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Thursday, March 1, 1973
University Daily Kansam
House Size Maintained
TOPEKA (AP) -A major policy decision—to leave the size of the Kansas House at 125 members was reached Wednesday by the committee of the lower legislative branch.
The committee voted 12-3 against a proposal to reduce the size of the House to 80 members.
Rep. Shelly Smith, R-Wichita, after losing the first round, came back with a proposal to cut the size of the House from 152 members to 130, three members per district.
That proposal was defeated 10-4.
Rep. William Bunten, R-Topeka, and community chairman, said the votes on reducing the number of House members "cleared the air."
The legislature is under federal district court order to draw up a valid reapportionment by February of next year or the suspect of the court doing it for the Lawmakers.
The 1972 legislature reapportioned the House, but this reapportionment was made permanent when the present House run on the basis of that plan on the grounds it was too late to interfere with the election process. But the court declared the apportionment unconstitutional.
Smith and Rep. Jim Maag, R-Dodge City, urged that while redistricting was a must under court order, it would be a good time to reduce the size of the House.
Maag led the committee 35 states have houses with fewer members than Kansas.
He said that Iowa and South Dakota were
News Briefs By the Associated Press Jet Production
WASHINGTON—The Air Force announced Wednesday it has received approval for the first 30 production models of its new F15 air superiority jet fighter. The aircraft, which eventually could reach 746 airplanes at a cost of about $7.8 billion. The F15, developed by the McDonnell Douglas Corp. of St. Louis, is billed by the Air Force as capable of outpacing and out-speeding any kind of MIG that could be found in the next decade.
Paper Sold
WICHTIA- The Wichita Eagle-Beacon has been sold to Ridder Publications, Inc., for an undisclosed sum, the newspaper announced Wednesday. The sale is effective April 30. Ridder publishes newspapers in 13 cities in eight states, and operates several television and radio stations as well as other business interests. Bernard Ridder, president of the publication firm that Britt Brown, president of the Eagle-Beacon, would remain as publisher and that the Wichita papers would operate autonomously.
Victory Garden
NEW YORK—Secretary of Labor rever. Brennan suggested Wednesday that victory gardens would help drive down high food prices and said that he planned to advise his wife to start one at their Long Island home. "Victory gardens" were a World War II device to augment the domestic food supply.
Paintings Gone
MARSEILLES—A fierce betrayed a guard unconscious and stole six paintings by Rubens, Corot, Dufy and Ingres from the Longchamps museum Wednesday evening. The painter identified the paintings' value. Police identified the paintings as two by Rubens, "Helene Fourment" and "The Resurrection of Christ;" two by Corot, "The Little Bridge" and one by Dufy, "The Port of Honfleur," and one by Ingres, "Eliezer and Rebecca."
among states that recently reduced the size of their houses.
Maaig said the proposal to reduce the size of the House would not be looked upon as a method of saving money. But he said it would help to provide a more efficient legislature and one that could be provided with better staffs and facilities.
Bunten said he had been doing some work, applying 1972 Kansas population figures to a plan introduced in the 1972 session by a group of legislators headed by Rep. Jim Unger, R-Marsville. That program was developed on the basis of 1972 population.
"I think the House should be reduced in size and reduced significantly," Smith said.
"The 1972 census didn't fit very well," Bunten said.
"We've made some changes and have come up with a map."
But he said tentatively that the change would provide three instances where an incumbent legislator would be pitted against a challenger if they both chose to seek re-election.
"At this point, I'm just visiting with some people."
Labor Strikes Push Britian into Chaos
"He indicated that the plan might be ready to bring before the committee in the next week."
"If the committee wants to introduce it, we will," said Bunten.
"Maybe there will be some way we can eliminate this unpleasantness," said B
LONDON (AP) - Strikes against wage
freesbrought trains to a halt and closed
schools across Britain Wednesday. A
wage freeze has been implemented
chilly and kept cooking to a minimum.
London's commuters used cars and buses to get to work after railroad engineers walked off their jobs. The streets and high-rise of great London were choked with traffic.
"A hell of a time," a London newspaper told readers in reporting the chaos.
Four female civil servants paraded in panties and bras in Manchester's cold weather to demonstrate their assertion that they buy clothes on $44-a-week salaries.
"I not, we will wait for the 1737 census figure and prepare a plan for consideration in it."
One man gave up wheels altogether. He put on a track suit and ran 11 miles to work
This is Britain's 'strike-a-day' week, in which more than 700,000 workers have protested a government anti-inflation wage freeze.
For two weeks, homes, hospitals and industry have been hit by fading gas supplies resulting from stoppages and slowdowns.
That, most Irish commentators believe, could be an advantage for the opposition, a national coalition led by Liam Cosgrave, a 52-year-old attorney.
DUBLIN (AP)—The Irish turned out in large numbers under a bright sun Wednesday to decide whether to keep Jack Lynch as prime minister for at least another five years. The large turnout could spell danger for him.
This time Fine Gael and Labor fought in coalition. Their concentration on shopping-basket issues clearly dented a government campaign based on national security and Lynch's record of keeping Northern Ireland troubles remote from the republic.
Many Irish Visit Polls; Lynch Waits
Tabulation of the vote begins today and should be completed by Saturday.
Lynch, 55, after voting in Dublin, sped to help his party organization in Cork, where he is fighting his personal battle for a place in the 14-seat Dail. Ireland's lower house.
Party organizers forecast a near-record voting turnout of perhaps 80 per cent.
In the 1969 election, Lynch's party won 75 seats, including the nonvoting speaker, against 50 for Cosgrave's middle-road Fine Gael, 18 for Labor and one independent.
he is the leader of Flanna Fail, or Soldiers of Destiny, a party of big business, farmers and workers which has held power the past 16 years. He will return as prime minister if his party wins a majority in the house.
Ireland votes by a complicated system of proportional representation, and counting in some of the 42 multiset districts could take 48 hours or longer.
The rail, gas, hospital, government office, school and auto workers have sought pay raises in excess of a government ceiling of $70 per week plus a per cent of their weekly navy
Wednesday, 29,000 rail engineers walked out for 24 hours. Today was supposed to bring stoppages by Ford Co. workers, a round of strikes by hospital workers, more school strikes—and the lengthy, lingering gas dispute.
Tuesday brought a strike by thousands of selective strikes by school teachers.
The government has insisted that if Britain's high rate of inflation—nearly 4 per cent a year compared with about 4 per cent this season—is to be curbed, the ceiling must hold.
The train engineer have been offered a wage of $85 a week. At a week, or are seeking $100. At a week, or are seeking $120.
Amid the transport trauma, gas authorities announced further restrictions as supplies dwindled. Several thousand homes—homes, offices, facades—were cut off.
Hospitals prepared for a series of strikes by 220,000 auxiliary workers, which are
Hospitals in London warned they were restricting admissions.
4 Fire Bombs Damage Home Of OU Head
NORMAN (AP)—Four incendiary devices were set or thrown against the home of the University of Oklahoma president Dr. Paul Sharp, early Friday, touching off fires which destroyed the front door and damaged the rear door.
Neither the university president nor his wife, the only ones in the home, was injured. Damage to the building was estimated at $3,000 but Bill Jones, chief of university security, said there was no estimate of damage to contents.
Sharp said Wednesday that he was convinced students were not involved and added, "There's someone out there who doesn't like me."
Jones described the incendiary devices as "gasoline-filled bottles," which may also have contained some other inflammable liquid.
The OU administration building was evacuated Wednesday after an unidentified caller told a secretary there was a bomb near her desk.
University police searched the three-story building for almost 30 minutes before letting university employees return to their jobs. No bomb was found.
After 14 years at the University of Kansas and 12 years "on the keys," C. C. Casebier, a Building and Grounds locksmith, is retiring.
Caseier started on the B & G stockroom 14 years ago and became a locksmith when he joined the company.
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saturday-the sounds of B.B. King 6.00 at the SUA office
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Pocket Veto Under Fire By Kennedy
WASHINGTON (AP)—In a fresh test of presidential powers, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass, went to court Wednesday seeking to have the pocket veto reused unconstitutional.
Nixon used the pocket vetto to dispose of a bill for $225 million to be spent on the training of more general practice or family medicine in medical schools around the country.
Kennedy said Nixon used an absolute veto which denied Congress the right to overturn the 1960 Civil Rights Act.
The constitution says any bill passed by Congress becomes law in 10 days unless a veto is received.
Kennedy contended Nixon acted unconstitutionally by announcing his disapproval but not returning the bill to Congress, then in a brief Christmas recess.
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