University Daily Kansan, February 24, 1983 Page 9 Perched atop the steep slope of Watson Library's roof, Larry Estell and Allan Slover, both from Roof Mechanics, replace the asphalt felt underneath the roof tiles. The $75,000 re-roofing was started in December and should be finished by June, Estell said. He said fear of heights was not a problem. Boyd's Coins-Antiques Class Rings Buy-Sell-Trade Gold-Silver-Coins 721 Antiques-Watches New Hampshire Lawrence Kansas 60543 913-842-8773 (Did you know you could get a free haircut at Command Performance? Stop by for details.) Use Kansan Classifieds THE CASTLE TEA ROOM phone: 843-1151 Proposed 'lemon law' to aid car owners Rv SUSAN STANLEY "I can't say what its chances are," he said. "There is a need for such legislation in this state. It seems that now you can't drive a car around the block without the transmission falling out." Staff Reporter CHANEY SAID he became concerned after a constituent spent $1,200 in a few months on car repairs in the city. He also told automobile manufacturers, he said. The bill, sponsored by State Sen. Bert Chaney, D-Hutchinson, would make automobile manufacturers responsible for refunding most of the price or payment for the vehicle. The owner had tried unsuccessfully four times to get it repaired, Chaney said. Car owners driving "lemmons" could receive replacements or refunds from automobile manufacturers if a proposal nicknamed the "lemon law" passes in Kansas, a state senator said yesterday. Chaney's proposal is modeled after a similar law in Connecticut. "Many automobile manufacturers have their own boards to take care of them." Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. have arbitration boards where customers can settle disputes by filing suit against the Better Business Bureau, he said. SATURDAY, FEB. 26 9 p.m.-1 a.m. The company works closely with the with THOMAS LIPSCOMB ON ALTO SAX AND TYRONE SMITH ON PIANO George Tomassi, the director of the Connecticut Consumer Protection Agency, said his agency was happy to announce that it has enforced consumer protection in the state. For example, Nichols said, "When a consumer takes a car in repeatedly for something like carburetor repair and they are unsuccessful in fixing it, the dealership could undermine the law by replacing the entire carburetor when the customer comes in for the third time." The association is lobbying against similar proposals in both Kansas and Kentucky. The law was widely debated when it was in the Connecticut Legislature, paint, problem, but she had insisted on having the car anyway, he said. Customers also could take advantage of the law, he said. Nichols said that one woman had purchased a used car for $19,000, but later complained that the paint flaked off. The dealer had informed the woman that the car had a CAR MANUFACTURERS say that the measure is unnecessary because a dissatisfied customer already has recourses, said Leigh Nichols, of the Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association in Oklahoma. "The automobile manufacturers were very active lobbyists," he said. "But that's to be expected. I'd do it myself if I were them." DURING HEARINGS in the Oklahoma Legislature last week, Nichols said, a Better Business Bureau spokesman said that 75% complaints about automobiles had been handled in the state in the past six months. bureau to solve any problems, Nichols said. THE RESULT of passage of the law for both states would be increased automobile costs, he said. "It's the same old story. If the companies have to assume that additional cost, it will be passed along to the consumers," he said. THE SANCTUARY THE HOUSE THAT SPECIALS BUILT PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER Corp. also has a panel for settling consumer disputes, "The market is too competitive right now for them to do it any other way." "So in reality, the numbers that would be affected by the law are very The Volkwagen, Porshe and Audi dealerships work through the bureau in certain areas of the country, and start in Italy, the Nissan Motor Co. Clyde Chapman, director of the Consumer Affairs Association in Lawrence, said that although he had not seen the bill yet, he thought that consumers needed more protection from the automobile industry. THE BOLQUIN BLUES BAND FRIDAY, FEB. 25 9 p.m.-1 a.m. BLUES Some manufacturers and consumers might unfairly take advantage of the By United Press International All but 13 of the cases were settled without the intervention of arbitration boards, he said. Six of the remaining cases were settled for the manufacturer and five were settled in favor of the customer. EBONY & IVORY SATURDAY, FEB. 26 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Social Security panel passes retirement package (UPSTAIRS) W. 14th W. 701 NO COVER CHARGE WASHINGTON — A House panel voted yesterday to decrease Social Security benefits for new retirees in 2008 and hike payroll taxes in 2015. Then they gave final approval to a $165 retirement system rescue package. The House Social Security subcommittee voted 7-4 along party lines for a bill that would increase payroll taxes, freeze pensions for six months and force new federal workers — the president — to join Social Security. RUT REP, Wills Gradidson, R-Obio, said, "Something is going to be done about the retirement age, however reliant the majority is to talk about it ALTHOUGH yesterday's most con- the retirement age. Republicans violently opposed the increasing payroll tax, and liberal Democracy and labor oppose the changing the retirement age. Rep. James Shannon, D-Mass., said after the subcommittee vote that leaders would allow separate House floor votes on raising payroll taxes and The Senate, however, may approve changing the retirement age. Senate Finance Committee chairman Robert Dole, R-Kan., said again yesterday that it had "strong support" in his panel. troversial action was on the benefit freeze and tax increases, the subcommittee also voted over Republican objections to let Social Security dip into general funds for the first time in emergencies. "All would share equally," said Rep. Beryl Ann D-Aark, who proposed the change. "If this package passes, we have attempted in the long run and the short run to pass as balanced a package as possible." The subcommittee repeatedly rejected conservative amendments to raise the retirement age of 65 or cut benefits in other ways. employers and employees beginning in 2015. YESTERDAY'S action ratifies the tentative approval the subcommittee gave Tuesday to a rescue bill. The measure now goes to the full floor of Congress, with professional leaders hope legislation will be sent to the White House by Easter. The subcommittee voted a 5 percent cut in the benefit formula for new retirees in 2008, so the average worker will get back 40 percent of his last salary. The subcommittee also passed a payroll tax increase of 0.24 percent for both His many years of experience while serving in the Spanish Civil War as an officer in the Communist Secret Police (SIM) and as publisher of the world-wide digest "APPROACHES", assure a lecture of compelling interest for both the student of political science and the ordinary citizen. 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