--effect on the amount of federal and state funding the city receives, Loyd said.
Academic angle
This week's damp weather has kept many students indoors. These two keep dry in Watson Library as the gray sky drops drizzle on fewer students on the way to the field.
Students encouraged to complete census
Staff Reporter
By KATHY BRUSSELL
KU students will come to their census April 1-or at least the U.S. government bases they will.
That day marks the official start of the nation's 20th Decennial Census of Population and Housing, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Completing the head count will be a formidable feat because the bureau must contact an estimated 222 million Americans.
ALL KU STUDENTS living in Lawrence April 1 will be entered into the city's population count, and the local census data will be updated in seeing that all students are reached.
"It's extremely important that students realize they should be counted where they are living on April 1, not in their home community, nor in city management analysis said sageydata.
Lawrence officials want to obtain an accurate count of University students for several reasons.
Students make up about one-third of the city's population and thus have a dramatic
Complete population figures also are valuable to the city for planning purposes, he said.
THE CENSUS STORM that students will be asked to fill out is much shorter and simpler than the ones given to family households, Loyd said. It is available in more than 20 languages, and all foreign students living in countries where a semester should fill out a form he said.
Students living off campus should receive their census forms in the mail. They will be asked to complete the forms and mail them to the Census Bureau within a few days.
Forms will be hand-delivered to multiple dwellings, such as residence halls, scholarship halls, fraternities and sororites, and also will be picked up.
The hand distribution is not expected to take place until the second week in April. The Census Bureau will mail out its forms on March 27 and 28.
THE GOAL of the census has not changed
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Friday, March 28. 1980
KANSAN
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
Vol. 90, No.118
By BLAKE GUMPRECHT
Error clouds Kansas voter poll
Staff Reporter
TOPEKA-Presidential poll loses considerable
PEDKEA this week after major upsets in New York and
Los Angeles.
But a Kansas presidential survey conducted by the KU Center found that 47 percent of the red in the face was the state's political makeup.
President Carter and Ronald Reagan were the overwhelming favorites of Kansas voters in the poll, but
Results of the survey, released yesterday, presented no clear projections on the outcome of Kansas' first presidential primary because pollsters overlooked the fact that unaffiliated voters can vote in the primary.
More than a third of the state's registered voters are unaffiliated.
CENTER OFFICIALS became aware their mistake during a press conference about the poll yesterday at the
About $6,000 was spent on the project, officials said. Eight foldout interviewers were hired for the job.
it was just one of the overtures we had at the time we put the poll together," Demis Palumbo, director of the
Unaffiliated Kansas voters can vote in whichever
party they choose to hold a party affiliation the
political election day. April
Pollsters asked Republicans, Democrats and independents who they favored in each of the primary races. However, they failed to ask independents who they preferred among all candidates.
As a result, the poll's findings are inconclusive in relation to the primary.
THE POLL is based on responses from 400 randomly selected employees interviewed by telephone from March 16 to March 23.
Among those interviewed who said they were Republican, 55 percent were for Reagan, 13 percent for Illinois Rep. John B. Anderson and 8 percent for former CIA director George Bush.
Carter was the favorite of 64 percent those who said "I want to be a doctor." And backpack Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
The president finished strongest among candidates of both parties.
The poll also indicated that Kansans would select Carter over any other current candidate in November.
Kennedy was one of the biggest losers in the survey, as only 23 percent of the respondents had a favorable im
pression of him. Only California Gov. Jerry Brown and Illinois Rep. Phil Crane finished lower than Kennedy.
FURTIMOREME, 74 percent thought Chaquppadick an intriguing Kennedy campaign, 30 percent having it weaved "were" into his message.
One of the sidelines of the poll was the reaction of Kansen to S. Bole Doble *f*-lated bid for the presidency.
The poll was taken before Kennedy's surprise victories in New York and Connecticut.
New York and Connecticut.
One of the sidebights in the poll was the reaction of New Yorkers to a bid for the presidency
Dole and former president Gerald Ford were included in the poll until they pulled out of the presidential race.
Only a percent of those questioned thought刀 had a serious contender for the presidency. And more persons reacted unfavorably to him—43 percent—than favorably—33 percent.
Ford made a favorable impression on more Kansans than any other candidate -- 58 percent reacting favorably.
Many of the 66 questions on the poll were unrelated to the presidential race.
Wolf Creek preparing safety plan
IN OTHER issues, Kansans painted a pessimistic view of the future, about 57 percent saying the coming years would be more bleak than they were in the past.
Uncertainty about the economy was widespread with 76 percent saying they thought a recession was likely in the next year.
By KATHY BRUSSELL
Staff Renorter
It is the first anniversary of the accident in Mie. Mie island nuclear plant in Hiroshima was the meritorious metal nuclear disaster is one year past and the completion of the first atomic plant in Mie.
Some Americans believe nuclear power is neither safe nor economically feasible, while others say it is the only bright spot in the future of alternative energy sources.
Despite efforts of the nuclear industry to convince the public and Nuclear Regulatory Commission that there is no risk of a fire at one at three Mile Island is unlikely, not one of the companies licensed since the accident on December 28, 1973.
Sixty-seven nuclear plants are now operating in the United States, with 90 additional plants under construction and headed for completion by 1990.
JOHN JINKS/Kansan Staff
U. S. ENERGY Department officials say U.S. plants could have been operating by the year 2000, producing up to 30 percent of the nation's energy.
In spite of the stagnant environment of nuclear construction, however, work on the Wolf Creek power plant near Burlington is proceeding as scheduled.
Barring unfresheed difficulties, the plant should be completed in April 1983, according to its builders, Kansas City Power and Light Co. and Kansas Gas and Electric Co.
The NRC has made some change in the safety standards required of nuclear plants as a result of Three Mile Island, Robert Rives, KG&E official, said yesterday.
But the changes have had only a minor impact on the plans for the Wolf Creek plant, because its plans are relatively new, he said.
WHAT MAY affect the future of the plant, Rives said, is the licensing slow-down on the part of the NRC.
The builders must still apply for and receive an authorization before the plant can go into production. That could take some time, given the backlog of licensing requests now before the
The construction permit for the plant was issued in May of 1977, and work began the same month.
According to Victor Poirier, manager of community affairs for KCPL, public opinion concerning the Wolf Creek plant is not very different than it was a year ago.
"On the national level, we experienced a short term, yet significant dip in the support of nuclear power immediately following Three Mite Island," Poirier said. The dip began to august of last year, the level of public support had returned to normal.
SURPRISEINGLY ENOUGH, the only formal study done in Wolf Creek's Foey County since last April indicated public concern over attacks among campus residents. Rives said.
Three thousand workers are employed on the Wolf Creek site, and the plant is more than 50 percent completed.
Several major components have been
installed since December, including a reactor vessel and four steam generators.
As the completion date for the plant approaches, government workers are developing plans for a beefed-up safety program in the area.
Since Three Mile Island, both the utilities facing nuclear facilities and the government are considering to questions concerning consideration to questions concerning public response as those dealing with siting safety features, according to Leon Mannell, an administrator in the Kansas Division of
MANNELL SHELL that special efforts to help the injured are radius aside the Wolf Creek park "Our primary concern is to warn and alert them of the shortest possible time" in the event of any damage.
Warning systems that could be used for this purpose include sires, radio announcements and personal paging systems, he said.
In addition, detailed arrangements for quick evacuation of all residents in the area will be worked out.
The majority of the residents have access to a vehicle of some sort, and school buses are used for transportation. The evacuation of nursing homes, hospitals and related facilities will be assisted by local emergency services.
AFTER THE alert and evacuation plans are finalized, they will be reviewed and tested to make sure they are realistic and prepare an emergency situation, Manuel said.
All residents will receive information about the programs at least six months before the opening of the plant, he said.
Increased safety precautions have been one positive outcome of Three Mile Island, and utility companies deserve credit for the safety improvements and emergency proceedings, Mannell said.
"It's sad, but we learn by our mistakes," he said.
"The lessons learned at Three Mile Island are paying off already."
Gannett boss decries Burger Court rulings
By JON BLONGEWICZ
Staff Reporter
The media should force the public to recognize how "Big Government" and the larger Supreme Court are infringing on the individual freedoms guaranteed by law.
"When the Supreme Court puts restrictions on, we press the flag," he said. "That is not enough. We need to wave the First Amendment flag. We in the press must tell and sell to the public that the First Amendment is more than freedom of the press."
Neathar, chairman and president of the nation's largest newspaper chain, the Gannett Co., told 500 people in the Kansas Union that it was time for the
Nearthward, whose newspaper chain has a daily circulation of 3.5 million, referred to recent attempts by the Supreme Court to bar the press and the public from some trials and pre-trial hearings. He said that the press and the public were victimized by Chief Justice Warren Burger and the "burger majority."
CALLING THE Burger court a Nixon court, Neatharth said. "It has a vendetta against the press because it was the press that pointed out what Nixon was doing."
*When they put restrictions on the press it is not just the press, but the public. The right of each American to speak out as he or she wishes without government control is protected.*
Neatharb's company, Gannett, which owns and operates 78 daily newspapers, seven television stations and 12 radio stations in 36 states, Canada, the Virgin Islands and Guam, is in the middle of a fight with the Supreme Court and the issue is restrictions on the freedom of the press.
ON JULY 3, 1979, Gannett lost a Supreme Court case, Gannet vs. Despause, that allowed judges to close pre-trial hearings to the press. Neuthard said Gannett spent $300,000 in legal fees knowing that it was going to lose the case. But, he said that Gannett wanted to focus public attention on the "erosion of First
Nearthnath said Gamett, whose gross revenues in 1979 exceeded $1 billion, would continue to fight restrictions on the property and legal and financial resources of the company. "We have U.S. AFTRIP 411 and 412."
Allen Neuharth
Initial Senate budget cuts made
As Student Senate committees deflated student organization students with questions and calculators last night, the Finance and Budget committee cut the Senate's internal budget.
The Senate's budget was cut back by $3,819.20 to $42,845 for fiscal 1981. The funding decrease will take effect this July.
"I think Student Senate has to tighten its budget as much as it can. We are estimating that the budget will be about $2 million treasurer," said. "Next year we'll tighten our belts because we're on a tighter funding budget."
With three months remaining in fiscal 1980, which ends June 30, the Senate has spent only $31,241.80 of its $46,644.24 allocation.
The committee voted to add $50 to the Student Senate Executive Committee Chairman Robin McClellan's salary of $100 a month after McClellan addressed the
Although the committee cut the total Senate budget from last year, Senate executive salaries were increased by $270.
MCCLELLAN SAID her position was budgeted for a 10-hour work week but she had worked 12 hours, and the job really required 15 hours of work.
The Senate Academic Affairs committee heard nine budget requests and made three preliminary budget cuts.
Ron McDowell, committee member, said that if one salary increase was to be scrutinized, all executive officers should have the opportunity to ask for an increase.
The organizations and their requests
were: the School of Architecture and Urban
design, $89; the Coalition of Student Social
Work, $89; the Coalition of Social Work,
$14.16; $14.60; $89.53; Bio-Chemistry
Club, $24.90; BAsar Bar Association,
$2.450; Society for the Combined Health
and Law at Law, $1.139; KU Model UN,
$1.385
The SACHS budget won preliminary approval. Other preliminary cuts were: the School of Architecture and Urban Design, the Psychology Club, RB $32; BUSA 4540 A $38;
The Sports Committee voted not to fund the KU Tae Kwon DO Club because they said the instructor, Choon Lee of Shawnee, seemed to be running the club as part of his
Lee operates Tae Kwoo D schools in Shawnee and Kansas City and recognizes the club as a branch school when testing club members for degrees.
BUT THE KU club is not part of Lee's business, according to the club's treasurer, Dave Duquette.
MEMBERS OF the Cultural Affairs
Other Sports Committee budget recou-
ment is $34,900. #15, Cricket, #11, Fencing
$24.60; Lacrosse, $14.20; Frisbee, $8.80;
Rugby, $12.00; Field Hockey, $10.00;
Rugby, $7.85.
The Tae Kwon Do Club was funded $120 advertising during supplementary materials for the program. The opportunity to receive funding when t
Committee heard three budget requests and made preliminary cuts in one. But they refused to disclose the amount of the cuts and suggested that other groups' budgets from previous hearings.
Co-Chairman J贺 Wudler said that some of the groups' requests were not specific about the types of magazines, special publications and travel expenses that they listed.
The Thai Association requested $1,643;
the organization of Arab Students, $1,070;
and the University Theatre, $34,802.
THE COMMITTEE accepted the University Daily Kansas' line allocation of $7,080, to be paid for by student activity fees of $2 per student.
The Communications Committee accepted three budgets and made preliminary cuts in one last night.
The committee accepted the proposed budget for KJHK and added money from its own funds to meet its requirements. KJHK's request and its line allocation and Senate unallocated funds. KJHK requested
The committee cut the budget request for Blacks in Communications from $4,281.64 to $4,210.84.
The Student Services Committee heard budget requests from six organizations: Volunteer Clearinghouse, which requested $1,640; the KU Ecology Club, $1,133; Almapha Omega, $799.42; the Men's Coalition, $684; and the Women's Coalition. This story was written by Susan Schneen-maker, Katy Kaye, Brian Von Bevern and Jeff Kious.