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Friday, December 2, 1977
University Daily Kansan
Tunnel workers wary of hazards
The air is warm from the steam pipes and the tunnel feels as cozy as a pile of blankets at 6 a.m.—but there is danger in these dimly lit tunnels that carry heat to campa
"Only common sense tells you to be scared," said Tony Bermudez, supervisor of the nine-man staff which maintains the steam tunnels.
The pipes contained in those tunnels carry more than 100 pounds of pressurized steam, be said, and there is always the danger that one of the pipes will burst.
There are about three miles of tunnels containing steam lines, and about two-and-a-half miles are big enough to walk through, with many campus entrances to the tunnels. The rest of the steam pipes are reached by crawling through smaller passageways.
ACCIDENTS CAN OCCUR when water gets into the pipes and is forced through the walls of a building.
The steam that heats the campus is produced by the burning natural gas in the furnaces of the buildings.
N. Wyman Storer, 77, professor emeritus of physics and astronomy, died Wednesday of a heart attack at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Storer, 1724 Mississippi St., headed astronomy division of the department of physics and astronomy, where he had taught since 1935.
In 1949, 20 years before man landed on the moon and while Storer supervised the University observatory, he said, "I can't count the number of flybys I found the moon within the next 1,000 years."
Stoer invented what his friends started calling the "stoerscope," an instrument that was reportedly a "boon" in navigation in the stratosphere, a "layer" of the at-
Funeral set for tomorrow for astronomy professor
Before coming to KU, Storer taught at Smith College, Northport, Mass.; Wesleyan University, Midtown, Conn.; and Columbia University New York, N.Y.
could be caused by the failure of a trap, a decision that was out of the steam it could use for heating.
"If water enters in front of the steam and it can't get out it will bust a 10-inch line."
Born in Pittsburgh, Penn., Storer earned
In 1988 there were two accidents resulting from improperly installed traps.
a B.S. degree in 1923 and an M.S. in 1944.
He was a lecturer at Yale University, Mid-
dlebury, Conn.
Memorial services for Storer will be at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at the Rumsey Funal Home. Ambrose Saricks, professor of history, and J. E. Williams, professor of history, will officiate. Burial will follow in Pioneer Cemetery, on the West Camusus of the University of Kansas.
He is survived by his wife, Mary, at home; a daughter, Mrs. Esther Utchen, Wheaton, III.; two sons, Norman W., New York, N.Y., and David W., Cecil Rapids, Kentucky. He is survived by his children, Columbus, Ohio; a brother, Morris B., Melrose, Fla., and six grandchildren.
"Water was all over the whole system," Bermudze said, adding as much as seven times the amount of pressure normally exerted on the lines.
The family prefers memorials be made to the KU Endowment Association.
Bermudze and Kenneth Brouhard, who has worked in the tunnels for 16 years, were badly burned by 300 to 400 degree water and steam in one of the accidents.
"IT HIT ME in the face and I was blinded for a couple of hours," Bermudz said. "It was like looking in a shower curtain with water streaming down.
"You have instant steam and water right there at you," Brouhard said. "I laid down and rolled out, and then took off down the tunnel."
Brouhard said that the tunnels needed to be larger and better ventilated.
"With all the electric lines, chill water
you couldn't move fast if you had to," he said.
There have been no major accidents since 1988, although Larry Waters, a tunnel veteran of four years, said that he always comes out with red spots on his arms or
SOME OF THE men said that despite the great of them being steam, they were the first to be locked by fire.
Bermudez said that he did not think any one who entered the tunnels would need special knowledge to wreck the system. He thought the tunnel was with the traps just to see what would happen.
"For a while we were finding them tampers in the very week," he said, "but I had a checked off."
However, Jim Smith, a tunnel worker for three years, said he thought that some KU students had keys to the tunnels and were tampering with traps.
Bermudez that normally working in the tunnels was not dangerous, although he was a member of the security.
"We're all afraid of it," he said, "but if you know your job, then you don't think of it."
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Lithographs from works of noted Jewish artists will be displayed for sale from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday on the top floor of the Jewish Community Center, 917 Highland Drive.
The art show is sponsored by Hillel, a Jewish student organization at KU, and Bard College.
Bazell purchases it lhograph prints from Bezzel deals around the world, mats and other products.
All proceeds will be used by Hillel to fund programs and the purchase of books for the children.
According to Brian Salvay, Hilli协调or, the prints will cost from $10 to $25.
Salvay said that although the art definitely was Jewish, "unless you know Jewish history and-or the Bible very well, a lot of the scenes won't seem Jewish."
Among the artists whose works will be represented is Isidore Kauffman, who painted during the late 19th century in the Jewish ghetto of eastern Europe.
Deadline for Rush Registration is Dec.3
Packets may be obtained at the Dean of Women's office.
No late applicants accepted.
Fire . . .
From page one
expect to see junk. But I was pleasantly surprised."
Laubahn said he would recommend that the hall obtain a metal cabinet for storage of wine or other liquids.
Laubahn also noted that paper bags were used as garbage cans throughout the hall. He said he would recommend that they be replaced by containers that would not burn.
BILL SHELTON, who is coordinating the inspection, said yesterday that Templin met all code requirements after his inspection there.
Clark Brubaker, deputy state fire marshal from Lawrence, began inspecting a building that Brubaker had inspected about half of the building, and so far had found no deviations from code standards. He said Brubaker planned to continue his inspection of Oliver
Although the inspection was expected to be completed by today, Hashinger and McCollum residence halls have not yet been inspected. Shelton said Brubaker would inspect the remaining two buildings early next week.
A FIRE TUESDAY, Nov. 22, caused an estimated $10,000 damage at McCollum Hall. Investigators from the Lawrence Fire Department did not yet determined the cause of the blaze.
Shelton will leave Lawrence today to submit reports of completed inspections and recommendations from all the inspectors to Floyd H. Dibbern, state fire marshal, in
Dibbern will review the reports and decide what corrections and changes are
Dibbern in turn will submit the reports with his own recommendations to the Kansas Board of Regents. The Regents shall review the state legislature to correct deficiencies.
The University then will have 60 days to comply with the order, or longer, if more than 60 days are required.
Sign-up to start for intersession
Enrollment for KU's third intercession will be held Monday through Friday at Window 1 in Strong Hall, where brochures describing the course offerings are now available.
Artificial genes could provide cheaper insulin
Courses numbered below 500 will cost $18 per credit hour. Those courses numbered above 500 will cost $18 per credit hour and $27 per credit hour for graduate credit.
Courses from film criticism to skir diving will be offered in the Jan. 3 to 13 session. Courses will be offered at KU and also at the Resens Center in Overland Park.
Students may not enroll in more than three credit hours.
LOS ANGELES (AP)—Scientists announced yesterday that for the first time they have succeeded in using artificial genes to "order" a bacterium to produce a hormone normally found only in higher animals.
The breakthrough, hailed as a "scientific triumph of the first order" by the head of the National Academy of Sciences, paves the way for new drugs in insulin and other hormone-based medicines.
The researchers were working in the controversial new field of genetic engineering using recombinant DNA deoxyribonucleic acid.
Mel Practiss Pre-med Student
Can't miss him on campus, always wears white.
Constantly being sought after by freshmen and transfer students who mistake him for ice-cream man.
Mel drinks lite Beer from Miller because it's less filling. Can't afford to get filled up.
At last count he was in charge of 114 mice, 137 frogs and 240,uh...480 rabbits.
Spends spare time in library analyzing stitching on medical books.
Lite' Beer from Miller.
Everything you always wanted in a beer. And less.