University Daily Kansar
Wednesday, April 3, 1974
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By STEPHEN BUSER
Economy, Efficiency Seen in Mobile Homes
Kansan Staff Reporter
Economic advantages and new safety measures are chief factors in the increasing demand for housing by Byron Myers, Lawrence senior and a repairman of mould house in the city for the construction firm.
"Economically, mobile homes beat any other kind of housing." Myers said Monday.
He said that payments for lot fees and monthly rent were often less than payments for apartments or houses and that he got equity on his payments for his home.
"Anyone can get back what he puts into it," he said.
Mobile home repairs are cheaper and more efficient than those for conventional
Kanan Photo by KRISTA POSTAL
"You're not dependent on the whirls of a doorklatch when you need a repairman," he said.
Mobile Home Units Like These Seem to Be Gaining in Popularity With Students
Bob Wolfe, state fire marshal, said mobile homes were being regulated and their construction had come under scrutiny. Evacuation from mobile homes is a hazard because they have only two doors for escape, be said.
Dick Brewster, executive director of the Kansas Mobile Housing and Recreation Vehicle Institute, said that more fires occur in communities than proportionately in conventional dwellings.
Fires are less frequent in mobile homes than in other types of housing, Myers said, and fire hazards in mobile homes are often faulty construction in the electrical wiring.
According to Myers, the Underwriter's Laboratories has persuaded the Mobile Home Manufacturing Association to replace the hazardous aluminum tubing used for wiring protection with copper tubing to decrease fire risks.
Brewster said the standards of the present code included two exit doors, kick
"The National Fire Protection Association reports that one fire occurs in 128 units of conventional housing compared with one fire in 96 units of mobile housing."
A new version of the Minimum Code of the American National Standards Institute required smoke detectors in mobile homes as of Jan. 1. The device gives off an alarm when it senses smoke inside the mobile home, Brewster said.
Although the new version of the code isn't yet required by state law, Brewer stated, the vast majority of factories have voluntarily complied with the change.
out windows for escape and fire retardant furnishings. He said that 40 states, including Kansas, were subject to the standards of the code.
Brewster said that a narrow mobile home would tip over in winds of 60 to 65 miles an hour but that cement blocks to shield the home from wind and tie-downs to anchor the home would protect it in winds up to 80 to 90 miles an hour.
Roy Sturbridge, an inspector of the Lawrence Department of Minimum Housing, said that Lawrence mobile homes must pass three inspections which are made by a state insurer and a private inspection group and a state-authorized inspector, he said.
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The Commission on the Status of Women is sponsoring its annual WOMEN'S RECOGNITION NIGHT
April 22,1974
7:30 p.m.
Kansas Room-Student Union
"...a program designed to recognize outstanding women for their contributions to the campus, community, and/or other women."
Nominations are now being accepted for honors in the following areas:
KU WOMEN—HALL OF FAME—outstanding woman graduates of the University and KU faculty or staff, not necessarily alumnae, who provide models for students as they choose careers and become effective citizens.
OUTSTANDING WOMAN TEACHER - female instructor, student or non-student, who has performed effectively and professionally on the educator's level at KU.
OUTSTANDING SENIOR WOMAN—woman student with senior standing who has exhibited leadership and participation in many and varied aspects of college life.
Please clip and return the attached nomination form to the Commission on the Status of Women, Women's Recognition Committee, 222 Strong Hall by Tuesday, April 9th. It is important that you include as much information as possible. If you have questions, please contact the Commission on the Status of Women, 864-3552, or Judy Long, Women's Recognition Committee, Chairperson, 842-8072.
*OUTSTANDING WOMEN STUDENTS in: Athletics, Field of Equal Rights and/or Human Awareness, Academics, Student Services, Community Services.
(*these honors will be accompanied by monetary awards.)
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