Thursday, April 10, 1980
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Credit is playing hard to get
By CINDY WHITCOME
Staff Renarter
KU students graduating in May could have a hard time getting loans or credit even if they have well-paying jobs, say credit experts in Lawrence.
Good credit references and job stability are requirements for applicants for national credit cards, with William Leenhard, a retired bank executive, national Bank of Louisiana, said yesterday.
"Credit card issues are suffering losses because people are starting to be laid off and can't pay their bills," Lionhard said. "The difficult yet to get a major credit card."
LIENHAND ALSO said that federal regulations, effective March 14, raised the reserve requirement for credit companies to 15 percent.
The credit companies pass the cost of these stricter requirements to their customers in the forms of higher interest.
rates and shorter payment periods. Dennis Barritt, manager of the Credit Bureau of Lawrence, said.
Barritt also said that applicants would have difficulty receiving credit without a past history of paying credit.
Liebenhard said a student wanting credit for the first time might do better to apply for credit from local companies or through an investment bank. Roebuck & Co, or J.C. Penney Co. Inc.
"Local credit is easier to get because verification is easier," he said.
JENNIFER NELSON, secretary for the credit department at Weaver's Inc. department store, 901 Massachusetts St., said limits were placed on applicants receiving credit for the first time, but employees can secure a credit requirements not stricter.
*Students who have a fairly good job can always get credit with us. The limit may be $75 to $100 for three or four months, but
after that the limits are raised if the customer has performed well."
Many of the customers who use Weaver's credit often request reference references for other credit applications, Nelson said.
In addition to local credit references, banks can be used as references for larger credit card applications. Lianhard said.
"IF YOU HAVE been making payments on a loan from a local bank, they probably will give you a credit rating." Le鳒han "But it also hard to get a loan the next days."
Sears is trying to promote the use of its credit system and will issue credit to almost anyone who does not have a bad credit history. Sears also assists credit manager for the company.
Barritts said it was a little early to tell what the full effects of the government's attempts to tighten credit would be, but he added that it noticed more people trying to get credit.
Jobs latest reading trend
Bv BEN JONES
Staff Reporter
Student literary tastes have moved toward career-oriented reading, Bill Getz, book purchaser for the Oread Bookstore in the Kansas Union, said yesterday.
Getz, who has been with the bookstore 10 years, said students today were more likely to come across the books outside reading they should do to prepare for careers than students were a decade ago.
Getz said students 10 years ago were more likely to question the judgment of their teachers and to experiment in their reading selections.
"There isn't any less reading now than there was," Getz said, "it's just directed toward more practical reading."
GETZ ALSO SAID the student literary market did not seem as trendy as it once
was. He thought this was because trends were directed more toward a less-educated segment of society than the Oread's customers, who are mostly students.
Getz said some past trends, such as waves of formal self-help books, are still active. He also leveled off or nearly disappeared. Interest in ethnic literature has also grown.
One slight trend he recognized was that of students buying more books that would, in some way, help them prepare for a job. Get kids to categorize as "self-help" books, deal with education in the technical sense, showing how to attain various levels of success.
Getz said there was a time when certain books, such as "The Catcher in the Rye," or
"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance required considered among students that now there were no such books commonly recognized by student as necessary."
J. R.J. TROKIN'S books, he said, such as "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings," still sell well, but in the past few years last some of their past popularity.
"Other bookstores I know of would confirm that," he said.
Getz said one explanation for the dip in sales of Tolkien's books could be that with the recent publication of his last book, "The Silmarillian," the story was made complete.
Getz said the number of books sold had remained constant over the past decade, although book prices had about doubled.
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Skating to be investigated
By RENE BELL Staff Reporter
The future of roller skating in downtown is in question after the Lawrence City Commission's decision Tuesday night to have the rollers involved in the problems created by skaters.
Some city officials and downtown businessmen agree that although the skating is an enjoyable pastime, it shouldn't be a hazard.
But that's exactly what members of the Downtown Lawrence Association (DLA) say the presence of skaters on downtown sidewalk is.
THE QUESTION was brought into the city by a member of the Massachusetts Street. Accorded to the manager of the Royal College Shop, an elephant was knocked down by a door slapper.
Skates were being rent out of a van in a parking lot at 1012 Massachusetts St. and there were many skaters on the sidewalk.
He also said that being able to skate on the sidewalks was one of the fun things about living in a town like Lawrence. He blamed the problems on a few irresponsible people.
This incident prompted the DLA to ask the city commission to look into a possible ordinance banning skating on downtown sidewalks.
General Jeans owner Bob Radcliffe, who owns the parking lot the rental van is using, is caught in the middle.
He said he didn't think there was anything wrong with the sidewalk skating, but as president of the DLA, he must represent its views against the skating.
SEVERAL PEOPLE have come up with solutions to the problem. Win Campbell, owner of Campbell's Men's Wear, said the
skaters could skate on sidewalks in residential areas or parks rather than downtown.
"If they don't have any place to go, I'd sympathize," he said. "The downtown merchants are just concerned with everyone's safety."
Mary Michener, owner of Adventure Bookstore, 101 Massachusetts St., and that she was personally personally, she thought they might be a hazard to some people walking on the road.
But she agreed that the skating looked like fun and suggested that it be done on Sun.Jays in a local parking lot.
CITY COMMISSIONER Marci Francisco also approves of the skating, but she said it should be done somewhere else.
"There is a logical place and time," she said. "It's not downtown and it's not during shopping hours."
Mike Wilden, assistant city manager, said his office would look into the possible problem of the lack of water and said the main problem was with people coming out of the recovered doorways and entering the building.
He also said the city staff would determine the best solution, whether it be prohibiting the skaters, restricting hours of skating, or taking no action at all.
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