October 6, 1983
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Vol. 94, No. 35 (USPS 650-640)
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Friday morning, October 7, 1983
Third offer to redevelop downtown attracts attention Proposal from local firm impresses Citv Commission Committee to have plan reviewed
A third plan for downtown redevelopment, which would place a shopping center at the end of Massachusetts Street, met with favorable support from City Commission when it was unveiled yesterday.
By JOHN HOOGESTEGER Staff Reporter
The plan, which was presented to the City Commission by Town Center Venture Corp., calls for a multi-level shopping center to be built in the 600 block of downtown between New Hampshire and Vermont streets, closing off Massachusetts Street.
The plans also included two layers of underground parking. Because of the topography of downtown Lawrence, the parking levels could be entered at street level from Vermont
and would then run underneath the shopping center.
THE SHOPPING CENTER would occupy two stories above the parking garage and would be cube-shaped with one corner cut to save the Lawrence Opera House.
The mall would have two department stores, which would occupy two corners of the square — one on the corner of Seventh and Vermont Streets, and another in the northeast corner, along Sixth Street.
In addition to the underground parking, a parking garage would be built north of the Post Office, between Vermont and Kentucky streets. The plan provides for a total of more than 1,000 parking spaces. A glass enclosed walkway would encircle the parking garage to the shopping center.
All five commissioners said they were
impressed with the plan, although they also said more information about the project would be needed before Oct. 18 when the City Commission is set to review a developer of record for downtown development.
MAYOR DAVID LONGHURST has consistently indicated a preference for development in the 600 block, and he said he was pleased with the proposal.
"This could be a real grabber," he said. "We need to see more."
Dean Palos, city planner for downtown development, said he was impressed and enthusiastic about the idea.
Commissioner Nancy Shontt said she saw a lot of positive things in the plan, but she was not sure if they were worth it.
See PROPOSAL, p. 5, col. 2
By JOHN HOOGESTEGER Staff Reporter
The Downtown Improvement Committee yesterday decided it would ask a plan development company to review the latest downtown redevelopment plan.
The DIC also scheduled a meeting for 1:30 p.m. Monday at City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets, to review the new redevelopment plan.
the DIC will meet with Duane Schwada, president of Town Center Venture Corp.
THE DIC ALSO expressed concern about the timetable for downtown redevelopment. Earlier in the week, both the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce and the City Commission asked the City Commission to delay its plans.
The benefit district would tax owners in the downtown who would theoretically benefit from lower taxes.
Pete Whitenight, president of the DIC, said there was no way the downtown owners could have a petition for a benefit district prepared by December.
Carlin is seeking advice from lawyer on accident
See DIC. p. 5. col. 1
By United Press International
TOPEKA — Gov. John Carlin said yesterday in a hospital news conference that he was seeking advice on whether he could pursue any questions, and he did not indicate that left him with two fractured vertebrae.
In his first news conference since last week's wreck in Washington, Carlin spoke with reporters for almost 25 minutes. Dressed in a dark blue velour rose, light blue pajamas and slipsipper, the governor sat stiffly in a chair beside his wife.
"I have sought legal advice," Carlin said. "I think that's pretty standard procedure."
However, the governor said he had not yet heard from his attorney.
CARLIN AND HIS executive assistant, Shirley Allen, were injured when their taxi struck a parked truck before dawn Oct. 6 while they were on their way to National Airport to catch a flight from New York City to Washington and wendereh their lower backs. Carlin's wife and a security guard escaped serious injury.
Allen was "making progress," Carlin said.
"She's a step or two behind because her injuries are more serious."
The governor said his biggest adjustment was standing or sitting after lying flat on his back for five days. He has been fitted with a back brace, he is required to wear whenever he is not in bed.
"The doctor has assured me that with this brace on I can't hurt myself," Carlin said. "It's strong enough that I'm comfortable."
REPORTERS WERE USHERED into the hospital waiting room after Carlin and his wife were seated at a table. Asked why reporters were not allowed to see him walk in, the governor said his recovery "was more important than any media event."
The governor also was asked why newspaper and television photographers were not allowed
"As a politician I remember LBJ and his scar and it (the reaction) was negative for years," he
CARLIN SAID HE would remain in the hospital until Sunday and then travel to Lawrence for the three-day Midwestern Governors' Conference.
Staff Reporter
By PAUL SEVART
The economic boost that Lawrence will get from the Midwest Governors' Conference is less important than the attention the city will get from hosting such a prestigious event, the director of the Lawrence Convention and Visitors' Bureau said yesterday.
"This will demonstrate Lawrence as a community capable of hosting a major regional conference," said John Meyers, the director. "Having a good track record and doing a good job is always an important part of selling the community as a conference and meeting site."
THE CONFERENCE WILL begin with registration for all participants at noon Sunday at the Lawrence Holiday Inn Holdome, 200 W. Tumpike Access Rd. Eleven governors from the 13 states in the Midwest region are expected at the three-day conference.
Meyer said his office had been preparing for
the conference for about a year, since the city was selected by the Council on State Governments. The council, which is based in Chicago, organized the conference with the staffs of Gov. John Carlin, who will host the conference, and Gov. Kit Bond, R-Mo., conference chairman.
About 25 companies nationwide have donated money as sponsors, including FMC, Quaker Oats and King Radio, which have plants in Lawrence. Meyers said that from 25 to 30 Lawrence companies were involved in the conference as sponsors or in providing goods or services.
THE CONFERENCE SHOULD bring between $100,000 to $150,000 to the city, Meyers said, including spending by the 300 or so people expected to be in town for the conference and for labor and services to accommodate those people.
"This is not the biggest conference we've hosted," Meyers said, "but it certainly is one of ours."
See GOVERNOR., p. 5, col. 1
Students trust their group leader's eyes, hoping she won't lead yesterday as part of their Psychology of Satisfaction class. them into a ditch. The students took part in the experiment See related story, p. 9.
Stephen Phillips-KANSAN
Seniors narrow HOPE award candidates to five finalists
Staff Reporters
BY PETE WICKLUND and JOHN EGAN
Staff Reporters
More than 400 senators Wednesday and yesterday narrowed the field of candidates for the 1983 HOPE award from a field of 11 to five finalists.
The five finalists this year are: Timothy Bentgson, associate professor of journalism; Don W Green, professor of chemical and petroleum engineering; Louis F Michel, professor of business; Erica Stern, professor of business, and Erica Stern, assistant professor of occupational therapy.
Educator award, the only University-wide honor bestowed upon faculty members by students, is decided annually by the senior class through a series of elections that narrow the field of
SENIORS WILL RETURN to the polls to choose this year's Hope Award winner on Oct. 19 and 20. The winner will be announced during half time of the Nov. 5 KU-Colorado football game.
Four of the finalists who were interviewed last night said they thought that their excitement in teaching was a key to their having an influence on their students.
The Honor for Outstanding Progressive
"It is a love of teaching," said Michel, a 13-year KU veterian and two-time HOPE
finalist, "When I get up in the morning I never feel like, 'Oh. I have to work.'"
Michel said he tried to establish an analytical mind in his students.
"I THINK AS A teacher. I have to try to install a feeling of knowledge in students' lives," he said. "I really want to give them the best I can — a real liberal education."
Sherr, a 19-year KU veteran who has also taught in the department of mathematics, said that students learned to appreciate their classes through hard work.
"I see learning as something where students have to exert an effort," Sherr said. "I believe in
See HOPE, p. 5, col. 3
Judge denounces choice of Golding for Nobel award
By United Press International
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — William Golding, whose novel "Lord of the Flies" depicted the savagery of people, won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature yesterday, but one judge denounced the choice in an unprecedented attack on the British author.
Artur Lundkvist, one of 17 judges of the Swedish Academy, described Golding as "a small English phenomenon of no great interest" and asked that others kept him out of the decision-making process.
LUNKVIST SAID THE last vote he participated in found the group split between Golding and French novelist Claude Simon. Lundkvist said he backed Simon.
His comments, unprecedented in the history of the Literature Prize, appeared to violate the Nobel secrecy rules given by the Swedish crown, and shocked Nobel officials.
"The Swedish Academy pulled off a coup," Lundvist said. "There was no full agreement on the deal."
Lars Gyllensten, chairman of the Nobel committee, said there were no irregularities in the choice of Golding. He said there was "a large majority supporting this year's prize-winner and there was absolutely no cause for a misunderstanding."
See NOBEL. p. 5, col. 3
BOWERCHALKLE, England — William Golding, winner of the 1983 Noble Prize for Literature, poses with his wife, Ann, in front of their home. He won the award yesterday, the eighth British writer to win the award.
Grade schools begin alcohol-education study
By SUSAN WORTMAN Staff Reporter
Kindergarteners still fumbling
at learning the dangers of alcoho-
le learning about the dangers of alcoho-
The influence of alcohol has reached school children and alcohol-abuse problems have grown to the point that a new system decided to do something about it.
Lawrence schools started a new program this year to educate kindergarteners about alcohol, said Sonia Charley, prevention programs specialist at Douglas County Citizens Committee on Alcoholism.
Starting Early is an alcohol awareness program for grade school students, Charley said yesterday. The program teaches children the difference between alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages. It also introduces them to the effects alcohol has on the body
Richard Davis, director of the Family and Child Psychiatric Clinic in Kansas City, Kan., said drugs were a pervasive part of American society.
"SOCIETY HAS DEVELOPED an attitude toward drugs and you see it in the magazines and on the television." Davis said. "If things aren't right, take medicine-or-entirely society. You take something for every ache, pain and trouble."
Charlev said that many high school
So, the Lawrence school district initiated the Starting Early program for grade school students this year. The Lawrence grade schools are reviewing the program and will begin using it before Christmas.
students have already formed their opinions about drinking. So alcohol programs were taken down to the junior high level.
But, even on the junior high level, some students were not only experimenting, but abusing alcohol, she said.
"Basically, research has shown us that at the high school level, it is too late to act on value levels," she said. "If we want to be more responsible people, we need to start earlier."
By the age of two, children are saturated with television ads, Davis said. The average child sees more than 21,000 ads a year.
They need to be educated earlier because they are being influenced because they are being influenced.
Children start watching television when they are two or three, he said, and at that age, they are easily influenced by the many ads they see.
"Prevention is becoming more
Starting Early is mostly centered on prevention, Charley said.
AND THE BEST TIME to start preventing the problem is when children are still easily influenced, between the ages of 5 and 7, she said.
important. Prevention is where we should sink our dollars." she said.
But more than just educating the kindergartners about the effects of alcohol, the program uses a "wellness concept." Charley said.
"IT ADDRESSES THE child's self-esteem," she said. "It tells the child that 'I am worthwhile and I do what is good for me'; and we build on that."
The program focuses on self-esteem because the most noticeable characteristic in the alcohol abusers is not ignorance and not peer pressure, but negative self-esteem, Charley said. And that, she said, is where the problem, and the Starting Early program, begins.
The program was originally begun by the American Automobile Association in an attempt to promote alcohol education and traffic safety, said Joellen McGranahan, assistant safety director of the Kansas AAA.
IN 1975 AND 1976, AAA developed programs to teach senior high school students about the effects of alcohol. This program spilled over into the junior highs, and now grade schoolers are being educated about alcohol, she
Actually, McGranahan said, the junior high students suggested bringing the program to the grade school students.
See ALCOHOL, p. 5, col. 5
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