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University Daily Kansan, February 10. 1983
Man in barrel crosses ocean
By United Press International
POINTE-A-PITRE. Guadeloupe — A Briton who washed ashore on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe claimed yesterday he had crossed the Atlantic in a barrel without a compass — the smallest vessel to ever make the
"I knew I had to hit somewhere some land — I wasn't really bothered which," Eric Peter said in a telephone interview from a police station in the eastern Guadeloupe town of Saint Francois.
Peter, 43, said his 5-foot-11-inch barrel was the smallest vessel ever to cross the Atlantic, beating the 1968 record set by the one-man sailboat April Fool, which was nearly an inch longer.
HUGO VILHEN of the United States crossed the Atlantic from Casablanca to FL. Lauderdale, Fla., in the April Fool in 85 days to set the record for the smallest vessel to cross the Atlantic in either direction.
There was no immediate independent confirmation of Peter's claim of a 45-day crossing from the Canary Islands.
Peter and his unusual craft were tossed onto shore Tuesday in Saint Francis, the easternmost town of the butterfly-shaped island, and were found by a farmer passing by in his tractor.
Peter had less than a half a quart of drinking water aboard "Tonicki," as he dubbed the custom-made barrel. Police said he was suffering from dehydration on this island where health was良性 on this island 390 miles part of Puerto Rico.
The London resident said he departed Las Palmas on the Canary Islands Dec. 24, 1982, in the barrel, outfitted with a rudder, keel and sail.
HE SAID he lived off dehydrated food and dried fruits and had collected drinking water during a five-day squall.
Peter said he decided to make the crossing two years ago when he ran out of food on a catamaran making a trans-Atlantic crossing to Barbados.
"I turned to the skiiper and I said, I can do this easier in a barrel," Peter said. "I came off the cat and I thought, 'Okay, I'll just barrel, barrel, barrel, that a terrify publicity stunt."
State agencies battle over heat pump bill
TOPEKA - A bill that would extend the state's solar energy tax credit to heat pumps pitched one state agency against another Tuesday in a House committee hearing.
A heat pump is a heating and cooling system that runs on electricity or natural gas and that collects and transfers heat.
By DIANE LUBER Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
in winter, a heat pump collects heat from outside air and transfers it into buildings. In summer, the heat is collected inside the building and is transferred outside.
ED. PETERSON, attorney for the Kansas Corporation Commission, told
the Assessment and Taxation Committee that the commission had held a hearing on the issue and had concluded that heat pumps fit the statutory definition of a solar energy system, which qualifies for a state tax credit.
But the Kansas Department of Revenue, which decides whether an individual or business is eligible for the solar tax, has refused to allow such programs for heat pumps.
not solar devices but other devices. "Our concern is that the definition of solar energy devices not be muddled by the inclusion of heat pulps."
Steve Montgomery, attorney for the department, said, "Heat pumps are energy-efficient devices, but they are not solar devices as defined by statute.
A report prepared by the budget division of the Department of Administration predicted that 1,880 heat
IF THIS bill were passed, each heat pump would qualify for a tax credit of $750, or 30 percent of its cost. As a result, the state would lose $1.4 million in corporate and individual income tax revenues, according to the report.
pumps would be sold in Kansas in 1983,
at an average cost of $2,500 each.
Under existing law, taxpayers who install solar energy systems in their homes and businesses may claim a tax credit of up to 30 percent of the cost of each system.
The law expires June 30, but the Assessment and Taxation Committee has recommended that a bill be passed that would extend the law to Jan. 1,
JAMES INGRAM, vice president of Gas Service Co., said the bill represented an attempt by Kansas electric utilities to market heat pumps.
Heat pumps do not quality for the 40 percent solar tax credit offered by the federal government.
"The electric industry has been trying to promote heat pumps for years," he said.
But Robert Riordan, executive director of special projects for Kansas Power and Light Co., disagreed.
Either electricity or natural gas could serve as the auxiliary source of power for heat pumps, he said.
prior to his appointment, Riordan, who was representing the Electric Companies Association of Kansas, said he supported the bill.
Jordanians want U.N. to talk about Israeli settlements
But he said he would install a conventional gas furnace instead of a heat pump if he were building a new home.
UNITED NATIONS — Jordan requested on behalf of the Arab countries yesterday an immediate meeting of the U.N. Security Council to consider what it called persistent Israel settlement of Arab and Palestinian territories.
By United Press International
Jordaniian Charge d'Affaires Saad Al Bafayal in said letter that he asked for the meeting to "resume consideration of Israel's persistence in its policies of establishing settlements in occupied Arab and Palestinian territory."
KU workshops will explore problems of elderly parents
By AMY CRAIG
Staff Reporter
People concerned about their aging relatives can learn more about the problems the elderly face as they grow older at a workshop beginning Tuesday, a KU Gerontology Center spokesman said yesterday.
the workshop, "Your Aging Parents," will explore the problems of people over 65 and how their adult children or relatives can help them solve these problems, said Lynn Ackerman, associate at the Gerontology Center.
OSTERKAMP, a director of the workshop, said the workshop would help people learn how to help their parents lead happy and independent
The workshop will explore the physical and psychological processes of aging, living arrangements, communication with the elderly and what is normal and what is abnormal for the elderly. The workshop will also examine the United States and Lawrence that are available to elderly people also will be discussed.
with them and the children don't have the time."
"It will be about relationships." Osterkamp said, "Some parents want their children to spend time
ANDREA WELBORN, counselor at the Adult Life Resource Center and a director of the workshop, said the workshop would help people of any age understand their parents or older relatives.
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RAYMOND BAKER, of the Kansas Association of Local Health Departments, said it would be fitting that cigarette tax money be used by health departments.
Paul Coleman, lobbyist for the Kansas Tobacco and Candy Distributors and Vendors, said a bill that would increase the state's cigarette tax by 2 cents to 13 cents a pack would reduce cigarette consumption in Kansas and create an illegal bootleg market.
TOPEKA — The doubling of the federal excise tax on cigarettes is choking the tobacco industry's profits, and a proposed state tax hike would snuff out more revenue, a tobacco lobbyist said yesterday.
step Rochelle Chronister, R-Neodesha, sponsor of the bill, told the House Assessment and Taxation Committee that about $6 million for the state annually.
She disagreed with a recommendation by Rep Ed Rolfs, R-Junction City, to carmark the cigarette tax revenue. Instead, Mrs. Christonister she hoped the money would be considered for local health departments and for educational institutions researching bio-technical sciences.
Coleman questioned the logic behind a hoped-for revenue source that is aimed at decreasing consumption and consequently cigarette tax income.
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CITING A report by an analyst for the U.S. Treasury Department, he said Kansans would smoke 16.8 million fewer packs of cigarettes in 1983 due to the federal excise tax that jumped to 16 cents from 8 cents a pack on Jan. 1.
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