Wednesday, Julv 30.1974
University Daily Kansan
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KPL Rate Increases Concern Commission
By SHARON WALSH Kansan Staff Reporter
The effects of inflation on city projects was apparent in yesterday's City Commission meeting and overshadowed the discussion of a report from a consulting firm concerned with the development of Lawrence's central business district.
Commissioners requested that City Manager Buford Watson talk to representatives in the city to get their reactions to a restructuring of rates by the Kansas Power
and Light Co. (KPL), KPL is seeking to eliminate the present bulk billing rate for municipal energy uses, as well as to raise rates KPL is proposing that the city pay for each separate meter it uses rather than maintaining the present bulk usage rate.
This would mean about a 25 per cent rate increase or more than $77,000 a year for the city, according to Watson. However, the city would receive additional revenues from the city's budget and would directly to the city, he said, which would offset the net increase to about 10.6 per cent.
Harry Buchholz, physical plant director
Diversity Characterizes Musical Tastes Locally
By LARRY GREWACH
Kansan Staff Reporter
since the heyday of the Beatles, no one group or sound has been able to dominate the music scene, according to Lawrence music people.
However, there was disagreement about what trend is currently popular.
"I would say that you can characterize the current music scene as one without identity," Paul Dahlström, owner of Better Music, 724 Massachusetts SS., said Monday.
"Everybody's looking for something to do, in a different direction," Dahlstrom said.
Dahlstrom said the major trend today as toward progressive or "very loud, commercial" music.
Sommy Fender, program director of
b.i.w. Chipman in the 1960s, the
1960s was right for the Results
"The Beatles, the English groups were the in sound," Fender said.
Since that time, Ferdier said, no one group has been able to dominate music.
"One group will come up with a sound and
everybody will jump on a bandwavagram," he
Music is in so unstable, Fender said, that
tends to launch a circle and eventually return to
it.
He said this combination of country and rock music is the most popular today.
“In the early 60s country-rock was the craze, though they didn't call it that at the time. They've returned to that today,” he said.
He said this was because there was so much music available. When the Beatles started playing, he had no idea.
Steve Wilson of Kief's, 711 W. 32rd S., said no current group had been able to have the pervasive and cultural influence of the Beavers.
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Nixon . . .
sought by Jaworski in the Watergate cover
trial, scheduled to begin Sept. 9.
Warren told newsmen the President personally began reviewing the tapes Monday and spent most of yesterday in the office of the White House. Lincoln sitting room at the White House.
Warren said the White House intended to make all of the subposed materials available.
In reviewing the tapes, Warren said precautions were taken to make sure Nixon did not push the wrong button and erase some of the material.
Asked about the possibility some of the tapes may contain gaps, Warren replied, "I'm not saying there are gaps on these tapes." But he reminded reporters of "the rather primitive nature of the taping system."
According to the timetable worked out between St. Clair and Jaworski in Sirica's course, a total of 44 tapes is to be completed as soon as the White House can furnish an index and analysis of their content. St. Clair will continue with Sirica Friday with a progress report.
Cyprus...
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violated the U.N. forces' right of freedom of movement on the island
The Turks also began restricting the movement of newsmen on the island yesterday. A group of newsmen and photographers were stopped at the outskirts of the Turkish sector of Nicolaia and were refused permission to proceed to Kyrenia.
Meanwhile in Geneva, the International Red Cross said Turkey had submitted charges to them against the Greeks of holding 2,000 Turkish Cypriot "hostages." A spokesman said the organization considered the civilians to be internees and not hostages.
In London, the ousted Cypriot president,
Archibishop Makarios, won to return to CYPRUS.
"I am the elected leader, so I am the president of Cyprus and nothing can prevent me from returning to Cyprus," he declared.
Makarios arrived in London from the United States where he had sought help from the United Nations in his efforts to save the life of a woman who fissured the island he had governed for 14 years.
The present president of Cyprus, Glafos Clerides, indicated last week that he would not return the presidency to Makarios who faced the voters in a special election. He said it would not be wise for the archbishop to return at the present time.
Mayor Jack Rose said that because the city budget had already been published and couldn't be raised, funds for the increased costs have to come from contingency funds.
at the University of Kansas, said last night that he had not been notified of the increase. The University should not be greatly affected by the increase, he said, because it has only two incoming sources of power, and those have separate meters.
But he said it was difficult to determine what trend was the most popular today.
"Generally kids still buy rock 'n' roll. Even the jazz music that people buy has a lot of pop."
Dave Smith, Winfield junior and continuity director of radio station KUOK, said that because so much music was available, it was difficult for one group to dominate
"There are periods when groups are at the top, but it's just for a brief period," Shellman said.
"This makes it a very inappropriate time for this kind of increase." Roe said.
Smith said trends in music had gone from heavy group sounds to lighter individual
But he said trends were not important to that many people.
"It's just what you want to listen to that matters." Smith said.
Though country-rock is popular, all agreed that "straight" country-western music hadn't gained the acceptance of University of Kansas students.
"People here buy 'hippie' country-
western music," Wilson said. "Not that
many people come here looking for Dottie
West albums."
He said that those; there was a national market for country-western music, there was a regional music.
Dahlstrom said there was very little interest in country-western music among KU students. He said bluegrass music had increased popularity, however, during the past year.
Smith of KUOK also said that the average KU student didn't like country-western.
"Some country songs are popular, but Porter Waggone just wouldn't make it at the top."
Classical music has gained greater popularity, according to Gary Shrivers.
Shivers also said interest in classical music had been spurred by such movies as "A Clockwork Orange," which included classical scores.
Shivers said one reason this was true in Lawrence was that improvements in the facilities at KANU had helped the station attract a greater listening audience.
KANU includes classical music in its program format.
James Seavei, professor of history and a collector of classical music, said more people listened to classical records today than ever before.
But he said it was hard to identify how many listeners KANU had in the student
“There are more opera productions in this country than ever before,” he said. “And there are also more summer opera productions.”
Watson said the only effective way for the city to protest the increase was to join with other cities that rate increase may be inevitable, he said, but the elimination of combined billing may be protested to the Kansas Corporation Commission, which works with other cities to combat corruption.
Another cost increase, for street repairs, and a tight state budget led Watson to ask commissioners to issue bonds to pay for the resurfacing of Sixth Street from Vermont to Wisconsin streets. He said the city's gas tax didn't have the money for the $50,000 project.
The state highway commission offered to give the city only $3,000 of the $18,900 in aid it requested for the $50,000 project. Watson helped the state highway commission to get a larger percentage from them.
Assistant City Manager Dennis Kallsen said the city had not issued bonds for street repairs in about five years. Instead, it has developed a "baw as you vo" policy.
Watson emphasized the need to go ahead with the resurfacing, which he said was "b badly needed," before costs rise again. He also estimated for the resurfacing was $3,000.
TOPEKA (AP)—Atty. Gen. Vern Miller, unopposed for nomination for governor, is far ahead of the four Republican leaders and the warrior in attracting campaign contributions.
Vern Leads Dollar Race
Reporter were filed yesterday for the first time under the new Kansas campaign finance law and showed Miller had collected $20,775.15 in contributions. This is $40,000 more than the four Republican contenders together have been able to attract.
Miller's report listed 83 contributions of $1,000 or more. Several were from labor or corporations.
Sen. Robert F. Bennett, Overland Park, was the leading fund raiser among candidates for Republican nomination for governor.
He listed contributions totaling £77,534.
Next was Concannon, Hugon佐恩,
Boehner.
The Rev. Forrest J. Robinson, Wichita,
listed contributions of 853,458. 36.
Bob Clack, Kansas State University faculty member, was four with contrIBUTORS.
Officials in the secretary of state's office said about 80 candidates, most of them seeking nomination for the Kansas House, had failed to file their campaign receipts. The Senate was close the close of business yesterday, the final day under the law for filing such statements.
Clack's report showed he had stayed within his self-imposed limitation of $10 per meal, which included a breakfast.
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The commission agreed to issue bonds while Watson continues to seek state aid for the project.
Another project that the commission has long been interested in, the revitalization of the northern portion of the downtown business district, was the subject of a report from the Lawrence-Leiter Co. of Kansas City, Mo.
The consulting firm said it was economically feasible to redevelop a two block area south of the Sixth and Massachusetts streets intersection. A general merchandising center, a home improvement office, an office building, and a motor-hotel and restaurant were recommended for private development in the area.
Kent Crippin, vice president of the firm, said there were several prerequisites to this type of development. The plans for the Kansas River Bridge and the Haskell Loop need to be implemented first, he said, so they ensure a circulation pattern can be determined.
Secondly, before the city looks for private developers, it must have something to offer
that would lure developers away from preferred suburban locations. This could be either in the form of low cost loans or an investment facilities to meet the developers needs.
The report estimated that the city's commitment to such a development project would be $55,000, with an extra $3 million in dollars and $3 million from private developers.
KU Concessions to Boycott Mars, Hershey Candies
At one stage in its development, the report had suggested a convention center for Lawrence. However, the idea was not in the final plan. Crippin said that, originally, the firm had thought a convention center would find many customers in Lawrence because of functions that often occur at the U.S. hospital after studying Lawrence's location between New York and Lawrence, however, he said the idea didn't seem feasible. A lack of restaurant and motel facilities in Lawrence was another consideration in this area, he said.
The commission took the report under advertisement and discussed arranging a meeting with downtown merchants and the member of Commerce to discuss the report.
By BRUCE JANSSEN
BY BROUCE SANFER
Kansan Staff Reporter
An informal boycott of the products of certain candy makers may be forming across the country, according to Forrest Jolly, vendor manager of KL concessions.
The Mars and Hershey company companies have announced that in the near future their candy bars will increase in price so that they can afford more items in order for the vendor to make money.
UK kconcessions won't purchase the products until a price rollback is ordered, Jolly said. Other vendors across the country have also asked that they willingly to buygetty the products, he said.
Jolly expected that any attempt to increase the price of cake bars would surely cost them.
Jolly said that in order to modify his vending machines to charge the extra nickel for candy bars, anickel increase would have to be charged all items, including chewing gum. He ruled out any such increase.
Soaring prices of sugar and cocoa have led the price hikes announced by the cominternationale.
Although the prices of candy bars may remain the same for awhile, Jolly said the prices of coffee, hot chocolate and soft drinks would probably increase next month. The biggest sugar have been reflected in the price that KU concessions pays for fountain syrup.
According to Jolly, the rising price of coffee has resulted in losses to KU concessions for some time. He said such coffee machines as those in Summerfield Hall brewed only 10 cups of coffee from a $1.24 one pound can of restaurant coffee.
*Add to that the price of cups, cream, sugar and someone to wipe off the front of the container.*
Jolly said KU concessions would continue to "maintain competitive prices but give highest quality while trying to run as close to the cost margin as possible."
The commission set Aug. 20 as the date for a special meeting to discuss the recommendation of the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission on the controversial city garage site. The planning commission recommended the E. 23rd Street, only one of five locations that is in conformance with the city's comprehensive plan.
Kallsen announced that the 23rd street site would cost $32,000 more than the Second and Indiana street site and $28,700 more than the 19th and Haskell street site.
Commissioner Barkley Clark requested that the city staff look into the possibility of purchasing the northwest corner of 31st and Haskell streets for the garage.
Commissioners are still divided on the garage site issue. Lawrence residents have protested the location of the garage in a residential area.
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