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Thursday, March 30, 1979
University Daily Kansan
Staff Photo by RANDY OLSON
Mo-Ped Man
Tim Whitebult, 1318 New Hampshire, rests at the top of 13th and Jayhawk yesterday after pushing his Mo-Ped up the hill.
A spokesman for the University of Kansas department of athletics said last night the department wanted help from a newly-formed student seating board to solve problems concerning student seating at KU basketball and football games.
Doug Messler, assistant athletic director and the department's business director, made the appeal for help at the first meeting of the Student Senate Seating Committee.
Student help wanted on seating decisions
Student body president Mike Harper told the committee it faced two major problems. The first one, he said, was deciding whether to have reserved student seating at both basketball and tennis courts. Currently students can buy only general admission tickets to basketball games.
Messer, the committee's advisor, said the athletic department hoped the committee would provide ideas from students on these matters.
HARPER SAID the second problem was to devise a plan to handle the expected enlarged demand for student basketball tickets next year.
"We're really looking for help to solve these seating problems," he said.
"IF WE take a stand on something, will Clyde Walker (athletic director) take us seriously?" Laura Smith, St. Louis, Mo., junior, asked.
One member of the committee was worried that the group would not actually have a say on decisions made on seating problems.
The committee could have some influence on the decisions through the Athletic Board, Messer said. The Board has the last say on athletic department decisions, he said, and there are three students in the 21-member group.
Messer replied that Walker would give close attention to the seating committee's recommendations, but would have the final say for the athletic department.
The committee's chairman, Ron Allen, Sabeth freshman, said the group's job was to present the wishes of the students, but the department would make the decisions.
"MIKE HARPER is a member of the Board, and he can represent your views in our meetings."
He said there was not enough time left in the semester for the seating committee to accomplish very much, but much more could be done next fall.
Alen agreed after the meeting that the committee couldn't tackle long-range
30 arrested in second KC sting
Other items stolen by the sting clients included a semitrailer with 5,000 pair of jeans from the H.D. Lee Co. in nearby Lenexa; radar, shotgun and other equipment from a Missouri Highway Patrol car; and a fully-launded Hamps beer truck.
OVERLAND PARK (AP)—Authories who purchased more than $1 million in stolen property for $41,000 began swapping down on the sellers yesterday, climaxing the second "sting" operation in the Kansas City metropolitan area in a month.
Pollice said 30 persons were arrested and seven others were being sought in the undercover fencing operation unknown to other officers, carried out at a warehouse in the north part of this Kansas City suburb for the past eight months.
THE ARRESTS came on 123 felony counts ranging from possession of stolen property to kidnapping. Officers said 95 percent of those arrested have prior records, and eight were classified as major dealers in stolen property.
Last month, Kansas City police and federal officials announced the culmination of a similar sting operation that resulted in nearly 100 arrests, far, of more than 100. That operation purchased stolen merchandise valued at $1.5 million for $133,720. Funds to purchase the stolen goods in both cases were provided by the Enforcement Assistance Administration.
Paramount Pictures" $250,000 master copy of the film "Saturday Night Fever," stolen along with a delivery truck from downtown Kansas City, brought $25, the truck $100, after the thieves were told the film was worthless.
the latter resulted in one of two kidnapping charges when the thief took the truck and driver at gunpoint, forcing the driver and a few blocks from the sting office after learning how to get the truck out. The kidnapper was also stolen, with the driver forced to accompany the thief for a distance before being forced out.
The stolen goods in the latest sting came from surrounding counties, plus nine other areas in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Iowa.
The stolen cars were returned to their owners shortly after they were purchased. Sting officers left them parked illegally on Overland Park streets, then placed anonymous complaint calls to police to make sure the owners got them.
Running the program were four undercover FBI agents, four Overland Park officers and three agents from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
THE OPERATION netted 40 vehicles,
mostly late model cars in the $8,000 range.
Also included were some vans, purchased
for as little as $100.
I will FILM and truck were returned to the distributor later the same day when officers arrived.
"Our traffic guys couldn't understand why so many stolen cars were turning up in our neighborhood," she said.
Agents took the truck to a location on
Agents' property. When there, it was
batteried and discovered by the
agents.
Each sale was videotaped, police said.
The latest came tuesday when officers bought $7,000 worth of jewelry stolen in Columbia. The sellers were arrested by the FBI in Columbia early yesterday.
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HE SAID there were advantages and disadvantages to the proposed solutions to the problems. For example, he said, having reserved student tickets at basketball games would cut down on the number of complaints about new sections, and reserve tickets would be harder to sell than general admission tickets.
In other matters, the committee elected Allen as chairman, and scheduled a meeting for 7:00 p.m. tuesday, April 11. The meeting will be held in Messer's office in Allen Feld
Messer suggested that some future meetings be closed to the public.
"As far as the question of reserve seating at basketball games goes," he said, "we don't care."
now can we discuss various alternatives thoroughly if they became issues in the newspaper?" he asked.
3 counties evaluated for missile system
WASHINGTON (UPI)—Three western Kansas counties are being considered by the Air Force as possible launch sites for a proposed nuclear missile system.
An Air Force spokesman said soil samples had been taken in portions of Thomas, Logan and Gray counties by Army engineers.
"What they are looking for in the soil tests are for desert-type land where the water table is low—75 or 100 feet," said Ll. Col. Kerr, an officer for the secretary of the Air Force.
The Air Force has proposed a new MX Missile system for the mid-1980s and beyond. The missiles would be armed with high-yield nuclear warheads.
Terrill said six potential launch sites in 10 states are being investigated. He said real estate information was being gathered in some areas, Kansas was not at that time.
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THE KANSAS CITY PHILHARMONIC
Maurice Peress, Conductor and Music Director
Tickets are on sale in the Murphy Hall Box Office Seats are $4, $3.50 and $3
8:00 p.m. Saturday, April 1, Hoch Auditorium
K. U. Students; $1 with ID Card
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