Page 10 University Daily Kansan, January 26, 1983 State reps will tour KU tech buildings By JEFF TAYLOR Staff Reporter Members of a Kansas House committee who will decide whether universities should get a $1.5 million high technology grant will tour high technology buildings Monday at the University of Kansas. State Rep. Jessie Branson D-Lawrence, said she and other members of the Communication, Computers and Technology Committee planned to visit the University Computer Center, the Pharmaceutical Center, and the Krasna Geological Survey and the Space Technology Center. BRANSON SAID she talked to KU administrators who invited the representatives to visit the University. Gov. John Carlin a week ago asked the Legislature to allocate $1.5 million to the Board of Regents, which would distribute the money among university faculty and biology research. That money would have to be matched by private industries. However, Chancellor Gene A. Budig told a joint Ways and Means Committee last Thursday that he thought state officials should gather items from families gathering private matching funds. Deane Vieux, project coordinator for the Kansas Department of Economic Development, told the technology committee that Kansas universities could provide a basis for high technology to prosper in the state. With the $1.5 million, universities would be able to bolster their strongest schools. In her report, Vieux said. "The university stands to improve itself by linking with industry in a number of ways: funding of research projects, joint research ventures, training in applied fields, industry-funded fellowships and scholarships, equipment and general grants and increase opportunities. VIEUX SAID Kansas could become the NATION recognized Plains state But she said it would be unrealistic for Kansas to expect itself to become another "silicon valley" as in California. The "silicon valley" became a center in the United States for computer technology industries. Jamie Schwartz, secretary of economic development, said that Carlin's $1.5 million proposal for universities had been tried successfully in other states. The proposal would also help universities work with companies that would provide high technology jobs, he said. CARLIN'S TASK Force on High Technology and Development, the House technology committee and the Kansas Department of Economic Development have pooled their efforts to examine Kansas' prospects for attracting high technology industries to the state. University graduates in high technology fields are forced to leave Kansas to find jobs, Vieux said. If high technology industries establish themselves in the state, she said, jobs will be available for future graduates. VIEUX SAID some states had pumped as much as $50 million into their high technology programs. But the nasa proposal was much less expensive. Some states have used a severance tax to finance their high technology Schwartz said specific recommendations from the task force would not be Carolyn Bukowich, of Lawrence, left checked out her last customer yesterday while Dorothy Sorrells helped her close the register on the opening day of the new Wal-Mart store, 2727 Iowa St. The store's grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony will be next Tuesday. Sam Shepley, store manager, said that about 2,000 people had applied for jobs at the new store, and that 130 employees were hired. 14 candidates will seek City Commission seats Three more candidates filed yesterday for one of three seats on the Lawrence City Commission, raising the number of candidates to 14. The field will be narrowed to six in a primary election March 1. The primary winners will run in a general election April 5. The latest candidates to file before the deadline at noon yesterday were: Robert Isaacson, 833 Tennessee St., a KU Salina junior in the School of Education. Roger Borland, 36, 319 E. 19th St., a Lawrence native employed by the K-Mart Corp. private investor who has lived in Lawrence since 1962 THE OTHER candidates are Ernest Angino, chairman of the KU department of geology; Mike Amyx, owner of Amxy Barber Shop; City Commissioner Don Binns; Don Brownstein, associate professor of philosophy; Corbet Collins, owner of Henry's Restaurant; Milton Collins, owner of Uncle Milty's Cafe; Phillip Endacott, assistant director of housekeeping facilities operations, and longshot, owner of the House of Barbara; Ubara Maxwell, director of guidance at South Junior High School; Florence Tyler, an electronics technician at King Radio; and Bonita Yoder, a local attorney. Larry Cole, 38, 934 W. 21st St., a WOMEN IN COMMUNICATIONS, INC. SUA: NEW! '83 - '84 STUDENT UNION ACTIVITIES POSITIONS AVAILABLE NOW! 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The victims were identified as Mark Ward, Ray Lunt and Gena Beall, all of American Fork, and Stacy Smith of four men were reportedly in their 20s. THE CAUSE of the blast was not immediately determined, but federal authorities have said. By United Press International Blast at chemical plant kills 4, levels building The 12:30 p.m. explosion at the IRECO Chemical Plant also caused extensive damage to the surrounding complex. Rescue workers found the body of one man blown about 35 feet from the LEHI, Utah — A violent blast at an explosives manufacturing plant yesterday killed four workers, leveled a storage building and shook houses as far as 20 miles away from the isolated complex near Utah Lake. Refreshments served IRECO makes ammonium nitrate explosives for mining firms and it regularly tests the products at its plant site. The firm employs about 250 people, said Ronald Joseph, state OSAH official. Holley requested the services of a special federal investigative team from the Division of Alcohol, Firearms and Poison to determine the cause of the blast. Nick Dereta, agent in charge of ATF's Salt Lake City office, said 17 experts from all over the West began arriving vetteday afternoon. building, Utah County Sheriff's Lt. Gary Claryton said. He said he didn't think the other three bodies ever would be found. Initial reports indicated there were 1,500 pounds of explosives in liquid state in the building, but Dereta said she could have been up to 3,000 pounds. UAHT COUNTY Sheriff Mack Holley uah federal, state and county investigators had blocked off the immediate fires in fears of undetonated explosives nearby. Homemade Homemade CHOCOLATE,CHERRY OR BLUEBERRY CHEESE CAKE No Coupons Accepted With This Offer reg. $1.25 75c Offer good Wed., Jan. 26 thru Sun., Jan. 30 Place a Kansan want ad.Call 864-4358 Look in Kansan classified advertising. 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