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KU Might Need A No.2 Man, Administrators Say
By CAROLYN OLSON
Kansan Staff Writer
While a six-month search for a new chancellor is nearing completion, University administrators are saying there will be two more man at the University of Kangas.
The number two man at KU in the past has been designated provost, vice president of education and executive director.
Chancellor Raymond Nichols said recently that it was time for a provost again at KU because "I know for a fact that the chancellor needs help."
Last year under the direction of Chancellor E. Laurence Chalmers Jr., the administration was reorganized. The title of provost, chief aide to the chancellor, was formally eliminated, and the position of vice president was searched and graduate studies was created.
The title of provost had been used by
micranchors since the early 1900s, according to Francis Heller, professor of law and political science and the provost under Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe.
Ambrose Sarices, vice chancellor for academic affairs, who is considered by many to be the number two man now at KU, can provide the best feelings about the need to hire a proxies."
Saricks said he was "overburdened, but some of my hardships are lessened by the
William Argersinger J., vice chancellor for research and graduate studies, the position created when Chalimers reorganized the University administration, said the University could well use a provost again.
He described the provost as the person who would be "the top man in academic and professional life."
"KU is one of the most under-
administered universities in the country." Argersinger said. "Many of the other major universities have far more assistants and staff personnel than KU."
The task of interviewing candidates for the position of chancellor has been given to a 12-member search committee comprising students, faculty and alumni.
The search committee was instructed by the Kansas Board of Regents in October to recommend a list of at least five candidates for the position of chancellor.
JACOB KLEINBERG, chairman of the search committee and professor of chemistry, said it wasn't the task of the search committee to consider the possibility of hiring two persons, a chancellor and a provost.
In the search committee we aren't even 'tin-legged.' In the search committee we aren't even 'tin-legged.' In the search committee we aren't even 'tin-legged.' That just isn't our job. Kleinberg said, "That just isn't our job."
Richard Von Ende, secretary of the
search committee, said the idea of hiring a provost and a chancellor hadn't been considered in interviewing candidates for chancellor.
However, Jess Stewart of Wampeo, chairman of the Kansas Board of Regents, which will eventually hire the new chancellor, said the possibility of hiring a college diploma holder had been discussed. He said the hiring provost was "d英然ly a feasible idea."
Stewart said the type of internal budgeting required to hire an additional person, such as a provost, would have to be recommended by the new chancellor.
"The new chancellor will have to work out the problem of 'internal resources'," Stewart said. "Any new administrator must work with it in a careful with which he feels most comfortable."
RONALD CALGAARD, professor of economics and a member of the search
committees, said candidates indicated in interviews that they were interested "in developing a candidate for the position."
Von Ede said the administrative responsibility of the University had been discussed in interviews with candidates and candidate himself brought up the subject."
Stewart said funds for creating the position of provost would have to be found within the present resources allocated for administrative positions. He said, however, his proposal to have a provost would have to be presented to the regents for final approval.
"It the regents say we must make room in our budget for another man, then we will."
Saricks said, "It would be hard to find a way to hire another person in budget allocations, but the new chancellor can do things concerning the hiring of personnel."
THIS FEELING WAS echoed by Calgaard. He said, "It will depend on the new chancellor if he wants to have a provost and the university to organize the University administration."
Stewart said that if a provost was to be hired, he wouldn't be hired by the Board of Regents. He said the new chancellor would have to take on the role of the present KU budget, next year's KU.
Nichols said that if the person appointed chancellor wanted to have a provost, then his wish would have to be conveyed to him already in the top administrative posts.
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CLOUDY
Two Law Suits Filed Over Ridglea Deposits
Tuesday, March 27, 1973
By DIANE YEAMANS Kansan Staff Writer
Two law suits were filed Monday against owners of Ridgid Aepple Apartments. The suits stemmed from former residents' complaints that their security deposits had not been returned after an excessive length of time.
A civil action was filed by the Kansas Attorney General's Office in Douglas County District Court, William Ward, assistant attorney general, said Monday, after the jury convicted zinger of Albuquerque, N.M., as the owners of Ridalea and as defendants. Ward said.
A criminal action was filed in Douglas County Court by the Douglas County Attorney's Office, Mike Malone, third-year law student at the University of Kansas and assistant to the County Attorney's Office said. The criminal action named Intre Corp., former owners of Ridgden, as defendants. he said.
If the case is decided in favor of the state, Ward said, the owners would be charged with contempt of court if they did not comply. He said a $10,000 fine for each violation was the penalty for contention in a case of this kind.
The civil case against the Kitzinger states they allegedly violated the Kansas Buyers Protection Act of 1968, Ward said. Injunctive relief against further damages to the funds is sought in the case, Ward said, along with restoration of losses to consumers.
IN ADDITION, the state is seeking a full IN accounting of security deposits that should be refunded to the consumers by the terms of the contract, he said. The state also has a policy that repositions deposits are waived in the future, the consumer be notified as to, ward, Ward said.
The civil case was filed by the Attorney General's Office upon the complaints of four KU Kansas City, Kan., junctors, Carma F. Brewster and Derek O'Brien, Joanne Ozbolt, former residents of Ridglen.
Malone said the criminal case charged
Malone Corp. with temporary deprivation of
proceeds from a $20 million loan.
The criminal suit was filed upon the
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Nixon Denies Aide's Link In Watergate
WASHINGTON (AP)—The White House denied Monday that presidential counsel John W. Dean III had prior knowledge of the Watergate bugging incident and quoted President Nixon as voicing "absolute and total confidence" in Dean.
RONALD L. ZIEGLER, White House press secretary, said the President had telephoned Dean in Washington during the morning because of what Ziegler called very extraordinary and serious charges leveled against Dean.
The statement was issued at Key Biscayne, Fla., where Nixon was staying. At the Capitol, the Senate's special Watergate investigating committee was urged by Republican leader Hugh Scott to hold public hearings as quickly as possible.
He said last week Nixon had authorized him to say that the White House had nothing wrong with it.
Scott's comments were made shortly before a closed meeting of the committee set up by the Senate to investigate the suggestion of Democratic headquarters in the Warburg complex. A political espionage and sabotage in last year's presidential campaign.
"We should have the full story," Scott told newsmen.
Regents OK Promotions For Faculty
request of Gordon B. Stull, Kirst-year law student, Malone said. Stull was a resident at Ridglea last fall, he said, and has not yet had his security deposit returned. He said the agency repeatedly to get his deposit back by personal contact with Inton Corp., but to no avail.
THE CASE WAS not filed to have Stull's security deposit returned, Malone said, but to reprimand the owners of Ridglea for their actions. Stull may only be able to get his security deposit by private negotiation, though the court suit may serve as a catalyst.
A criminal action requires an immediate answer by the defendant in court, so a summons had to be issued, Malone said. Ralph Lahav, manager of Ridglea, will be served the summons because an individual, Malone's corporation, must be served, Malone said.
The difference in the defendants named was a result of some confusion as to whom they were. The owners, Corp. was named as the owner of the apartment complex. On Feb. 7, the Kansan reported that the ownership had been transferred to another company. Both companies are of Albuquerque.
Ward said that after extensive investigation the Attorney General's Office found the Kitzinger to be the owners of Ridglea, regardless of the names of any companies. Therefore, the suit filed by that company included the Kitzinger as defendants, he said.
MALONE SAID Intone Corp was named in the criminal case because it was the owner of Ridgles at the time the deposit was made by Stull. This corporation still holds the deposits, he said, and was named for that reason.
If Intone Corp. proves not to be the owner of Ridgleton, Malone said, the petition and evidence remain undocumented.
Vision Investments, of which the Kitzingers are said to be the owners, is listed with directory information, although Inteo Corn. is not.
The Kansan was unable to contact the Kitzings by telephone Monday night. They have an unlisted number at their residence.
He said the CPA understood that a verbal agreement existed between the owners and the residents that the security deposits were withdrawn 2 weeks after the apartment had been vacated.
Lavat refused comment until today.
Sinister
The Campanile took on a slister appearance during the last few weeks of rain,
Kanan Stiff Photo by PRI BRANDSTUDENT as silhouettes became the dominant theme of a rain-soaked campus. The sun did not shine on the campus Monday following a weekend of steady rain. Chances for rain today are slim but showers may reappear tonight.
Last POWs Leaving Asia
SAIGON (AP)—The release of the last 148 American prisoners in Indochina and withdrawal of remaining U. troops in Vietnam begins today under eleventh-hour agreements worked out in Saigon and Vientiane.
U. S. officials in Saigon and Washington said the moves would be completed by Thursday, one day after the deadline for Paris peace agreement signed Jan. 27.
The Florida White House at Key Biscayne called the agreement very good news and said President Nixon approved the terms personally and was particularly gratified.
A four-day impasse over release of nine Americans captured in Laos and held by the Communist Pathet Lao delayed the homecoming of the American prisoners held in Vietnam as well as that of the 5,000 remaining U.S. troops.
The impasse was resolved when the North Vietnamese announced early today that the nine would be released in Hanoi on Wednesday.
North Vietnamese representatives in Saigon also said the four-party Joint Military Commission would end after the last prisoner release and last troop withdrawn from Vietnam. The U.S. and U.S. delegations would return home Friday and Saturday. However, reports
from U.S. sources said this was only tentative.
Under terms of the Paris agreement, the commission was to expire Wednesday, 60 days after the signing of the accord, and give way to a two-party commission made up of the opposing South Vietnamese parterre, Saigon government and the Viet Cong.
U. S. and North Vietnamese officials said the last group of 32 American prisoners captured in Hanoi would be released today to Hanoi's Gia Lam airport. They will board a U.S.C141 hospital plane and fly to Clark Air station in Ho Chi Minh City before returning to the United States.
On Wednesday, the Pathet Lao will free the nine Americans and one Canadian they hold and North Vietnam will release 40 more Americans, all at Gla Lam. The new bet will be completed Thursday when North Vietnam releases the last 67 prisoners.
This will bring to 587 the number of American military and civilian prisoners released by the Viet Cong, North Vietnam and the Pathet Lao since Feb. 12.
The prisoner dispute had centered on the nine Americans captured in Laos. Their names were on a list handed to the United States by North Vietnam on Feb. 1.
Disinterest, Delay Typify Elections
Rv GEORGE STEWART
Kansan Staff Writer
The spring student elections at the University of Kansas were characterized by a lack of interest by the student body, and the voters at the polls and delayed election returns.
Fourteen coalitions were formed by candidates in the Senate race. The greatest success for these coalitions was in the Colleges within the College. In Pearson
The first signs of disinterest in the elections appeared as the deadline for the declaration of candidacy for student body president and vice president passed. Only a few candidates, including Wichita junior, and Nancy Archer, Anamasa, lowa, junior, filed for the offices.
THE LARGEST COALITION, Independent Student Association (ISA), was not as successful. ISA had 48 candidates and only 18 of these candidates were elected, but only 18 of these candidates were elected.
College, Persons Interested in Helping Pearson candidates were elected to all four Pearson seats. The same was true in North College with the North College Coalition, in Nunemaker College with the Nunemaker College and in Centennial College with FOCUS.
Stewart said that the advisory committee was interviewing a small group of candidates after hearing recommendations of a four-man subcommittee that traveled across the United States interviewing appointees who were considered, prince choices.
Deliverance had 17 candidates running in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, which was formed. This placed Deliverance on almost equal footing with ISA in the new senate. These two blocks of votes could have an important impact on how the groups are able to maintain their integrity.
Chancellor Search in Final Phase
Some of the 248 candidates actively
Regent Chairman Jess Stewart, Wamego, said Monday that the search for the new chancellor was approaching its final phase. By the end of the month the Campus Advisory Committee probably will have its list of five finalists ready for the board, Stewart said. "We'll need to decide how many candidates will be brought back to this area for final interviews.
Members of the regents also are holding
The name of the new chancellor of the University of Kansas is expected to be announced by the state Board of Regents and the Regents meet on the Lawrence campus.
The board is not restricted by the committee's list, however.
Stewart commended the members of the committee and committee chairman Jacob Kleinberg, professor of chemistry, for spending long hours investigating each candidate. The committee received up to only 200 nominations for the position.
separate interviews with the candidates as they are brought to the Lawrence area.
"It was a monumental task and the committee met the test." Stewart said.
The advisory committee began its second stage of interviewing early this month.
"Although the number of candidates being brought in for the second interviews is somewhat smaller than we had anticipated, the quality of the candidates." Stewart said.
"We are very much impressed with the men we have seen so far,"
The advisory committee, which comprises students, faculty and alumni, began the search early last semester and was charged then with the responsibility of
naming at least five top candidates, each of whom would be acceptable to all committee members. The committee also has been assigned priority in its listing of the candidates.
"We are highly optimistic that we will soon have a new chancellor for the University." Stewart said, "and we are committed to the selection of a man who will be acceptable to students, faculty and all Kansans."
Although no statement has been made about the date the new chancellor will take over, Nichols said that he said that it would be to the new chancellor's benefit if he could be here during the summer. Nichols said that the summer would be a good time for the new chancellor to start.
Nichols was appointed acting chancellor after the resignation of E. Laurence Chalmers Jr. last August. The regents removed the word "acting" from Nichols's title last December, making him the 12th chancellor at KU.
campaigned for the election. There were charges of inefficiency in the old senate and platforms for a renewal of the student government on campus.
The charges and promises, however, did not arouse the interest of the student body. In the two days of voting, only 2,538 students were the student body, exercised their right to vote.
Buckley and Archer received 2,271 or 90 per cent of the votes cast in the election.
THIS YEAR'S TOTAL TOTE was 34 per cent less than the vote in 1972 and 85 per cent more than the vote in 1972.
The Elections Committee received numerous complaints of irregularities during the election. The most serious of these complaints was made by David Murfin, Wichita junior and candidate for senior class president.
Murfin is contesting the results of that election because of the mississippi of his name on the ballots. His name appeared as "David Martin." It is now up to University Judiciary to determine what action must be taken to certify that election.
The ballots reflected many errors in name spellings and party designations. The majority of these errors could have been overlooked, but had been verified prior to the elections.
The other complaints, although not as serious, reflected a lack of thorough preparation for the election by the Elections Committee.
ON MARCH 14, the three campus polls, Kansas Union, Strong Hall and Summerfield Hall, did not open until 9:30 a.m., although they were scheduled to open at 8 a.m. The same problem delayed voting at the special evening polls. The Gertrude University polls closed on Friday late, and the Alpha Gamma Delta polls opened one and a half hours late.
Several voters complained that candidates were campaigning too close to the poll. The Elections Committee eliminated this problem by enforcing the senate rule which prohibits the distribution of campaign literature within 50 feet of a polling place.
Finally, the 2,536 ballots were taken to the University Computation Center to be assessed. The votes would be approximately $2,000 for the use of the computer to count these votes. It was hoped that this process would provide quick returns, but these hopes never became a reality.
The computer was contracted on a time-sharing basis under which the computer would process the first program which it recognized. The first program which ballots had been entered into the computer, another program had already begun. As a result, the election returns program was not started until approximately 3:30 a.m. and the ballots were not available until about 4 a.m.
UMW Leader Found Guilty Of Murder
ERIE, Pa. (AP)—William Prater, a former United Mine Workers organizer, was convicted of first-degree murder in the 1980s and was reformatted Joseph A. "Jock" Yabluskij.
The verdict was returned by an Erie
compass (following 9½ hours of deliberation).
Patron was convicted on three counts of first-degree murder, one each for Yablonksi and his wife and daughter, who were slain with the fiery insurgent.
Under Pennsylvania law, Prater will face a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment for the murder of her son.
Richard Sprague, special state prosecutor in the trials stemming from the killings, told the jury in his summation earlier Monday that UMW president W.A. Koehler, the person who set in motion the chain of events that culminated in Yablonka's death.
Boyle repeatedly has denied any connection with the murders.