THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
Tuesday September 20,1977
The University of Kansas
Vol. 88, No.16
Lawrence, Kansas
Protest fails to alter plan for bridge
By TERRY SELB
Staff Writer
Despite a warning that the new Kansas River bridge may deteriorate within three years of its completion, the Douglas County Commission and the county engineering consultant yesterday decided not to change the bridge's construction specifications.
The warning, made by David Darwin,
associate professor of civil engineering,
challenged the design of the $4-million bridge, saying it would need inconvenient and expensive repairs as early as three years after it is completed.
In a letter to the commissioner last week,
Darwin asked that the current plans for the
preserve be approved.
re said the planned deck was subject to rapid deterioration because of salt corrosion and sea spray.
The salt placed on roads and bridges to remove snow and ice penetrates the concrete and rusts the reinforcing steel of the deck surface to crack and flake, he said.
DARWIN SUGGESTED the engineer use a thicker and denser concrete layer on top of the concrete.
However, John Frazier, consulting engineer with Finney and Turnipseed, Topeka, the county's engineering consultant, said that Darwin's suggestion for protecting bridge decks against erosion was experimental and improved.
He also said that the denser and thicker concrete overlay was costly and difficult to use. He estimated that Darwin's suggestion could reduce the cost of a third ward of concrete to the cost of the new bridge.
Beverly Bradley, county commissioner, said that an alternative to the use of salt for controlling snow and ice on the bridge would be preferable to changing the bridge's design.
The county is building two new bridges over the Kansas River to replace the single Massachusetts Street Bridge. Work has begun on the first span, expected to open by November. The entire project is expected to be completed by fall 1978.
Chalk-rock 'Hawk
Long before KU's beginnings in 1866, nature apparently had already begun painting and creating mazees of racedy road. And the mazees were racedy road, raised by a Dread Hall,
a rock that bears an uncany resemblance to a Jayhawk is examined by Elden Teffler, professor of visual art, Barbara Zimmerman, Chicago senior, and Bunita Bassa, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore. See story page six.
Problems delay rec improvements
By LINDA STEWART Staff Writer
Improvements in recreational facilities that Steve Leben, student body president, hoped would be finished will also allow are to attend classes. Burke Nunley, committee chairman, said yesterday.
Funds for the project were allocated by the Student Senate last spring. Since then, Facilities Operations (PO) has been conceived either it could make the improvements.
But Senate officials learned two weeks ago that FO would make only some of the improvements. Instead, most of the projects will be channelled through the office of Facilities Planning and the state architect's office.
"It's taking about three times longer than we had planned," she said. "We'd done all the finishing tasks that we had."
Rodger Oroke, director of FO, said no improvements would be made until spring
NUNLEY SAID that the Senate had planned to have FO do the improvements but that FO had decided that it did not have the time or the manpower to do most of the
Nauley said an outside contractor had hired him, which would take more time and money.
He said the Senate had sent the list of improvements to be made and the amount
ot money it had to spend to Max Lucas,
director of Facilities Planning.
He said he did not think any bids had been made or received.
Nulley said Facilities Planning had a list of construction companies that would be asked to bid on the improvements and the lowest bidders would get the job.
Heading the list of priorities in recreational improvements was the lighting of eight tennis courts south of Robinson Gymnasium.
NUNLEY SAID the sports committee had hoped to get the lighting done within a month, but Oroke said the lighting would not be finished until spring.
The total amount allocated last spring by the Senate for capital improvements in recreation services was about $80,000. Of that,$60,000 came from unallocated funds. The rest,$33,000, was raised by increased student activity fees this semester. The Senate increased the activity fee by $1.50 last spring.
Oroke said the project would cost about $25,000 and would include the purchase of a nine-story tower.
The improvements in recreation services were one of Leben's campaign promises. Before the campaign, Leben surveyed students, who said they approved of raising activity fees if improvements were made in recreational facilities.
City, police disagree on days-off proposal
BVSTEVE PARSONS
Staff Writer
Lawrence police and city representatives smoothed over several misunderstandings before hitting head-on again in discussions of 1979 contract changes yesterday.
In a meeting yesterday morning between the two groups a snag was hit when police made a request for changes in extra days off in 1879.
Lawrence Police Officers Association
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Capsules From the Associated Press, United Press International
Minority edge in admissions urged
WASHINGTON - The Carter administration urged the Supreme Court yesterday to rule that blacks and other minorities can be given special treatment by a state medical school's admission program.
In a related development at the KU Medical Center, a black student said he would press a lawsuit to block his dismissal from the medical school for failing grades, despite a setback in federal court. See stories page two.
Tom Wilkerson, director of recreation services, said improvements in facilities at the park will reduce stress.
Woman on Kansas Supreme Court
WOMEN ON HAWAII STATE TOPEKA - Gov. Robert Bennett yesterday appointed Judge Kay E. McFarland of Shawne County District Court as the first woman to serve on the Kansas Supreme Court.
McFarland, 42, and Richard Holmes, 54. Wichita attorney, were sworn in as two new members of the Judicial Court for 12 hours after McFarland said that she had been picked by the judge who had been appointed.
In this case, Demetri said that she wanted to take care of her children and she hoped her appointment would encourage other women to seek careers in law.
Koch wins New York primary
NEW YORK—Rep. Edward Koch, a balding bachelor from Manhattan's Silk Stocking district, won the New York city mayoral Democratic primary runoff election in October, virtually assured himself election as the city's 104th mayor.
koch, a $2-year old East Side congressman, took an early lead and never was threatened by his runoff rival, Secretary of State Mario Cuomo, Gov. Hugh Carey's choice for mayor.
(LPOA) leaders, who are representing the police in talks with the city, regarded the days off issue as the greatest obstacle for police acceptance of the city's latest salary
KENT, Ohio–Earth movers move breaking ground yesterday for a gymnasium anner at Kent State University near the site where four students were shot to death during an anti-war demonstration seven years ago. Opponents of the vm hecked police and hurled bags of red dye at construction workers.
Ground broken for Kent State gym
Between 25 and 50 demonstrators, members of the "May 4th Coalition," held a rally near the site but were pushed back by Kent State police who had
After a 40-minute executive session that excluded reporters and the public, David Reavis, chairman of the LPOA, said that city representatives "became hard and fast" in their stand against changing the agreement.
Carter welfare program criticized
Koch
WASHINGTON — HEW Secretary Joseph A. Califano said yesterday overhaul, but immediately into an criticism from members of both parties.
Rep. Al Ullman, D-Ore., chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee which must approve welfare changes, has called Carter's proposal "totally unacceptable." He added: "I will never support it."
Feminists continue to oppose the annual "meat show," but each year there's another Miss America. This year's Miss America is just another pretty face who had better keep her opinions to herself if she knows what is good for her, writes Kansan editorial writer Lynn Kirkman. Or is she a symbol of the American Dream, gift-watching, "many lovelous vacation," as master of ceremonies Ken Paris asserts? See columns page four.
MIKE WILDGEN, assistant city manager and the city's chief spokesman in the talks, said he would contact city commissioners to get their stand on the day-off issue before he meets again with association representatives at 11 a.m. today.
Locally . . .
He said he was not in favor of the days-off proposals by police and was not optimistic about how the city commissioners would respond.
Wildgen said there were two proposals in addition to the one already in the agreement. Both proposals would give the company more days off than the current agreement.
He said the city's position was that two hotels could be to be converted from flats and skip-leave beds.
He said that in the agreement, the city would give three "personal" days off a year. A personal day off would be a paid day off given for any reason desired by the officer.
REAVIS SAID that one police proposal for all three days off would have to be in addition to sick leave. He would not discuss the other proposal.
Wildgen said the other police proposal asked that only one of the three days be convertible from sleek leave and that the other days be convertible as many days be converted at the overtime rate.
The overtime rate for police officers is time-and-half, so every two days converted from sick-leave to personal days, an officer would get three days off.
wutgen said police also tried to move the beginning of the 1979 skill-incentive program to mid-1978. He said, however, that it was dropped after being mentioned. The program would give officers with special salary increases to age up to 5 per cent.
The first part of the meeting was used to clarify several details in the agreement. Most of the clarification involved a method to ensure that all hours accumulated by police officers
ERIC SMITH, secretary of the LPOA,
said many officers were wary of
the agreement because they were afraid it
would be used by the city to refuse money
requests next spring when the 1979 salary
talks open.
Wilden said he did not know what happened to his dog. He went spring but the important thing was to settle with a new one.
*ronse staged a three-day work slowdown in late August to get the city to reopen negotiations. The city commission refused to reopen 1978 salary talks but invited police to meet with city representatives for any other reasons.
In a statement released after the meeting, the city said that more than 30 officers would be eligible for from 8.5 to 13.5 per cent raises in 1978. The statement that in light of such a possibility, the city found it impossible to help the LEONA's attitude by asking for more.
the current dispute by convincing the LPOA members to accept the agreement.
The city and police have been at odds for several months in efforts to agree on 1978 and 1979 salary contracts. Talks on the 1978 contract stopped in August and were not reopened because of an Aug. 15 deadline for finalizing the budget.
WILDEN EXPLAINED that the increased mention in the statement included the 6 per cent raise given to all city police officers from a share of from 2½ % to 4 per cent for police officers.
The city said previously that it would be willing to meet only to "clarify" the agreement and would not agree to any monetary changes.
Ethics cause resignation from board
Staff Writer
By LEON UNRUE
"We made so many promises to the students," he said. "We want to show them some improvements."
He said he did not consider Nunley's removal necessary.
A Sept. 7 meeting resulted in a tentative agreement between the representatives for 1979 pay plans and negotiation guidelines for 1980, which members voted to refuse the city's agreement.
He was replaced by Barney McCoy, another member of the committee, although Nunley retained the full leadership of other committee activities.
Hoping to avoid a debate over "moral ethics," Don Green, chairman of the Student Senate Communications Committee, said Monday he would resign his position on the University Daily Kansan board.
"I CAN SEE that if Bert Nunley is resigning for that, then I'm just guilty."
Green's resignation, effective tonight,
comes in the wake of what he called the
"ridiculous pressure" put on Bert Nunley,
chairman of the Senate's Sports Committee,
to resign a position on the University of
Kansas Athletic Corporation board because
Nunley has an administrative internship
with the athletic department.
Nunley was taken off the KUAC a week ago and left in conflict of interest questions about his two positions.
"There has been no pressure by anyone," he said. "But since the precedent has already been laid down, I've got to follow it."
Barney McCoy, chairman of the sports subcommittee on recreation services, said, "We've had to fight FO all the way on this."
He said that the Senate had never allocated money for capital improvements before and being novices hindered the process.
Green, co-manger of Kansan advertising promotions, is a voting ex-officio member of the board because of his committee chairmanship.
"There are just too many University
stations, so go through to get
anything done," Harper said.
Mike Harper, StudieChairman, said the improvements have been a big impact on improvements.
See ETHICS page two
Green's last Kansan board meeting will be this afternoon, although he has planned
WILKERSON SAID recreation services
the improvements to save time and money
Second on the list is improvement of intramural fields at 23rd and Iowa streets. Improvements there will include leveling and grading about five fields, installing an underground sprinkling system and reseeding and resodding the fields.
"After going through several months of hearing nothing from FO, we found out that they didn't think they could handle the work." Wilkerson said.
Harper said that both he and Leben were disappointed that it had taken so long but they didn't want it.
Staff Photo by PAUL ROSE
Gettin' high
Arthur Payne of Facilities Operations sealed a leaky window yesterday while standing on the ledge of the seventh floor of
Dyche Hall. Payne, formerly a union carpenter, has worked in high places before, but he says he still likes to "go slow."