University Daily Kansan, October 6, 1983
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NEWS BRIEFS From Area Staff and Wire Reports
Former secretary of state dies, was only woman to hold post
TOPEKA - Elwill M. Shanahan, the only woman to serve as Kansas secretary of state, died yesterday in her home. She was 71.
The governor ordered flags flown at half-staff throughout the state until Friday in honor of Shanahan, who had suffered from cancer for several years.
Shanahan was appointed secretary of state in April 1966 when her husband, Paul R. Shanahan, died after serving 15 years in the office. She was elected to his unexpired term in November 1966 and was re-elected to five regular terms.
re-elected to five regular elections.
Although she retired on May 3, 1978, she remained active in Republican Party politics. She campaigned for Jack Brier, who was appointed to succeed her.
"Her frugality was legendary as were her hats and love of chocolate, as well as her desire to serve the people," said Brier, who is to deliver the eulogy at her funeral Friday. "Those truly were her loves."
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Penwell-Gabel Funeral Directors in Topeka. Another service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of G.R. Ryan Sons Mortuary in Salina. Burial will be in Smolan Covenant Cemetery in Smolan.
Man pleads guilty in Duffield case
OLATHE — A 21-year-old man yesterday pleaded guilty to killing two teenage sisters and to beating their brother while the children's father was asleep in the family's Kansas City suburban home in January.
The man, Michael J. Cade, entered pleas of guilty to two counts of first-degree murder and one count each of kidnapping, rape, aggravated burglary and aggravated battery. Johnson County Judge Robert Jones set sentencing for 9 a.m. tomorrow.
Cade, who was charged in April, admitted slaying Kelly Duffield, 17, and her sister, Janelle, 12, and beating Paul Duffield, 15, who survived the Jan. 28 attack.
He pleaded guilty to abducting and raping Kelly Duffield, whose body was found 11 days after the attack in a ditch near a lake.
The father of the children was asleep in an upstairs bedroom during the sleddehammer attack and their mother was at work.
Second City group to appear at KU
A national touring company of Second City, the improvizational comedy troupe that starred in the television show "SCTV," will appear at 8 p.m. Oct. 28 in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Student Union Activities is bringing the group to the University of Kansas.
Admission will be $5 for adults and $4 for students with a KU identification card.
Second City has proven to be a training group for some of the best comedians of modern times.
Since the group's founding in 1951, Beluhius, Alan Arkin, Avery Schreiber, Valerie Harper, Joan Rivers, Gilda Radner and Bill Murray have been among the stars who have performed for Second City, a press release issued by the group reported.
The group draws its name from Chicago. "Second City" was originally the title of a profile of Chicago that appeared in the New Yorker magazine.
Students support drinking age of 18
Students at Kansas public universities continue to oppose an increase in the drinking age, according to a survey released this week by the Associated Students of Kansas. The students also said that they favored an increase in alcohol education programs.
The September survey showed that out of 1,000 students, 75 percent favored retaining the current drinking age of 18. But of that 75 percent, 59 percent said that they also favored mandatory alcohol education programs in public schools.
programs in public schools Chris Graves, legislative director of ASK, said the survey's results concurred with the legislative policy positions that the group decided to take at its September assembly.
Regents classified workers to meet
Classified employees from Board of Regents schools will discuss merit-pay evaluations, health insurance and other issues at a conference beginning at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the Frank R. Burge Union.
Tom Swearingen, president of the KU Classified Senate, said that several state legislators had been invited to the conference, which will focus on issues important to classified employees.
representatives from each school will give presentations, Swearingen said, and they will try to form a consensus on some issues. He said all the Regents universities would send at least one representative.
Registration for the conference will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the conference room on the second floor of the Burge Union, and discussions will begin at 10 a.m. The conference is free to the public.
Branson to speak to nurses' group
State Rep. Jessie Branson will speak next week to area members of the Kansas State Nurses Association about pending legislation that will affect nurses.
Branson, D-Lawrence, is scheduled to speak to District 17 of the nurses group, which includes Douglas County, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The former president of the district, Marilyn Chamberlin, also will speak. Both speeches will be at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Southwest Airlines officials are upset that Kansas City, excited about acquiring 35 Eastern Airlines flights, is overlooking the smaller carrier's desire for a permanent lease for Kansas City International Airport terminal space.
Southwest loses terminals to rival
Southwest, which has been subleasing from Braniff, has been seeking a permanent lease with the city since early this year. But two of the gates Southwest wanted will be going to Eastern, which has announced that it will serve KCI with 35 flights by Dec. 15.
Though the city has said it would help Southwest find other gates, the move would mean another sublease for Southwest — a sublease the company does not want.
ON THE RECORD
A MAN EXPOSED himself Tuesday to a 10-year-old girl and her mother, police said. The man reportedly was driving a small maroon station wagon at Harvard Road and Kasold Drive when he stopped the car and exposed himself. Another 10-year-old girl last week told police that a man ran in front of her, exposed himself and drove away in a little red car. The incident occurred at 8 a.m. Friday in the 800 block of East
A TIRE was slashed on a car sometime between 4:30 a.m. and 7 a.m. yesterday in the west loading zone in Parking Lot 111 of Grace S. Pearson Hall, police said. The damage was estimated at $50.
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Request would alter redevelopment timetable
Local merchants urge delay of tax plan
By JOHN HOOGESTEGER Staff Reporter
The Downtown Lawrence Association yesterday urged the Lawrence City Commission to delay plans to establish a downtown property owner by December.
In a letter released yesterday, the DLA, which is made up of downtown merchants, asked the city to delay its downtown redevelopment timetable several months to allow more time for a benefit tax district to be established.
The request came after a request made Tuesday by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce asking the City Commission to delay the timetable for both the benefit district and a public referendum scheduled for February.
The benefit district would create additional taxes for downtown merchants who would theoretically benefit from the new development in the downtown area.
months because of the large size of the proposed district and the number of property owners who don't live in Lawrence. Time will also be needed to track down the owners of some property.
IN ITS LETTER, the DLA said the petition drive for establishment of the special tax district would take six
Bob Schumm, president of the DLA, said he was concerned about reports that the City Commission wants to stick firmly to the dates. He does not think it is possible to establish the district by December.
The DLA requested that the timetable be amended to plan on establishing the district six months after the City Commission selected a plan.
The DLA's letter also urged the commission to stick to its plans to select a developer of record on Oct. 18.
"First they need to pick a plan."
Schumm said. "Then we need to know the cost of the project and the size of the benefit district before we can even begin the petition. I think we're getting the cart before the horse a bit."
THE MEMBERS OF the City Commission had mixed reactions to the pleas made by both the Chamber of Commerce and the DLA.
Mayor David Longhurst said that he
had always considered the timetable, which the commission adopted on Sept. 13, to be flexible.
"The time frame was never cast in concrete," Longhurst said. "Six months strikes me as more time than the real thing is what that thing is that we allow adequate time.
"We will allow more time if it is appropriate, and I think it probably is, but not just because the business community has asked for it."
Commissioner Nancy Shontz agreed with Longhurst, saying that the purpose of the timetable was to show the sequence of events.
"Setting dates keeps our toes to the fire," Shontz said. "But we should not."
SHONTZ SAID SHE was determined to name a developer on Oct. 18, but said the other dates could be moved.
Sizerel Realty Co., Kenner, La., was the developer of record from March through July and has continued to work with the city on a downtown plan.
Both commissioners Howard Hill and
Mike Amyx said it was premature to start moving other dates in the timetable.
"We've had enough delays and need to get done without delay unless it's an emergency," she said.
Amyx said that he wanted the dates to remain firm and to work toward them until it became absolutely necessary to set them back.
Hill also said that if keeping the dates became impractical, that they could then be moved. Both Amyx and Hill want a developer to be named on Oct.
LONGHURST WAS LESS willing to be locked into that date for the selection of a developer, but said he hoped the developer would be picked then.
In its letter, the DLA also reminded the commission that it will only support a plan that it thought was well-integrated with the existing retail district so that people would be able to shop both in the new development and on Massachusetts Street without difficulty.
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