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Wednesdav. February 20, 1974
University Daily Kansan
Commissioners List Goals for Citv Ellsworth.
Bv BOB MARCOTTE
Kansas Staff Reporter
Members of the Lawrence City Commission last night shared their views on city goals with members of the Citizen's Advisory Council.
Mayor Nancy Hambleton said the commission was constantly faced with having to request for improvements and to create sites into the over-all scheme of the city.
In the new parts of the city, she said, the main concern should be determining how much the area will grow and brow the city at the same time as services to keep up with that growth.
In older parts of the city, she said, the concern should* be to try to preserve what is good in those areas and not allow change to destroy established neighborhoods.
Hambleton said she favored the neighborhood concept in planning, in which an effort was made not to bisect a neighborhood with major streets.
There will be a need for an adequate Clinton Parkway, she said, to handle the increased traffic that will develop when Clinton Reservoir is opened for public use.
She said there was "quite a shopping list of projects that the city needs to get under way."
Improvements are needed on 6th street west of Iowa Street for Clinton traffic, on Haskell Avenue near 31st Street and on Iowa Street north of 6th Street. Construction of the Haskell Loop, a traffic which is approximately 40 miles to proximately by Massachusetts Street and railroad tracks to the east and 6th and 9th streets, is also needed, she said.
Conversion of the present police and fire department facility at 745 Vermont St. will be needed, she said, for occupation by city offices when the police and fire departments are active, and facility, which hasn't been built yet. Other construction that the city must consider, she said, includes a secondary sewer treatment plant, a maintenance building, an indoor swimming pool for the school district, and a fire station for the southwest part of town.
Commissioner Barkley Clark said he was encouraged by growth of the North Lawrence and East Lawrence improvement associations and by their involvement in building up their neighborhoods and seeking ways to use federal revenue sharing funds.
Another area that needs attention, Clark said, is the neighborhood north of 51th Street that is bounded by the river on the south and the west and the railroad tracks to the east.
There are several measures that could be taken by the city to improve the neighborhood, he said, including a change in the housing prices and offering more residential development;
construction of the Haskell Loop, which would provide both direct access to the Kaw river bridge for truck traffic and serve as a buffer between industrial and residential areas already established in the neighborhood; rehabilitation of New York elementary school and funding for renovation of housing in the neighborhood.
The city is also going to have to decide what kind of development it wants at 6th and Massachusetts streets, Clark said. He will use an act as a focal point for the downtown area.
Clark said the south end of the downtown area would be in good shape after the development of the new county judicial building to the museum building at 11th and Marysville.
The city could improve the north end of the downtown area, he said, with construction of a new bridge and development of a river front park on land adjacent to the control project being worked on by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Flu Bugging Students; Cure is Rest , Liquids
Clark emphasized, "We've got to keep Lawrence as our regional shopping center."
BY LINDA WEINSTEIN
Kansan Staff Reporter
If you've been plagued recently by a runny nose, a hacking cough, sore throat, fever, diarrhea and aching, you've probably got the flu bug.
And you're just one of hundreds on campus, according to Dr. Martin Wollmann, director of Watkins Memorial Hospital.
Many students have come to the hospital in the last two weeks for treatment of viral infection.
"I wouldn't say it's an epidemic, although it seems to be prevalent," he said.
Wollmann said he was suspicious that many of the students viral infections were the result of a vaccine break.
"There are two different kinds of influenza viruses," Robert Bussell, professor of microbiology, said yesterday. We just call them Type A and Type B to defy the rules between them. Both are unrelated, but both cause the disease we know as influenza."
Bussell said the Type B infection was less severe than the Type A.
"There is a vaccine available (to prevent the flu)," Bassell said, "but it's recommended only for people who have chronic diabetes and disease which generally includes the age."
“It's not widely used because of its marginal effectiveness. One has to keep getting the shots each year and it's not feasible for our population.”
Other than the influenza vaccine, there is no medication to kill the influenza virus.
He said the body just had to "fight it out." Dr. Wollmann agreed.
"There aren't any medicines that will specifically eradicate a virus." Dr. Duncan says.
the very important thing here. Also take fluids."
Dr. Wollmann said many people recovered from the flu even if they didn't take care of themselves. However, he said, "I don't believe in amnioticum, tonsillitis and ear infections because I have a baby."
Both Dr. Wollmann and Bussell said the flu bug was highly infectious,
To help avoid catching the flu, Dr. Wollmann said, students should cover their mouths when they cough and reduce hand-shaking.
Studies have proved that handshaking contributes to the passing of germs, he said. A person covers his mouth when he coughs and then shakes hands with a friend. The friend then touches his mouth and transfers the germs into his body.
The flu bug usually lasts three to four days, he said.
He said he hoped that a large shopping center wouldn't be developed in connection with the Highway 99 bypass which would finally be constructed in East Lawrence.
Development of a large mall of 100 acres or so, he said, would be a road "crusader" for the city.
Other considerations that should receive priority, Clark said, include studying public transportation alternatives for the city, continuing the city's sidewalk program, improving the ordinance up to date, improving of the hospital and weeding out antiquated ordinances.
Commissioners Fred Pence and Jack Rose both stressed the need for better communication between townpeople and the city commission and staff.
Pence said that he had found it "hard to communicate with 45,000 people" and that the high level of hostility he had often noticed among people toward city government was created mostly out of misunderstandings.
Pence said he would like to see the creation of a neighborhood organization similar to the North Lawrence and East Lawrence Improvement associations created in the Pinckney elementary school area.
Rose said an important consideration in setting city goals would be to determine what kind of growth the city should plan for in the next 15 to 30 years.
Whether the city triples its size again, as has done since 1944, or remains stagnant with an increase in population, is a question.
Commissioner John Emick wasn't able to attend the meeting.
toward solving problems and help themselves, too," he said.
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Ellsworth said he thought it was too soon to guess the final outcome of congressional and judicial investigations of Watergate and related scandals.
"I believe the matter is in the appropriate place," he said, and "I am well satisfied that the House Judiciary Committee can reach a reasonable decision."
Ellsworth, a Lawrence native, was the U.S. ambassador to NATO from 1969 to 1970 and was special assistant to President Nixon in 1969.
He was graduated from KU in 1945 and returned to teach in the School of Business in 1954-55. He entered the bar in 1954 and practiced law here and in Springfield, Mass.
In 1960, he was elected to the House of Representatives. He was re-elected in 1962 and served another year; he was defeated by Sen. James B. Pritchard, for the Senate Republic nomination.
Ellsworth made several world tours with Nixon in 1967 and was a top official on Nixon's 1968 campaign staff.
He is now a partner in the international banking house of Lazard Freses and Co.
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