University Daily Kansan, March 29. 1983
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Gas
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do not have old gas, must keep their gas prices high or lose money
Last year, the lowest priced old gas in the United States sold for 28 cents per thousand cubic feet while the highest priced new gas sold for about $9.
MIRRIAM SAID THAT if President Reagan's proposal to decontrol old gas was passed this year, consumers would pay 75 percent more for the same gas than they would receive an unintelligible windfall of profits.
In 1973, the average price of gas for residential heating was $1.08 for 1,000 cubic feet. In 1974, it rose to $1.25.
Last month, Lawrence's large industrial users paid $ 6.99 for one, 1,000 cubic feet of gas, large commercial users paid $ 5.16 and households paid $ 5.21.
"The aim of our proposal is to unite consumers from all across the United States," Mirriam said, "every group has its own little plan, but this one is something everyone can agree on."
SOME PRODUCERS AND pipeline companies in Kansas and a KU energy expert dialog
Lesie Dilemes, a KU professors of geography who teaches energy courses, said that the price
of natural gas would not necessarily rise if controls on the price of old gas were lifted.
"With the significant decrease in oil prices, it is not certain that gas prices will go up appreciably." Dienes said. "It would depend on the amount of gas on the market."
He said that when oil prices decrease, many gas-fueled industries and institutions like KU switch to low sulfur oil, which forces gas prices to decrease
He also said that the old gas supply in the United States would be exhausted in about five years, and that other U.S. reserves would be exhausted in about 11 years, meaning that the United States needed to keep conserving and find new sources.
DIENES SAID THAT HE was surprised that CLEC's proposal did not address important consumer issues.
"One of the major problems, incremental pricing, is not even addressed in the proposal,"
He said natural gas companies gave price breaks to their major customers, such as industries, to keep them from using oil instead. And he said that if more industries switched to oil, more home owners would have to pick up transportation and other fixed costs.
"At least the margin of differences should be narrowed," he said. "Why should people in one area of a state pay more for gas just because they live in cities where they have different amounts of old and new gas?"
He said all residential customers should pay the same price.
"It is idiotic to have 22 categories."
SALOME SAID THAT CLEC'S 10 to 15 percent reduction would not be big enough to satisfy industrial gas customers, who were able to switch easily to alternative fuels.
Northwest Central's price reduction was a result of the company's purchase of old gas from the Hugoton Fields in southwest Kansas instead of higher-priced fields from Wyoming.
Hamm tried to sell his McClouth gas to Northwest Central, but the company told him that the oil would cost $1.9 million.
that company had to pay penalties in excess of $100 million over several years at Amoco Production, a subsidiary of Standard Oil of Indiana, for not buying gas under take-up or
Don Willoughby, regional spokesman in Topka for Northern Natural Gas Co., also said that gas prices probably would not increase if old gas were decontrolled.
"Prices may go up immediately afterward,
but the question is where will they level off," Willoughby said. "I think the prices have already reached their peak for a while."
NORTHEN, A GAS PRODUCER and pipeline company, buys some old gas from the Huguenot region in Kansas, which have the world's largest natural gas gas. Almost all pipeline gas is methane gas.
Willoughby said that government intervention was not needed.
HERE's proposal is controversial because it requires pipeline companies to re-negotiate take-or-pay contracts with producers so they buy more old gas without penalty fees.
"We don't think the government should get involved because voluntary negotiation with producers has already been going on for more than a year," he said. "We have significantly decreased the amount of gas we buy from Canadian producers."
"Consumers do not remember the intention of the Natural Gas Policy Act, nor do they understand it."
HE SAID THAT BY creating additional supplies of gas during the shortages of the 1970s, the act did exactly as it was intended to do.
TODAY
CARP will sponsor a fund-raiser for UNICEF by asking students to skip lunch and donate part or all of the cost of the lunch. There will be an floor in the Kansas Union dell on the third floor.
KU RUBY CLUB will meet at 5 p.m. at 23rd and Iowa streets.
On campus
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST will meet at 7 p.m. in Aderson Auditorium in the Union
KU MOUNTAINERING ASSOCIATION will meet at 3:50 p.m. in the Pine Room of the Union.
TAU SIGMA DANCE CLUB will meet at 7 p.m.
in 242 Robinson Gymnasium.
RU SWORD AND SHIELD will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Cork II the Union.
LINGUISTICS COLLOGY, with Frances lagmann, professor of linguistics, will be at 7:30 p.m. (Mon) in the University Library.
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CAMPUS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP will meet at 7:30 a.m. in the Union.
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STUDENT CREATIVE ANACHRONISTS will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Union.
THE CENTER FOR EAST ASIAN STUDIES and the School of Business will present Hiroshi Takeuchi, director of the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, who will speak about "Labor-Management Relations in Japan" at 7:30 p.m. in the Jawhawk Room of the Union.
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"If you just act like one of the guys, and are family and they like you, they'll treat you well."
Another KU graduate, Helen Cox, said the teasing she received from men did not bother her too much.
"You've got to have a pretty thick skin. You kind of have to be easy going."
Cox, who received a journalism degree from KU in 1923, is now an apprentice pipefitter and plumber. She also has worked in welding and heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration.
SHE SAID OF HER JOB, "I like it pretty well.
It can be interesting. It's good exercise, you
work hard. You don't have to watch Richard
Smith at 9:30 in the morning."
However, all of the women agreed that business had to work harder to prove their ability.
Hunt said, "I have to prove to them that I can take anything they can hand out. To be a woman
Cox said that she had planned to become a journeyman in May, but because she thought she had to have extra skill because of her sex, she decided to wait a year and remain an apprentice.
"When you are a woman and working in a basically traditional man's job, there is a tendency that you have to prove yourself to them, that you're capable." Karson said.
"Men don't like it really well. They really watch women to see how they're working. You might work like a guy, but you have to work twice as hard for them to respect you," she said.
COX SAID THAT DIFFERENCES in physical strength presented few problems.
"I have to admit that I can't do a lot of the things it takes a lot of strength to do. But there are men who are probably no stronger than I am," she said.
Cox said that she did not like to make an issue of her work, and rarely brought it up unless it was important.
Not only must blue-collar workers accept the attitudes of their co-workers, but also those of the managers.
Karson, despite the funny looks she may get on campus, said that friends and co-workers supported her for working in a non-traditional job.
ANOTHER ASPECT OF THEIR jobs that the women agreed upon was the pay, which they said was good and equal to what men received.
"Two or three drivers said 'there ain't no women who ought to do the same job I do for the same pay,' but I can put a truck anywhere they can," Hunt said.
Each of the women said they would continue in their jobs, and had no plans of quitting.
"I'll drive a truck until I die or retire, whichever comes first." Hunt said.
Applications for Kansan open
Applications for editor and business manager of the University Daily Kansan for both summer and fall 1983 are available.
Those interested may pick up the applications at the office of student organizations and activities, 220 Strong Hall; the Student Services Building; and the Kansas business office, 118 Flint Hall.
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March 28 & March 29 Confidential folders and personalized enrollment card (only one per person) available at the Kansas Union Ballroom. Open 9:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Only chance to obtain folder and enrollment card.
March 30 April 27 Appointments initiated by students with faculty advisors according to schedules set by departments and advisors. Freshmen and sophomores must have advisor's approval to receive dean's stamp.
April 6 Dean's stamp given outside 102 Strong Hall. April 27
April 11- Main enrollment—111 Strong Hall—Day and time specified on personalized enrollment card
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