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Vol. 95, No. 131 (USPS 650-640)
Monday, April 15, 1985
Both houses pass liquor measures; county option in
By MICHAEL TOTTY Staff Reporter
TOPEKA — Members of the Kansas House of Representatives broke into applaure after the votes were counted. In the more reserved Senate, the packed chamber waited quietly for the final tally.
Only a few hours before the Legislature adjourned its first session Saturday evening, lawmakers gave the state's voters the chance to decide whether Kansas would end its 104-year-old prohibition of open saloons and allow liquor by the drink.
By a 29-10 vote, the Senate approved the
See related story p. 10
proposed amendment to the state's constitution that would allow counties to decide whether to permit liquor by the drink in those places that received 30 percent of their income from the sale of food. An hour earlier, the House passed the measure 87-37.
Before the vote, State Sen. Edward Reilly Jr., R-Jelevaworth, told the Senate, "The constitutional amendment you have before you represents a step from the 19th to the 20th
THE LIQI OR ISSUE spanned the entire legislative session. A House-Senate conference committee reached a compromise on the resolution earlier in the day, after three weeks of trying to put together a version that would meet the approval of both chambers.
The key to the compromise was a provision added by negotiators in the conference committee that would allow counties that approved liquor by the drink in the 1980 general election to come back to vote in the 1985 general election in any subsequent general election.
Counties could also at the same time vote to prohibit liquor sales entirely. The resolution also would permit temporary licences to be issued to counties that want to purchase liquor of alcohol by the drink.
AT THE SAME time it approved the liquor resolution, the Legislature also approved a package of drinking bills — including one that would raise the state's legal drinking
The compromise gave both sides of the liquor issue something to celebrate. Gov. John Carlin, who has hobbled all session for three years, said his conference shortly after the Senate vote.
"I feel great," Carlin said. "In style I'm not really pleased but in substance it was a no-brainer."
Even the leading opponent of liquor by the
Byron Long, Leawood senior, and Donna Reid, Dallas junior, did not the rain damp their party spirits. The two
See LIOUOR, p. 5, col. 1
were part of a crowd of about 4,500 that attended the Stewart Street Bash on Friday night. See story on page 6.
KU workers consider filing lawsuit over asbestos
Staff Reporter
By CINDY McCURRY
going to die, I want my son to have some sort of compensation."
Several facilities operations workers are considering filing suit against the University or individuals involved in supervising the removal of a boiler insulated with materials containing asbestos, one of the workers said last week.
"Here are a bunch of people who disregarded federal guidelines." Larry Rebner, the worker, said. "If I am going to die, I want someone to pay for it. If I am
Asbestos is a fireproofing material that medical researchers believe may cause cancer.
Sixteen facilities operations workers who worked on the two-year removal of the boiler from the campus power plant met with a Topea attorney last week to discuss the possibility of a lawsuit, Rembarger said.
THE WORKERS' SUIT may allege that asbestos safety guidelines were disregarded in the demolition and removal of the boiler.
which ended in December, said Paul Hulsey, the attorney representing the workers
Hulsey said he would investigate state and federal regulations and other information on asbestos before deciding whether to file suit. He said he did not know who would be named in the suit or how much money would be involved.
Tom Anderson, director of facilities operations, said, "The EPA exonerated us."
in Kansas City, Mo., said April 4 that the agency would not investigate the removal
After threats of an EPA investigation into the builer project, Mary Tierney, environment manager for the Department of the Interior, said.
EPA GUIDELINES regulate removal of asbestos only when more than 260 square feet of material containing asbestos is removed. Tietjen said the EPA confirmed that only 60 square feet of material containing asbestos was removed from the boiler.
A three-member panel from the Kansas Department of Human Resources is currently investigating the demolition and removal of the boiler. University officials requested the investigation after workers
complained, that safety guidelines were not followed in the project.
Kathy Ketchum, department spokesman, said last week that the inquiry would take at least two more weeks.
"Since the department was asked to do the fact-finding inquiry, it was removed from the enforcement role," Ketuch said. "It is up to the chancellor to take whatever action he deems necessary. If there are people or groups of people who do not think the action is valid, it is between them and the University."
Game helps deal with tax anxiety
By KEVIN LEATHERS Staff Reporter
If Shakespeare only had to file an income tax return, his warning to Julius Caesar, "Beware theides of March," might have been a little different.
Although the idees of March have been known to carry an ominous warning, the idees of April, at least in today's society, can sometimes be just as foreboding.
Midnight today is the deadline to file an income tax return. And for many Americans that means last-minute preparations and anxiety.
But for those who need an outlet for the
MONDAY MORNING
frustration and inevitability of taxes, there is relief. And best of all, it's legal.
"Screw the IRS" is a card game that gives taxpayers a way to vent their anger, and do it without paying any interest penalties.
"We've been selling the game for about a month now, and it's really gone over pretty well," said Diane Wagner, an employee at Pendragon, 843 Massachusetts St. "People also seem to be real fond of the 'Screw the IRS' ice mug. I think it all helps people to laugh at the seriousness and anxiety of paving taxes."
THE OBJECT OF the game is to collect enough loophole, deduction and salary cards — without running into those audit cards — to obtain a substantial income without paying any taxes. The more loophole and deduction cards a player gets, the fewer taxes he pays, and the better chance he has to "screw" the IRS.
PAYING INCOME tax is somewhat of a recent phenomenon. With the 16th amendment to the Constitution in 1913, income tax as it is known today was established. Previously, income tax had been used only as a way to raise money during the Civil War There was an effort by the Union government to depress of the 1890s, but the Supreme Court ruled that federal income tax was unconstitutional.
Harry Buckley, vice president of marketing for H & R Block in Kansas City, Mo., said that each year H & R Block processed nearly nine million returns nationwide — a number of which were done in the last week before the deadline.
"People just don't like to deal with the inevitability of paying taxes." Buckeyk
"She thought it was a great way to escape and laugh at something that had become so serious to her." Wagner said, "I knew you game put things in the proper perspective."
realize that they have to be done. So to achieve some peace of mind from it all, they have us do them. We're much better equipped to deal with any changes in the laws — and the pressure."
Wagner said one accountant who bought the game thought it was the perfect way to laugh at something that has become as insolvent as inevitable a part of our lives as death.
But the makers of the game emphasize that they don't encourage taxpayers to neglect tax laws. "This game was designed for fun," the makers warn on the
Some psychologists have said that people procrastinate on paying their taxes because the anxiety involved sometimes is high, a tough adventure to a rather ordinary event
instruction sheet. "We do not advocate cheating on taxes or paying less than anyone's share."
But Buckley said he thought a lot of people procrastinated more simply just because they were unaware of the laws and of the tax forms.
"Just attempting to fill out the forms can be very frustrating and upsetting for some people." Buckley said. "And then if they do make it through that process, there comes even more anxiety when they have to write the government a check."
Astronauts to inspect satellite from shuttle
By United Press International
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Discovery's astronauts yesterday were directed to track down and inspect the disabled Syncom satellite tomorrow, but a close-up space wall was ruled out although a repair excursion is still possible.
NASA said flight directors did not want to place an astronaut next to the slowly spinning, 15,200-pound satellite for safety reasons.
However, a space walk may still be necessary to attach a tool to the shuttle's 50-foot mechanical arm in an attempt to open a 4-inch lever on Synergey, activating a pressure valve.
A decision whether any kind of a space walk will be attempted will be made today.
The $80 million satellite's systems failed to activate after its launch from Discovery Saturday, apparently because the lever did not unfold after the satellite left the cargo
PULLING THE lever should activate a
timer that will deploy an antenna in 80 seconds, fire small control jets in 6 $\frac{1}{2}$ minutes and ignite the satellite's big ICBM rocket motor in 45 minutes.
The new space walk option would mean the space-walking astronauts would be safely inside the shuttle cabin if an attempt to arm a spacewalker would allow a quick departure from the area.
Syncom's rocket, loaded with 7,328 pounds of explosive propellant, is designed to propel the satellite to an 9,600-mile high orbit where smaller rockets would maneuver it into a 22,300-mile stationary orbit. There it will be launched from Earth for communications between mobile forces on Earth.
THE DECISION to proceed with the rendezvous with Syncom was issued to the astronauts during an evening radio call to their command center. It cleared they wanted to try to save Syncom.
"If there's any opportunity to salvage this money, we'd sure like to give it our best try."
If there is a space walk, it would be
See SHUTTLE, p. 5, col. 3
Classified Senate president withdraws her resignation
By TAD CLARKE Staff Renorter
The president of Classified Senate has reversed her decision to resign from her position after members of the Senate's Executive Council on Friday rejected her resignation and said they were "behind her 100 percent."
Neva Enterkin, administrative assistant in art history, said she had met with the Executive Council on Friday and had agreed to retain her position as president.
"I'm delighted to be asked to stay as leader," Entrikin said. "It shows they do accept my position and will try to deal with it."
The Classified Senate represents all KU classified employees. All workers at the University except faculty members, student workers and some administrators are classified employees. The Executive Council consists seven members of the 30 member Senate.
ENTRIKN SAMd she had resigned Wednesday because of conflicts with the KU administration and because she thought she didn't represent the ideas of the majority of teachers.
"They just weren't aware of the severity of the problem," she said. "We will address the problems with the administration I am going to try to regain control of the meetings."
Entrikin said that her problems with the administration did not include Chancellor
"He has always been good to the Classified Senate," she said.
Bob Patterson, member of the Executive Council and vertebrate zoologist at the Museum of Natural History, said it was in the interest of improving comment on problems with the administration
"We stand 100 percent behind her,"
"Peterson said we will provide all the
necessary training."
PATTERSON SAID that Executive Council
See ENTRIKIN, p. 5, col. 5