University Daily Kansan, September 9. 1983
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NEWS BRIEFS
From Area Staff and Wire Reports
Two firms may face trials regarding liability at Hyatt
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two companies that have so far refrained from joining a class-action settlement in the 1981 Hyatt Regency hotel disaster soon may face a trial to explain why their firms were not responsible for the accident.
A motion filed by attorneys on behalf of Manuel Jose J. Carmona and Sally Firestone was granted Wednesday by Jackson County Circuit Judge Forest Hanna. The attorneys said the granting of the motion brought up the possibility of two trials addressing the liability of Gillum-Colaco Structural Engineering Consultants Inc of St. Louis, the structural engineer on the hotel, and Havens Steel Co., the steel fabricator for the walkways.
Kassebaum says gas prices will rise
TOPEKA — Sen. Nancy Landon Kassebaum yesterday predicted Congress would not pass a natural gas bill this year. She said this would result in a further escalation of gas prices.
Alf Landon celebrates 96th birthday
Kassebaum a calcium gas price pro-
fessor. R-Kun, said that if country faced a bitter winter, the rate of new homes continued higher prices for natural gas and higher home heating bills. She said legislation would not necessarily lower prices but could keep them from rising.
A lack of action by Congress "would only heighten the public's frustration" and make people "wonder what it is we do up there," the senator told reporters after speaking to the Legislature's interim Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
TREKA - All M. Landon, patriarch of the Republican Party, turns 96 today, struggling to walk on his own after suffering a hip fracture last spring but still contemplating the world's problems with the mental agility of his younger age.
Although Landon, the unsuccessful 1936 Republican presidential candidate is recuperating smoothly from hip surgery performed over the Memorial Day weekend, he tires easily and still finds it difficult to walk unaided, said his daughter, Sen. Nancy Kaebaum, R-Kan.
agility of his younger.
Unlike last year, when President Reagan traveled to Kansas to honor the former Kansas governor on his 95th birthday, this year Landon will spend a quiet day with his wife, Theo, at their large, colonial-style home.
Biologists to track whooping cranes
TESCOTT — Whooping cranes begin their annual trek from Canada to Texas around Oct. 1, and biologists will track them using radio transmitters to ensure their safety in the future, officials said yesterday.
Clyde Bolin, a special agent and pilot with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Narransett, R.I., is involved in the traction effort. He was visiting relatives in Kansas yesterday and plans to depart for Canada this weekend.
weekend. In small groups of between three and seven birds, the last known North American flock of great white whooping cranes will fly from its breeding grounds at Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada's Northwest Territories to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Corpus Christi, Texas, Bolin said.
Engineering professor given award
Fawwaz T. Ulaby, professor of electrical engineering, recently received the 1983 Distinguished Achievement Award for his technical contributions to the remote sensing field.
contributions to the remote sensing Ulaby, the director of the KK Remote Sensing Laboratory, was honored for his 20 years of research that contributed to the design of satellite sensors — some of which will be flown in future space shuttle missions.
missions. Since 1974 he has directed the laboratory, which supplies information gathered by satellite and aircraft for use in areas such as agriculture, rural development and water management.
The Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Inc. presented the award at its international meeting in San Francisco.
Commission rejects renovation bids
The Douglas County Commission rejected three bids yesterday to renovate the county ambulance house.
the commission looked at bids from two Lawrence companies and one Topeka firm and decided the bids were too high, Commissioner Beverly Bradley said.
B.eryly Bradley said.
Kansas Construction of Lawrence and Nordgren Construction of
Topeka bid $82,000. B.A. Green Construction, another Lawrence firm,
bid $86,000.
" $65,000 was set aside for the renovation, and we thought that we could take another $5,000 out of revenue sharing. But those bids were too high." Bradley said.
The architect for the project will revise the plans, and next week the commission will reopen the bids.
ON THE RECORD
A RADAR DETECTOR and 15 pairs of sports shoes were stolen sometime between 9 p.m. Tuesday and 7:30 a.m. Wednesday from a Jeep parked at 1533 Eldorado Drive, police said. Entrance was gained by prying open the rear window of the Jeep, police said. The detector was worth about $300, and the shoes were worth about $500. The police have no suspects.
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Committee protests Senate rule revisions
By PETE WICKLUND Staff Reporter
The Student Rights Committee last night voted to make a formal declaration protesting revisions to the official policy that governs the operations of the Student Senate.
Staff Reporter
Lawhorn and Rights Committee chairman Robert Walker said that the revisions should have first been applied to Senate floor. Sepate before going to the Senate floor.
On Tuesday, the Senate as a whole began to approve revisions to the Senate Rules and Regulations in what Senate administration said was an effort to make the Senate more accessible to the student body.
accessible to the student.
Led by Charles Lawnhorn, who is not a senator, the rights committee vote to inform the Senate administration that the revisions did not go through the proper channels of approval.
The revisions were made during the summer by a special Blue Ribbon Committee of the Senate appointed by student body president Lisa Ashner.
Ashner said last night that according to Article IV, Section 2 of the Senate rules, the president did have the power to appoint committees to study matters, make reports and propose legislation to the Senate.
Jim Cramer, student body vice president, also disagreed with the rights committee's interpretation of the rules.
we're trying to work out," Cramer said. He said the basis of the committee's criticism was clear, but that it was wrong.
"It's just those sort of conflicts that
"I can see their point," Cramer said.
"I just disagree with it."
The revisions were approved for inclusion on Tuesday's agenda by the Student Senate Executive Committee, but Walker and Lawborn said that the present rules stipulate that all proposed legislation must be approved by a specialized committees before they go to Studief for agenda consideration.
"I don't think that there is anything underhanded here," Walker said. "What has happened is just an oversight. But I think it's important that such oversights not continue."
Lawhorn said that the reason the rights committee took the action was not to protest the revisions, which he said were good, but the manner in which they were legislated. The Senate on Tuesday appended a letter of approval of the remaining five articles is set for the next two Senate meetings Sept. 21 and Oct. 5.
"With the changes that have been made it's really no big deal," Lawnhorn said. "But there are some significant changes coming up."
THE DECLARATION, which Lawbairn said would be officially released today or Monday, was the result of discussion by the Rights Committee on whether it had the authority to nullify Tuesday's action.
Plans discussed for renovation of Kansas Union
By the Kansan Staff
Removal of the Kansas Union might begin as early as the summer of 1894 if no backsacks slow down the planning process, David A. Amber, vice chancellor for student affairs, said yesterday.
"We would really have to hustle to start construction next summer," said Amber, a member of the renovation committee.
yesterday to organize several subcommittees that would be in charge of special areas. The smaller groups will assess the specific problems of each
Tentatively, the overall plan would be broken into seven areas: student organization center, food service, administrative offices, bookstore, Frank R, Burge Union, KU concessions and mechanical areas.
plan. He also said that the renovation would provide an opportunity to have an architectural firm look at the building to determine what changes
Warner Ferguson, associate director of the Kansas Union, said the Union needed to develop a long-range master
committee The committee decided at a meeting
James Long, director of the Union,
said that in the long run the Wescow
cafeteria, which is also under Union
management, should be renovated.
were needed.
HOWEVER, AMBLER said, "We don't want to lose the kind of warmth the building has."
Union so that it is financially self-sufficient.
The entire renovation plan should be completed by 1987, according to the written plan.
Among the plans, Ambler said, is a provision for improving the Burge
The members of the committee are:
Ambler, Ferguson, Long; Shelly
Stucky, president of Student Union
Activities; Lisa Ashner, student body
president; Phil McKnight, associate
professor in curriculum and
instruction; and James Canole, associate
director of facilities planning.
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