Thursday, February 8, 1973
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Printers Decry Car Move
By DAVID HEALY
Kansas Staff Writer
Some University of Kansas Printing Service employees, who have been parking on Crestline Drive instead of paying $25 for a permit to park in the service's parking lots, expressed outrage at daytime at a traffic stop by City Commission to eliminate parking on Crestline.
In a vote Tuesday, the commission removed parking on Crestline between Harvard Road and 15th Street saying that Crestline was a collector street, which was meant to move traffic and not to store cars. The commission said the printing service's lots were sufficient to handle all of the employs' cars.
Joel Klaassen, a printing service employee, echoed the position of some of his fellow employees when he said Wednesday, "I shall continue moving further from here until they take all their parking places in town. I'll never buy a parking permit."
Wednesday morning, Klassen's car, which was parked on Crestline, was hit three times because of the icy road conditions.
Kiaasen said there was little hope that any of the employees would lodge a protest with the KU Parking and Traffic Board because many employees had already bought permits.
"There are a few die hards," he said,
"and we die hard."
This year is the first year that University permits have been required for parking in the printing service lots. Permits would have been required last year, but the wage and price controls prevented their establishment.
The employees who will not purchase
permits said that the printing service lots were paid for with money from the printing service general fund and that the lots did not affect the campus traffic situation. Employees also said the lots were too far removed from the main campus to be used by anyone other than printing service personnel.
Some employees who have bought permits said that they did not like having to purchase the permits but that they thought there was nothing they could do about it. Others said that the permits were not worth the fight.
Last semester some of the employees did lodge a complaint with the KU Parking and Traffic Board but to no avail. State law requires the board all control over University parking.
Gerry Kelly, associate professor of electrical engineering and space technology and chairman of the traffic board, said recently that the University decided two years ago that everyone on campus should be treated equally. At that time, the board decided to require permits for parking on West Campus, he said.
The permits cause special problems for the employees who ride in car pools. Carl Shankland, printing service employee who rides in a car pool, said that three men riding together have to buy six permits to use one parking space.
He said that each of the men took turns driving and that in the summer, they drove air-conditioned cars and in the winter, they drove non-air conditioned cars.
Another employee said he was in a car pool with three others from Topeka. Each of them drove the bus to work and if each bought a $25 permit it would cost a total of $100 for the three to park in one
parking space. They have been parking on Crestline.
In response to the city commission's recent action, the employee from Topeka said, "We will just have to walk a longer way to work."
A few of the employees said that they thought the University had gotten the city commission to eliminate the parking on site so that they would be forced to pay permits.
One man said, "AI Capone rides again. We are going to give you this protection and you must pay our price whether you want or not."
Seniors Planning Spring Ski Trip
The senior class officers are attempting to organize a ski trip to Colorado during spring vacation, according to John Wichita senior and class president.
Hackney may the advertised price of $55 for the trip differ among the resorts. At this point, whether the places include meals with the $55 fee is uncertain.
Hackney said that although plans for the trip were still tentative, four sites were being considered. Breckenridge, Aspen, Springs or Burling Spring will be selected, he said.
The senior class is taking a mail by poll to gauge interest in the project, Hackney said.
gague interest in the project, Hackney said. Hackney said organizers were considering chartering a bus to take participants to Colorado.
The trip is a senior function, Hackney said, but is open to all students.
County Hires Clerk, Laborer, Clerk-Typists
The Douglas County Commission hired
their first staff at a routine meeting
Wednesday morning.
Those hired were Cindy J. Hadl, clerk-typist, county engineer's office, $330 a month; William E. Holmes, common laborer, highway department, $405 a month; Melinda Reeves, clerk-typist, county assessor's office, $330 a month; and Herman Tusher, clerk, county assessor's office. $330 a month.
Two reports are on today's agenda for the commission, which meets every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. A report from Forrest Swail, lecturer in the department of social welfare at the University of Kansas and chairman at the Douglas County Correctional Service, Jail Facilities, and a report Wells Park, a new county recreational facility under construction southeast of Lawrence are scheduled.
- Received a rent payment of $250 for
February from Valleville Home;
- In other business Wednesday the commission:
- Purchased a desk and a chair for $185.64 from the low bidder, Lawrente Wynn from the low bidder, Lawrente Wynn
—Rezoned two sections of agricultural land. One section, which belongs to Tom Akin and is situated between the Union Pacific railroad tracks and U.S. Highway 89. The other section, in Rocky Mountain Park. The other section, a lot in Sandywood Subdivision, was rezoned for light industry.
Council of Presidents Prepare for Hearing
The Council of Presidents of the state schools met Wednesday to prepare for a hearing on budget requests before the Senate Rules and Means committee next Wednesday, Chancellor Raymond Nichols said Wednesday.
Nichols presented the Kansas Union's beer proposal to the presidents at the meeting. They discussed the proposal but took no action. Nichols said.
Regular items of business were also discussed. Some of the items were postponed because iy roads prevented some events from attending the meeting, Nichols said.
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On Jan. 1, of this year, the withholding tax of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) was raised from 5.2 per cent to 5.85 per cent. The withholding tax on the tax were raised from $9,000 to $10,800. L. Martin Jones, budget officer of the University, said Friday that a person who was enrolled as a student at the same time in college at the University was exempt from the tax.
The University employs some aliens who are also exempt from the tax, he said.
Ronald Hamilton, comptroller of the University, said that Haskell students and Lawrence High School students who were enrolled in the University were not exempt from the tax.
Jones said that the increased tax affected seven months of fiscal 1973 and meant that the University would have to pay an additional $62,323 to match employee contributions.
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