University Daily Kansan, November 8, 1983
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NEWS BRIEFS From Area Staff and Wire Reports
Chemical plant offers jobs to 25 of its laid-off workers
The Cooperative Farm Chemicals Association plant in Lawrence yesterday notified 25 employees who were laid off in August that they could return to work Monday, the general manager of the plant said.
"We're anticipating that things will get better. They haven't yet, but we expect them to. So we're getting geared up." he said.
Allen Hoffman, the plant manager, said that the employees were notified so that part of the plant could be put back into production. Some of the employees who took pay cuts in August will again be paid their original salary, he said.
In August, the plant laid off about 60 employees and cut the salaries of another 50 because of slow sales. Hoffman said.
Hoffman said that the number of fertilizer orders had not increased, but by studying their inventory and the forecasts for next spring, officials decided they could afford to bring 25 employees back. He was not sure when the rest of the laid-off employees would return to work.
Plane crash linked to poor visibility
GREENSBURG — Visual conditions were poor at the time of a crash that killed five Kansas during the weekend and would have made a landfall.
Eugene Roth, an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, said there were only two lights about one mile apart in the area where the plane crashed. The single engine plane had been forced to fly at a speed of 350 to 400 feet. Stars were not visible because of the clouds, he said.
It could be several months before the NTSB makes an official determination on the cause of the crash. Roth said.
Greensburg Mayor Crawford Barber was the plane's pilot, Roth said. Barber, 51; his 10-year-old grandson, Rigel Barber; Greensburg Elementary School Principal Delmer Day, 47; Wichita psychologist James, 49; and the Rev. David Leach, 47, of Wichita were killed in the crash.
Larned hospital expansion sought
TOPEKA - Mental health officials yesterday proposed an 80-bed expansion at Larned State Hospital for mentally ill patients to help ease overcrowding in state prisons.
Social and Rehabilitation Services Secretary Robert Harder and members of his staff testified before the Joint Committee on State Building Construction on the availability of SRS facilities to curb overcrowding. Along with the Special Committee on Corrections, the panel is trying to develop new prison space without embarking on an expensive construction program.
The corrections panel already has approved the use of vacant, state-owned buildings at Topeka State Hospital and Winfield State Hospital.
The Joint Committee on State Building Construction is reviewing the proposals this week.
KU orienteering team wins honors
A member of the University of Kansas Orienteering team won third place last weekend at the Texas Championships by scoring the fastest run Sunday.
G慧ering is a sport that combines running and map reading skills. Tom Wolfe, Lawrence junior, placed third in the 19- and 20-year-old category by running the course in one hour on Sunday at Sam Houston National Forest.
Paul Jordan, 43, a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological survey at KU, won first place in his age category.
The third member of the KU team, Mike Brown, U.S. Army officer at Fort Leavenworth and a member of the KU Orienteering Club, participated in the 21 and over category.
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"We may get something in the form of a petition going, but we have no definite plans set." Strickland said.
Senators fight to keep living-group seats
By PETE WICKLUND Staff Reporter
that the living group senators had more contact with their constituents, and that he had notified the presidents of the Senate that he represents about the amendment.
A proposal that would eliminate the Student Senate's five living group seats met opposition yesterday from senators who hold those seats, and the student body vice president called the proposal a "had piece of legislation."
The proposal, an amendment to the Senate Rules and Regulations, was presented to the Senate Wednesday by Loren Busby, a liberal arts senator, and was tentatively approved by a vote of 19-17.
Student Body Vice President Jim Cramer said the amendment was at fault for not addressing the problem of campus seat and next week's election
Busby said he proposed the amendment to eliminate "duo-representation" of students in the school system, and students were being equally represented.
BUSBY BASE THAT living group senators caused some segregation in the Senate, and as a result, the overall students was not being addressed.
were being equally represented by a living group senator and by senators elected to represent their University schools. A
"One thing that has bothered me is the group prejudice that the senators have tended to have." Busy said. "They can't get away from their little group to realize that their actions affect all students."
school senator is elected to represent about every 400 students on campus.
But three living group senators said that they had been more effective in communicating with their constituents than the 62 school senators had been.
STEPHANIE SANDERS, a senator representing the Association of University Residence Halls, concurred with Eck.
said. "I think if you look at the record you can see that the living groups have contributed a lot over the years."
Colleen Eck, the All-Scholarship Hall senator, said student representation would suffer if the amendment is not next Senate meeting, which is Nov. 16.
Only one of the living group senators, Dennis Strickland, who represents the Interfraternity Council, was present at Wednesday's Senate meeting.
"We live with our constituents and were aware of problems the school administration had with the program."
Under Busby's amendment, the appointed seats representing the Association of University Residence Halls, the All-Scholarship Hall Council, the Interfraternity Council and the Panhellenic Society would be eliminated.
An elected seat, which represents students living off campus, would also be eliminated. The elimination of that seat would also remove three candidates from next week's Senate elections.
STRICKLAND SAID HE also thought
"The intent of the amendment is that it's going to take effect immediately." Cramer said, adding that it could force three candidates out of the election.
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Part of the amendment, Cramer said, would permit students running for the off-campus seat under a coalition to change to their school seat if it had not been approved; however, they would have to leave the election if the seat had been filled, he said.
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