University Daily Kansan, March 20, 1984
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Weather
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"IT'S GOING TO TAKE us quite awhile to get the limbs picked up," he said. "We haven't had an ice storm like this since 1973."
Tree damage on the KU campus was also severe.
Facilities operations employees spent yesterday clearing trees and branches from campus sidewalks and streets.
"We're ahead of the game right now," said Bob Porter, associate vice president of plant maintenance. "But every time we ground there's another tree falling down."
He said he had no estimate of how many trees were damaged. Russian oil is the most damage, however, and KU could be 150 of the decorative trees, he said.
Yesterday the ground was soggy from the rain, making the roots unstable, he said. At the same time, the branches were made heavy by the ice.
THE FATE OF MANY trees depends on what turn the weather takes next, Porter said. If strong winds come, more branches will break, he said.
Although some trees had already sprouted buds, Porter said that if the branches didn't break, the trees would not suffer permanent damage.
Porter said that the last time trees on campus suffered such damage was three years ago when a tornado passed through Lawrence.
Jim Denney, director of the KU Police Department, said fallen branches damaged two cars on campus and taken down two power lines and a telephone line.
Lawrence police reported no weather-related accidents and said
that the city's roads were in good condition.
Roads in other parts of the state were in poor shape, and several U.S. highways had been closed, the Kansas Highway Patrol reported.
THE HIGHWAY PATROL said the drivers of two semi-tractor trailers died Sunday when their trucks collided on an icy U.S. Highway 54 near Patrull.
Interstate 70 was closed until 3 p.m. yesterday from Hays to the Colorado border, stranding students traveling back to Lawrence after spring break.
Anne Wagner, Hays senior, and Jeff Anderson, Evergreen, Colo., sophomore, who were returning to Lawrence after a Colorado ski trip, were forced to spend Sunday night in Goodland because the interstate was closed.
"We tried to make the most of it," Wagner said. "But it's something we'll [be] proud of."
THE STORM ALSO STRANDED THE KU basketball team in Lincoln, Neb., following the team's 69-59 loss to Wake Forest in the NCAA tournament.
In Lawrence, students also were suffering because of the storm.
Doug Pettjohn, Kansas City, Mo., senior, who commutes to Lawrence, wasn't aware classes had been canceled and arrived at KU yesterday to find an empty campus. He said he was surprised that classes had been canceled because he had commuted to KU in worse weather.
Summit House Apartments, 1105
The building was without power since late Sunday night.
Summit House resident Chris Smith,
Overland Park senior, said he went to
a bar yesterday to escape his cold, dark
apartment.
Anta Cleland, Baldwin junior, who
was here also left without power, said,
"We went to a restaurant just to have
warmth and drink some coffee."
Other Lawrence residents were forced to refuge in local hotels.
The Lawrence Holiday Inn Holdome, 200 W. Turnippe Access Road, was nearly full last night, and the Ramada Inn 222 W. 6th St., filled all of its rooms.
Kelly Lathrop, reservationist at the Ramada, said some of the guests came from Topeka and Kansas City, where all the hotels were full.
Some Lawrence residents sought help at the American Red Cross' temporary shelter at the Lawrence Building, 11th and Vermont streets.
Tracy and Bessie Georgia, 1814 Missouri St., came to the shelter at about noon yesterday after the power went out in their home.
Bessie, 71, a retired cook, said she and her husband Tracy, an 80-year-old retired dishwasher, had no place else to go.
"You know, when you get old, you get in the way everywhere," Bessie said. "You read about things like this, but you think it will never happen to you."
Helen Austin, 74, arrived at the Red Center about 4:30 p.m. yesterday.
"I BUNDLED UP and tried to keep warm," said Austin, who has lived in Lawrence 42 years. "I never wore so many clothes in all my life. Oh, was it cold. I've seen a lot of storms, but I've never been trapped by one."
Information for this story was also supplied by United Press International.
Jim McCrossen/KANSAN
Snow swirls around an ice-encased tree on West Campus at night. The ice and snow are the product of a two-day storm that has hit Kansas during the final days of winter.
Hart skips visit to Kansas to vote on school prayer
By United Press International
TOPEKA — Sen. Gary Hart yesterday cancelled plans to campaign for a couple of hours in Kansas today, saying he wanted to be in Washington for a Senate vote on policies, a campaign coordinator said.
Steve Minnis, who runs Hart's Topeka campaign office, said the Colorado senator felt it was impor- tial to vote on the controversial issue.
"He thinks it's going to be really close and he wants to be there," said Minnis.
Minnis said he doubted Hart, a native of Ottawa, Kan., would be able to make a campaign appearance in Kansas before the state's first tier of Democratic presidential caucuses Saturday.
The local caucuses determine what percentage of 37 of the state's 42 delegates each candidate will receive. The remaining seven delegates go to the Democratic national convention uncommitted.
Barkis said he was impressed by Hart's "common sense understand" of the country and its people. He also praised Hart for not binding himself to special interest groups.
In a related matter, Kansas House Minority Leader Marvin Barkin, D-Louisburg, yesterday announced his endorsement of Hart.
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