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Friday, October 7,1977
University Daily Kansan
Staff Photo by PAUL ROSE
Blue Goose
This KU bus has carried students almost 300,000 miles during the
past 19 years. Fowl Landreth, a KU policeman who drives the bus, saves he plans to continue using it until it finally breaks down.
Streamlined bus proud
By DIANE PORTER
Staff Writer
Driving on the Kansas turnpike one February night, travelers might have noticed the bus on the side of the road. Suffering its only breakdown in 19 years, the large Jayhawk bus—also known as the Blue Jay bus—impreseve at 2 a.m. outside of Topeka.
The rest of the bus' career, however, has been trouble-free and interesting, according to Floyd Landreth, the driver. Landreth, who also is a KU policeman, has driven the bus to various KU functions since its purchase in July 1958.
"We've been to all the Big Eight schools dozens of times and we've taken it to Texas, Tennessee, Arkansas and other places just as far away with no trouble," he said.
that one breakdown on a band trip in Kansas, when an oil line broke and passengers had to be shuttled to the nearest exit by the highway patrol. A commercial truck with the KU bus later returned from Lawrence and picked up the stranded students.
THE BUS IS red, blue, and silver and shaped in the streamlined fashion of the 1960s. Jayhawk mascots are painted on the sides and back, flanked by the words University of Kansas in gold. Red hub caps, tinted green windows, a rounded back end and a large front window finishning touches to the vehicle, parked and kent in the KU Facilities Operations garage
1 just enjoy driving, and that's one of the
reasons I took the job," Landreth said about his 21-year driver career. "It's getting close to the 300,000 mile mark, and I put 50 or 60 thousand miles on a bus previous to it."
The bus is used for University functions, such as band trips; field trips for geology, biology or fine arts; and small athletic groups. Before the athletic department outgrew it, it was used on-the-road garmes between schools.
"We've taken the bus to several KU Big Eight victories, and have carried some important people around at the same time," Lapreadt said.
UNLIKE THE commercial buses now used by the KU athletic teams, the bus is not equipped with a bathroom or other modern bus facilities, according to Landrief. It does have heating, air conditioning and reclining seats, and six pull-out seats that make the maximum capacity 35. It cost $23,000 when purchased in 1958.
Made to University specifications when it was ordered, the bus replaced an older vehicle owned by KU. The University pays Landreth for driving it, and also takes care of maintenance and housing for the vehicle. Because of its age, some parts are hard to but most of them are made of General Motors and are easy to replace, Landreth said.
The bus was painted to specifications chosen by the University by the Flickable Co. in Loudonville, Ohio. The company submits designs and the University chose the present one.
"We were carrying around our teams, our Jayhawks, Landrendre said. "The bus looks like a cat."
HE SAID THE bus had been used by almost every University department before they obtained smaller vehicles to use for field trips. Large groups still use the bus, and trips such as the SUW Worlds of F un and Royals game trips use the bus. Landrush is its principal driver because he is paid by the university's executive driver is used only when Landrush is1.
The bus will be used until itquits, Landreth said. "It's a good bus, and we don't have any problems with it. It'll probably be around for quite awhile."
Electronic gear reported stolen
Electronic equipment valued at more than $2,000 was reported stolen yesterday from an office in Haworth Hall, KU police said.
Missing was a $2,000 oscilloscope and a $165 television receiver. Both items belonged to the bureau of child research, police said.
An oculoscope, often used in hospitals,
measures physiological or behavioral
Police said they had no suspects in the incident.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI)—Enough people to pull a sports stadium are out of work in Kansas City, according to a state employment report, but nobody is sure why some of them cannot fill several thousand positions employers have open.
Jobs open, jobless remain
About 6 per cent —37,000 people— are out of work in the Kansas City area, compared to the 574,000 who are working, reports the Missouri Division of Employment Security. The report also says that about 3,000 jobs are unclaimed and about 1,000 workers are state as well as $300,000 per week from the nearly 13 million it pays out each month in benefits.
The unemployment problem, and benefits it causes the state to pay, continue despite hundreds of columns of "help wanted" ads in newspapers and thousands of positions offered by employers for employment. For various reasons the workers and the jobs are not finding each other.
AL FILHAUSE, director of the Missouri state employment office, said reasons were the movement of employers away from residential areas of unskilled and low-skilled laborers; a lack of transportation for employees; a lack of skills in the unemployed and employers' natural desire for skilled workers.
There are many, many jobs for which
applicants can apply. *Filhomme*
said: "Skill is the key."
Filhaus did not mention a lack of desire to work, but others did. Lillian Hammer, branch manager of one employment service, said that of the few applicants who did
Robbers strike at pizza parlor
Two bearded men, wearing sunglasses and leather hats, robbed Ken's Pizza Parlor, 27th and Iowa streets, at gunpoint about 8 last night, Lawrence police last night.
The men escaped on foot northbound on cash, police声响 an undisclosed amount of cash, police声响
Police said the men entered through the south door and ordered everyone to the
One of the men then ordered employee John Geier, 1122 W. Campus Park, to open the register and give him the money. Geier was also given a floor safe, and was then ordered to the floor.
Christine Barker, 1111 Stuuffer Place, told
him the firm ultimately $400 in the
register at the time of the sale.
About 20 to 30 customers and three employees in the restaurant when the robbery occurs.
give their names, many had an astounding supply of excuses for not taking jobs.
"We had one whose grandmother has died twice already," Hammer said. "They forget the excuses they use each time, but we write them down.
HAMMER SAID that one day, she had requests for eight typists, a receptionist, a shorthand secretary, an envelope stuffer, a file clerk and a calculator worker. She could fill none of her, and her office claims to be an "instant help" in finding workers.
"It's just a terrible, terrible recruitment problem," she said. "We've got jobs all
over. We have no one to send. There are
people, and there are people who don't want to
be here.
but there it are who want to work, and
cannot find it. One of those is Rachel Hill,
19, who has been seeking work un-
successfully for a month. She has had
surgery, filing and bookkeeping,
has done library work and has tutored
school children.
"I started out looking for something in office work, but I couldn't find anything." Hill said. "They all said more experience was necessary.
"We've been to each of their locations and so far we've not been fortunate," said Mel Vobach, personnel director for Boeing-Wichita. "Many of the people just don't want to leave the California area. I think people on the West Coast and East Coast still think there are Indians here. I really don't know."
Many engineers needed by Wichita aircraft firms
WICHITA (AP) — The pay is good, the air is clean and the crime rate is low. So why is the nation's aircraft manufacturing capital moving to Detroit for building airplanes? engineers to help build its airplanes?
Jobs are currently available for more than 250 engineers at the city's four aircraft manufacturing plants—Boeing, Cessna, X-380 and Boeing. Employees employ 2,200 engineers in aircraft work.
The openings exist in spite of the firms' numerous recruiting visits to college admissions departments for advertising in national publications. The problem is heightened by competition from such out-of-state aviation giants as General Motors and the training of engineers among the local companies.
Personnel officials of the four companies thought their problems might have been solved earlier this year when Rockwell International was struck by President Jimmy Carter's decision to halt the B1 bomber mission. They went, seeking engrangers who may have lost their jobs at the firm's major facilities there.
THE WICHTIA division of the Boeing Co. is short 100 engineers. Gates Leathe Corp., the top manufacturer of business jets, has room for 75 engineers. And Cassia Aircraft Co., the general aviation industry's leader in aircraft and deliveries, has about 60 openings.
"We are having some real difficulty in finding engineers," said Paul Miller, employment supervisor for Beech Aircraft in Wichita, to work immediately if he could find them.
Cessna was able to hire some engineers from Rockwell's Columbus plant, despite running into "the age-old problem of people who have worked in one place a long time not wanting to move." Don Powell, percussionist of Cessna's Wallace Division, said.
Jim Gregory, manager of information services at Gates Learjet, said the firm's recruiters find that many people do not like to pull up roots.
"SO THE challenge is to show them we're in a community that has a lot of cultural advantages—a nice place to live with a low crime rate and a lot of friendly people," Gregory said. "The challenge obviously has not been met but we're working on it."
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ATTENTION ENGINEERING STUDENTS;
General Motors Corporation will be on campus Tuesday, Oct. 11th from 9-4 p.m. if the structural lab of Learned Hall.
On that day the structural lab will house an exciting automotive display from the G.M. design staff, and there will be
information available concerning career opportunities with General Motors.
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