University Daily Kansan
Monday, April 24, 1978
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Legislature faces vetoes, lingering bills
By TIMSHEEHY
Staff Writer
The Kansas State Legislature reconvene today, faced with a number of controversial issues.
The session continues through Wednesday, during which time legislators plan to vote on taxes made by Gov. Robert F. Bennett. He has dealt with several issues lingering after the regular legislative session, including the recent crackdown on certain crimes and use-value appraisal for firefighters.
House leader John Carlin, D-Smolan, said Friday that the House leadership would decide today whether they wanted to override any of Bennett's vetoes.
A bill introducing use-value assessment faltered in the Senate during the regular session, but a second bill, essentially the same as the first, will be debated to tax.
The first bill passed the House but failed
in the Senate because of objections by urban senators who were worried that the bill would shift the tax base from rural to residential property.
AN AIDE to Bennett said yesterday that Bennett was hoping that use-value appraisal would be adopted this year. Bennett has proposed the appraisal for two years.
The bill states that rural land would be assessed on the basis of productivity instead of the size.
Bennett's aide said Bennett also was hoping that the Legislature would reinstate the Constitution.
The death penalty bill was passed by the House, but was put on the bottom of the Senate agenda because votes needed to pass or kill it could not be mustered.
Senate Majority Leader Norman Gaar, RWestwood, said that the first priority was the omnibus appropriations bill for any programs left without funding.
Gaar said that he expected funding for an honor camp somewhere in the state to be included in the bill. Bennett veted an appropriation for a second honor camp to be built at Toronto, but urged legislators to relocate it elsewhere.
THE HONOR camp was originally proposed for Clinton Reservoir but was later released.
Gaar said Clinton was now considered the most logical place for the camp.
He also said he would introduce a hill designed to clarify the liquor-by-the-drink route.
The critics of the bill have said that it is in violation of the state's ban on open salons.
"The new bill will make certain that counsellors can admit liquor by the drink only by means of an affirmative vote, and it also requires a pledge of allegiance only with a bona fide meal," Gaard said.
Jewish fraternity seeks legitimacy
ALSO PENDING before the Legislature in a bill that would legitimize the use of the term "Rural."
The bill was left in conference committee at the end of the regular session. It is expected to pass.
John Martin, assistant attorney general, has said that regardless of changes made by the legislators, a court test of the bill is almost certain. However, he said, "In all respects the bill with give it a much better chance to be declared constitutional by the courts."
said that the final three-day session provides one last chance for marijuana
"We've also sent letters to Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago and hope to recruit some of those that are contacted when they arrive here in the fall." Gale said.
A bill proposed by Glover to decriminalize possession of less than one ounce of marijuana was passed by the House but was never moved out of its Senate committee.
NOT ALL THE MEMBERS will live in the house, he said, because there currently are eight members in the fraternity and eight to 10 more will be initiated May 3. Most of the new members will live in the house because they are younger than the original members.
pay a house fee that is very comparable to a dormitory." he said
Gale also said that once the fraternity was established and became more organized, it might become eligible for membership in the IFC.
By MARY ERNST
Alpha Epsilon Phi, a predominately Jewish fraternity, made a big step last week toward obtaining a national charter and becoming recognized by the Interfraternity Council at the University of Kansas when it purchased a house.
Staff Writer
Staff Writer
By CAROLINE TROWBRIDGE
State Rep. Mike Glover, D-Lawrence, has
The house, at 1218 Mississippi St, has living quarters for only 12 persons but Mitch Gale, president of the fraternity, said that the fraternity's was important to the fraternity's future.
KU getting funds to rival peers
"I, hopefully, will only be a temporary situation and in a couple of years, if we have 30 or 40 members, we can obtain a larger house," Gale said.
University of Kansas funding currently is imaging behind those institutions that
To help KU and the five other state universities keep up with peer institutions, the Kansas Board of Regents approved a formula funding plan Saturday.
Gale said that the national chapter bought the house for an undisclosed amount and that the local chapter would lease it from them.
KU's peer institutions are the Universities of Oklahoma, Iowa, Colorado, Oregon and North Carolina. The peer institutions were chosen because of the similarities in their size, academic goals and state income levels.
The funding for the state universities will be done on a new basis beginning with (fiscal year 1980, Keith Nitcher, University director of business affairs, said last night).
The Regents approved a two-part plan for the state universities after studies were completed.
THE FIRST part of the plan is based on the amount of money that the schools need to remain on a level similar to peer institutions.
The study at KU revealed that increases of 6.5 percent for faculty salaries and 6 percent for other operating expenses were greater in KU to keep up with its peer institutions.
The second part of the plan would attempt to aid KU in catching up with its peers. KU's total funding is less than its peer institutions, Nichter said.
KU will request one-half of the catch-up funds during the next legislative session and the other half will be requested during the next few years. Nitcher said.
The Regents also approved a parking fee schedule for a $2.6 million parking garage at the University of Kansas Medical Center, he said.
Public parking fees approved for the new garage are 50 cents for the first hour, $1.25 for three hours and $2 daily. Faculty and staff pay $33.33 a month or $400 a year.
late June to finance the 750-space garage, Nitcher said.
The board also announced that it would be taking bids to hire an independent auditing firm to examine student financial aid programs at the state universities.
REVENUE BONDS would be issued in
"Each member that lives in the house will
In the past, an auditor from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare has recommended that each institution do however, it was decided by the federal government that each institution should do so.
lives after KO. **finally** happens next year.
In addition, 60 academic promotions for faculty were approved and the board conferred emeritus status on 12 faculty members.
The board also approved 46 sabbatical leaves for KU faculty members next year.
Monday, April 24
Tod Browning directs Lon Chaney
OUTSIDE THE LAW
WEST OF ZANZIBAR
OUTSIDE THE LAW
with Lon Chaney—reddiscovered
"lost" film
WEST OF ZANZIBAR
with Lon Chaney, Lionel Barrymore
7:30 $1.00 Wooldruff Aud.
Tuesday, April 25
Documentary Films: Two Films on Women Political Artists
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF FRIDA KANLO Mexico's most famous woman painter.
MY PEOPLE ARE MY HOME
About Meridel Le Sueur:
7:30 p.m. $1.00 Woodruff Aud.
Wednesday, April 26
Orson Welles:
THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI
wrn Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth
7:30 p.m. $1.00 Woodruff
Thursday, April 27
Jonas Mekas'. Autobiographical film.
Newport Folk Festival 1963-65 with Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Peter, Paul & Mary, and more. 7:30 p.m. $1.00 Woodyudd Aud.
REMINISCENCE OF A JOURNEY TO LITHUANIA
Also, Notes on A Circus
7:30 p.m. $1.00 Woodruff Aud.
NETWORK
Frl. & Sat., April 28 & 29
With Faye Dunaway, William Holden,
Peter Finch
3:30, 7:00 & 9:30 p.m.
$1.25
Woodruff Audt.
Mountaineering $ ^{#2}. $
History of Sex in the Cinema-
Feature document written by
Neil J. Holmes, with
Marilyn Midnite, Jayne Mansfield
Midnight Monroe, Jayne Mansfield
Ad RX
$125 Wooldruff Audit.
NOLLYWOOD BACKSTAGE
FESTIVAL
Sunday, April 30 Documentary Films:
--public, pick a padded bar stool, preferably one that spins (to facilitate admiring the scenery). At some, a com-
SELECTING THE PROPER GEAR
You are the mountaineer. And this is an ad. The subject of which is selecting the proper gear for mountaineering. (It all fits together so nicely, doesn't it?)
First and foremost, you'll need to pop the mountain top. For this task, faithful mountaineers use a church key. Secular mountaineers use a bottle opener. Don't be confused by these antics with semantics. Just remember, the opener is your primary tool. Be true to it and it will be true to you.
Comfort is crucial. If you mountainoon in
Be adventurous. Experiment. Most mountaineers have a personal preference. You'll develop one too.
Food is next. Proper mountaineering, not to mention proper nutrition, requires a smorgasbord selection of snacks. Some mountaineers have suffered from a potato chip deficiency, a pretzel imbalance or other serious dietary defects. Plan ahead.
fortable chair or sofa will
do. Rule of thumb; if it
feels good, and the police
don't seem to mind, do it.
Then turn on the tube or spin a tune or crack a good book.The choice is strictly between you and the dominant hemisphere of your brain.Of course, some mountainers say the smooth, refreshing taste of Busch is entertainment enough.
Don't just reach for a beer.
Anheuser-Busch, Inc. St Louis Mo.