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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
Vol. 90, No. 138
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
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Monday, April 28, 1980
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DAVE KRAUS/Kansan staff
New in town
the summer. A tree behind Flint Hall serves as a convenien
perch for this flock of new arrivals.
Spring means the return of thousands of birds to Lawrence for
Carlin signs KU budget
Staff Reporter
By SCOTT FAUST
Staff Represent
KU's $120 million fiscal year 1981 budget is law.
With his signature Friday, Gov. John Carlin gave final approval to budget proposals for the Department and the University of Kansas Medical Center, ending a process that began last week.
Now KU is working on its 1982 budget and will submit its requests to the Regents June 1.
The 1981 appropriations bill, as written by a Kansas House and Senate conference committee and approved by both Houses, authorized a faculty salary increase of 9 percent.
Actual salary increases will be based on merit, with some faculty members receiving more than 9 percent, and others less than that.
CARLIN AND THE HOUSE had recommended an 8 percent salary increase, but a compromise was reached with the Senate's 10 percent request.
Chancellor Archie R. Dykes said yesterday that the 9 percent increase was not enough for the University.
"But," he said, "m comparison with other states, we're keeping pace. There is the potential loss of faculty members to the private sector."
Dykes executive secretary, Richard Von Ende, said he was pleased that the Legislature had increased the amount above the level recommended by the
governor and Regents. But he said the Regents' requests had been based on lower inflationary expectations.
VON ENDE SAID he did not have any recent experience on how KU compared to its peer institutions in salary increases, but his experience has clearly done better than mute a few universities.
"The Kansas Legislature has treated higher education in our state quite well."
He said two-thirds of the State General Fund budget went to all types of education in the state.
Included in KU's other operating expenditure funds, which will be increased by 8 percent, were 16.5 new classified positions and 11 new unclassified positions.
However, funding was provided for only 10 of the classified positions.
Von Ende said the appropriated classified positions were less than what KU had requested.
He said shortages of clerical and technical support personnel were always a problem and that KU had hoped to get approval for all of its request.
Bath Dykes and Von Enle expressed surprise over the Legislature's refusal to increase the graduate student teacher fee and a new current waiver, to full 100 percent waiver.
THE HOUSE had recommended the 100 percent waiver, but was overridden by the Senate.
"We tried very hard to get that approved." Von Ende said. "There was op
The University did get its way on the issue of increasing student employee wages from $2.90 to the federal minimum wage of $3.10, and announced in the January budget that it would increase the salary.
position late in the legislative session. I suspect we will try again next legislative session."
Still on the agenda for KU officials are a group of capital improvements yet to be finalized by conference committee.
They include $74,000 for renovation of Fint Hall, planning money for a renovation of the Gymnasium, and funding Center library, and funds for phase II of the renovation of the Bailen. All Hospital at the Gymnasium is owned by the Board.
Van Ende applauded the efforts of State John B. Lee and R.Lawson, and State John C. McKenzie, helping to help the approval of the $733,000 in planning money for an addition to Haworth
The $12.3 million Haworth project is the largest capital improvement project in the state.
Along with the Haworth Hall planning funds, capital improvements included in the budget legislation were a total of $128,000 for replacement of defective diploma hall steamplanes and, in a separate bill, $129,000 for the Murphy Hall stage lighting system.
Van Ende said the addition, which will be on Haworth's northwest corner and linked to the university campus, would be included in future state fiscal projects, and would house biological sciences
Vance expected to resign over Iran disagreement
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State
Crispus Compton has disagreement with President Carver over the attempt to rescue American hostages in Iran, the Associated Press learned last week.
Vance's departure, which is considered imminent, is certain to add to Carter's problems following the collapse of the mission in a remote desert in last week.
"They had a good relationship, but both the president and the secretary concluded it was impossible for him to function as
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secretary of state," a senior administration official, who refused to be identified, said.
Vance was the only member of the National Security Council who appoorted the administration to accept assistance he supported the administration in explaining the operation to foreign govern-
Details of the resignation were not disclosed, but it was confirmed by sources both inside the administration and the Congress.
AGAIN AND again, he ended up on the short end of power struggles with Zhugwei Brezinski, the determined anti-Soviet national security adviser who played a
prominent role in drawing the United States away from detente with the Russians
There was no immediate indication of who would take Vance's place. He had said he would be leaving at the end of the four-year presidential term, even if Carter was reelected. Warren M. Christopher, the deputy secretary, undersided a leading proponent to succeed him.
Christopher recently has taken on a number of travel missions that normally would have been Vance's, including efforts to persuade European leaders to support Carter's economic sanctions against Iran and other countries. He is also in the Soviet's, intervention in Afghanistan.
Vance, 63, is a veteran of the Democratic foreign policy establishment whose international views underwent a major shift during the Vietnam War. A former deputy defense secretary, he became a quiet ally and partner with a low-key approach to world problems.
ONE OF his principal interests, a transition to black rule in Rhodesia, was accomplished largely through the offices of the British government. But in arms control and human rights, Vance saw once-favored foreign powers grow, growing confrontation with the Soviet Union.
While Brzezinski, Defense Secretary Harold Brown and other key advisers to Carter were prominent in the aftermath of the rescue attempt, there was no sign of Vance, even though he quietly worked pre-dawn hours at the State Department for notification to foreign governments and consultation with key members of Congress.
Cyrus Vance
DEALING with foreign governments,
Vance seems to enjoy a good reputation. His avoidance of bombast was appreciated in foreign capitals. From the start, he never attracted the attention of his celebrated friend A. Kissinger, who had a gift for publicity.
Earlier this week, Vance stepped forward to accept responsibility for a politically embarrassing U.N. vote by the leaders of the denomination of Israel's settlements policy.
While Carter disawarded the U.S. vote, Vance was left appearing to have not conveyed Carter's intentions accurately to Congress and the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Confusion in Iran delays Forer
Bv LYNN ANDERSON
Staff Reporter
Confusion after the *aborted attempt to rescue* American hostages in Iran Friday has far prevent Norman Forer and two others of a hostage's family from leaving for Iran.
A group composed of Forer, associate professor of social welfare; Bonnie Gravine, wife of John E. Graves, one of the hostages; and Mary B. Graves, one of the hostagees to leave New York for Iran Friday evening.
They would have carried with them a peace proposal to present to Iranian students, elders and government officials.
Forer, head of the Lawrence-based Committee for American-Iranian Crisis Resolution, has organized and sponsored delegations by academicians, community energy to Iran as part of the committee's program for a dialogue of reconciliation.
THE COMMITTEE normally travels without State Department sanction.
A spokesman for the committee, Rick Kirkendall, said yesterday that the Gravesses had tickets for their Friday flight. But after the rescue effort, he said, they were State Department approval. As of yesterday evening, they had not received an answer.
Kirkendall said he had talked with Forer, who is in the Washington area with the Iraqis, and he made a decision about whether to "go to" Iran. They were expected to decry it.
As soon as word of the failed rescue was made public Friday, Foster and Graves issued two statements decrying the attack and calling for restraint by the Iranians.
Later that day they sent a telegram to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, through Sen. Frank Church, committee chairman, and to Sen. Edward Kennedy.
THE TELEGRAM said Forer and Graves tried to contact Abigail Schlegemouth, head of the foreign press in Iran and a friend of Forer.
They wanted to urge Sadegh to intervene on behalf of the committee for a "peaceful resolution to guarantee the absolute safety of the hostages," the telegram said.
Because telephone lines were busy, Fower and Graves asked the State Department for help to fix the line. The telegraph said. State Department officials told them communications to Tehran had been down.
A daughter of the Graveses then called Saidigh and went to telephone Saidigh. The contacts in France said Saidigh "was very receptive to the message and was going to deliver it to me."
In the message to Church and Kennedy, he called State Department sabbatement of emergency efforts to assure the safety of the hostages, and he called for an investigation into the bombing.
OVER THE weekend the Iranian government moved the hostages from the American Embassy to prevent another attack and dispersed them throughout Tehran.
Kirkenall said he expected the hostages to suffer increasing isolation and a restriction of their activities as a result of the move.
"I think it's likely the students will feel the need to step up security," Kirkendall said. "It certainly does not help the hostages."
He noted that the hostages had "good facilities" at the embassy, including use of a courtyard for physical exercise and sunlight.
"They may not have that at their new locations," he said.
Custodians discontented with personnel guidelines
By GREG SACKUVICH
Staff Reporter
Discountent has surfaced among KU custodians following the issuance last week of disciplinary guidelines for facilities operations personnel by Droker Rode, director of facilities operations.
Bene Bemdicky, a Malabah Hall custodian, said
wages and the guidelines, which set penalties for
wages and the guidelines, which set penalties for
Irving VanDyne, Custodians Action Committee chairman, said other complaints were a shortage of cleaning supplies and a change of working conditions. The situation is difficult and created personal schedule problems.
Oroke said the guidelines were not contrary to civil service rules but were a method of making it easier for him to find them.
THE CHANGED work hours allowed better
supervisory coverage without affecting the
work environment.
"Because of the rules more judgment is left up to each case, he said. This won't effect the law."
Barbara华莉a, a Wescose Hall custodian, said that strict supervision had created on-the-job training.
The main problem, Benotka said, is that the treatment of custodians finally led to his death in the treatment of custodians that finally led to his death.
"It is blaunting enough not to be able to support my family of four on a 40 acre $7 a month," mother Yolanda said.
"Bat to labor under the demanded ones of your
dictatorship is just guidelines only to mack to take."
The custodians other complaints are just a cover for the real problem of low wacces, he said.
"It's no wonder there is such a great turnover of custodians," Benofsky said. "Cleaning is a low-level job and there is no pride or prestige because of the way we're treated."
The people are迫于 getting more letters, like the guidelines, so they don't say some things on them.
"They will not solve these problems by browbeating people with these rules. There are probably a few people who are consistent of others and punishing all the people in facilities operations."
OTHER CUSTODIANS had said they complained but did not want to publicize them.
"The University thinks its buildings are clean, but they aren't." The grounds may be clean, but they are messy.
VanDyne said that some custodians were unhappy because the night shift's hours were also longer.
UNDER THE guidelines a person is not allowed to be absent for a half day or more six times a week, and should not work 15 times a year, cannot be more than 30 minutes late eight times a year and must give at least 6 hours of supervision.
The guidelines call for first, written warnings, second, suspension and third, dismissal from employment.
Because some night classes are not completed until 10 p.m., it is difficult for some custodians to finish cleaning their work areas before the shift is completed, he said.
any custodians have also built their personal
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BEN BIGLER/Kansan staff
Goina down
Katrin Karry, Belfar, Mo, sophomore, jumps off of the Military Science Building during an Army ROTC rotting exercise last week.
Trucker keeps on truckin' despite lonely night driving
By RICK HELLMAN
Staff Reporter
The headlights of the truck knocked through the blackness, dissipating in the fog. As the nine bounced along Interstate 70, driver Eric Shanks stopped to inspect his bard, trying to catch a yawn from the back wheel.
"C'mon eastbounders, this here's the Slowpoke. Anybody out there?"
Slowpoke. Anybody out there?
A reply came crackling back, but it was
"Darn isn't there anyone on the road tonight?" Schulp asked.
SCHLUP SHOULD know. He's been a trucker for more than thirty years, and now drives for Graves Truck Lines.
"I like driving at night, though," the Tikea trucker admitted. "I asked for a day in the city and I didn't see anyone I didn’t like it. Too many cars and things. I enjoy nights. There’s hardly any traffic.
All Schup ever wanted to be was a trucker.
"It was after the war, you know," he said. "My father-in-law told me there was an opening for a driver when he worked. I took him in and been done it ever since. That was 1949."
"I grew up on a little farm near Ackham and we used to see the truckers going down the road, always going someplace and I said, 'That's what I want to do.'"
"The first thing you've got to have is an
Schulp calls himself a family man, unlike many other truckers who find it hard to sustain a family life when they are on the road so much of the time.
understanding wife," Schapul said. "What with working different hours, why, we only get to eat three meals a week together. But I do have a happy family."
Schlup is on the road five nights a week.
"I'm what you call a backup man," Schup said. "I fill in for anyone who's sick or if they have two loads to go to one place."
SCHLUP MIGHT have been assigned the run to Tulsa or Omaha instead of tonight's destination, Salina.
"Yeah, I like getting sent to different places. It helps break up the monotony," he said.
But what about the monotony? Isn't it awfully boring night after night?
"Well, I have my CB and the AM here, so it's not too bad."
Schip pointed to the modified tackie box on the doghouse, or center console, of the cab. The box held both CB and AM radios within a single, portable unit.
When Schilp reached the Graves depot in Salina, a half-dozen similar units could be seen.
SCHLUP WENT inside the glass-walled cabinet of paperwork. A driver must carry a sheath of forms that tell freight weight, forms that certify the driver's health and forms that certify the driver's insurance.
"This here's a new one," Schupil said, indicating a yellow and pink slip in his folder. It certified the truck's mechanical soundness.
"They came out with this one a few
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