University Daily Kansan, February 8, 1985
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Professorship to be awarded today
Calder Pickett, professor of journalism and a well-known historian, today will be named the first Clyde M. Reed distinguished professor of journalism.
In a prepared statement released yesterday, Reed, former editor of the Parsons Sun and a lecturer in the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications, said he had established the professorship last fall because "of a need to continue the strong emphasis on teaching and writing and the high quality of faculty that have been so
pronounced in the White School of Journalism."
The position was created for a news-editorial professor, said Del Brinkman, dean of the School of Information and Information faculty committee selected Pickett.
PICKETT, 63. HAS taught journalism at the University of Kansas since 1951. This semester he is teaching Journalism 653. History of American Journalism; Journalism 104, Communications in Society; and Journalism 898, Graduate Research Project. Pickett also has taught courses in reporting.
In 1976, Pickett was honored for his teaching when he was given the HOPE award, the Honor for Outstanding Progressive Educator. He won the Standard Oil Foundation Award for Distinguished Classroom Teaching in 1967.
the professorship will be announced today at the William Allen White Day ceremonies in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Eugene L. Roberts, executive editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, will receive the 1985 William Allen White Foundation National Citation.
TOPEKA — A bill requiring the Kansas Corporation Commission to monitor decommissioning costs of the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant was introduced today by 10 House Democrats.
By United Press International
Bill to monitor Wolf Creek costs
A sponsor of the bill, State Rep. Darrel Webb, D-Wichita, said he was concerned that precautions should be taken to ensure that utilities operating the plant near Burlington provided for the expense of closing it when it reached the end of its life, in 25 to 30 years.
and of us nite, in 25 to 30 years. In a news conference with Webb, State Rep. Ken Grotewiel, D-Wichita, said cost estimates for decommissioning the plant and equipment and hauling them off for burial — ranged from $100 million to as much as $3 billion.
"Some states are worried that utilities will form holding companies to escape liability for decommissioning, and simply dissolve the company at the end of the
productive lifetime." Webb said. "This bill is designed to prevent that from happening."
WEBB SAID THE bill also would require the utilities operating Wolf Creek to present to the KCC their decommissioning plan with information on the cost, who would pay for it and whether customers would be required to pay additional decommissioning costs above the regular rates. The estimates would have to be updated periodically to reflect the actual cost.
Suspect's shot barely misses police officer
By United Press International
TOPEKA — A pistol held by a suspected drunken driver discharged early today, narrowly missing a police officer who had chased the man into his home, authorities said.
James W. Keene, 21, Toperka, was booked into jail on charges of aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, battery of a law enforcement officer and possession of a firearm by a felon, said police spokesman Sgt. Bud Brooks. He said he was in custody when three were expected to request that numerous traffic charges also be filed against Keene.
About 1:45 a.m. a sheriff's deputy stopped Keene on suspicion of drunken driving, officials said. Keene allegedly showed the deputy out of his way, got back into his car and fled at speeds up to 100 miles an hour, officials said.
A short while later officers in a police helicopter saw the man drive to his house and run inside.
Police officer Russell Whitehead followed Keele inside as another officer trailed behind, Brooks said. The man pointed a pistol at Whitehead's face as the officer entered the home, he said.
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