University Daily Kansan Friday, March 30, 1973 3 KU Accused of Interfering In Local Employe Dispute The University of Kansas has been accused of interfering in a dispute over selection of a union to represent the service maintenance employees of the University. Service Employee Local 1132 of Lawrence complained a last week with the Kansas Public Employees Relations Board that the University has dominated in the dispute and intervened in behalf of the Kansas Association of Public Employees (KAPE). Another complaint filed by Local 1132 charged that (KAPE) is not an appropriate union to represent the needs of state service and maintenance employs. The Public Employee Relations Board conducted inquiries Monday and Wednesday of last week. complaints, but no decision had been reached Thursday. A vote had been scheduled for March 22 in which the service and employees bargaining unit, comprising 350 KU workers, was to choose between KAPE and Local 1132. The alternative to have been offered on the basis that no union represent the workers. The vote was postponed indefinitely pending the outcome of the hearings. Oldfather refused to comment on the validity of the complaints. Charles Oldfather, University attorney, said the charges were typical of union maneuvers when workers attempted to unionize. The University has consistently held to a neutral position toward the two unions, he said. Pence Disclaims Affiliation With Committee, Birchers Fred Pence, Lawrence City Commission candidate, said Thursday that his recent series of advertisements disclaiming membership on the Support Your Local Police Committee (SLYP) were intended to be a member of the John Birt Society. "Some people got confused and thought because of my connection with Gene Miller and Robert Elder that I was a Bircher, too," Pence said. Pence, Miller and Elder ran for election to the city commission in the March 6 primary as the "Committee for Responsive Government," which Pence called an ad hoc committee of the SYLP. Miller and are members of the John Birch Society. "By association only I got called a Birter and by face I am told a truth. Why I fled I loved it." vowed I'd lay everything on the table, and that's what I'm trying to do. "I'm not a member of the SYLP and never have been. The Committee for Responsive Government, the ad hoc committee of the Council, closely resembles the. The SYLP connection is confusing. "Several people had called me, wanting to know if I was a Bircher, so I decided to run away." Pence, 40, of 415 E. 15th St., owns and operates the Garden Center, 15th and New York streets. This is his first attempt at election to the Lawrence City Commission. The general election will be April 3. Three of the six candidates: Barkley Clark, John Enmick, Robert Haralick, Williamim crowley, Pence and J. R, Paulilla will be elected. The 18th annual Structural Engineering Conference, sponsored by the department of civil engineering and the division of construction, was conducted today at the University of Kansas. Engineering Conference Today; Over 150 Expected to Attend More than 150 persons are expected to convene at the conference. The Open Room of the Convention, according to conference director Stanley Rolfe, professor of civil engineering. The first session of the conference was to begin at 9 a.m. William Smith, dean of the School of Engineering, will welcome participants. Kenneth Lenzen, professor of civil engineering, will preside at the conference and Fredrik Adams of Dallas will present the address. 3rd Petition . . . (Continued from page 1) state is designated by law as resident agency for those corporations that have not been licensed. The Kansas attorney general's office filed a petition Monday for injunction against Ridgale because of the complaints it had received from four KU students who were charged with abandoning a full refund of their deposits after deciding not to rent an apartment at Ridgale. The students claimed they had not been requested to sign a lease and had been told that they could later change their minds about renting the apartment. (Continued from Page 1) Three Found... Richmond is about 16 miles south of Ottawa. Mrs. Avery and Longfellow left lawrence about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday to drive to Richmond in Mrs. Aery's car and pick up her wife, Sarah, at 10:30 a.m. lawrence to keep a Wednesday appointment The car owned by Mrs. Avery was mile off U.S. 59 two miles south of Oakau Passersby reported noticing the car parked there since before noon Wednesday, but it was not until yesterday that a woman said she had been in it to report that the car had "a body," in it. The car was described as a 1964 blue four-door Chrysler with 1974 Douglas County plate. Studies Abroad Are Expanded Opportunities for study abroad have expanded for qualified students enrolled at the University of Kansas the Foreign Study Office announced recently. The program, according to Anita Herzfeld of the Foreign Study Office, expanded considerably in Great Britain after the addition of such colleges as the University of St.ring, the University of Exeter and the University of St. Andrews. Herzfeld said that, in addition, "We are now able to offer a limited number of openings for Kansas students at the University of Colorado" in cooperation with the University of Colorado. Herzfeld said that "Our philosophy over the years has been to regard study abroad programs as honor programs, open only to highly qualified students." 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