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Kansas City tops Toronto 2-1 as the 1985 season begins. See story on page 13.
KANSAN
Cloudy, warm High, 63. Low, 42. Details on page 3.
Published since 1889 by students of the University of Kansas
Vol. 95, No. 127 (USPS 650-640)
Tuesdav. April 9. 1985
University budget approved in House
By MICHAEL TOTTY Staff Reporter
TOPEKA - The Kansas House yesterday approved a fiscal year 1986 budget for the seven Board of Regents schools that further reduces the increases requested by the Regents and Gov. John Carlin.
The House approved by a 101-21 vote the budget recommended by its Ways and Means Committee last week. The committee also approved last month by the Kansas Senate
The $645 million appropriations bill now will be returned to the Senate, which is expected to reject the cuts made in the schools' proposed budgets by the House Committee. The Senate then would ask for a conference committee made up of members of both chambers to reach a compromise on the budget.
HOUSE MEMBERS who opposed the reduced Repentents budget decided to wait for the conference committee and not tight to restore some of the lost money on the House
State Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Lawrence, said opposition to the Senate's budget by the Republican majority in the House made it difficult to light on the floor to restore the
"We have hopes that some of that will be restored in committee," Branson said. "We decided that it would be risky to try to get it amended on the floor."
"This kind of vote comes down on a partisan basis. If they get defeated on the
Housing s to move in
By MICHELLE T. JOHNSON Staff Reporter
Kenneth L. Stoner, associate director of residence halls at the University of Tennessee-Kroxville, has been chosen to replace Wilson, the office of student affairs announced yesterday.
A new director of housing has been picked to succeed J.J. Wilson, who is retiring this year after 30 years in the position.
A search committee composed of faculty representatives, housing office personnel and presidents of student housing organizations read applications and interviewed applicants for the position. The search began in December.
Stoner was one of four finalists, all of whom visited the University in the past two months
Fish tales on banks
For years, fisherman have traded stories about monster sized catfish that
a whale of a talk lurks in the Kaw River across, from the old Rowsock Mill.
By MICHELLE WORRALL Staff Reporter
"Years and years ago I caught an 80-pound cat," said Ernest Higgins, a Lawrence resident who grew up along the bay. "I think you have to fight 'em. 'll they give up."
In warm weather, fishermen gather by the dam across from Bowersock Mills and Power Co. Sixth and New York streets, in the area where the trophy and perch are a few minutes of fame.
Snapshots of grimming fishermen proudly posing with their hefty catches are locked on a wall of Higgins Bait Shop. Second floor, also known east from Lawrence Riverfront Park.
sounds kind of fishy, doesn't it? But this
another tale about the big one that
takes you on a journey.
LAST YEAR, THE biggest fish dragged into the bait shop weighed 61 pounds, said Judy Hüirs, the shon's owner.
LAWRENCE'S GIANT catfish could mean big bucks for Mrs. Paul. For example, one 85-pound catfish would be worth $100,000, 180 cruelly, lightly battered fishfisks.
The lure of landing a big one drew
lawrence residents Jim Russell and
Doug Kessler.
WITH PIN-POINT accuracy Russell cast with a side arm motion. His line, laden with sinks and worms, gracefully ripples across the river and plunged into the depths of the river.
Biggers, however, took a more relaxed approach to fishing. He lounged on rock
floor, it's harder to get them reinstated in the conference committee."
State Rep. John Solbach, D-Lawrence, said some of the reductions were made to give the House a position to bargain with the Senate in the conference committee.
"IT WOULD HAVE been a tactical error to make those changes on the floor," Solbach said. "We expect some of the cuts to be restored in the conference committee."
For KU, the House approved about $80,000 from the state general fund, almost $4 million less than Carlin's general fund appropriation.
Vail, Colorado
Vail, Colorado Who'd ever think that prior to 1962, Vail was nothing more than a sheep meadow. Nowadays the only sheep you'll find on the slopes are in the form of a sweater. But it's been said that at Peppie's, one might find an occasional poor little lamb. Animal husbandry majors will prevail.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Mardi Gras is the ultimate
prowing ground for spice breaks.
It is also the most exotic
siding of the year. But
*Occono Mountains,*
*Pennsylvania*
The Pocones cover a four
county, 2,400 square mile area
in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
And there virtually every
seasonal sport imaginable. The Pecos have long been known as a "honeymoon haven," and as one of the saying spots at the Big Bore Skier Area in
Lake Harmony "Honeymooners are always surprised to find out, at the end of their stay, that you have a ski resort
Cape Cod, Massachusetts for a seafood-filled spring break its Cape Cod. And tips for Tops n' in Provincetown, has all the seafood favorites at reasonable prices. But, generally the south side of the Cape is where you'll want to be, Cape Cod's "trememberberry capital". So, as the old tale goes: "If you take thousands of cranberries, smooth 'em up, and then rub them all over your body...absolutely nothing will happen."
even after Mardi Gras is over, New Orleans is a still great time. While there, try some Creole cuisine, its culinary heaven. And if you're fond of Paris, Disneyland and Alpha Centauri, go to Bourbon Street, it's all of those.
Ft. Walton Beach, Florida
places to spring break.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
going to see some bizarre things, like someone's going to inadvertently use their car as a fish carrier or parking too close to the ocean.
If you're coming from the northeast or the Midwest, the drive to Myrtle Beach is considerably shorter than to Florida. And once there, you'll find the atmosphere more relaxed than most spring break hawks. Activities include: golf, tennis, water sports and lots of nightlife. The old beach was more reused, and has the cheapest rates. And since Myrtle Beach is a little more out of the beaten path, you can expect your overall jerk count to be lower.
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Scribbled on a men's room wall in the Button is
"George K. spring break
81, 83, 84," soo
boy. "We got
who doesn't know when
to quit, but consider two
handle region, Walton is considered the best deep sea fishing area in the country. And surprisingly, there are several documented cases of students that have actually gone deep sea fishing during spring break.
Daytona Beach, Florida
This is the Grand Boah-Bah, the mecca where several hundred thousand students come to worship the sun, and drive the "World's Most Famous Beach"
Daytona is spring break. And if you look to the sky, you'll see airplanes trailing messages of where it's "happening" in Daytona. While there, you're
hundred thousand footoole
people with sunburns, all
looking for a good time. That's
Lauderda. So, if you see some
guy getting kicked out of a place
for trying to make his mark on
the men's room wall, chances are
it's your-know-who.
Have you driven a Ford...
lately?
"Anything that wiggles and moves, they'll eat," he said.
The catfish congregate by the dam, said Ernest Higgins, Lawrence resident, because it is their nature to swim upstream and the dam blocks their path.
"I only keep 'em when they weigh more than two pounds." he said.
Harvey Hasler, manager of Lunker Bait and Tackle, 951 E.23rd St., said the catfish were large because they were old and could find plenty of food in the Kaw to eat, such as small fish, frogs, crawdads and snakes.
"I didn't do it," Higgins said. "I didn't want to tangle with fish in the water. They have rough teeth like a man's wiskers. They can tear a man's hide off."
"People just don't catch 'em, so they yrow," he said.
But many years ago, fishermen dove into the water with large lashes lashed to their wrists to try to snare the big catfish, also known flatheads, be said.
"Everyone assumed that he went under the dam," Judy Higgins said. "But they were not."
And when these fish bite, they really bite.
According to an old fisherman's tale, a man dove into the water and never came back.
"Yea, you know when you have a big one on your line," Russell said.
Brice Waddill/KANSAM
Jim Russell, Lawrence resident, baits his hook in hope of catching something to fill the frying pan. He was fishing Easter day on the Kaw River dam across from the Bowersock Mills and Power Co., Sixth and New York streets. Russell never caught the big one. He had to settle for a lot of nibbles and a five-inch channel catfish, which he tossed back.
Brice Waddill/KANSAN
zers spent 15 hours this weekend
ishman Melinda LaRue and Heidi
took about two hours last night to
pered
but none of them unlocked the door, he said, he tried his own key in his pocket.
It was cool and the sunny night the four men walked to all the Daisy Hill and asked for newspapers, one they got a few newspapers, but are told that the papers were saved to the Boy's Club paper drive.
started crumpling papers they had at 7 p.m. Saturday night and quit at b
kind of had a system." Duffy said. person would be unfolding the paper others would be crumpling them up sing them in."
s said they hit a dirty spell where they t find enough papers. The only thing was to go to the source. Dufy and called the Roy's Club but no one did. They drove to the paper drop at St. T and filled their trunk with instant St.
time they gathered a load of papers,
ought that they had enough to finish
the room. The project was completed
$3 trips to the paper drop. Smart said
that the women to return the
papers to the paper drop after they
l the room.
four began working again at 5 p.m.
and finished at 3 a.m.
oviets call S.count 'gross lie'
ted Press International
COW — The Soviet Union accused the administration yesterday of “a gross its missile count and of pursuing a rous policy” by dismissing Soviet Mikhail Gorbachev’s call for arium on deploying missiles in Europe. Seems that the U.S. administration
wholes neither the arms renunciation the army's bulldoys' sought in official talks, the official Tass news agency said. The talks entered their fifth week in Geneva yesterday.
Gorbachev announced Sunday that he had accepted President Reagan's call for a summit and would unilaterally designate the new nuclear force $20 missiles targeted on Western Europe.
Urbachera said the moratorium would last until November and he urged the United States to stop simultaneous deployment of Pershing 2 and cruise missiles in western Pacific.
BUT THE WHITE House quickly dismissed the move as "not enough," citing a 10.1 Soviet superiority in medium-range nuclear missiles in Europe.
The deployment of 572 medium-range U.S. missiles in five European nations began in late 1983 as part of a 1979 NATO plan to counter the SS-20s. The United States said the Soviets had 414 SS-20s operational, two-thirds of them aimed at western Europe.
Tass said yesterday that U.S. officials used "stale arguments" of Soviet missile superiority to reject Gorbachev's presumption that the American lead in other nuclear warheads. Tass also said U.S. officials failed to include British and French forces in their missile count.
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