Tuesday, April 10. 1973
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University Daily Kansan
Volunteers Help with Police Work
By BILL WILLETS
Kansan Staff Writer
The Douglas County Emergency Force, a civil defense unit, is the closest thing Lawrence has to an auxiliary police force. Like other auxiliary police units, the group is sanctioned by law enforcement authorities, receives law enforcement training and often works with police and performs duties related to law enforcement.
However, the group's director does not want the group to be referred to as a police officer.
"We are an emergency enforcement unit," said Chuck Bellouge, Douglas County Civil Defense director. "Our main function is to maintain nuclear—nuclear, natural or man-made."
Belote said that during disasters, duties of the unit included driving vehicles, providing emergency care to the injured, sealing off controlled areas, preventing looting, searching for missing persons and facilitating mass evacuation.
THE GROUP, like most auxiliary police units, consists of voluntary volunteers. Belote said that, with the exception of one three-hour training session and two two hour training sessions. He said that an
individual must have had 80 to 120 hours of training before being assigned individual
"Last year this group served 9,800 man hours of actual on the job performance," Beloje said. "This does not include classroom work."
"I had worked for Traffic and Security before," said Powers, "and when they called and they needed me, I decided to take them up on their offer."
Belote said that if it were not for his unit, the county would have had to hire more off duty police for traffic directing duties and crowd control at athletic events. He estimated that the services of the emergency enforcement unit, comprising 19 members, saved Douglas County taxpayers between $30,000 and $50,000 a year.
EARL POWERS, a retired police officer, has served the University of Kansas police in an auxiliary capacity for about 7 years. Powers said that before retiring he had worked full-time for Traffic and Security for about ten years and prior to that had been a Lawrence police officer for five years.
Manhattan's auxiliary police force, which consists of 22 members two of whom are women, performs virtually the same function as does a regular police force.
Powers said that his duties consisted of assisting police at basketball games, games, and other activities.
casionally at high school athletic events.
LT. RALPH IPPERT, liaison between the Manhattan police department and the auxiliary force, said that members of the unit were required to complete 180 to 200 hours of police training. This includes firing range training, he said.
Ippenet said that the training was conducted by the Manhattan Police Academy and was identical to the training program for full-time police.
Auxiliary personnel, said Ippert, have such authority as regular police. He said that they carried weapons and were sometimes assigned to their own patrols.
Ippert said that the reserve force had exited in Manhattan for many years, but he has not been seen since.
Reserves qualify for a certificate after they complete 200 hours of training.
" those who have obtained their certi-
tificate, I would not hesitate to use in any
applicable manner."
THE MEMBERS of the force, Ippert, came from all walks of life. He said that the men were not just a group of soldiers.
Ippert said that five Manhattan auxiliary police had become full-time police, after deciding that "law enforcement was their bag."
was a Manhattan barber
"Auxiliary police are nothing more than a small militia," said Sgt. John Sheard of the Lawrence police department. "I don't think they can be controlled."
The reserve unit served 11,000 hours in 1972, including 2,000 classroom hours, hese
"I wouldn't, say Manhattan's unit is,
"I said applir, but 'I would be it unusual,
is unusual to have a force as active as ours'
"and I would disagree as to the worth or auxiliary news."
"I CAN'T SEE any difference between auxiliary police and vigilante groups," said Sheepard. "The citizen has just as much authority as do auxiliary police."
Mike Thomas, KU director of Traffic and Security, said that he saw a definite need for auxiliary police units, especially in cases of natural disaster.
Thomas said that the use of auxiliary forces in the event of natural disasters was especially helpful in towns the size of Lawrence.
Tred Crady, a Vinland farmer, is the commander of the Douglas County auxiliary group. Crady said that he had been ordered the unit for about two years.
Newsweek Editor Recalls Ascent
As a man who once saw himself as "qualified to do nothing," Peter Kramer has found that he can do something in the field of journalism, and he does it well.
CRADY SAID that his involvement began during the campus disturbances at KU when he was 16.
Kramer, the associate editor of Newsweek magazine, is editor-in-residence today at the William Allen White School of Journalism. He will be reporting classes Monday about his job.
Kramer recalled experiencing the agonies of a young reporter whose stories had to go through the editor's desk before they were printed. His stories were used in the book, and as he read them in the magazine he would remark, "Hey, that word is mine."
"You have to know the men to understand what makes them volunteer their time," Crady said. "They are interested in what happens in the community."
"I'd come home from work打盹 myself at the end of each day because I was tired and tired," she said.
Finding a job after college was not a problem for Kramer, who graduated magna cum laude from Harvard. But finding a job that interested him was a problem, he said.
Kramer wrote poetry and short stories in college but decided not to make a career of it because he didn't want to be a "starving poet."
"I may have been a fairly good poet,but
He has not given up such writing altogether, however. He was the author of "The Offshores," a book concerning foreign farm labor.
how was it to support myself in the meantime?” Kramer asked.
Working on his high school newspaper and the influence of his father, also a journalist, led Kramer to make a career in journalism, he said. He worked as an assistant to the editor at St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times from 1952 to 1967 and later joined Newsweek.
"I miss the wholeness and the daily belye, the ego-feeding, of the newspaper," Kramer said. "But I don't miss the work on something new every day."
journalists today was frightening. He said he couldn't remember a time when such intense statements against the press were made. Kramer said that if 'Nixon and his sidekick' had their way, a free press would be one that they controlled.
Kramer said that a reporter had to beware of becoming so used to his routine and would have to take it away.
Smoke, Water Damage Falley's Warehouse Stock
A fire in a warehouse adjoining Falley's food store, 2525 Iowa St., Monday afternoon caused little fire damage but extensive smoke and water damage to stock in the warehouse and the store, according to store officials and firemen.
"To be fair as a journalist is to get as many voices as you can," Kramer said. "I have always felt that you're only as good as your sources."
No injuries were reported.
"When we got there, there was smoke coming out the side loading door and smoke in back of the meat storage area," Pearson said.
Jack Leatherman, Fallley's store manager, said the damage was "probably somewhere around $2,500 to $3,000." Most of the damage was caused by water and smoke, he said.
into the shopping area from the warehouse caused store officials to evacuate the store.
Water from the warehouse flooded into the meat sales area of Falley's, and store employees were still mopping up a half hour after the hoses were turned off.
Kramer said that the problem of magazine writing was "how to grab the reader who's already read the story before in some newspaper." Because half the stories in Newsweek have already appeared in a newspaper, he said, reporters have to add as much in-depth analysis as they can. He said he thought the lack of respect for
Leatherman said the fire probably was started by a spark that blew into the warehouse from an outside incinerator and ignited empty pop bottle cases.
The fire was still officially listed as having an "undetermined origin," Pearson said, but the fire department would make investigation today to determine the cause.
Pete Egbert, the owner of Gibson's Discount Center which is in the same building, said that the damage at Gibson's was impossible to determine yet.
Fire captain Monty Pearson said sprinklers had extinguished a fire in the building. Smoke leaking
Western Civ Exam Room Cards Available
Students enrolled to take the Western Civilization comprehensive examination must pick up a room assignment card April 14th. You are required of the Registrar's Office in Strong Hall
Students who do not have the card will not be allowed to take the exam May 5.
Students who have not already enrolled for the exam may do so by picking up an add slip at the Western Civilization office, 147 Joseph R. Pearson, Pearl, before April 13.
Applications are being accepted for the two-year NROTC College Program leading to a commission as an Ensign, U.S. Navy or 2nd Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps.
Qualifications:
The Two-Year NROTC College Program
- Second year college student or third year student in a five-year course, in good standing with an average.
* Awarded, unmarried.
Outgoing Mayor John Emick, who was re-elected to the commission, will present keys to the city to outgoing commissioners Charles Fisher and J.R. Pulliam. The newly elected commissioners, Barkley Clark and Fred Pence, then will be sworn into office.
"Go Navy" This Summer In
Lawrence's new City Commission will elect a new mayor this afternoon in its first meeting.
- At least 18 years of age and no more than 24 of June 30 of the commissioning year.
  Waivers available up to age 27½.
- Equal for males and females.
Cap, Gown Deadline Set For Friday
- Applicants desiring Nuclear Power Training must have demonstrated proficiency in calculus and physics.
- Successfully complete the 6-week Naval Science Institute at beautiful Newport, Rhode Island this summer.
Benefits:
The commissioners will consider proclaiming the week of April 18 "Kansas Relays Week." They will also consider commingx two areas, totalling approximately 7500 square feet in area west of Kasold Drive. The other is a 300 block on the north side of North Street.
A new member will be appointed to the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission to fill the vacancy created by Clark's election to the city commission. Clark is completing a three-year term on the planning commission.
Strange as it may seem, most graduating seniors don't know their own hat size, according to Kevin Remick, Kansas Union concessions manager. Remick is handling cap and gown orders for commencement. The student who was sent out from the Alumni Office, Remick said, giving candidates instructions for ordering their commencement attire.
New Mayor To Be Elected This Afternoon
Candidates for degrees, including Masters and Doctorate degrees, can order their caps and gowns at the Business Office of the Kansas Union from April 2 to April 13. The candidate should furnish the following information: name, school address, school of graduation, sex, student number, height, weight, and hat size.
20% of top students will be offered full scholarships covering all tuition, fees, and books.
- All candidates applying for and qualified for Nuclear Power Training will be awarded scholarships.
- All candidates applying for and qualified for Nuclear Power Training will be awarded scholarships.
- $100 per month subsistence allowance.
- 5450 for attending the Naval Science Institute.
Deadline for Application - April 15th, Apply Now for Fall Semester 1973 at the NROTC Unit, Room 115, Military Science Building, 844-3161.
Cost for the respective caps and gowns including tassel, are as follows: Bachelor candidates, $5; Masters Candidates, $5;$6; Ph.D. Candidates, $8; food will be furnished by the University.
A late fee of $1 will be assessed those ordering after April 14 until May 1. After May 5, a $5 penalty fee will be assessed. Candidates may pick up their cap and gown from May 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; May 20, from 10 a.m. to 4 p., May 21, noon to commence time.
There are approximately 3,000 seniors graduating, but Remick said he expected only 1,600 to participate in the commencement exercises. He said most people were prompt in ordering and met the official deadline.
Larger gowns have had to be ordered because of the increase in mean's height since University first commencement exercise. The average of men's heights taller than man of that era, he said.
To Become an active member of the CPA, go to Room 299 of the Kansas Union or contact co-managers Linda Biles or Ray Berman.
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For Fall '73 see
Applications Now Available
JOIN THE CONSUMER Protection Association
Do You Want To Be A MEMBER OF THE BOARD?
If you are interested please pick up an application before 5:00 p.m. on April 16, in room 299 of the Kansas Union.
The Consumer Protection Association will elect new members to their Board of Directors on April 30.
1973 KU Yell Leader Clinics and Tryout
CLINICS
Tuesday, April 10 Thursday, April 12 6:30 p.m., Allen Field House
TRYOUT Monday, April 16 7 p.m., Allen Field House
Clinic and tryout sessions sponsored by the KU Athletic Department All undergraduate male students with a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or above are invited to try out.
Don't worry if you have missed the first two clinics.