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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
The University of Kansas
Wednesday January 25,1978
Lawrence, Kansas
Vol.88,No.77
Staff Photo by RANDY OLSON
Cold blast
A workman, who braved yesterday's chilly weather, cut open
bags of sand, which will be used for sandblasting Memorial
Stadium. The projected date for the completion of renovations is September 1978.
Med Center bill designed to relieve doctor shortage
By DIRCK STEIMEL
The Kansas Senate took an initial step yesterday toward trying to relieve the stress of state unemployment.
Staff Writer
A bill that would raise tuition at the University of Kansas Medical Center and grant fee waivers to students agreeing to practice in Kansas was amended and passed by the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
The amendment to the Senate bill allows the Kansas Board of Regents, instead of the Legislature, to set the Med Center's tuition fees.
The Regents tuition plan calls for raising the fall 1787 tuition to $3,000 a year for resident students in the four-year program and $4,000 a year for resident students in the three-year program. Non-resident students would now double the resident tuition fee.
THE MED Center tuition bill, which probably will be debated on the Senate floor next week, also provides incentives for teachers to practice in Kansas after graduation.
Tution at the Med Center now is $1,125 for resident students and $3,025 for non-resident students.
Under the Senate bill, students who agree to practice in an area that the state secretary of health and environment has designated as medically underserved, usually rural areas, will receive full tuition from a college with stipend from the state for living expenses.
For students agreeing to practice in Kansas after graduation, the bill provides two types of tuition fee waivers as incentives.
Students who agree to practice elsewhere in Kansas will receive full tuition, but no
For each year a student receives a tuition waiver at the Med Center, he is required to pay $150.
ALTHOUGH THE Ways and Means Committee unanimously agreed to adopt the Regents amendment to the bill, many of the Senators expressed concern that the Med Center's tuition was not high enough to meet the students to apply for the tuition waivers.
State Sen. Wint Winter, chairman of the committee, said, "I do not question the Regents' wisdom to set the tuition, but I should say that it is about $1,000 more wisdom in the tuition fees."
Before it was amended, the Senate Med center tuition bill would have raised tuition from $130,000 to $240,000.
HEW ends athletic investigation
Staff Writer
By BRIAN SETTLE
A two-day investigation by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare into alleged discrepancies between the men's and women's athletic programs at the University of Kansas probably is over, Mike Davis, University counsel, said yesterday.
"As far as the on-campus investigation goes, it's probably over," he said.
"The investigator was here for the second straight day. I talked to her again today, and I will be sending some additional materials to her." Davis said.
The investigation pursued charged files with HEW by a former KU women's athletic trainer who said that discrepancies existed in school and women's treatment and care programs.
THE BASIS for the charge stems from a
Davis said he did not know when the results of HEW's investigation would be released or whether they would be released in time to affect the guidelines that are to be established by July 21, 1978, the deadline for the University to comply with Title IX.
Specifically, "the IX lays in section 8.412 that "equal athletic opportunity for all players" is defined."
provision of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 that prohibits sex discrimination at federally funded institutions.
An institution risks losing federal grants if it does not comply with the provision.
"WE GET A lot of complaints that are merely internal problems or bad university
However, J.L. Thomas, director of the higher education branch of the Kansas City, Mo., HEW office, said last night that an investigation did not imply guilt.
Thomas said his office investigated any discrimination charge filed as long as the charge meets two guidelines: The charge must involve an institution that receives federal funds, and HEW must have jurisdiction over the complaint.
"Too many people think a university is guilty when they find out we are going to investigate them. We're just checking out their records, the form of an impartial third party," he said.
policy, which are disregarded. In general, though, if the charge meets the two conditions, the action is taken.
Most administrators have treated the investigation routinely.
Chancellor Archie R. Dykes said the investigation was not unusual. He said there had been previous investigations at KU, usually stemming from a complaint made by someone who had been fired by the University.
Davis said last week that he thought it would be unlikely that the investigation would result in any penalties because of the uncertainty in their relationship between the University and HEW
"It's not an adversary relationship."
Doe said, "They just help us define our response."
It’s a lot of expenses for the University.”
Does said. W suppose it’s necessary, but somehow not.
Yes.
DEL SHANKEL, executive vice chancellor, said last week that whenever Hew Kwang was on the job he would
they imposed on a violator were remedies for any problems found at the university.
The possibility of discrepancies between the two athletic programs is only one facet of a larger issue that has occurred since Title IX was passed in 1972.
"If they find you aren't complying with their suggestions, then you have the chance to reapply."
KU, along with other federally funded institutions, must comply with TX ID by 18.
Athletics have proved to be a particularly thorny problem, according to administrators, because overall guidelines were not specific enough and could not easily be applied to different schools and departments.
Richard Von Ende, executive secretary for the University, said that any suggestions by HEW would be used to the University's advantage.
"We would hope any findings by the investigation will help us gain insights into how we can best comply with Title IX guidelines by July 21," Von Ende said.
Bill to settle Med Center building's lawsuits
Bv NANCY DRESSLER
Nearly $3 million in lawsuits filed in a Kansas City, Kan., court involving the Orr-Major basic sciences building at the University of Kansas Medical Center could be resolved by action taken in the 1978 Kansas legislative session.
Staff Writer
The lawsuits, pending in Wyndotte County court, allege tentative and actual damages to two Kansas City, Mo., firms that under construction of the nearly 86% building.
Truge-Nichols, Inc., and Evans Electrical Construction Company, subcontractors for the building, are awaiting the court's decision.
Legal problems have plagued the building from the start. Truog-Nichols died and won an arbitration suit in 1978 against the state legislature. In 2003, a private architectural plans provided by the state
To date, neither arbitration award has been paid by the state, Don Hoffman, chief assistant state attorney general, said yesterday.
A three-member arbitration panel issued the company $250,000 of its original request.
forced them to do more construction work than had originally been agreed upon.
Hoffman said the lawsuits would continue in court unless the Legislature passed a bill this session that would allocate funds to pay the arbitration awards.
The 1977 Legislature was the first to receive the request but adjourned without an answer.
In a similar arbitration case, about a
number of women Electron was awarded
$2424 after refusal.
"The state has never denied that we owe money because they have a valid ar-
But, the bill that would allocate money to pay the companies also contains controversial claims not related to the Med Center, that have slowed legislative action, State Sen. Wint Winter, chairman of the Senate and Means Committee, said yesterday.
Hoffman said the state had agreed to settle the issue of payment for extra work with the county.
biteration decision," Hoffman said. "The problem is getting the money appropriated."
Winter said the claims probably would be written into a separate bill so that other less disputed claims, including that of Truegro, would be paid by the current Legislative session.
The delays in payments led to the filing of almost $3 million in suits by Truffich-Nuichi and the U.S. Justice Department.
Charles Svoboda, attorney for the two companies, said the suits. filed in the last
five months, sought each company's original request for actual damages and a waiver of any liability.
Each company is requesting a $1-million penalty, claiming that the state defrauded it by providing faulty architectural drawings, Sybowsa said.
Hoffman said the state fitted suit in December against the Kansas City, Kan., architectural firm that designed the building—Marshall and Brown-Sidorowicz.
"We hope to recover against the third parties who have caused the problems," Hoffman said. "We feel the state has been damaged for work not done that we paid for."
The state's suit seeks about $220,000 in damages that resulted from defects in the architect's plans, all drawn up by Marshall and Brown-Sidorowicz.
Hoffman said the state's suit would compensate for the losses the state had in its contract to build a bridge.
stages would have brought Med Center tuition to about $5,000 by 1980.
John Conard, executive officer of the Regents, assured the Ways and Means Committee that the Regents would likely raise tuition in the coming years.
State Sen. Arnold Berman, D-Lawrence, said the Med Center tuition bill sent to the Senate floor was a good one because it preserved the right of the Regents to set tuition and it was hoped it would provide more doctors for the state.
"I DON'T really know whether this is exactly the right bill. We'll just have to wait until these people graduate and see," Berman said, "but we're telling them that they will get their education free if they practice in the state."
Berman said he thought the Med Center tuition increase would pass the Senate this
If the Med Center tuition bill passes the Senate, it must then pass the House before going to the Governor's desk for final approval.
Candle named as source of fraternity house blaze
A burning candle has been given as the cause of a fire that swept through the third floor of the Delta Upsilon fraternity, 1025 Emery Room, Friday night, causing $200,000 in damages to the building and its furnishings.
Floyd Dibbern, fire state marshal, said Monday that the Delta Upsilon house had been evacuated.
John Kasberger, Lawrence fire chief, said yesterday that a candle left burning on top of a chest ignited clothing sticking out of the chest.
The fraternity had smoke detectors installed about a month ago, in compliance
KENT EWONUS, Wichita junior and Delta Upson president, said a construction company would begin repairs on the house tomorrow.
However, he said, 12 members who live on second floor would be able to move back into the house in the next few weeks. Meal service will begin on Friday.
He said there was extensive fire damage on the third floor and water damage in other areas of the house. There will be construction in all areas of the house.
Apartments have been found for all fraternity members until they return to the house, and Ewons said all members would be living within three blocks of the house in apartments in West Hills Luxury Complex, located in the Old Mill apartment building, 905 Engery.
THE HOUSE WILL be ready for full
occurrence by next fall. Ewen said.
Ewowns said that, as far as be knew, all traternity members were injured and none had been shot.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Capsules From the Associated Press, United Press International
Soviet satellite crashes
Trudeau
Carter orders intelligence reform
Canadian Prime Minister Elliott Trudeau, said the satellite, which was seen by hundreds of people as it streaked across the sky, fell into a sparser settled area 60 miles southwest of the city. It surrounded highly radioactive uranium 235. See story page two.
YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories — A nuclear-powered Soviet spy satellite fell into northwest Canada early yesterday morning, Canadian and U.S. officials said there probably was no danger, but five American airplanes immediately flee to the scene to check for radioactivity and possible remnants of the fallen spacecraft.
Officials investigating Lance loan
WASHINGTON—President Jimmy Carter signed an executive order yesterday that will streamline the intelligence system and put strict curbs on covert activities that recently have drawn fire from congressional insurrections. To be included a ban on attempted political assassinations. See story page two.
ATLANTA—Federal officials are once again investigating Bert Lance's banking practices. Three officers of a major New York bank that loaned money to Lance, the former budget director, began testimony before a federal grand jury yesterday.
The three officers reportedly were to be questioned about a $2.6 million loan the bank made to Lance on June 30, 1975, which allowed him to buy 148,000 shares of the company.
Miller testifies before Congress
WASHINGTON-G. William Miller, President Carter's nominee to head the Federal Reserve Board, appeared before Congress yesterday and promised to keep politics off of his job while pushing for full employment and price stability.
William Proxmire, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, criticized the nominee as being inexperienced in monetary affairs. Proxmire said he was disturbed that Miller would have to rely on the staff of the Federal Reserve Board for many months if he was confirmed as chairman.
If confirmed, Miller would become the third man in 28 years to head that office. He will be replacing Arburn Burns.
Singer served with legal papers
TOPEKA-Singer Helen Reddy was personally served with legal papers Monday evening because of her failure to appear and perform at the Kansas State Fair last September, Curt Schneider, Kansas attorney general, said. The two men members served the papers to Reddy at the Sunrise Theatre in Fort Lauderdale.
The papers were served in connection with a $100,000 lawsuit filed against the performer. She will have 30 days to answer the suit's allegations. Schneider
Bennett signs first '78 legislation
TOPEKA - While Kansas State Senators and Representatives continued to hold hearings and listen to testimony on a variety of topics, Gov. Robert F. Kennedy won the Republican nomination.
The bill prohibits coyote hunting during deer season and requires the licensing of coyote hunters. See story page nine.
Locally...
While most people laugh at the idea of Mont Bieu ever becoming a popular ski resort, one man-Walter Klammer-dreams of great successes. Klammer took over the skiing facilities at Mont Bieu three years ago, but the future have caused Mont Bieu to be extremely gloomy. For story and pictures, see Weekday, page six.
Klammer