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Wednesdav. June 13. 1973
University Daily Kansan
Kansan Photo by A.B. SOLSKY
Head Over Heels . . .
Phil Gish, a May graduate of Shawnee Mission North, almost flips at the sight of the cheerleaders kicking their heels in the background. They are participating in the International Cheerleader Foundation Staff Training Week and will travel in groups of four to colleges and high schools to train cheerleaders after their week of instruction on the KU campus.
Senate To Keep Buses Running; Student Fares Increase to 15 Cents
By CATHLEEN SCHEIER
Kansan Staff Writer
Students who try to escape the heat from steaming pavements this summer may do so by riding a campus bus to classes, but they have to be willing to pay a higher fare.
In an agreement made between the Student Senate and Lawrence Bus Company it was decided that one-way fares would be increased to 15 cents for students and 25 cents for non students. Last year the fare was 10 cents for campus runs and 25 cents for trips. It may be necessary for a student to show identification because of this change.
DURING THE MONTH of June and July, buses will operate on a 12%-hour day and will handle only one third of the passengers service during the fall and spring semesters.
Yet, according to Mert Buckley, Wichita junior and student body president, this is a good start.
"I think it ought to be offered in the summer as well as during the school year," he said.
THE REASON for the rate increase is that the senate is now trying to run the bus system.
The Bus Company will account for its gross receipts to the senate. At the end of each month, if the actual receipt of fares is less than the service hour, the Senate will pay the difference.
If the receipts exceed $8 per service hour during any given month they will be used to pay for those services.
The new 15 cents rate will remain in effect next year, but pass cards will also be required.
Phone Volunteers Needed
Headquarters, Inc., drug abuse and personal crisis center, is in need of funding.
"We're looking for lots of different kinds of help," said Evie Unkier, the new director of Headquarters. "We need people who are around for more than the women."
Ric Silber, the former director who is leaving his post to return to school, said that Headquarters lost about 25 volunteers at the end of the spring semester.
Most of the volunteer vacancies are for phone duty. Unekef said that the phone volunteers should be interested in diverse fields such as nursing, librarians, and also should be sensitive to people.
requires a knowledge of Lawrence and a desire to do public relations work.
In addition, bookkeeping positions are available to volunteers. These jobs involve file organization, general office work and "lots of energy", according to Unkefer.
Headquarters, 1632 Kentucky, has evolved from a center primarily serving the University to a service for all of Lawrence. Silber said that although about 80 per cent of students come from students, they are now receiving an equal number from other townpeople.
Headquarters is also looking for volunteers to do community liaison work, which
The center's 24-hour hotline telephone number is 814-2345, and Unkefer and Silber said that they had received an average of calls a week during the regular school year.
Many Factors Found Hazardous
Professional Team Investigates Engineering, Road Safety and Traffic Accident Causes
MANSFIELD, OHIO (AP)—Dr. Vicki Cohen, 26, is an experimental psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
She is a member of the accident investigation team of The Highway Safety Foundation, a non-profit organization based here. She is also professor at California State University, Hayward, teaching what
Class lessons by the University of Kansas music faculty will be available for the first time to the junior high campers. Ten students will be allowed in each class.
The music camp will include two bands of 150 players each, an orchestra of 125 musicians and two choirs of 150 persons each.
All of the groups will have daily rehearsals in preparation for the final joint concert Friday, June 22, in the University Theatre.
All instrumental players are required to participate in choral activities as well as band activities.
No Laws Enforce Fire Safety Checks
In fall 1970, Kathryn Kihm, a Chanute sophomore, was burned to death at the Renz Apartmentts. Ken Jorgenson, city building inspector, said at that time that if the complex's dwarfry had been enclosed property, Kihm probably would have escaped.
Three KU School of Law students have been assigned to the Douglas County court system as interns for a training and study period.
KU Students Intern With County Courts
A building must meet the fire standards of the building code at the time of construction, he said. Those standards depend on safety of the building and the number of stories.
JORGENSSON said that no one was sent to check specifically the fire standards of an apartment after it had been built. He said they would be there if a suspect being splayed by him was during construction.
Jorgenson said this week that there were no periodical fire inspections of apartments in Lawrence through his office, although the city has a system to inspect commercial buildings on request.
By ANA GABRIEI Kansan Staff Writer
Having completed their second year at the School of Law, the three will work under a cooperative program of the Law School, the University Association, and the Kansas Supreme Court.
However, when the code changes it does not mean that the buildings constructed under the old code are in the wrong, Jorgenson said. He said that the building codes were revised every year and usually published every three years.
The junior high school division of the 36th annual Midwestern Music and Art Camp begins today and will continue through June 22.
3 to Face Charges In Injury, Death Suit
HE SAID that it would be impossible to
handle the fire under the new fire
regulations, of safety, new rules.
Bank Building Renovation To Create New Museum
Her parents filed the suit April 16, 1971,
asking for $237.589.06.
Fire officials said that apartment owners would work to correct fire hazards on their buildings.
Three defendents will be brought to trial on June 20 in Division II of Douglas County District Court for the trial of a personal attacker and six suit involving the death of Kabirbh Khum
"it's not fair to say that 'x' number of buildings do not meet minimum standards, because they did at the time they were built," Jorgensen said.
Kilman, then a 19-year-old KU sophomore from Chanute, died Oct. 13, 1970, 17 days after suffering burns in a fire at the Renz Apartment, 1301 La.
Principal defendants in the suit are Phyllis Renz Mecauhey, Oxon Hill, MD., owner of the apartments; Constant Connor, a former apartment manager at the time of the fire.
Phase one in the campaign to build a local community museum, the acquisition of the historic Watkins Bank Building at 10th and 12th Street, which has been completely complashed. Phase two, the renovation, restoration and the creation of the Elizabeth Watkins Community Museum has just begun.
"We're just winding it up," said John Andrews, campaign director for the fund drive to finance the museum that began in 1985. "It's not something we are the main jobs to be done now, be said."
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done in stages. Then the museum will begin its acquisition of various elements that relate to the heritage of Lawrence and the Douglas County.
THE CREATION of Watkins Community Museum will serve many functions in Lawrence. Promoters of the museum say it will be an important building, a relic of the city's historic past. It will also act as a focal point for efforts to increase the city's sense of community pride and preserve various elements in its creature and Douglas County, Andrews said.
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General categories of programs planned for the museum will include exhibits, school services, public education and community services and income producing programs.
Inar Horay, Ottawa, is working on a five week research and observation assignment in the Douglas County county, ending June 22.
Watkins Community Museum is designed to provide exhibits, educational programs, workshops, lectures, films, art shows and other diverse elements that will add a sense of cultural and social awareness to the community. Andrews said.
The museum is named after the late Elizabeth M. Watkins, a benefactress of great importance to Lawrence and 'the University.
The museum will house the Kansas All Sports Hall of Fame and parts of University of Kansas collections relating to the cultural and natural histories of the region that are not presently displayed at campus museums.
Volunteers should call 841-2348 to set up an interview. Phone volunteers are required to go through an 80-hour training program.
she terms "the whole schmear" of beginning psychology.
Pass cards with a student's name and ID number will be available to students for about $15. The card will allow a student to ride the bus as often as he wants.
"As a psychologist, I'm involved in classic definitions of group behavior, memory and so on. But closer to highway engineering than in the field of manufacne engineering," Cohen said.
COHEN SPENDS her time pursuing traffic accidents.
"We weed to study all the things that affect muscle power—diet, nutrients, sleep. Now we're interested in man's control of the automobile as a machine, how he processes information from the environment and uses it for better control."
Cohen thinks man does a tremendous job of driving every day in what she calls a "crime scene."
"At the foundation we have several police radios going all the time. When we hear a
cell involving serious injury accident and property damage, the team goes," she
A traffic engineer, a mechanic and a behavioral scientist are members of the team ready to go to the accident scene, inspecting the scene and patrol, a photographer and a paramedic.
Silber said that about 60 per cent of the funding came from the United Fund, 30 per cent from the Student Senate and 10 per cent from donations.
AT THE FOUNDATION, we deal in real life problems. The thing about deaths in automobile accidents is that they're spaced. If, for example, Galveston, Tex., was wiped out overnight, we'd all be disturbed and angry. But we lose that many people in automobile accidents and no one cares or notices.
"WE'RE LIMITED in what we can do to improve the system. We must bring it up to match man's capabilities to make driving easier. There are several philosophies of improvement," Cohen added, "and that's where the accident investigators come in."
Headquarters plans to redecorate this summer. Anyone with carpentry skills, sewing skills or just the desire to help should contact them.
"We have an automobile accident death almost every 10 minutes. It's horrific," he said.
THEY CHECK for mechanical defects, problems with the accident environment such as poor lighting or bad signs, and they talk to the people involved. The paramedical person can assess injuries and consult a medical computer bank, and look at the way the ambulance service cares for the injured persons.
"We do only 50 to 100 cases a year in detail. It leads us to some general hypotheses about the cause of accidents," she said.
Cohen says we have the same options available in highway safety as in aircraft safety, but have so far failed to take advantage of them. She says poor visibility and bad use of signs makes driving more difficult.
In files containing more than 1,800 accident cases, the foundation checks and counterchecks causes of accidents. They confirm that use of seat belts cuts deaths. They support advanced driving training, they cover all driving skills up to date. They express concern with errors in signals, speed controls or highway markings.
Vison standards also need standardization across the country, Cohen said. Color vision, depth perception and vision are often key factors in accidents.
THEIR RESEARCH indicated that tire tread of one eight inch is the minimum depth, rather than the federal standard of one sixteenth. Accidents caused by unsafe tires often occur, the foundation adds. Changes are being urged.
Theored Holmebek, Arkansas City, and Donnae Steelie, Arlington, Va., will work eight weeks in the county attorney's office doing research and investigation.
The British-born psychologist says that some day highways will be completely automated, with man just an observer. But, she adds, he'll still have to monitor a set of questions and keep his eye on the machinery.
"We talked with people in the traffic courts, those involved in accidents and those who weren't, but all cited for some violation. On that basis and on the basis of vision testing, we found that poor eyesight was often a cause of accidents."
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