Page 6 University Daily Kansan, September 22, 1983
A $15,000 grant from a federal jobs bill will go to help restore this historic house at 304 Indiana St. The house is owned by Michael Shaw, associate professor of classics.
Professor receives grant to repair historic home
By JOHN HOOGESTEGER Staff Reporter
A KU professor has received a $15,000 grant from a federal jobs bill to make improvements to his historic Lawrence home.
Michael Shaw, associate professor of classics, received the grant through the Emergency Jobs Bill and plans to use it for research on human trafficking in the roof of his home at 304 Indiana St.
"The real savings for me will be reduced interest payments," Shaw said yesterday.
THE GRANT IS part of $217,000 awarded by the U.S. Department of Interior through the Kansas State Historical Society. Congress allocated $85,000 for department departments in an effort to create jobs quickly to relieve unemployment.
Shaw said the external work was fairly urgent and said he would be employing local professionals to do the roof repairs. He limits his participation in the repair work to "hauling, fetching and scraping."
He said he expected to employ one or two handymen for eight months and will be ready for the holidays.
After an architect reviews the roofing project, Shaw must submit a plan to the state and federal governments for approval. He said he hoped the work
The house, which is thought to have been built by S. T. Zimmerman in 1810, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
THE HOUSE'S ROOF is almost vertical and has a great deal of slate covering. Shaw said that the slate would have to be removed so that the wood superstructure, which is rotating, was secured. New slate would then be put on.
THE OUTSIDE, HOWEVER, is almost identical to what it was in 1868, and Shaw is determined to keep it that way.
Shaw said he had no plans to renovate the inside of the home.
"Once we stabilize the exterior, we'll have done our duty," he said. "The inside is an amusing mess, and my wife and I are happy with it."
sonny, who came to KU 12 years ago,
said he had always been interested in
architecture.
would begin in early October. The grant stipulates that the work must be completed by October 1984.
The house was originally referred to as "the Castle on the Kaw" because it stood on the banks of the Kaw River. The house has since shifted away from the home.
Parents want school input, survey shows
Grolier poll says 88 percent seek a say in courses
Southerners are more likely to agree that education is the principal route to financial success, more likely to be involved in their work than teachers. They should love to believe that teachers' salaries should be improved, the report said.
Rv United Press International
NEW YORK — Eighty-eight percent of American parents think that they should have a say in their local schools, in events, in reports yesterday.
In addition, more than half polled said they think that teachers' salaries should be hiked.
The Grolier Survey asked questions about issues raised by the National Commission on Excellence in Education report.
The commission found schools failing in many ways and prescribed more homework, more focus on class work, year long and more teacher training.
- *Nonwhite parents appear to strongly believe in the possibilities offered by the educational system and the fairness of its opportunity structure.*
Northeasterners were found far more likely to support extending the length of the ear than most other birds, but most likely to rate science as the most important.
"A majority of parents, 88 percent, feel they should have moderate to a great deal of involvement in setting course requirements for students in their local schools," the report said.
"Parents . . . cherish the impact of education as a vehicle for life enrichment at every level, value and importance in particular importance on education."
THE SURVEY, CONDUCTED by Research & Forecasts, Inc., a New York opinion research firm, polled 675 parents in what was described as "a scientifically credible national random sample."
"This cross-section of parents was polled . . . to uncover fresh information other studies have minimized or ignored in surveys on critical educational issues affecting the nation," the report said.
- Nonwhite parents are about twice as likely as white parents (50 percent versus 28 percent) to believe that the primary purpose of education is to help achieve financial success.
- The survey broke down some opinions according to white and nonwhite, as follows:
- 62 percent of white parents and 53 percent of nonwhite believe teachers' salaries should be raised.
- Nonwhite parents, 80 percent,
are more much likely than white
parents, 66 percent, to be involved in
school activities every week. Every day or nearly every day.
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Soviet blames 'trigger-happy' pilots
LARGEST FRAME SELECTION IN TOWN
By United Press International
EDINBURGH, Scotland — Soviet pilots reacted in a “trigger-happy” manner by shooting down a South Korean airliner and would not have been saved. That was a civilian plane carrying passengers, a Soviet official said yesterday.
Viktor Limny, a political consultant in the Soviet department of International Affairs, also cast doubt on the official Moscow line that the Korean mission flight 007 was on a spying mission, but he later retracted the remark.
"I totally do believe it was a spy plane . . . but had we known it had civilians on it the decision would have been different, that's the thing." Linnyk told ITN, Britain's commercial television network.
BUT IN AN earlier BBC interview he was asked to affirm that he did not believe the plane, a Boeing 747, was on
a spying mission, Linnyk said: "Yes,
provides evidence supporting that con-
clusion.
"Even though the Soviets thought the plane was spying?" the interviewer asked.
"Even though, yes. Definitely." Linwk said, without elaborating.
On Monday, the Soviet Union charged
the airliner was part of a U.S. operation
involving satellites and ground stations
on Soviet Far Eastern air defenses
Asked about the downing of the plane with 269 people on board Sept. 1, Lynkni said, "Of course it was a mistake in the sense that the pilots took this plane for a reconnaissance plane. They never thought it was a civilian plane."
"IF THEY DID, the decision would have been totally different. I'm absolutely certain of that," said Lynnik, a member of a high-powered Soviet delegation to an academic seminar at Edinburgh University.
Lynkni talked about the tension experienced by pilots in the area on the look-out for U.S. reconnaissance aircraft
"... the fact was that the U.S. reconnaissance planes were flying over the area all the time. They were about to monitor the would be tests of Soviet intercontinental missiles."
"The very tension, the tension the pilots in that area are telling about is so intense, is so high that I was not able to react, but I did react in this trigger-happy manner."
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Asked if the Soviets would have shot down the plane if they knew there were civilians aboard Linnnyk said “had we known, no we wouldn't, never — no.”
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He was one of a team of nine high-ranking Soviet officials, including a Soviet general and the editor-in-chief of the Communist Party newspaper both, attending an academic seminar in defense and East-West relations.
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