Wednesday, February 14, 1973
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Sidewalk Construction OKd by City
By CHUCK POTTER
Kansan Staff Writer
The Lawrence City Commission ordered the construction of a controversial $85,000 sidewalk network in West Lawrence after a lengthy public hearing Tuesday afternoon.
Proponents and opponents of the project debated for nearly an hour before the commission finally voted 4-1 to go ahead with the plan.
Lloyd Davies, 1845 W. 19th St., told the commission that he and several other area residents had formed a group to oppose the plan.
"If the commission insists, we shall carry a protest petition." Davies warned.
Davies said his group had polled 593 property owners in the benefit district affected by the project, replied, 260 people voted "no" to the project, and 89 voted "yes". Davies said.
"We know that a post card poll has no legal value," he said, but obviously most people do.
Several women defended the plan at the commission meeting.
The plan calls for construction of a skeletal sidewalk network in an area bounded by 19th 23rd, Louisiana and Iowa streets.
Mrs. Russell Braid, 2003 Naismith Drive, said, "When I first got interested in sidewalks, my child was in the second grade, and he's now in graduate school."
Budget Requests Due March 2
The Finance and Auditing Committee announced Tuesday that all organizations requesting Student Senate budget must apply for funds by 5 p.m., March 2.
Forms are available in 104B Kansas Union and must be returned there by the deadline to be considered during the spring budget hearings.
All organizations presently being funded by the Senate must sign a Capital Disposition Contract in the treasurer's office by Feb. 16. Any group failing to sign a contract by the deadline will have its funds frozen.
Rick McKernan, Salina senior, said Tuesday that Finance and Auditing would soon begin an inventory of all equipment during the organized organizations during this fiscal year.
The Student Services Committee discussed the problems of communication between the Student Senate, the student Senate and the Blue Cross-Blue Shield Tuesday night.
The committee is working on a new student health insurance policy for next year.
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This seems to me to be ample delay in putting in sidewalks."
Bradt added that the absence of sidewalks in the area recently turned her front lawn into churned mud when people walked across it.
"It looks like a cattle feed lot," she said. Meredith Cooper, 1638 W, 20th St., told the commission that traffic in the area had increased by two years. She said sidewalks were needed.
As opposing and favoring groups presented their comments, exchanges became somewhat heated. Commissioner J. R, Pulliam finally said that persons wishing to comment on the project should address their remarks to the chair.
Mrs. Arthur Gasper, 1510 W. 21st SJ., "Two years ago the commission promised us that they would not put sidewalks in here unless 51 per cent of the people in the area brought in a petition for them. That promise wasn't kept."
Nancy Hambleton responded. "You have a new commission now."
"That promise was kept," Commissioner
The commission voted 4-1 to authorize the city staff to prepare a resolution ordering the construction of the sidewalks. Mayor John Emick voted nav.
Davies said his group would begin circulating a protest petition immediately.
In other business, the commission unanimously approved a proposal by the Lawrence chapter of the Antique Auto Club 688 Milburn electric car owned by the city.
The Auto Club notified Emick that it would restore the car only if the city met five conditions: the city must pay all acquisition fees, the department or door space to work on the car, 12-18 months must be allowed for the project, selection of necessary parts and material must be done by the club and the car must be displayed in a prominent public place for no less than 10
City Manager *Buford Watson* recommended annexation of approximately 79.5 acres at the southeast corner of 31st and streets, and approximately 23.5 acres west of 31st and streets. The property owners requested annexation in both cases, Watson said.
staff to prepare ordinances ordering annexation of two plots of land.
The commission also authorized the city
The commission also:
—Ordered construction of a parking lot located in the 900 block of New Hampshire St.
- Awarded a bid for a new one-ton truck to the street department to Kurtruck, Truce and Browne.
—Approved on second and final reading an ordinance eliminating parking on the west side of Crestline Drive from Harvard Road to 18th St.
Emick reminded the audience that the next regular commission meeting would begin at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20, instead of the usual 2 p.m. starting time.
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Nichols Optimistic About Budget
Nichols will make his appeal Thursday morning but he also will be in Topeka today
Chancellor Raymond Nichols said Tuesday that he thought that the Kansas Legislature would accept Gov. Robert Docking's budget requests for the state colleges and universities and reinstate some items that the governor cut. The budget hearings will take place Thursday in Toneka.
"There seems to be a great willingness on the part of the legislature to accept the Governor's recommendations," Nichols said. "There also is a feeling that the governor is putting in effort which were on the Regent's request that the governor did not recommend."
Nichols said that Jess Stewart, chairman of the Board of Regents, would make the major appeal on behalf of all six state colleges and universities. Stewart probably will appeal all cuts made in the regent's original request, he said.
Nichols said that most of his own presentation time would probably be used to answer questions from legislators. He said he would ask for $80,000 needed for the second stage of planning for a new visual campaign. He said the amount from his budget, recommendation.
for budget hearing on the KU Medical center. Nichols said that the Medical Center presentation would be given by the Rihee, vice chancellor for health affairs.
Charles Brennan, assistant to Rieke, said the presentation would be short and would center on the expansion program. The legislators will be given explanatory handouts concerning the expansion and the general operating budget, he said.
"The handouts will also contain reasons for the reinstatement of some cuts made to our budget and a statement of support for the governor's present program." Brennan man.
The University is currently under in-
On other topics, Nichols said that a recently completed affirmative action report would be reviewed some time next week by members of the Senate Executive Committee, the Affirmative Action Policy Council of Deans and some students.
"I think the report needs to be reviewed very critically," he said. "I question some of the terminology used. We also have to find out if the report meets national guidelines and whether the University can live with the recommendations."
3 Enter Plea of Guilty In KU Explosives Case
Two University of Kansas students and a former student pleaded guilty Tuesday to a reduced charge of illegally storing explosives in Learned Hall. Two previous charges of theft and concealment were dropped by the Attorney's Office.
No date has been set for sentencing and all three remain free on $1,500 bond.
Jack Lewis Butler, 27, Lawrence senior; Ronald Johnson, 25, London, Neb, senior and David Bruce Akin, 25, a former student from Shawnee each could receive a maximum fine of $1,000 and one year in prison.
Richard Meyer, assistant U.S. attorney, said Tuesday that the circumstances surrounding charges of defrauding a cemental charges were such that thecharges could not be supported. He saidevidence indicated that the three had no involvement in explosives or of inflictingdamage or harm.
Johnson and Akin had taken the explosives, which were left over after a drill in the dam. They then left Reserve Unit. Johnson and Akin were members of the unit. Meyer said they had intended to transport the explosives to the unit's headquarters in Kansas but they failed to arrive close.
made some attempt to return the explosives through military channels and to schedule another exercise where this explosive material could be used."
Roth added that army regulations required that unused explosives be destroyed. He said the defendants had no right to assume personal custody.
In a prepared statement, U.S. Attorney
Marcus said, "investigators further
racalled the incident."
Meyer said the storage of explosives in
banks was in violation of regulations
established by the FAA.
White Foundation Honors Editor
Byron Guse, owner and editor of the Marysville Advocate, received the 1973 Kansas Editor of the Year Award last year. He is a professor in the University Foundation at the University of Kansas.
Drew McLaughlin, editor of the Miami Republican in Paola, presented the award to Guise at a luncheon meeting of the Wiliam Allen White activities at KU.
The Editor of the Year Award is presented annually to the Kansas editor who best exemplifies the ideals of Mr. White.
"We will give any investigative group all the facts we have," he said.
vestigation by the Kansas Civil Rights Commission on charges of sexual discrimination. Nichols said that all relevant data at the University were open to the
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) will meet at 7 p.m. tonight in 200 Learned Hall. James Pilley, former mayor of Shawnee Mission, will speak to the group on "Politics and Municipal Management." All interested students and faculty may attend. Free coffee and soft drinks will be served.
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Bill Requiring History Course Creates Dispute
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The bill was proposed by Rep. Glee Jones, R-Hamlin.
Knox said recently that he was ap-
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Ark Knox, Lawrence superintendent of schools, has questioned the merit of a bill before the Kansas Legislature that would require students to enroll in a Kansas history course.
Courses in Kansas history are now offered in junior high schools, Knox said. The proposed course requirement could cause problems in the school curriculum if the legislation is very specific. The program should not be restrictive and confining, he said.
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"There is a state board of education to set educational standards," he said. "It should be the board's responsibility to choose courses, not a function of the legislature."
"I think it is sorrowful that Kanaas
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A representative of the State Department of Education said that there would be problems in implementing the proposal, but an administrator would solve them if the bill was passed.
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"Our youth need to know the foundations of their state," Jones said. "I think people in the state are not aware that Kansas history is not being taught."
Two scholarships of $2,000 are being offered by the Kansas Optometric Foundation and its auxiliary. Complete information and application blanks are available from the Kansas Optometry Association Blvd., Topeka. All applications are due by March 15. The recipient of this scholarship will be given $500 a year to attend any college of optometry in the United States. Scholarships also are available to Kansas students interested in a career in optometry.
T. William Goodwin, assistant state commissioner of education, said several states did have required courses in state history.
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