie Village senior senator, said the race started with 21 canes Saturday morning and ended with 31 on Tuesday.
THE FIRST day was beautiful; everyone got nice sunshine, he said. "But the second day was very rainy."
Rules for the race state that canoers cannot pull their canoes out of the river during the competition
Staff Photos by TIM ASHNER
and that each team must include at least one woman.
Alderson said that two of the Rugues' four boats, including a 'party boat' with beer, finished the
"There is usually a guy in the front, a guy in the back and a girl in the middle," Alderson said. "The shifts are so long that everyone figures a girl would get too tired in the bow."
He said that the canoeing rivalry between the Roques and the Kawadawis was a friendly one.
"At the half-way point, we usually have a big party to initiate new members to the team," he said. "I noticed that more and more of the K-State people were coming over to party with us."
Twelve kegs of beer were provided by the sponsors of the race at the half-way point.
Other boats finishing Sunday included the Kawdaws in second place, the Channel Cats, a K-State team, in third place, the K-State Blue and fourth place, and the Rogues Three placed fifth.
Right: Anne O'Shaughnessy, Norwalk, Conn., junior, grape队 Dave Adelson, Prairie Village寡宴, a victory beer doubling as third teammate, George Team, Webster Grove, Mo. enjoyed the action on Friday. (AP)
Left: The KU victory team paddled their canoe about 300 yards out from where they finished—on the banks of Bircham Park, Second and Indiana streets.
Union staff could get federal wage
By SAM VAN LEEUWEN
Staff Writer
Student employees of the Kansas Union will get the increased minimum wage next year if the Union's budget is approved by KU administrators.
The wage provision was part of the Union budget for next year, which was approved Saturday by the Union's governing board, the University of Kansas Memorial Corporation.
Committee supports all 10 women's teams
Staff Writer
The Sports Committee of the Student Senate last night passed a resolution urging the women's athletic department to conclude a fund a well-rounded, 10-sport program.
By GENE LINN
Increased state aid and money from the University will make up for the loss of Senate funding. However, the program needs a larger budget to make needed improvements. Anne Levinson, a co-sponsor of the resolution, said.
Proponents of the resolution said they hoped it would encourage the Women's Athletics Board not to eliminate any of the women's sports, despite the department's efforts.
The Senate decided to end its $4,000-a-year allocation to women's athletics next
Arguing against the resolution, Jeff Chanay, committee chairman, said that if the full Senate passed the resolution, the legal services program that the Senate is planning to establish next year could be endangered.
Chanay said KU's administration might interpret the resolution as a change in the Senate's decision not to fund women's athletics.
"I am afraid the Senate passes this, the administration will say. We wish it done."
"Legal Services is supposed to get about $7,000 and that's almost exactly what the government needs."
However, supporters of the resolution said that the administration would not misinterpret it and that the resolution had to be passed soon to be effective.
Phill Kaufman, one of the co-sponsors of the resolution, said that Marian Washington, women's athletic director, would have to decide whether to cut any sports before the beginning of the next fiscal year, July 1.
prepaid legal services program to bring the women's funding up to last year's level.
He said after the meeting that he thought the administration thought the legal program had not been adequately planned. He then tabled it to table the resolution until next fall.
She said the sports most likely to be cut are cross country, golf and field hockey. Other sports, such as basketball or tennis, are often the revenue or have alumni support, she said.
In that case, he said, next fall Chancellor Archie R. Dykes might veto the budget the Senate passed three weeks ago and use the money the Senate had earmarked for a
Washington is considering eliminating several sports, and concentrating on the remaining ones because of the lack of money. Levinson said.
THE SENATE will act on the resolution Wednesday night.
However, the Women's Athletics Board probably will still not vote to eliminate any restrictions.
"My impression at the last board meeting about a month ago was that the members were in favor of keeping all of the sports," he said.
Washington said last night that she could not comment on the chances of cutting any sports from the program until she talked with the administration.
ALTHOUGH A bill signed by Gov. Robert F. Bennett would provide only $2.56 an hour for student employees, Nitcher said the rest of the money would come from the KU
The federal minimum wage will increase to $2.90 January 1. Student employees at KU now earn $2.65 an hour, the current federal minimum wage.
Keith Nitcher, University director of business affairs, said yesterday that KU would continue to pay students $2.65 an hour when the minimum wage increased.
Currently, $12 out of the $25.50 collected in student fees go to the Union. That portion was not increased in the new budget. Last year $11 went to the Union.
Warner Ferguson, associate director of the Union, said that in recent years student
fees had been increased because of inflation.
If expenses exceed projected income, he said, the Union will have to consider either cutting the total number of hours worked by students or reducing their hourly wage.
NEXT YEAR'S budget does not contain funds for the satellite仑盟, which is being built directly of Jayhawker Towers Apartments, 1603 W. 15th St.
Funds for the new union will be included in the 1979 budget. The satellite union should be completed by the beginning of 1979, Ferruson said.
Next year's SUA budget also was approved by the corporation. As always, SUA is authorized to spend $25,000 more than it received from the corporation, a $25,000 allocation from the corporation.
Council decision draws resignation
By CAROLINE TROWBRIDGE
Staff Writer
One University Council member has resigned from the council and related committees because he said he disagreed with the organization's evolution the organization passed last week.
Carl Leban, associate professor of East Asian studies, said Friday in a letter to the council's secretary that his resignation came as a result of the 'Resolution on Freedom of Speech' discussed and passed by a majority vote of the council.
The council rejected a resolution by Leban that commended the University's action on the cancellation of the exhibit "The Forsyths and the Germans," an exhibition of Nazi memorabilia.
Robert Friauf, author of the adopted resolution, said he regretted Leban's decision to join the conflict.
"IM SORRY TO hear about his resignation and that he feels this strongly about the matter." Friau, professor of physics and astronomy, said.
Leban, who has one year left to serve of a three-year term on the council, said the council would determine whether he would redemine his resignation.
"The only reason I would reconsider my resignation would be if the council reconvened."
"I hope I can persuade him to withdraw the letter," Marquis, associate professor of philosophy, said. "As far as I know, it may be treated as a letter that is not accepted."
Marquis said he was not certain what procedure the council would follow con-
Don Marquis, the council secretary, said he bemoan Leban would not resign.
"THE COUNCIL has had its last meeting
FRIIAUF SAID HE proposed the resolution that prompted Leban's resignation because he said he disagreed with the University's cancellation of the exhibit.
"I really doubt that there would be any effort to find a replacement this late in the year for the SenEx position," Westerbeke said.
William Westerbeke, associate professor of law, said Leban's council replacement would be chosen from a pool of nominees in the council elections in "arch. The person who voted to vote total who was not elected would be Leban's replacement, Westerbeke said.
Westerbeck said that only one or two meetings remain of the University Senate executive committee, from which Leban also is resigning.
of the year, so this could 'come before the council until fall.' he said.
Administrators, who canceled the exhibit about five hours before it was scheduled to open, said the cancellation was due to concern for Jewish students and faculty.
The exhibit was scheduled to open April 20, the eve of the Jewish Passover.
Leban was not elected to next year's SenEx during recent elections.
"THE EXHIBIT WAS scheduled by chance," Leban said. "They took the opening date without looking to see when it was. My resolution commended the administration for perceiving this insensitivity."
The Leban resolution also supported the opening of the exhibit at a more suitable
Leben said he hoped his resignation would not put the council's action in perspective.
"People will now realize how their actions are read by others," he said.
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From the Associated Press, United Press International
Moro's letters ask for exchange
ROME—More letters attributed yesterday to former Premier Aldo Moro have pressed for acceptance of his kidnappers' demand that he give free 13 jail terrorists in exchange for More. The Italian government and the ruling Christian Democratic party have steadfastly refused to meet the demands of the Red Brigade, the terrorist group that has kidnapped Moro. Seven letters were received Saturday and were being checked for authenticity.
Expansion of butcher strike looms
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The three-week-old butcher strike could expand today to 43 Safeway stores, according to industry spokesmen. If the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen Local 576 stries Safeway, it would bring to 100 the number of stores affected by the walkout. About 1,500 workers have been hired by the strike-affected stores to replace butchers and others honoring the walkout.
Weather...
Clouds and showers will continue today and tomorrow. The chance of rain is 60 percent today and 30 percent tonight. Temperatures will be cool today and tomorrow—in the upper 50s. Lows tonight should reach the 40s. Winds will be easterly, from five to 15 mph.
Locally...
Facilities Operations at KU has begun the monumental job of taking an inventory of machinery and equipment in KU's 158 campus buildings. Harry Kreider, preventive maintenance supervisor, says that he hopes eventually to have a computerized file on every building to make maintenance of equipment easier. However, inventories currently have been completed for only three buildings. Those files are sitting on the floor of Kreider's office. See story page 3
Firemen asked to list priorities
By JAKE THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Lawrence firefighters will have to rank their contract proposals in order of priority because the total cost of the proposals was too high for the city to accept, Kevin Burt, city employee relations director, said yesterday.
Burt released preliminary figures Friday that estimated the total cost above current base salaries at between $209,000 and $254,000.
Burt said the figures were a face value estimate based on the firefighters' 10 proposals for next year's contract. The proposals were delivered to the city Wed-
"We couldn't meet all of these," he said. "They have to set priorities and we'll work with them according to our limited resources."
Burt said that in the next meeting with firefighters, to be scheduled this week, he wanted documentation and justification for the proosols.
"IN THE LAST meeting we didn't get into any documentation," he said. "I can't work with a proposal they just think would be nice."
The documentation was needed. Burt
said, because he will have to sell the final amendment to city officials and receive their approval.
The most expensive request was a wage increase of 75 cents an hour, which would cost the city $147,420 for the 5 firefighters, Burt estimated.
If all 63 fire department employees received the wage increase, the overall cost would be $211,499, according to Burt's figures.
A request for the city to pay complete family insurance, instead of only the employee, would cost $18,500 for each member. If all department members were included
An incentive pay plan, to be modelled after the cost last year for policemen, could cost $823,345.
Burt said he did not estimate the cost of proposed policy changes that would not be funded.
THE FIREFIGHTERS' request for
cleaning and food allowances of $10 each
for the meals.
A request for paid time off for as many as five employees to attend two union meetings a year would cost $7,187, according to burt's analysis. For new firefighters would cost $1,572.
Firefighters requested extension coverage for job-related injury to include heart attack.
due to illness or for a requested increase in sick leave accumulation, which would raise reimbursements upon resignation, retirement or death.
He said compensation would continue on a case-by-case complaint basis.
Burt said he did not estimate these costs because he thought the city would not give bikes.
Burt said he thought the cost estimates
were conservative because he did not consider retirement, worker's compensation or unemployment, which would have increased the estimates.
HE SAID that he would deliver the estimates to Mike Penner, president of local 156 of the International Association of Firefighters (IAF) in Boston and that he would set up the next meeting.
Burt said he be tried to reach Penner Friday and Saturday, but was not successful. He said he would deliver the cost estimates as soon as possible.
By CAROLINE TROWBRIDGE
Prof travels to trade fair
Staff Writer
The State Department has again asked a stenologist professor of chemistry, to be their mentor.
Bricker leave for Abidjan, Ivory Coast,
today to present his exhibit 'Science and
Religion in the Modern World.'
Bricker has represented the United States Information Agency, a branch of the State Department, in foreign countries five times since 1972.
Ivory Coast, a country on the west coast of Africa, is about 50 miles north of the edge.
Bricker bought all the necessary equipment for his exhibit, about $3,000 worth, through the KU chemistry department. The team was reimbursed by the information agency.
THE TRADE FAIR is May 6 through May 20.
because Abidjan is near the equator, the See BRICKER page five