University Daily Kansan
Tuesday. December 13. 1977
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Med Center project to begin despite possible suit
From Staff and Wire Reports
Construction on a new radiation therapy center at the KU Medical Center will begin today, despite a possible friendly lawsuit, Planning at the Med Center, last night.
The suit would determine whether Kansas
City, Kan, can require the state to obtain a building permit from the city.
The state was scheduled to file the suit in Wyandotte County District Court today, challenging the city's attempt to collect a building permit fee of $6,000 on the project.
Mike Davis, University general counsel,
Spencer Museum to open after Christmas holidays
Staff Writer
By MARY ANNE OLIVAR
When students come back from the Christmas holidays, they will be able to visit Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art at the Guggenheim Museum of art displayed for the first time since 1971.
Spencer Museum was a gift from Helen Foreman Spencer, a member of the KU class of 1926. The museum is immediately west of the Kansas Union.
Spencer Museum will house more than 25,000 works of art that belong to KU's art collection.
According to Charles Eldridge, director of Spencer Museum, KU's art collection is one of the most comprehensive collections in Kansas.
Ralph T.孝, director of the Nelson Art Gallery, said recently, "The art collection of the University of Kansas Museum of Art ranks among the finest gathered in any comparable institution over the country. After Fogg Museum at Harvard and the University Art Gallery, one choice is Smith College, Oberlin and the University Kansas."
Eldredge said the collection was particularly noteworthy in the areas of medieval art, 17th and 18th century art, American painting and graphics.
THE COLLECTION INCLUDES Oriental
Japanese Art, Japanese
print and American painting.
A number of the collection's paintings have been shown recently in exhibitions in New York and London.
The other of the better paintings is "La
Pia del Tolombo" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti,
and "La Pieta" by Rufino Cervelli.
"La Pia del Tolomei" was shown in a number of European museums, including the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The museum's upcoming opening has prompted a number of donors to make gifts to the collection, according to museum officials.
THE OLDEST OF THE new acquisitions
Egyptian gold on a limestone
[ramet] 280 B.C.
Part of the museum's collection previously was displayed in Spooner Hall. However, Eldridge said there was not enough space in Spooner to display 97 per
said last night that although no decision had been reached on whether a suit would be brought, he was convinced that the case
"If it's fled, it's simply a way to resolve the issue," Davia said.
cent of the collection. Many of the pieces of art were stored in a fire-proof, humidity-controlled area in Spencer Research Library.
The issue arose last week when the city informed the state it expected the state to obtain a city building permit before proceeding with the radiation therapy
The museum will start its regular schedule Jan. 18. However, visitors will be able to see the collection at the grand opening from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Jan.
HOWEVER, Zilim said, the Med Center has been required to pay the city fees for court proceedings.
"If the state fairs suit," he said, "it would be to prevent the city from entrenching a local business."
If a suit is filed, the action would come because the state attorney general's office has declined to issue an opinion on the matter.
The attorney general's office was asked Friday for an opinion, but John R. Martin, first assistant attorney general, said a decision was made not to issue any opinion.
The reason, Martin said, was that the city threatened a lawsuit if the state did not get
the building permit, regardless of any attorney general's opinion.
Martin said the city's position was that some of the problems facing the Med Center expansion project might have been avoided and imposed its own building code on construction.
mechanical difficulties allegedly caused by the architect's defective work.
The state's lawsuit concerning the state's permafrost permit was filed on Friday. Dysart Attorney for the Med Center. The suit would name the city of Kansas City, Kan., as defendant and the state of Kansas
THE ATTORNEY general's office recently filed suit seeking $820,000 in damages from the architects who designed the building because of construction delays and
Due to the growing popularity of skiing, lodging provisions are very tight; therefore to be guaranteed a spot you must sign up by Jan. 13.
Martin emphasized it would be a friendly suit to determine if the city could require the airport.
Zilm said yesterday that related work on the project had been going on for the past two weeks, since ground breaking for the project Nov. 30.
to require a permit under its home rule powers. The state's contention would be that its own building code pre-empted the city's building code.
The city would contend that it had a right
"WeWE BEEN startaking out the site, and we need to start excavation," Zilm said. "The only thing stopping the construction would be weather."
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