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Friday, February 9, 1973
University Daily Kansam
Kansan Photo by CARL G. DAVAZ JR.
Stray Dogs a Common Sight
Fifteen to 20 complaints phoned in daily .
The research network is under the direction of a steering committee consisting of the two codirectors of the project, Gilles and Jack Culvahouse, professor of physics; Peter Fast, project manager; and five investigators from the KU staff.
The hub computer, which will provide high quality peripheral devices for use by all laboratories, including the quantum chemistry laboratory, will be connected to the central University computer to establish a trilinear computer network.
According to Gilles, the University of Chicago and the University of California at San Diego are working on systems similar to the AeroJet at KU, but neither is on a trilobal basis.
By ANN McFERREN Kansan Staff Writer
THE WORK being undertaken is based on the theory that a multilevel network of computerized, computational, efficient and powerful approach to carrying out experiment in several laboratories simultaneously than would a single large computer or several
Although the trilene network at KU would be to chemical physics, the general concept is applicable to all areas of research and teaching.
A combination of seven small computers linked to a hub computer, which is contained within the computer in Summerfield Hall, will work beyond the limitations of small stand-alone computers now used, according to Paul Gilles, professor of chemistry and codirector of the lab.
By DAVID HEALY
Kansan Staff Writer
Members of the chemistry, physics and computer science departments at the University of Kansas are combining efforts to develop an efficient system to aid in research and teaching.
Lawrence is going to the dogs, according to the officials who handle strays dogs.
3-Level Comp System In Development Stage
The validity of the theory has been widely
The potential use of small computers and terminals in complex experiments in chemistry and physics make the network unique. Gilles said.
Nomad Dogs Cause City Problem
Canine control officer Ray Alumbaugh, said Thursday that he picked up 5 to 10 dogs and received 15 to 20 complaint calls every day. His job was to help his business had increased, outragously
Alumbaugh explained that Lawrence had a 12-month control law which required that
all dogs be under the control of their owner at all times.
He said that he could pick up any dogs that are not under the control of their owners.
"If they are in their own yard, then I don't pick them up he said. "But the cannot be picked."
Alumbaugh complained that people were not trying to contain their dogs. He said
Jail Report Released Lacks Specific Data
A preliminary report on jails in Douglas County has been completed, but it doesn't tell how many cells and rooms are needed, according to Forrest Swall.
By CHRIS CALDWELL Kansan Staff Writer
The committee began work in May 1972 following an unsuccessful bond election for construction of a new city-county government building. The corporation incorporated a jail facility for 88 prisoners.
The emphasis of the program will be placed on automatic data acquisition, computer control of instruments and apparatus, operator interaction, intercomputer communications and enhancement of interdisciplinary activity.
accepted for some time, but it has yet to be tried in an academic environment, Gilles
Swall, University of Kansas lecturer in the department of social welfare is chairman of the Douglas County Committee on Correctional Services and Jail Facilities asserted the report and submitted it to the Douglas County Commission Thursday morning.
The county commissioners appointed the committee to provide recommendations for solving jail problems, including physically dangerous situations and a lack of space for juvenile care.
The preliminary report provided sampling data on the patterns of disposition of juvenile cases in the county. Swail said that authoritative opinions garnered by the committee should limit studies of its study to the first time it didn't need a juvenile detention center.
Swall suggested that the data contained in the report might best be assessed by the National Clearinghouse for Correctional Management at the University of Illinois. He cited the clearinghouse as a specialized "national resource" that might be able to provide better, more specific recommendations from county's physical plant requirements.
In discussion with the commissioners, the committee members proposed the possible use of existing community services for establishing counseling, guidance and job training programs in the jails. No such programs presently exist here.
Swall said that a diagnostic intake system
Julia Miller, coordinator of a group of women's clubs working for the amendment, said, "I'm optimistic about its passage, but I don't think we can get it without a great deal of hard work."
equal, he would have had six men and 514 women apostles.
People complain of dogs messing around in their trash cans or manuring on their yards.
The amendment was passed by the Montana House of Representatives, killed by the Senate, revoked on a technicality and massage this session considered unlikely.
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there had been considerably more complaints than usual lately.
THE AREAS of research at KU that will benefit from the network are the interpretation of molecular systems through interactive graphical display techniques, electron paramagnetic resonance, diffusion and ionic conductivity, high temperature experiments, optical microscopy, ordered magnetic materials and electron nuclear double resonance.
Most of the complaints come from the area of Oread Ave. Louisiana, Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky streets, Alumbaugh said, and many dogs are picked up in that area because he runs those streets regularly.
could be initiated, possibly with help from the Bert Nash Mental Health Center.
The committee also raised the possibility of releasing on their own recognizance some of those being held in jail for hearings. The alternative of reduced bonds was also proposed with the understanding that either of these administrative proposals would be consistent with the need for protecting the public from serious offenders.
Joan Puthoff, director of the Citizens' Action for Correctional Reform program in Kansas, suggested that the committee and the commission investigate new jail construction and programs in adjacent counties.
County Commissioner Chairman Arthur Heck said, "we have to build for Douglas County," and he expressed hope that any state could provide the county to "use what we have."
Wsall said that if a regional system of correctional facility sharing is undertaken in future years, any new facilities here may be assigned to be compatible with such a system.
The committee will submit its next report to the commission within 60 days.
Alumbaugh said that many people were mad at him for picking up dogs.
He also emphasized that people who walk dogs should keep them off other people's yards and should not allow the dog to run a kick ahead of them. That is not control, he said.
All dogs that Alumbaugh picks up are taken to the Charles Ise Memorial Animal Shelter, 1805 East 19th St., which is operated by the Lawrence Humane Society.
"We're interested in control not in fining people," he said.
Foundations for the present network, financed for two years by a $613,700 grant from the National Science Foundation, were laid four years ago in a cooperative program by the Computation Center and members of the chemistry department.
Last month the shelter handled 297 dogs, which the Meltons said was the largest number of dogs handled in a month in over 10 years. That is that the number was steadily increasing.
Helen and Victor Melton, who supervise the shelter, said the shelter sometimes banded as many as 15 dogs a day. They said they also had to clean up after them, cleaned, fed and bad fresh water every day.
Of the 297 dogs, 60 were claimed by their owners and 202 were killed. City dogs must be held 72 hours, the Meltons said, and all of them must be shot. The dogs they must be killed for humane reasons.
Owners whose dogs have been picked up must pay a basic fee of $5 and an additional $2 for every extra day in order to retrieve it. If it is a female dog in season, the fee is $2.
Three small computers were previously purchased; two for use in the high temperature chemistry laboratory and a third for wave spectroscopy laboratory for research.
It is possible to file a complaint and have a warrant issued for someone who violates the city dog control law. Annabelle Ridenour, clerk of the city court, said that about three hearings a month came from such complaints.
THE ORIGINAL COMPUTERS, in addition to a new computer for the electron paramagnetic resonance laboratory, a remote station for the diffusion and condensation, and a graphics terminal, will form the lowest level of the computer network.
All of the smaller computers will be connected to a hub computer, the second level of the network, in Malotl Hall sometime in March, according to Fast.
The hub should be connected to the central University computer to establish the third level during the first part of May, Fast said.
At every level of development, new
projects need to be assisted in putting
the project together.
A hardware systems analyst will direct the design, development, testing and documentation of major hardware projects which involve interfacing from computers to instruments and between computers. He uses his handle hardware maintenance problems.
Another systems analyst will perform similar duties for software. He will handle the designing, developing and testing the programming of the computer.
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH associates and graduate students are participating in all aspects of the development of the research network. Some are attending weekly seminars, where they discuss the progress of the program.
The computer project also employs some undergraduates in the laboratories.
"This is in every way an educational endeavor," said Gilles. "We are involving undergraduates, graduates, postdoctoral staff, and members of the professional staff at KU."
First to Receive Geology Award Is KU's Moore
The medal is awarded for outstanding contributions to paleontology, sedimentology, stratigraphy and related scientific activities. The medal is obtained excellence in sedimentary geology."
Raymond C. Moore, Summerfield Distinguished professor emeritus of geology and a Summerfield Distinguished Professor, has been named the first recipient of the William H. Twenhofel Medal.
Moore, for whom the new Kansas Geological Survey building at KU is named, was the state geologist for 38 years and is a former director of the Kansas Geological Survey at KU. He has been a professor emeritus since 1962.
The medal was established by the Society of Economic Paleontologists and mineralogists and will be presented May 14 at Calgary, at the society's national convention.
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