A LITTLE HUMMER
A LITTLE WARMER
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
Tuesday March 21,1978
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
Vol. 88, No. 112
Poking Around
bery near Spooner Hall yesterday. Warmer weather and melted snow have brought a greater need for trash cleanup.
Clinton Parkway price may rise
Scott Eiberton. Facilities Operations employee, searched for debris in a row of shrub-
By CAROL HUNTER
Staff Writer
The county can expect trouble when it negotiates to buy right-of-way for the proposed Clinton Parkway, Douglas County Commissioners were told yesterday.
--discussion with certified employee representatives."
The appraisals made by an agent of the Kansas Department of Transportation were low, Raymond Staffallt, also a department manager, acquaintance acquisition, told the commission.
Because the appraisals are low, landowners will want more money than the appraised value, he said. If the landowners decide to go to court to seek a higher price, the county would have to pay the court costs to argue for the lower appraised price.
"I think he's on the low side," he said. "I think we'll probably get in trouble."
The proposed four-lane parkway would extend from the intersection of W. 23rd and Iowa streets west 4.1 miles to Clinton Reservoir.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS have been concerned about the cost of the project after they learned last month that the estimated cost had risen from $5.9 to $9.3 million.
Shafttall said the appraisal was low because the appraiser had included only the land and not the posts and wire fencing built on it. The appraiser did not include the fencing because he did not think the land would be used for farming.
Rather, Shaffstall said, the land was appraised as future development land.
Union files complaint against KU
However, Beverly Bradley, county
be developed it'lln't be
it'lln't be commercially zone
Rv PAM MANSON
Staff Writer
An unfair labor practice charge was filed against the University of Kansas yesterday by a union business agent who represents KI custodians.
Francis Jacobs of Local 132 of the Public Employees Service Union said American Management Services, an outsider firm that managed medical facilities in Kansas Medical Center, had made policy changes without consulting the union that affected the custodians' working conditions.
The formal complaint, filed with the state's Public Employee Relations Board, charges KU with 'initiating work incentive programs, with initiating written testing programs, revising certain classifications of employees, changing the wage increases, changing the dates some employees are paid, changing the policy on sick call within the hospital without
Media Tech, director of pressroom at the M&C Society, director of pressroom at the M&C Society, and law firm that interest the media.
"THE UNION SEEMS to be zeroing in on American Management," he said. "I don't know the basis of their complaints. I think the company is doing a good job."
The county commission has the discretion to approve or disapprove all zoning requests. The commission has refused commercial zoning of any land that adjoins the parkway until the right-of-way has been bought. The commission was issued a price of the right-of-way would increase if the land were commissioned zoned, they said.
Jacobs said some employees' classifications had been changed recently,
Jacobs said the firm had started giving written instructions to customers without using the union above policies.
American Management took over custodial services at the Med Center last
"The law says the employer shall meet, confer and discuss changes in working conditions with the employees' representative," he said. "American Management has not done that in regard to any of the changes made."
causing them to receive their pay checks three days to two weeks late.
"Again, American Management did not consult with the union," Jacobs said. "They've also told employees they must time-out for a doctor's appointment, when before they stayed on the clock if they needed to see a doctor."
SMITH SAID THE UNION did not need to be consulted on all changes made.
"State statute gives management the right to promote employees without talking to the union," he said. "I haven't seen the charges, but I'm surprised the union filed them. I think union relations with the Med Center have always been good."
Jerry Powell, director of the Public Employees Relations Board, said copies of the charges would be sent to Russell Mills, University director of Support Services. The department's KU has seven days to answer the charges before the board begins an investigation.
Researchers use waste for fuel
BvROBHAGAN
Staff Writer
Kemeth Bishop, professor of chemical and petroleum engineering, said recently that when cellulose, a constituent of plants and grass clippings, was mixed with water and heated under intense pressure, methane or ethane gas was produced.
Utilizing waste products, such as grass clippings, cow manure and trees could produce fuel to heat the residence halls at the University of Kansas and most apartments in Lawrence, according to a KU professor.
However, the cellulose process is not yet ready for implementation in the KU heating system. Bishop said, but probably could be in the future.
Harold Rosson, professor of chemical and petroleum engineering, is working with Bishop on the project. Rosson said he knew that the process would take some time to be completed.
Methane and ethane. Bishop said, are used for heating campus housing and many other buildings.
"WE DON'T KNOW how practical the process will be," Rosson said. "We're not far enough along to know what the cost will be."
But the process might be in use in 10 years, he said.
Although research has been done with cellulose material for the past 10 years, it
The research, focusing on developing chemical processes that might produce fuel,
KU$'s research project is funded by the Government, which provides $20,000 for three years.
has become extensive only recently. Bishop said. There currently are five places in the country where the cellulose experiments are performed.
One problem with the cellulose process, however, is its high cost, according to Bishops.
"Up to the 1870s, the country got its fuel from wood," Smith said, "then coal took over. Now we are going back and using wood aain."
BUT IT COULD become a viable fuel option, Bishop said, if people are willing to
"The process is not very economical right now," he said. "The price of gas would have been about $20 a liter."
The research program is in conjunction with the Kansas State University forestry program. The project has three test plots of trees, including one near Clinton Reservoir, which was acquired by the Ozark Regional Commission, which granted $200,000 for the project.
What the researchers are trying to do is maximize the yield per acre of fast-growing
William Smith, professor of electrical engineering, is researching the use of wood
"The process could make a dent in the fuel supply portion of the energy crisis," he said. Wood, another form of cellulose, could be
Wood, another term of cellulose, could be used to produce methane and ethane gases.
THE OBJECTIVE of the research, Smith said, is to look at wood as an alternate source of fuel. There are three ways that wood can be used for fuel. he said.
Another method, called pyrolysis, extracts fuel in the forms of gas, solid or liquid in wood or solid waste. The wood or waste product is burned slowly in an oxygen-starved atmosphere and, depending on the amount of carbon dioxide in the space it is converted into either gas, solid or liquid fuel.
*Pyrolase* could help KU's future oil needs, Smith said. Waste could be burned in boilers now in operation. The system would cost about $9 million to $10 million to install. A new solid-waste plant would cost $19 million, be said.
One way, used for centuries, is to burn it,
Smith said.
THE THIRD PROCESS is anaerobic digestion. Bacteria in the wood eat cellulose and give off methane and ethane gas, providing fuel. This process is very slow, Smith said, and would take about two weeks to be completed.
SHAFTSTALL TOLD the commission that appraisal of all 19 tracts to be bought by the county was completed. Shaftstall will now negotiate the price with the landowners. If they cannot agree on a price, the court will declare a price or, in effect, condemn the land. The landowner can appeal the declared price.
One of the problems with this procedure, Smith said, is removing chemicals from the wood that hamper eating habits of the bacteria.
"However, this is one of the ways that natural gas is made in nature," he said.
"This is the problem that we're working on now." he said.
However, Smith said that people should not think that these methods are going to work.
Shafftall asked for the commission's consent to sell a property slightly higher than the priced price.
"It's not going to solve the whole energy problem at once," Smith said.
"If there's only a few dollars involved, it would save dollars to pay a higher price rather than to go into condemnation," he said.
Moving of statue gets green light
Peter Whitenight, commission chairman, said that in the past the county had assumed that an appraisal was fair. Then, if there had been a clear oversight, the county had agreed on a higher price than the appraised price.
HOWEVER, DAN YUNG, county legal counsel, said, "I think you have to give serious consideration to anything that's going to expedite the proceedings so as to get the project done within the proposed cost."
"There's got to be some damn good justification for going beyond it," he said.
Bv SUSAN WOODARD
Staff Writer
The statue of Jimmy Green may be moved to the new law building and not be in violation of state law, according to Joseph Kahn, a doctor of the Kansas State Historical Society.
The society yesterday sent a letter approving the move to Max Lucas, KU director of facilities planning. Snell said yesterday that moving the statue would not destroy the historical significance of the old Green Hall site, where it stands now.
"It would impair the site." Snell said,
"but not sufficiently for us to say 'don't mistress me!'".
KU was required under the Kansas State Preservation Act of 1977 to obtain approval from the society before it could move the statue. Lacas, in compliance with the law, submitted a letter to the society in February allowing the University's plans to move the statue.
THE PRESERVATION ACT protects historical sites listed in the National Register of Historical Places from tampering by any state or local groups. Both old Green Hall and the Jimmy Green statue are listed in the register.
Lacas has not yet received the society's letter which was mailed yesterday, but he said he would be pleased if the planned move was approved.
"We thought all along that the move was justified." Lucas said.
Martin Dickinson, dean of the School of Law, said that no plans had been made yet on how or when to move the statue. However, Denew Tallach, associate dean of the Law School, said in January that the move would be completed by next fall.
Dickinson said that specific action on the move was postponed until the historical society could determine whether the proposed move was legal. However, two studies of the statue had been done by last fall.
IN ONE STUDY, an archaeology expert in WASHINGTON University in St. Louis X-rayed the statue to determine the safety of moving it. The study showed that the statue was in good condition but that the bronze figures probably would have to be detached
from the granite base before the statue could be moved.
Separating the figures from the base could be accomplished in one of three ways, according to Elden Tefft, professor of art, who consulted by the law school about the project.
If correct pressure is applied, the statue could be lifted to a point where the sculpture could loosen itself from its peg-like mountings to the base, he said.
Another procedure would involve lifting it so that the mountings could be cut. A third possibility would be to cut away a portion of the base to reach the mountings.
A SECOND STUDY was conducted recently by Facilities Operations in which a hole was drilled in the concrete next to the hole to determine the depth of the granite base.
Dickinson said the results of that study were held up by the severe weather of the last winter.
The decision to move the statue was made four years ago when plans for new Green Hall were developed. Special lighting and a concrete pad have already been installed for the statue in front of the northeast entrance to the new building.
The proposed move met with some opposition from faculty and students. On Feb. 10, representatives from a group that opposes the move met with Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor, to discuss the move.
THE GROUP ARGUED that the statue was a University tradition and not exclusively in the domain of the law school. The group also said that excessive fumes from heavier traffic at the new location might cause the statue to deteriorate.
Dickinson said that the law school was in favor of the move as long as it was in order, and that he had the option.
"We think the statue is deeply intertwined with the law, school's traditions and values."
The statue commemorates James Green, founder of the Law School and dean from 1878 to 1919. The bronze figure of Green, his arm resting on the shoulder of an unidentified student, has stood outside old Green Hall for more than 53 years.
The Regents gave tentative approval to the increase last month.
Med Center tuition increased by Regents
A tuition increase passed by the Kansas Board of Regents last week will almost triple enrollment fees for students at the University of Kansas Medical Center School of Medicine. The increase will take effect June 1.
In the three-year program, tuition for Kansas residents will be increased from $1,500 to $4,000. Out-of-state costs will be raised from $3,000 to $8,000.
Yearly tuition for a Kansas resident enrolled in the Med School's four-year program will be increased from $1,125 to $1,375. Additional costs will be raised from $2,230 to $6,000.
THE TUITION increase was planned in conjunction with a bill now before the Kansas Legislature that was designed to ease the state's doctor shortages.
The bill would offer tuition waivers to students who agreed to practice in Kansas
Students who agreed to practice in medically underserved areas of the state also would receive a stipend of $500 a month for living expenses.
Under the bill, for each year a student received a tuition waiver at the Med Center, he would be required to serve in Kansas for 12 months.
The bill, which was passed by the Kansas Senate Feb. 2, has been sent to the House—the final step before it goes to Gov. Robert E. Rennett for approval.
Originally the bill would have allowed the legislature to raise in-state tuition at the university.
However, it was amended to allow the Reents to set the tuition increase.
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ITT executives charged
WASHINGTON—Two International Telephone and Telegraph Corp. officials were charged yesterday with allegedly giving false testimony five years ago to the Senate about ITT's work in the Justice Department. While the action, brought by the Justice Department, came the last day before the statute of limitation expired. See story page two.
UMW discusses contract
The United Mine Workers rank and file met yesterday in union towns to look carefully at the latest contract proposal sent to them by UMW leaders. Reaction to the contract has varied from disappointed opposition to resigned acceptance. So far, there is no indication of how Friday's vote could end the 108-day strike will go. See page two.
Locally...
Begin
11. state Rep. Robert Miller, R-Wellington, had got his way, billboards would be an endangered species along Kansas highways. Miller recently introduced a bill into a House committee, to have the state systematically buy and down billboards. "Kansas is one of the juniest and least treasured in the Midwest," he says. See story on page 5.
Begin and Carter to discuss fighting
WASHINGTON—The Israeli occupation in southern Lebanon is expected to be the main topic of discussion when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Jimmy Carter today at the White House. See story page two.
Israelis continue invasion
BEIRUT, Lebanon—Israeli troops, backed by air and naval support, rolled northward along a broad front yesterday to tighten their grip on southern Lebanon and pounded away at Palestinian guerrillas clinging to their last positions below the Lani River. Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Army and vowed to wage "endless war" to keep Israel from consolidating control of the security belt north of the border.
Weather . . .
Clear to partly cloudy skies will dominate the weather this afternoon and tomorrow. The high temperature today should be in the mid 60s, and the low tonight will be in the low 30s.