CHILLY
KANSAN
83rd Year, No. 82
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Doctors Evaluate Contraception For Males See story page 2
Friday, February 2, 1973
Kansan Staff Photo by PRES BRANDSTED
Grub
At last, a cure for the munchies. Residents of Elsworth Hall were treated to a quickie-class Thursday night on the fine art of
preparing, for their late night enjoyment, an impropnt cuisine. Michael Healy, Lincoln junior and Roselyn Van Benschoten, Topka, junior, demonstrate the preparation of one such delicacy informing their fellow students of the necessary ingredients as they proceeded. Healy and Vau Benschoten have developed an original use for the popcorn popper and the iron. See story page 3.
Tax Time Again: Problems
By DAVID HEALY
Kansan Staff Writer
As regular as the flooding of the Nile, income tax season is once more approaching. This year, the event has been carried out with warnings, hints and reminders.
Lance Burr, director of the consumer protection division of the attorney general's office, gave three general guidelines to use in selecting a tax return preparer.
Atty. Gen. Vern Miller recently warned Kansans to be careful in selecting professional income tax preparers. He said that although many were qualified and reputable, some were inept, fraudulent or both.
Burr said first to be wary of promises for refunds. He said some preparers led people to believe that they could get refunds that the clients could not get for themselves.
Burr said a preparer could get a tax refund only if the client was entitled to a refund, whether he prepared his own income tax or not.
The second guideline was to be wary of promises that a tax preparer could do special things to save a client money. A lawyer should also inform a client could do for himself, Burr said.
The third guideline was to make sure one knew whom he was dealing with. Burr said the person who signed the income tax form, or the person whose form, was legally responsible for its contents.
A new aspect of the federal income tax form this year is that besides stating his principal place of residence by state, county and locality (city or town), one must also
state the township in which he resides. This requirement enables revenue sharing money to be distributed equitably among the states, cities and townships.
A problem arises because some people do not live in townships, and others do not know they live in townships. According to the Douglas County Clerk's office, people living in Lawrence do not live in a township, and people living outside of Lawrence do.
Voter registration cards often list townships or one can call the county clerk.
Residents of Lawrence who itemize their deductions instead of taking the standard deduction are reminded that they are allowed credit not only for the state sales tax but also for the city sales tax of one-half per cent.
The city sales tax deduction is figured by taking one-sixth of the applicable figure for
Al Park, a former Internal Revenue Service agent now of Business Services Inc., said Wednesday that students who did not claim Lawrence as their principal place of residence were eligible for the city sales law also if they did their trading in Lawrence.
However, he said, the amount of the deduction would depend upon the amount of interest paid.
For example, a student who lived in Lawrence for nine months is eligible for only three-fourths of the deduction. He would figure his deduction by taking three-fourths of one-sixth of the applicable state sales tax.
'Bingo Rebellion' Fails To Influence Leaders
Park said that with a month off for winter break, a student probably should only figure out how to get on campus.
TOPEKA (AP)—A miniature "bingo rebellion" erupted in the legislative halls here Thursday, but when the estimated 100 demonstrators left the statehouse their protest obviously had failed to dent the leadership's adamant stand.
Neither Sen. Robert F. Bennett, president pro tem, nor Rep. Dune "Pete" McGill. House speaker, was prepared to flatly declare that a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize bingo in Kansas was dead.
Both said however that it was extinct "for all intents and purposes." They said there are still legal grounds for Monday, which is the deadline for the preparation of legal notices to place the issue on the April 3 municipal election by February 16, as was set by the secretary of state's office.
Gambling on bingo became a hot issue in this session after the Kansas Supreme Court threw out a 1971 law last fall which attempted to legalize bingo for nonprofit organizations without removing the ban on lotteries contained in the state's Concessions Act. The court, the constitutional ban prevented any legalization of bingo by statute.
chiding the Republican leadership for not pushing through a bingo-only amendment. The Senate Democratic leader, Sen. Jack Reed, said he would "beckon" to "children" in refuting to consider it.
For those who have questions concerning their federal tax form or who do not wish to be guided solely by their consciences, the assistance service will free information and assistance service.
"Let your conscience be your guide," he said.
By calling 800-383-2190, anyone can get immediate answers from Internal Revenue Bureau.
THE SENATE Judiciary Committee last week approved an amendment to take the lottery ban out of the Constitution. It lost on the Senate floor Monday, falling two votes sy of gaining the required two-thirds majority to send it to the House.
BINGO BECAME a partisan issue Thursday, with Gov. Robert Docking
John Roeder, an IRS agent, said the agents would deal with anything that could compromise their privacy.
Bennett and McGill said later that they
see PBGC. Page 2.
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Vietnam Peace Frail; Forces Clash Again
SAIGON (AP)—Fighting ebed across South Vietnam Thursday amid glimmers of hope that peacekeeping commissiones were able their way toward policing the frail cease-fire.
Another 70 North Vietnamese delegates to the four-party Joint Military Commission were to arrive in Saigon during the next few days. Sunday was reported as the target date for the Communist representatives to be sent to seven region-1 field headquarters.
The timetable for the start of field operations by the Joint Military Commission hinges on agreement among its four members, the United States, North and South Vietnam and the Viet Cong. American commission members are in place, drawn for the most part from U.S. advisory teams already operating in the regions.
The commission itself has been bogged down by diplomatic haggling and charges of cease-fire violations and has been meeting only at the deputy chief level.
But the way was cleared for the first meeting of the four chief delegates with Thursday's arrival in Salagon of Lt. Gen. Traa. The head of the Viet Cong trai
U. S. helicopter crewmen picked up the Viet Cong general and 22 other delegates in the Communist district stronghold of Loc Anh province north of Saigon. Tra's return to Saigon came five years almost to the day after he led the 1968 Tet offensive against Saigon. Tra, a 54-year-old Southerner, is deputy commander of the Communist's Central Office for South Vietnam.
Seven American helicopters marked with white stripes to signify they are supporting the Joint Military Commission returned to the air base under unusually heavy security.
They were housed in Camp Davis, a
Signal Corps installation on the
Tam Sand Nuclear.
Tru's absence has prevented the military commission from carrying out its responsibilities, including preparing for prisoner exchanges and assuring the security of the International Commission of Control and Supervision.
The international body, made up of representatives from Canada, Indonesia, Hungary and Poland, said it had been unable to begin field operations because the military commission had not provided the required security and support. The
agreement called for international field teams to be coerced as of last Tuesday.
The military commission also has responsibility for agreeing on the spots of prisoners to be exchanged and intends to personal engaged in the reception of the POWs.
The Saigon command claimed that 188 more cease-fire violations by the Comt muniist side in the past 24 hours pushed the Paris office to fire a truce officially began at 8 a.m. Sunday.
South Vietnamese military headquarters claimed that 2,777 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong have been killed since the deadline for halt in hostilities. South Vietnamese losses were reported as 491 killed, 1,977 wounded and 180 missing.
Saigon military spokesman said Communist-led forces asked 121 hambres across South Vietnam during a cease-fire land operation that troops regained control of 177 of them.
The Communist side, in radio broadcasts,
accused the Salgo government of comp-
lying with its demands.
The U.S. Command closed out its weekly casualty summaries, listing 45,941 American servicemen killed in action in Indochina between Jan. 1, 1961, and the start of the cease-fire Sunday. In addition, 10,303 American servicemen died from war-related injuries in the battlefield and 1,811 were captured or are missing in action, the summary said.
The summary did not include one American who died and five others who were wounded after the truce began. It said four U.S. servicemen were killed in action during the war, seven missing or captured, all within the two days immediately preceding the cease-fire.
The South Vietnamese military command did not issue an official weekly casualty summary Thursday for the first time there. There was no immediate explanation.
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9 American Prisoners Named by Pathet Lao
Pentagon spokesman Jerry Friedhelm refused to speculate on whether the North Vietnamese might be deliberately holding back more names because U.S. warplanes have continued to bomb the trail and other target in Vietnam cease-fire began last Saturday.
Some veterans of the air war over Laos have said privately they thought as many as 65 or 70 U.S. fliers might have been captured there in nearly nine years of American bombing raids against the He Chi Minh Trail network.
WASHINGTON (AP)—North Vietnam Thursday gave the United States the names of seven American servicemen, a civilian pilot and two missionaries who were listed as captured in Laos. One of the missionaries was not American but Canadian.
The new lists left in grave doubt the fate of 308 servicemen and four civilians previously listed by U.S. officials as either prisoners or missing in Laos.
Friedheim said he could not go beyond an
official statement that "the U.S. government will continue its efforts to account for all U.S. military personnel who have been captured in the United States as captured and missing."
The seven servicemen's names furnished by the North Vietnamese in Paris after five years of war, are L. Stascher, Muj, Edward W. Leonard Jr., Marl, Norbert A.G. Gotten, Stephen G. Long, Cap. Jack M. Butcher and Capt. John E. Browning, the Air Force, and Nina Lt. Jay, H. Beddingwell.
The State Department identified the civilians listed as Ernest Cary Brace, 41, captured May 21, 1985; Samuel Allen Matrix, 36, captured May 20, 1985; both 20, and both captured last Oct. 27.
Stitcher, Long and Bedinger previously were carried as prisoners and the other four were taken.
Men Await Groundhogs At Crowfoot
Today marks the 65th annual observance of Groundhog Day by the Slumbering Groundhog Lodge, Quarryville, an unofficial U.S. groundhog watching station.
Robert Herr, chairman of the board of hibernating governors of the lodge, said this week that observation squads have been brought to CST at Squeakind, Crowfoot, Pudduckdick and Baldy's Boot holes with fiddles, drums, mouth organs, jeans' harps and other instruments to observe the coming-out of the groundhog.
As legend has it, if the groundbnd sees his shadow after emerging from a long winter's sleep today, six weeks of winter weather will follow. If the groundbnd doesn't see his shadow, it is an indication that there will be an early spring.
Herr said that the grounddog's uncanny power to forecast the weather was absolutely accurate.
New members will be initiated into the lodge today, Herr, said, including an honorary member, Gov. John Haydon of American Samoa.
Herr said that Haydon was to make a proclamation telling the entire population of 28,000 American Samoa to be exceptionally alert today.
Haydon was going to send out the best Samanute hunters, Herr said, three bush doctors, the government ecologist and the director of agriculture, in search of the groundhog, which Herr said had not been sighted there in 15 million years.
Herr said that one would be spotted and unholed this year, even if they had to send one by cable or radio.
TOPEKA (AIP) - A bill to provide about $2.98 million to the University of Kansas Medical Center for construction of two new medical facilities was approved unanimously Thursday in the Kansas Senate and sent to the House.
Senate OKs Appropriation For KUMC
The appropriation to the Kansas City, Kan., institution, which was included in an overall appropriation to bill for supplemental funds in 2016, includes the remainder of the current fiscal year, includes a $1.2 million grant to match about $5 million in funds for construction education colleges.
Another grant of $1.35 million could be used for final planning of a massive new clinical facility that would nearly double the medical center's present space.
The grant also would support the parts of the fees for financial advisers and accounting firms, according to Max Bickford, executive secretary of the Kansas Board of Regents.
The Senate also approved $210,000 to be used for the purchase of land for the clinical laboratories.
The appropriations for the medical center approved Thursday now go to the House and, if approved there, would provide all of the funds necessary for construction of the basic science facility, and for final planning of the clinical facility. Bickford said.
A recommendation of Gov. Robert Docking that $2 million in additional general revenue funds be appropriated for the state's education program is introduced in the Senate today. Bickford said.
The $23 million appropriation and a $22 million revenue bond issue are being recommended by the governor to replace a previous plan of issuing about $46 million in bonds to finance what would be one of the construction projects in state history.
Other appropriations included in the bill include the University of Kansas, *T98,230; Wichita State*, *S290,710; the medical center, *B33,000; Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia*, *I29,580; Kansas State University* *I04,339; and Fort Hays State*, *K96,872*.