The University Daily
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
KANSAN
Tuesday, January 25, 1983 Vol. 93, No. 83 USPS 650-640
Spencer will display first English charter
By JENNIFER FINE
Staff Reporter
One of four remaining copies of the Magna Charta will be displayed at the University's Kenneth Spencer Research Library in early Anril. A spencer librarian said yesterday.
Alexandra Mason, librarian for special collections at Spencer, said that a committee would begin preparations for the visit. Details of the exhibit will be determined and announced in detail later.
THE COPY OF the Magna Charta to be shown at Spencer library is from the Lincoln Cathedral in England. The University will make arrangements to have the document through the Magna Charta in America Foundation in Luling, Texas. The Foundation gets the document from Lincoln Cathedral for a few months each year to show in America.
Mason said that the opportunity to show the document had been negotiated for some time but that the visit was just confirmed last week.
that the visit was such.
"I think this is the most unbelievable remarkable opportunity for us here in the center of the United States, to see the actual document upon which our legal and political system is based," she said.
"It's not something that's going to happen more than once."
more than once.
THE MAGNA CHARTA, or Great Charter.
was written during the early 13th century under the reign of King John of England, to address procedures and policies of the administration, and grievances of the people.
During the 17th century and later, it was interpreted to establish constitutional control of the king, no taxation or legislation without permission of parliament and trial by jury in criminal cases.
An interpretation of the document, sometimes regarded as the cornerstone of English liberty, was incorporated into 18th century jurist William Blackstone's Commentaries on Laws of
Mason said that about 20 copies of the charter were made at its beginning. Four of these copies exist today. Two are in the British Museum, one is kept the Salisbury Cathedral and one is kept in the Lincoln Cathedral.
Michael Davis, dean of the School of Law, is co-chairman with Mason of the committee that will make the plans for the visit.
"I'm personally very excited about it, as are a number of people at the law school," he said.
The charter will be on display at Spencer Library for a several days in early April. There will be no admission charge for the exhibit.
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The mirrored glass windows on the Art and Design building reflect Lindley Hall and the surrounding scenery for passing pedestrians.
Supreme Court upholds state gas-price limitation
By United Press International
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court, in a 9-0 ruling, yesterday upheld a state's power to save utility users money by limiting prices for intrastate natural gas in the face of nationwide price deregulation.
The justices concluded a 1979 Kansas law legitimately blocked certain natural gas producers in the state from collecting windfall profits, saving $35 million on gas bills over five years.
OKLAHOMA HAS a similar law, and estimates project savings for utility users at $1 billion over several years.
The court found no "substantial impairment" of the gas producers' contract.
The laws prohibit gas producers from raising rates for fuel produced in the state where it is sold to the higher price levels allowed after Congress began deregulating natural gas in 1978.
Justice Harry Blackmun, writing for the G.O.P., rejected arguments by Energy Restoration and upheld environmental because it interfered with gas production's private contracts with utility companies.
BRIAN MOLINE, general counsel for the Kansas Corporation Commission, predicted the ruling could spark other states to begin experimenting with price regulation.
"Now we know what to do." Moline said. "We don't know what the limits are yet. But we clearly know there is room for state regulatory action."
Gov. John Carlin, in a prepared statement, said, "The real winners are the people of Kansas. The Supreme Court has upheld the right of this state to protect the consumers of intrastease natural gas from the huge price increase caused by price deregulation at the lower level."
A SPOKESMAN for Carlin said the governor would attempt to have the Legislature pass a bill this session that would freeze the price of gasoline and never level it is on the day the bill is introduced.
Kansas Power & Light Co. spokesman Hal Hudson said if the Supreme Court had not upheld the July decision of the Kansas Supreme Court,
many gas producers might have attempted to force utilities to retroactively pay the higher gas cost.
"It goes almost without saying that we're very happy with this decision." Hudson said.
KP&L SERVES more than 100,000 residential customers in 106 communities. It also provides wholesale gas for seven small western Kansas towns and sells gas to 18 municipalities for use as power plant fuel.
The Supreme Court ruling also affects other utilities receiving intrastate gas.
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In other action yesterday, the high court:
- Leaf in place a ruling barring consolidation of hundreds of suits seeking money damages for injuries from Dalton Shield birth control devices manufactured by A.H. Robins Co, Inc.
*In an 8-0 ruling, gave defrauded stock buyers a new avenue for suits against accountants and corporate officials to recover money lost in allegedly shady dealings.
dealings with the federal government by taxing those earnings but not taxing dealings involving state or local securities.
- Voted 9-0 to strike down a Tennessee bank law because it discriminates against banks'
- Let stand a ruling that Union Electric Co. of Missouri may be held accountable under federal antitrust law if uses its prices unfairly to squeeze out competitors.
- Agreed to hear an appeal by the Riverside, Calif. Press-Enterprise and decide whether judges can bar reporters and private citizens from jury selection in a murder trial.
- Refused to upset a finding that labor unions in certain right-to-work states cannot force non-members to pay a fair share of collective bargaining costs.
- Rejected an appeal to review a Michigan law prohibiting any payments in adoption by a couple who wanted to pay a surrogate mother to bear them a child.
- Announced that it would not consider a challenge to a busing plan for elementary students in Nashville, Tenn.
Professor's ideas could cut KU's energy bill
Bv JOEL THORNTON
Staff Reporter
No one claims to be able to stop the University's utility costs from rising.
But the University could save about $1.1 dollars in energy costs in one year by implementing measures recommended by an energy study, John Crisp, chairman of the department of mechanical engineering, said yesterday.
Crisp said that an initial investment of $279,500 for various energy conservation measures could be made.
AND KU COULD save an estimated $86.8
at $1,053,000 savings in one year.
million over the next 10 years at a cost of a little less than $4 million if all of the measures were implemented, he said.
"Less than a year, that's a fast return," Crisp said. "It's difficult for me to see why someone wouldn't implement it."
Warren Corman, facilities operations director for the Kansas Board of Regents, said the conservation measures were being considered at an important time, because energy costs were increasing.
Gov. John Carlin has proposed a 20 percent increase in funds for KU's utilities, but Corman said even that increase might not be enough to cover rising prices.
Gas rates alone at KU increased 44 percent from the fall of 1981 to the fall of 1982, he said.
CRISP SAID THAT the conservation measures would pay off in the long run, but was not sure whether the Legislature would approve funds for them.
These findings were the result of a one-year energy conservation study of KU and Wichita State University headed by Crisp. About 25 engineering faculty and students were involved in the study, which was financed by federal and state matching grants.
sure, indeed. The study is divided into several phases, he said. First, the team gathered preliminary information on the buildings being studied.
Tenight will be cloudy with a chance of snow flurries. The low will be near 20.
Today will be cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow, according to the National Weather Service. The high will be in the low to mid-30s.
Tomorrow will be partly sunny with a high near 40. ___
Robbery suspects to be arraigned this afternoon
By DON HENRY Staff Reporter
Two suspects arrested in connection with yesterday morning's armed robbery of the bank of the First National Bank of Lawrence, 1007 W. 23rd St., will be arraigned this afternoon, Jerry Harper, Douglas County District Attorney, said yesterday.
Ron Olin, assistant chief of police, said Officer Steve Coon had seen two suspects, identified as Mark Anthony Harper, 3835 Euclid Street, Kansas City, Mo.; and David Jackson Jr., 701 Park Ave.; leaving the bank at about 1 a.m. yesterday.
Police would not say how much money was stolen during the robbery, but all of the money was recovered from where it was scattered along the path where the two suspects fled.
OLIN SAID Mark Anthony Harper had originally given警令 an alias of Andy Styles.
originally given placement,
Bond was given $25,000 for Jackson, who was
assigned to guard armed robbery, aggravated
battery of a police officer, aggravated
kidnapping and theft, police records said.
For Mark Anthony Harper, who was arrested on charges of armed robbery, aggravated kidnapping and theft, bond was set at $528,500, police records said.
Lynn Anderson, president of the First National Bank, said two men had entered the bank yesterday morning, grabbed cash from the tellers and fled.
The suspects, Olin said, ran from the bank and got in a brown Ford that had been stolen from a KU student yesterday morning. He said Coon chased the car from the bank until it drove off the road in a grassy area behind the Oaks Apartments. 2337 Ridge Court.
THE SUSPECTS got out of the car and one
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James Self and Beth Palmater, two students of Doran Chapul, center, out that patient's informal instruction is a large part of his teaching. Chapul, Jaycee's Outstanding Young Educator of the Year, teaches first, second and third grades in the same room at Grant Elementary School, Route 3, Lawrence.
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School combines old-fashioned style and modern innovations in teaching
By SALLY JOY OMUNDSON
Staff Reporter
The school is nestled quietly between corn fields and dirt roads close to the Lawrence Municipal Airport.
It is like many elementary schools, with its first through sixth grades, books and playground, but Grant School. Rt. 3, retains the鲜花 and treats the students grandparents right remember.
Doran Chaput, KU graduate student and the recent recipient of the Jaycee's Outstanding Young Educator award, teaches a combined class of first, second and third graders in a modern-day, two-class schoolhouse.
CHAPUT, 28, said he liked to think he has taken teaching back to the basics, but when one of his third-grade students demonstrated the school's new Apple II computer, it seemed clear there was a blending of old techniques with new technology.
The elementary school, which is part of the Lawrence school district, has an enrollment of just 31 students. The school does not have a principal and its hot lunchs are brought in from other area public schools.
A physical education teacher, a music teacher and a librarian come in to teach their subjects every week. But Chaput and another teacher, Beth Cullen, are there every day.
Beth Cogler, are the only two Glicer leagues the fourth, fifth and sixth
grades, Jane Drinnon, the secretary, also works as bus driver for school trips.
THE TEACHERS never worry that a student will try to leave the school during recess, Chaput said, because there is no place for a student to go.
Chaput seemed surprised that the small school had survived.
Chapman said he liked the school's ability to offer special attention to its students. Children have a feeling of belonging because the school is like a family, he said.
"We thought we passed as too small a long time ago," he said.
The school seems to match the area's lifestyle. Many of the students' families have lived in the region for generations.
The combining of classrooms means that science and social science programs suffer, but the area residents are intent on keeping their neighborhood school, Chaput said.
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Chaput said he was surprised the school board
Last year, the Lawrence school board drew up plans that would have closed the school, but school officials agreed to keep Grant open when it joined the Lawrence district.
ALTHOUGH SOME students live as much as 20 miles away from the school, they still consider Grant their neighborhood school and are determined to keep it open, Chaput said.
had kept the school open despite decreasing enrollment.
For many of his students, he said, he is the only teacher they ever have had.
"I don't know if it's an advantage or a disadvantage," he said. "In one way it's an advantage because each year you only have to break in a few new students, but if the student doesn't like me he is stuck with me for three years."
LAST YEAR'S class had four sets of brothers and sisters. Chapul said he liked it when brothers and sisters were in the same class, because it forced each student to behave or their brother or sister would run home and tell their parents.
His students seem typical of many young students — their favorite times of day are recess and lunch.
Chaput's well-behaved students did have a few ideas on how the school could be improved and what President Reagan could do to improve the nation.
JAMES SELF, a second-grade student, said he wished the school was made of candy so he could eat it. He also wanted Reagan to give him all his money.
Matthew Bonebrake, a first-grader, said he wanted to know Reaam's age.
"He's probably about 280 by now, older probably." Bonebrake said.