THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
The University of Kansas
Vol.88,No.136
Tuesday April 25,1978
Lawrence, Kansas
Bill to clarify liquor-by-drink law wins Kansas Senate's approval
By TIM SHEEHY Staff Writer
Staff Writer
TOPEKA-A A bill designed to clear the shroud of controversy surrounding new liquor by the drink legislation in Kansas won a approval yesterday in the Kansas Senate.
The bill passed by the Senate makes it clear that the supporters of liquor by the drink must take the initiative to bring the issue up for county anorexia.
The bill, proposed by State Sen. Norman Gaar, D-Westwood, came in response to charges by Attorney General Curt Ward that he drafted a bill would violate the state constitution.
The liquor bill has provided from the start that licenses to sell liquor could be issued by the City.
proved the measure by a referendum vote, but terms of that vote were not clear.
THE NEW BILL also provides that the sale of liquor in restaurants will only be in the same form as at other establishments.
The bill as originally proposed would have allowed restaurants that derive more than 50 percent of their revenue from the sale of food to serve lourie by the drink.
Critics of the bill feared cocktail lounges eventually would evolve totally separate from the sale of food and be in violation of the open saloon prohibition.
State Sen. Joe Warren, D-Maple City, in voicing opposition to the bill said, "I hate to see people be hated."
State Sen. Wint Winter, R-Ottawa, said he considered the changes to the bill as just another attempt to get through it.
AN AMENDMENT to the bill that would
have provided for a 10 percent tax on all revenue derived from the sale of liquor
State Sen. James Francisco, D-Wichita, who sponsored the amendment said after the final vote, "it's a sad day when we want to get back on track" its worth of revenue to be derived from it.
The bill now goes to the House and will probably be considered today. If passed by the House the bill will continue on to Gov. Robert F. Bennett for his approval or veto.
Changed made to the bill yesterday were designed to make the measure more acceptable to the courts if, as Schneider has suggested, the issue will ultimately be
State Rep. Mike Glover, D-LaWrence, said the first opportunity for counties to bring the
issue to an approval vote would be the general elections in November.
IN COUNTIES that VOTE to adopt liquor by the drink, licenses will be issued to those who desire it.
In other action, the Senate revived the question of competency-based education by agreeing to form a new conference committee with other differences between the House and the Senate.
The bill was previously thought to be dead after the Senate rejected a conference committee report on the final day of the session.
Under the original proposal, students were to be tested periodically in the areas of mathematics, reading and spelling to see if they were able to acceptably or in need of remedial training.
Ad for Alaskan job proved false
By PHILIP GARCIA
Staff Writer
Students responding to an advertisement by an Alaskan gas line company offering summer jobs with weekly earnings of $2,000 and great expectations of landing such a job.
In fact, there should be no jobs at all because the construction of the natural gas line has not yet started and will not for at least two years, Lawrence Nertes, of the Council of Better Business Bureaus in Washington, D.C., said recently.
Advertisements placed in the April 5 and 6 issues of the Kanan by the Alaska Gas Line Service Company, Nertes said, failed to say that hiring of workers was impractical because the construction of the gas line would not take place until 1980.
A person sending the required $3 for job information will probably receive a list of jobs.
At LEAST ONE KU student, Gary Chase, Leawood sophomore, sent for the job information. But Chase, who said he sent for a reply, said he has yet to receive a reply from the company.
Catthee Keely, of the Northwest Alaskan Pipeline Co. in Anchorage, said the offer was questionable. Northwest is the main route for the construction of the Alaskan gas line.
The company will soon start a nationwide campaign to discourage people from
"We are not going to be building our (gas) line until 1980 and when we hire, our company is committed to hiring Alaskans," Kelly said.
seeking jobs in Alaska on the gas line, he said, as Northwest has signed a contract with the governor of Alaska to hire Alaskans for the project.
Kelly said the materials probably were materials on Alaska and materials one can obtain from China.
"THERE IS NO WAY the (information)
materials can help anybody to a pet
away."
Nertes said the advertisement also failed to mention the high cost of living in Alaska.
A hamburger costs $2.50, a milk shake 2
and monthly rent for a medium-sized
unit.
"Prices are very steep and unemployment is at 19 percent. People who go up in price are not as happy."
A spokesman from the Consumer Protection Center in Anchorage said Friday, "That type of advertisement (thigh-tipping) is going on quite frequently around here."
No one with the Alaaska Gas Line Services Company could be reached for comment.
The center knew nothing about the gas line services company, the spokesman said, but the probable intent of the advertisement was to send $3 for informational materials.
IN ADDITION, Joseph Arsenault, of the Local 367 Plumbers and Steamfitters Union in Fairbanks, Alaska, said that employees for the gas line would be hired through unions and that it was uncommon to advertise for gas line workers.
Guest speaker
Staff Photo by ELI REICHMAN
speech was kept under careful observation by 30 officers from the University of Kansas Police Department as a special precaution.
Fawaz Turki, 37, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization, relaxed just before his speech in the Kansas Union on November 24, 2019.
By TOM RAMSTACK
Staff Writer
A Palestinian author and activist speaking under tight security last night in the Kansas Union Ballroom briefly yielded the podium to American Indians from the Longest Walk, who expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people.
Fawaz Turki, 37, a member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization's delegation to the United Nations in 1974, spoke on the alleged oppression of the Palestinian people through the racism of Europeans, Americans and Jews.
He interrupted his speech to allow Max Bear, a spokesman for the Indians of the Longest Walk, to ask support for the Indians in their efforts to protect Indian land.
The Longest Walk is a coast-to-coast march by Indians to protest pending
See PLO, INDIANS page six
Kansan jobs now available
Applications for the summer and fall Kansan news and business staffs are available in the School of Journalism office, 105 Fint Hall; the Student Senate office, Suite 168 in the Kansas Union; the Dean of Women's office, 229 Strong. Completed applications must be returned by 5 p.m. Friday to 105 Fint.
Staff Photo by RANDY OLSON
Lonaest walker
Kermit Fermi, LaPlante, D.S., Slouus, warms his feet before settling for the night at the Longest Walk camp at Lakes Perry "The flags are not thrown around, a make fun of them." (Jane Lehman)
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Capsules From the Associated Press, United Press Internationa
Berkowitz competent to stand trial
NEW YORK—State Supreme Court Justice Joseph R. Corso ruled yesterday that David R. Berkowitz was mentally competent to stand trial for the last of the six "Som of Slam" murders. The competency finding makes it possible for Berkowitz to plead guilty, a desire he has expressed several times. His lawyers, however, claim that Berkowitz is guilty by reason of insanity—a pledge that is still possible, despite the fact that he understands the charges against him. The judge set a May 8 trial date.
Hearst's lawyers give final effort
SAN FRANCISCO- Patricia Hearest's lawyers promised a last-ditch fight to keep the 24-year-old newspaper heirs from returning to prison after the Supreme Court yesterday refused to review her bank robbery conviction. Hearest could be returned to jail immediately. See story page two.
Weather...
Today and tomorrow will be nearly the same: clear to partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the 70s.
The low tonight should be in the mid 40s, according to the National Weather Service. The wind will be out of the north from 5 to 10 mph today.
Locally . . .
KU students can pay off library fines without losing money, by working for the library. This library policy allows the students with large overdue accounts to credit their work (paying $2.65 an hour) against the account. The libraries get the work without having to pay for it. See story page three.
Team cuts loom in women's funding crisis
By MARY HOENK
Staff Writer
This is the first part of a three-part series dealing with women's athletics at the University of Kansas.
Team cuts appear necessary to ease a current funding crisis in the women's athletic department at the University of Kansas, according to Marian Washington, director of women's athletics.
"I'm saying that we're not going to be able to retain all 10 sports and be expected to be competitive," she
Because no significant increase in funding for fiscal 1979 is likely, Washington said recently there was no significant increase in the number of students.
"For me to continue with a 10-port program, knowing I don't have adequate funding, I'm only going forward."
The program is at the point now, Washington said, where probity was given to one or two potential suspects.
"I think in the beginning we tried to get every sport going at the same rate," she said. "But we realized that a program of women's athletics with every sport being at the same level was not possible."
ALTHOUGH THIS PHILOSOPHY means not
everything can be equal, it does not mean it is not fair.
"It's just a part of athletics," he said. "If we decide it's our philosophy, we should go with it."
William Hogan, associate executive vice chancellor in charge of women's athletics, said there was a clear division between revenue- and nonrevenue-producing sports.
Ken Snow, women's gymnastics coach, said the decision to push certain sports was a necessary step for her team.
"I don't think it has taken away from the program or a successful sport, but help everybody else."
"If you don't push the potential revenue-producing sports, you will never be able to provide support for a team."
HOWEVER, THE MOVE toward a more competitive program and away from a program based on participation has met with mixed reactions from athletes.
Mary Stauffer, Topeka sophomore and a member
of the tennis team, said that pushing the potential revenue-producing sports was the lesser of two evils.
"We have to start getting sports to produce our revenue, but I think it's unfair to the small companies that don't participate."
Laura Pinkston, a member of the Women's Athletic Advisory Board, said that ideally she did not agree with the theory of emphasizing one or two sports more than others.
"The idea of intercollegiate athletics should be to offer as much opportunity as possible," she said.
"But, practically, considering lack of funds, it's really hard to do."
Nancy Lambros, a member of the field hockey team, said the intent of the program should be to play in the NCAA tournament.
"I DISAGREE THAT SINKING money into a sport makes a better team. Money is not the sole factor to a successful team," she said. "You also need to have athletes with desire and a competitive spirit."
Anne Lewin, president of the Women's Council of Athletes and a member of the field hockey team, said she had reason to think that field hockey would be the first team to be cut.
"I't is wrong to cut a sport because it doesn't make a profit," she said. "One can only put so much money into a team. You can't buy a winning team if you don't have good coaching and athletes that have the
In fact, field hockey has been cut from the women's budget every year since the department's creation and has managed to survive only through special allocations from the Student Senate.
"The nation as a whole identifies with certain sports. For men, I would basketball is No. 2, behind football, and the interest in basketball carries over into women's sports," she said.
Hogan said the decision to push basketball and
Levinson said she disagreed with the department's decision to define one or two sports as potential revenue-producers because no one knew which sports were in such aUntil such an opportunity was given to these sports.
WASHINGTON SAID THE PROGRAM's decision to designate basketball and volleyball as potential revenue-producers was based on the natural interest in these sports and the added attraction both sports had in this region.
volleyball had considered a number of factors, including the interest women's basketball has in the Midwest and the development of these sports on the secondary school level.
He said that for women, basketball had emerged as the No.1 sport.
Adrian Mitchell, a member of the women's basketball team, said that basketball as a women's sport has "grown."
"To build a program, you have to keep up with the major sports in the nation." she said.
HOWEVER, LEVINSON SAID that when one team was given more support than the other teams, it produced feelings of animosity among the other athletes.
Lambros said it was hard for some athletes, not on the basketball team, to understand why the basketball team had their own locker room and the court's lockers. "I break a sweat to compete when other women's teams did not."
She said she thought Washington's dual position as athletic director and coach of the women's basketball team was the best one she had.
See WOMEN'S FUNDING page six