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Thursday, April 6, 1978
University Daily Kansan
KU seeks dismissal of lawsuit
The University of Kansas legal counsel has responded to a malfunction suit filed against the University and Watkins Hospital by Susan Waldorf, Lawrence graduate student, by asking that the suit be dismissed because it is untrue that the suit is immune from liability under state law.
The court papers, filed last week in Douglas County District Court, said that a claim for damages had not been made "for which relief may be granted."
Victick Thomas, administrative assistant to the general counsel of the University, said yesterday. "At this point we will wait for a hearing on the motion. The judge, at that time, will either grant or not grant that motion.
THE SUIT, filed March 24, claims that Margaret Haggan, a physician at Watkins, and Bonnie Conley, a registered nurse at New York State's Children's Hospital to provide proper care and treatment.
Haggan denied the charges in an answer mailed to the court March 24. Conley no longer works at Watkins, hospital officials said.
Thomas said that Conley's moving would not affect their motion to dismiss the suit.
in a suit worn in Feb. 1977 Waldorf alledefor that Clint Johnson, KU basketball player, infected her with gonorrhea which resulted in her sterility.
JOHNSON FILED a counter suit in March 1977 charged Waldorf with slander. Johnson alleges that Waldorf did damage to his "reputation, character, public image,
Waldorf's case has been moved from Division 1 to Division 2 of the Douglas County District Court because Waldorf claimed that he had received an impartial jury from Judge Frank Gray.
Walford is asking for $10,000 in damages.
This is the largest amount allowable by
the Bankruptcy Code.
Memorial services set for Ellermeier
Memorial services for Robert Ellermier, former associate dean of the graduate school, will be at 4 p.m. today in Swarthout Rectal Hall in Murphy Hall.
Ellermeier, also a former associate professor of electrical engineering, was killed in a car accident near Peabody, March8.
He began teaching at KU in 1963 as an instructor. He in 1964 he was made an associate professor, and in 1708 he was appointed full-time associate dean of the graduate school.
Ellermeler is survived by his wife.
Staff Photo by DONALD WALLER
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The University of Kansas may say Thomas C. Ryther retired in 1970 but that hasn't stopped him from contributing to many
hours working in the Ryder Printing Museum, located at the University Printing Service.
Retired prof busy keeping files
Rv CAROL PITTS
Staff Writer
Although he officially is not on the University of Kansas payroll any more, 78-year-old Thomas C. Ryther still works several hours each week for Research Center at the university own museum.
Since his retirement in 1970, Ryther, former professor of journalism and media at the University of California has been involved in a variety of activities at KU. Perhaps his best-known effort is Ryther Printing Museum, located at the University. Printing Service on West
THE MUSEUM was started in 1952 by Burt Marvin, first dean of the School of Journalism, who enlisted Ryther's help to locate other printing equipment.
With the help of the Kansas University Endowment Association, the equipment in the museum was moved from Flint Hall to the printing services building and Rither building (founded).
Ryther was instrumental in acquiring several of the pieces on display, including a few from his collection.
He said the Simplex machine, 66 years old, was the only working one of its kind in the world.
RYTHER'S INTEREST in printing
started in 1916, when he worked on the Phelps县 College in Newburg, Mo. He went to Oklahoma and attended law school.
In 1920, Ruther bought a half-interest in
the Logan Republican, a weekly newspaper,
and held a monthly meeting.
He said he considered himself "a printer and somewhat of a journalist" before he
"I found out pretty quick that I didn't know much," he said.
A rise journalism graduate of KU, Ryther spent two years working on the Newark Museum's full-time printing plant fornament at the KU Press, which later was renamed the University Printing Service. He also was a part-time student working on his master's
AFTER RECEIVING his master's in 1932, Rhythe went to South Dakota State College. Brookings, to become the printing plant dependent and printing instructor there.
He returned to KU in 1940 and was involved in the printing service and journeyevents.
Ryther now spends much of his time working in Spencer Library. He has compiled files of source material on the schools of Law, Medicine and Journalism. He also
has compiled files for all of the buildings on campus.
ninner said that the work was very time-consuming but that he enjoyed working at
"I got interested in what they were doing,
and just kept on working over there," he
Rytheard said he recently completed a file on all the athletes that have been at KU. The file was created by
He said there were a lot of photographs in Spencer that he has been able to identify
Ryther describes his work at Spencer modestly.
"ITS NOT anything earth-shattering or important or anything of that kind." (a work of fun work.)
ing there.
Through his work in Spencer, he said, he attended the time at KU from his school days until his retirement.
Student Union Activities and radio station KANU will sponsor a bus trip to the Wichita Jazz Festival April 23. A 12-hour concert will conclude the three-day festival.
SUA, KANU back trip to Wichita Jazz Festival
"It's the only place I've found where a man can work completely in the past and make it happen."
But Ryther said he did not want to live entirely in the past.
Dick Wright, associate director of KANU and lecturer in music history, said the concert would be mostly mainstream jazz, rather to jazz played in the 1940s to the 1960s.
"When you make a decision, don't ever think about what might have been or whether it's right or wrong. Don't ever look back," he said.
The main performers on April 23 will be cat Anderson, Richie Rich, Louis Bellson, and Chris Tilford.
Anderson has played with Duke Ellington; Williams has played with Count Basie and Terry has played with both Basie and Ellington, Wright said.
He said Buddy Rich and Louis Bellson were two of the best drummers in the world. He said Rich was probably the greatest. Matrix IX plays jazz-rock, he said.
Mike Peterson, SUA travel chairman,
said trip tickets would cost $22 and would
include $8 reserved seats on the floor, round-
trip transportation and refreshments on the bus.
Wright said the festival, now in its 11th year, was probably the best he had ever been to, especially in its organization. He there was almost no delay between sets.
However, he said, the concert's organization did not prevent musicians from sitting in with bands other than their own.
Sailing Clinic Saturday April 8th
3 p.m. Demonstration by KU Sailing Club at Potters Lake Demonstrations will illustrate techniques for recreational sailing and racing
4 p.m. Film "High Performance Sailing" immediately following the demonstration
R2D2, HEW join vaccination campaign
WASHINGTON (UPI)—Encouraged by a dramatic 64 percent decline in measles cases, Secretary of Health, Eduation and Welfare Joseph Calfanto yesterday said that the immunization was stepping up its campaign to immunize children against seven diseases.
The goal is to immunize at least 90 percent of the nation's children against polio, measles, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, clapping cough and tetanus by the fall of 1979.
The U.S. Public Health Service, supported by the $122,500 HEW contract, is part of an immunization project begun last year against childhood diseases. It is promoting the national campaign with help of KIRD 227 to reduce "War Wars" movie and professional athletes.
"The incidence of such diseases is
showing dramatic declines," Calfano told a news conference. He said cases of
- Measles declined by 64 percent during the first 12 weeks this year compared with the same period in 1977. Cases decreased from 16.70 to 6.084. Not a single case has been reported this year in the District of Columbia.
- Rubella (German measles) fell 57 percent, from 6,134 to 2,176 cases.
"These are not just numbers. We are talking about children being removed from the dangers of deafness, blindness and death." he said.
Califano said the 12-week measles rate was close to the all-time low of 5,493 in 1975.
- Mumps dropped by 29 percent, from 6.908 to 4.923 cases.
about one in every 1,000 measles cases results in death.
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