University Daily Kansan, March 22, 1985
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NEWS BRIEFSE
Med center prof named dean
John A. Ferraro, chairman of the department of speech and hearing at the College of Health Sciences, was recently named associate dean of the School of Allied Health at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Ferraro, 38, has been at KU since January 1984.
Before arriving at the KU, Ferraro was a clinical neurophysiologist at the Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colo., for three years and also served for seven years on the faculty of Ohio State University.
Lecture to focus on Cherokee
"The Indian Dilemma: The Rhetoric and Reality of the Cherokee Removal Cases" is the topic of a lecture to be presented by a visiting professor of law at 7:30 p.m. today in Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
The lecture by Rennard Strickland, Langston Hughes distinguished professor of law, will present the dilemma of the Cherokee Indian.
The lecture is the second in a series of four lectures to celebrate the centennial of Haskell Indian Junior College. Strickland, a professor of law and history at the University of Tulsa, has written 27 books and 35 articles about art, culture, law and history.
Indonesian official will speak
H. S. Ackjadi, minister counselor and head of information for the U.S. Indonesian Embassy, will speak on the development of education in Indonesia at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas Union.
Hasnan Habib, Indonesian ambassador to the United States, was originally scheduled to speak, but his visit was canceled because of illness.
Achijdi's speech will be sponsored by the
Kuala Lumpur Indonesian Student Association.
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**Kuala Lumpur Indonesian Student Association.**
Johannes Simatupang, president of Permas, said cultural exhibitions and a movie in the Big Eight and Jayhawk of the Union would follow the speech.
Group to discuss suffering
Guest and area lecturers plan to discuss coping with human suffering and religious responses to the problem of evil Sunday and Monday at Smith Hall.
A panel is scheduled to discuss "Human
Our Ways of Coping" at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 16.
Three guest speakers are scheduled to talk Monday: Don Browning, professor of religion and psychological studies at the University of Chicago Divinity School, at 9:30 a.m. in 100 Smith Hall; Marjorie Suchocki, academic dean and professor of systematic theology at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., at 11 a.m. in the conference room of Smith Hall; and George Kren, professor of history at Kansas State University, at 1:30 p.m. in the conference room.
Weather
Today will be mostly cloudy with a high in the low to mid-50s. Winds will be from the east to southeast at 5 to 15 mph. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a 30 to 40 mph wind and a high around 40. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy with a high in the mid-50s.
Compiled from Kansas staff and United Press International reports.
Correction
Because of a reporter's error, a story in yesterday's Kansan incorrectly reported a recommendation made by a Residential Programs Advisory Board committee. The committee recommended that a task force be formed to study expanding the hall visitation policy to include Joseph R. Pearson and Templin halls and hiring more security monitors for the halls for the 1986-87 school year.
Classified salaries considered last in budget
By NANCY HANEY Staff Reporter
TOPEKA — Classified employees too often get the short end of the stick at budget time, says a local legislator who wants to see that changed starting with the next session of the Kansas Legislature.
State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R-Lawrence, said yesterday that he thought classified employees' salaries were usually the last budget to be decided by the Legislature.
Civil-service workers at the University of Kansas, such as maintenance workers and secretaries, are classified workers. Faculty members are unclassified workers.
"It itens that in the past few years, they have been the last to get any money." Winter said, referring to classified workers. "They get whatever is left over."
WINTER INTRODUCED A resolution in the Senate on Wednesday that would set an earlier deadline for consideration of any bills pertaining to classified employees' salaries.
The resolution would affect bills introduced in both the House and the Senate. Winter said he hoped the new deadline would speed up the process.
This year, the classified employees portion of the budget presented to the Legislature by Gov. John Carlin has met opposition in both chambers. The committee was set up to agree on a revised plan.
State Rep. Sandy Duncan, R-Wichita, and chairman of the committee, said earlier this week that the committee had asked the governor's administrative department to look over the pay plan with the legislative research department.
Duncan said he hoped a new plan that would be suitable to the governor and the Legislature could be drawn up by the departments.
"THE COOPERATION between the two departments has been good," he said.
departments has been the ssa. The merit program in the governor's plan is the biggest concern of the legislature, Duncan said.
"Under the governor's merit plan, employees are awarded on their performance."
he said. "But only one out of five employees get awarded for their work."
The portion of the plan to increase salaries for secretaries also bothers Duncan. He said he wanted to see the secretarial section of his department and would receive the same benefits as secretaries.
Duncan said he thought a decision concerning what could be done with the plan would have been made.
Duncan said that by April 1, revenue figures for fiscal year 1985 would be reported.
"AFTER WE SEE what we have left this year, we can see what can be expected for next year," he said.
Duncan said he didn't think enough new money could be generated through taxes to pay for his medical care.
If a new plan can't be worked out, Duncan said, the committee would look again at the governor's plan to see if small changes could be made to help even the scale out.
The committee also could reject the governor's plan and give all classified employees across-the-board raises, similar to a cost-of-living raise. Duncan said.
The committee would then do an interim study during the summer to improve the plan for next year, he said.
Under the resolution introduced by Winter, the deadline for classified employee pay plan bills introduced by an individual legislator is November 16, one-calendar day session, starting next session.
A bill could be introduced by a committee in either the House or the Senate until the 31st day of each month.
The deadline for consideration of such bills in the house in which the bill started, would be the 47th day of the session. The bills could be considered in the other house until the 69th day
A conference committee, composed of senators and representatives, could be formed if both houses could not agree on the same version of the bill. The deadline for action by this committee would be the 7th day.
If the governor vetoed any bill pertaining to classified employees, either the House or Senate Ways and Means Committee could introduce a new bill.
Downtown dominates city forum
By MIKE GREEN Staff Reporter
Downtown redevelopment and the need for economic growth in the city were two of the main themes addressed at a Lawrence City Commission candidates' forum last night.
Only 10 people attended the forum, which was sponsored by the League of Women Voters. The forum was designed to give candidates' views before the April 2 election.
The six candidates vying for the three commission seats are Mike Amyx, 1520 W. 27th St.; Howard Hill, 3117 W. Sixthawk Drive; Mae McCoy, 3106 W. Sixth St.; Sandra McCoy, 3108 Trail Road; Bop Palamian, 3727 Trail Road; and Nancy Nachtz, 3224 Saddleborn Drive.
City Commission candidates address issues at a forum spon- Voters. Only 10 people attended the forum last night at City sored by the Lawrence chapter of the League of Women Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets.
Candidates were asked about their reactions to Mayor Ernest Angino's statement at Tuesday night's City Commission meeting that he didn't think downtown redevelopment ever would take place because downtown merchants couldn't agree on a plan.
HILL, ONE OF three incumbents running,
said the mayor had meant that nothing would
happen unless there was unity among the
merchants. He said that he wasn't willing to
give up on downtown redevelopment and that
something still could be accomplished.
Mona McCoy said statements such as Angino's often turned into "self-fulfilling prophecies." She said she thought most merchants supported a downtown project.
Praeger said communication among the City Commissioners, the city staff and the general public needed to be improved. She said downtown redevelopment would proceed slowly without adequate communication.
Shontz, another incumbent, said she was committed to downtown redevelopment.
Shortz also said she thought most merchants supported redevelopment and were willing to work to achieve it.
PULLIAM SAID THE city and the developed needs to be patient. He said big department stores weren't eager to expand into new areas because most had suffered decreasing sales in the last few years. But, the economy might change as the economy nicks up.
Amyx, also an incumbent, said downtown merchants needed to be told the specific functions of the many associations that had formed downtown. He was referring to the
Downtown Lawrence Association, the Downtown Improvement Committee and the newly created Urban Renewal Authority.
The other theme that candidates stressed was the need to promote economic growth in Lawrence to create new jobs and expand the tax base. All six candidates spoke in favor of issuing industrial revenue bonds to help attract industry. Industrial revenue bonds are issued by a city to help pay for industrial expansion.
Praeger said attracting new industry would not only create a need for jobs with that particular business but also woul
generate other jobs by improving the local economy.
Hill said the city needed to attract industries that would create jobs for all people, not just high-technology jobs. He also said the city should try to attract "good corporate citizens" who could contribute to the community.
Pulliam said he was running for the commission because he wanted restrictions on redevelopment eased. The process for obtaining approval of a site plan has become a tiring and complicated process, he said.
Developer to be arraigned on terroristic threat charge
Staff Reporter
By MIKE GREEN Staff Reporter
The developer, Steve Clark, 152 Alvamar Drive, was arrested March 15 and booked into the Douglas County Jail on the charge. He was released on $1,500 bond the same day.
The president of a group trying to build a riverfront mall in Lawrence is expected to be arraigned in Douglas County District Court today on charges of making a terroristic threat.
Sgt. Don Dalquest of the Lawrence police said yesterday that the police report filed March 1 said Clark had threatened Mike Hickman, a lawrence accountant, in a phone
James Flory, Douglas County district attorney, said he couldn't discuss any specifics of the case. But he said making terrorist threats was a Class E felony.
call to James Rumsey, who was Hickman's attorney.
The penalty for a Class E felony is one to five years in prison or a maximum fine of $10,000 or both Flory said.
Clark denied making any threats against Dickman and said he had no idea what happened.
HICKMAN AND RUMSEY declined to comment on the incident.
"Anyone who knows me knows what a docile person I am." Clark said. "I couldn't terrorize anyone."
Hickman has had legal problems with Clark in the past. In April 1984, Hickman, along with Lee Bittenbender, a Lawrence physician, filed a claim against Clark saying Clark owed them money as a result of a partnership among the three in the ownership of a building in the 1300 block of Louisiana Street.
In their claim, Hickman and Bittenbender said Clark owed them money because, among other things, he had improperly withdrawn his investment from the partnership and had failed to collect rent from the tenants.
On Aug. 14, 1984, the court ruled that Clark
Hickman and Bittender billed $39,000.
Hickman and Bittenbender filed a new suit
against Clark in February to get their money.
Last July, Clark served as the real estate broker in a deal between Dillon Real Estate Co., and an Omaha, Neb. couple, and in the new suit that names Clark as a co-defendant, Hickman and Bittenbender said that the Clark a $3,250 commission on the purchase.
Hickman and Bittenbender said they were entitled to the money on the basis of the claim that Mr. Hickman's claim was false.
Hickman declined to comment on whether the current trouble had anything to do with the
Clark has been one of the main supporters of the effort to build a 170,000-square foot riverfront mall next to City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets.
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