University Daily Kansan, April 5, 1983
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Delay pay increase Hayden, Doyen say
By DIANE LUBER Staff Reporter
TOPEKA — State Republican leaders failed yesterday to deal KU faculty and classified employees a better hand than Gov. John Carlin last week when he proposed delaying any salary increase for state employees until Jan. 1.
Senate President Ross Doyen, R-Concordia, and House Speaker Mike Hayden, R-Atwood, said in a news conference last night that they sup- pended the proposed delay, which would make it more difficult to cope with the state's financial problem.
STATE EMPLOYEES usually receive state-mandated pay raises July
Although no salary increase for state employees has yet been approved by the Legislature, Carlin has recommended a 4 percent increase. Delaying a 4 percent increase would save the state $10 million.
Doyen and Hayden said that an additional 82.6 million could be saved by making adjustments in the state employees' health insurance program. But these adjustments would not mean a reduction in hours or a decrease in benefits, they said.
Carlin recommended last week that in light of the proposed delay in pay raises, the Legislature not reduce state employee health insurance benefits.
Doyen and Hayden planned the news conference as a response to Carlin's address to the Legislature last week, but their alternative budget for the state included many of the governor's proposals.
DOYEN AND Hayden's plan included the governor's proposals for a $97.4 million severance tax, $24.7 million in increased cigarette and tobacco income taxes and an increase income taxes from tax payers in upper-income brackets.
Doyen and Hayden said that they did not rule out an increase in the sales tax but that they would consider it, only if
they couldn't get the votes for their other proposals.
Doyen and Hayden said the sales tax exemption granted to used farm machinery, which Carlin proposed to load, was more necessary now than ever.
"Kansas farm income has dropped to less than 3 percent of total income in Kansas," Haydon said. "Farm income was $109 million, but it was when we passed the exemption."
They did oppose Carlin's proposal to limit the deductions for depreciation that businesses could claim on their state income taxes. Carlin said limiting those deductions would add $15 million to the state's general fund.
THE GOVERNOR has advocated economic development and setting aside $1.5 million for high technology companies, wanted to tax businesses $15 million.
"We don't think that washes out," Havden said.
The Republican leaders rejected Carlin's request to provide an additional $20 million in state aid to school districts. Instead, they limited their proposed increase for schools to 9 percent above last year's allocation.
"In the last decade we have increased state aid 300 percent," Hayden said. "That increase has not translated into increased quality."
Hayden predicted that Carlin's proposal to transfer sales tax on vehicles and vehicle parts from the state general fund to the state highway fund for highway construction and repair did not receive the Legislature's support.
"THAT PROPOSAL is not going to fly," Hayden said.
Hayden and Doyen did not include a 3-cent-a gallon motor (fuels tax) increase in their plan, although House committees have not submitted a committee to introduce the measure.
Republicans have offered two or three packages to the governor that have included an increase in the motor fuel tax and a decrease in the governor has rejected all of them.
A THIEF STOLE a car, valued at $1,000, from a Lawrence resident's home in the 1000 block of New York yesterday, police said.
ANOTHER CAR, worth an estimated $2,000, was stolen Monday from a Lawrence resident's home on Bristol Terrace, police said.
On the record
A MICROWAVE OVEN, worth an estimated $450, was stolen Monday from a TXU employee's unlocked attic in the 1600 of East 19th Street, police said.
A THIEF STOLE wire wheel covers, worth about $300, from a Lawrence resident's car parked in the 2300 block of Ridge Court, police said.
A BURGLAR STOLE a shotgun and clothes, worth about $300, from a Lawrence resident's home in the 1600 block of Edgehill Road on Wednesday, police said.
Visiting the elderly at Autumn Manor has been on Kate Sanders' weekly calendar since September.
Club adds young touch to older friends' days
Sanders, St. Louis sophomore, said her frustration with having so many friends at the nursing home and not enough time with all of them led her to form the KU Gerontology Club.
BOTH SANDERS and Karla Watkins, social service worker at Autumn Manor, said many of the home's residents were not able to get out on their own and had few friends and relatives around Lawrence.
"The more I got to know the people, the harder it was to decide who take out for an afternoon. With a group of us going out there, we will be able to give a lot of them some attention," she said recently.
"Many of these people have no family, nothing," Sanders said. "They have been placed in the home and now it is as though there is total disregard for them as people. They still like to get out, place and
Watkins said the kind of interaction Sanders has helped initiates make the people feel they are still a part of society and not forgotten.
Sanders said, "They really enjoy getting out and around. They are thrilled to have someone come to visit them, and when they know they are going out for the afternoon they have something to look forward to—someone with a reason to get dressed up. It's great for their morale."
interact with other people."
SANDERS SAID the Gerontology Club would visit people at Autumn Manor once a week. She said she hoped the group would also be able to raise money to take the residents on a few afternoon excursions — for coffee, to a movie matinee, or downtown to go shopping. But her main concern is to involve students who are willing to give their time.
"It's only a few hours a week," she said, "but it's the highlight of the week for many of the people at the home."
On campus
TODAY
THE UKGS APRIL MEETING will
be at 3:45 p.m. in 306 on the Frank
River.
A PEACE CORPS FILM, "The
Peace Corps," will love; Love,
will delight in 3490 Worries.
BIBLICAL SEMINAR "The Bible as the Book of Faith" will discuss Epilogue in The End" at 4:30 p.m. at Minster Ministries Center, 1204 Oread Ave.
THE KU RUBBY FOOTBALL Club will practice at 5 p.m. at 23rd and 14th
THE KU GUN CLUB will meet at 7
n. m. in 217 Snow Hall.
CAMPUS CRUSADES FOR CHRIST will meet at 7 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
meet at 7 p.m. in 242 Robinson Center.
A BIBLE STUDIO with Campus Christian Fellowship will be' at 7:30 p.m. in the Union.
TAU SIGMA DANCE CLUB will meet at 7.0 m.p.m. in 242 Robinson Center.
STUDENT CREATIVE ANACHRONISTS will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Union.
KU SWORD AND SHIELD will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Cork II in the Union.
A SPRING CONCERT by the University Band will be at 8 p.m. in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.
TOMMORROW
THE CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER SESSION will consist of silent prayer and the parable "Children of the Way." The Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center
A SENIOR RECITAL by Catherine Conn, soprano, will be at 8 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy.
THE UNIVERSITY FORUM will feature Ray Nichols speaking about "The New Faculty Alumni Center: A Unique Facility" at noon at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center
UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY CLUB will sponsor a speech by Dennis Quinn about "Aquinas" at 7 p.m. in the Interior Room in the Union.
POETRY READING by Lynn Shoemaker, from his book "Hands," will be at 8 p.m. in the Jayhawk Room in the Union.
NIGHT RUNners' SAFETY PATROL progress meeting will be at 9 p.m. in the International Room in the Union.
A FACULTY RECITAL with the Oread String Trio will be at 8 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall.
A THEATRE BENEFIT, "The Sage of Emporia," will be at 8 p.m. in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Officials at the University of Missouri yesterday said a fiery explosion near the state's only active nuclear facility was caused by failure in an underground electrical cable.
The explosion Sunday night occurred 100 yards from the research reactor, but the facility was not damaged, and a lightning strike off it when electrical power was lost
Tanner said the men were restoring power to the reactor at 10:40 p.m. when an electrical switch exploded at a nearby substation, about six miles from the main campus, near the reactor's water cooling tower.
AT A NEWS conference yesterday,
Alan Warden, assistant director of
campus facilities, said five employees
at the hospital — one in serious condition.
WARDEN SAID an inspection revealed that a cable had failed just outside a high voltage pothede — an isolating switch which turns the power off — and a larger switching mechanism containing two gallons of oil.
Explosion near reactor injures five in Missouri
The explosion blew a metal door off its hinges and rocked the southern part of the campus. At least two dormitories and some athletic facilities served by the military barracks were on hours. By noon yesterday, power was restored to most of the area.
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