University Daily Kansan
Thursday, September 14, 197
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Hobby Is Built on Bricks
By MARY LIND
Kansas Staff Writer
Kansas City Writer
Brick walls, brick roads and brick sidewalks. Everyone has seen them, but perhaps many
people are not aware of the colorful history behind some of them.
Donald Alderson, dean of men, and Mrs. Alderson have found an
Parakeet Threat Debated in U.S.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)—A
parakeet from Argentina hails
North American bird lovers at
odds over whether it should be
"I ought to be eradicated."
'says  Stanley  Quickmfee,
executive director of the Con-
necticut Audubon Society.
safety made s and ing to and
"That's being an alarmist," he said. "The internationally known naturalist who just returned to his old Lyme home from an art-collecting friend."
"It's just a bird that comes to people's feeding stations," he said.
The dispute is over what, if anything, should be done about the monk parakeet, which has established itself in the New York metropolitan area and is located in Massachusetts shorelines.
The gray bird, which builds huge, apartment house nests, also has been reported in North Dakota, Michigan and Virginia.
"If this species should become abundant, serious damage to agricultural and orchard crops can be expected," the U.S. Department of the Interior warned in a pamphlet published last year.
said the at it
grain and fruit crops in northern Argentina, where there is a bounty on its feathered head.
The monk parakeet reportedly has caused extensive damage to
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"Many ornithologists I've talked to feel the bird should be stamped out before it's too old," she said. "We have Massachusetts Audubon Society."
However, Peterson said, "I've seen it in Argentina, and it's not all that bad. I doubt that it will be successful." There it is. "It not a native species."
The Audubon Society, however,
the Audubon Society, however,
starling and the English sparrow,
two imported birds that prey
attaches to the point of being
attached.
The monk parakeet appears to be highly adaptable. One flock, which escaped from its cage at age 16, returned in 1968, soon became acclimated to the north temperature zone after natively laying its first batch of eggs in November—a spring event, because it bleeds its young free to death.
After a year of adjustment, the first generation of native New York wild monk parakeets appeared in the spring of 1971.
Most of the bricks in their collection were made around the turn of the century when the communities were printed on brick.
interesting hobby—collecting bricks from all over Kansas and various parts of the country.
One of Aiderson's most prized bricks is from Bartlesville, OKa. and is imprinted with "Bartlesville T." "The I." T. "stands in Indian history, indicating that the brick became a before Oklahoma became a nation."
Intelligent birds, they can be taught to language. In the reason ten thousand have been imported from South America for sale in Europe.
IN HIS COLLECTION are five live animals who were spotted on Spit On Station according to Alderson, these birds were used as a physician stated that spitting was an acceptable behavior.
Most of the bricks are on
dinosaurs' backs. Alderson
home and a sidewalk.
Many of the more than 1,000
brickes have colorful stories
contributed to the spread of tuberculosis.
Mistakes often provide the most prized collector's items and so it is with brick collecting. Alderson some bricks from Needahs, on which the name of the town is spelled "Nedeahs." Brick bearing the word 'Cane' has the letter 'n' backwards.
MOST BRICKS have the name The Oyster Company. The Oyster Vulture! Irified Brick Company" bricks, which were once made in Coffeyville, sport a brown face.
The "grubs" worn by many of the University of Kansas students would be considered out of place by most Lawrence employers. A The Lawrence merchants require so much dress code for their employees
The First National Bank distributes a dress code as part of its employee manual, said William Bi昂hard, vice president the bank.
Lawrence Merchants Shun Casual Dress for Employes
The dress code says, "The impressions our employees in the company have upon their actions, and by their manner of speech can either lose or gain."
Falley's Gibson Discount Foods requires male employees, to wear white shirts and ties with black collars. Woman manager, said. Women are permitted to wear dresses, pants skirts and pants work, use her
The code says consideration should be given to the shortness of skirts, appearance of hair and nails, and makeup.
mitted to wear pant dresses, culotes, slacks or shorts, according to the code. Nylons are required for work.
The women employees are permitted to wear pants suits and long dresses, but are not per-
has never come up. Leatherma-
said. Smocks are furnished to the
girls to wear over their outfits.
Grad Assistant Position Open, Conard Says
Failey's has no code on the length of skirts and dresses because the problem of length
Jim Owens, owner of the Owen's Flower Shop, said there was no need for a retouch. He said the only thing not permissible was wearing shorts.
When asked about allowing short skirts, Owens said, "The shorter they are, the better."
The Ramada Inn requires waitresses, desk clerks and maids to wear uniforms. Bob ramada, manager, said. The team is the longest-est employed, but the length can be only slightly above the knee.
John Conard, director of the Office of University Relations development is conducting interviewee's graduate assistant position.
The half-time position was held by the University's Chancellor, recently was appointed senior executive secretary of the University by Acting Chancellor
Conard says he has interviewed several applicants for the position but still is accepting applications from graduate personnel or other persons of comparable ability. Those who are interested should contact his office in 121 Strong Hall.
McGovern Wins Poll In J-School
of 187 journalism students polled this week on the question, "Whom would you vote for if the question was today?" 88 said they would vote for Sen. George McGaven; M. Richard M. Nixon; W. George Richard M. Nixon; 50 were uneducated.
The percentages were: 46.0,
McGovern; 27.3, Nixon; 28.7,
undecided.
The poll was conducted by DUPE (Definitely Unscientific Polling Enterprises), a Lawrence non-profet organization.
House to Consider Safe-Product Bill
The legislation would cover any article made or distributed for use, consumption or enjoyment in a workplace, specifically excludes food, cosmetics, motor vehicles, weapons and ammunition.
The vote was 10 to 4, with Chairman William M. Colmer, M.-Miss, Rep. H. Allen Smith, M.-Miss, Rep. David A. member, and Rep. David T. Martin, R-Neb, and James H. Martin, R-in dissect, said sources on the
According to a DUPE spokesman, if the votes for McGovern and Nixon don't change by election day and if the undecided vote is divided between the candidates at their present positions, the percentages would be 62.6, McGovern 34, Nixon 1.4.
WASHINGTON (AP)—The House Rules Committee overrode its chairman Wednesday and cleared the way for House action creating a commission to protect consumers from unsafe products.
The House bill authorized $178 million for the new commission's first three years of operation. The commission has the buckling of consumer protection laws under the Consumer Federation of America, and the AFL-CIO.
The bill is a response to recommendations by a national
Action on the legislation was tentatively set for next week. The legislature has a dependent commission with authority to set mandatory safety standards for home and school facilities, and ban a product from the market.
study commission created by Congress. Experts estimated 20 million Americans a year were forced to work in their homes and schools, with 30,000 killed and 110,000 persons permanently disabled. The annual economic cost of such injuries has been figured at more than $5 billion.
Nixon would need 43 of the 50 undecided votes to top McGovern.
But if the undecided vote is split evenly, the percentage would be 59.4, McGovern; 40.6, Nixon.
The students' stated religious preferences were: 100 Protestant, 37 Catholic, 5 Jewish, 11 Other, 34 None.
The poll indicated that 40 per cent of the Protestants were for Nixon, 36 per cent for McGovern, 24 per cent undecided.
Catholiches voted 54 per cent for McGovern, 19 per cent for Nixon, 27 per cent undecided.
Three of the five Jewish votes were for McGovern, none for Nixon, two undecided.
Those of no religious preference voted 59 per cent for McGovern, 6 per cent for Nixon, 35 per cent undecided.
Those of "other" religious preference voted seven for McGovern, two for Nixon, two undecided.
DUPE will conduct another poll the week before the election
Douglas County Changing To Picture Traffic Signs
By MIKE BICK
Kansas Staff Writer
Visual international traffic signals are used for traffic signs in Douglas County Reasons for the switch include worldwide uniformity and faster response.
Ann Winnemann, a visitor here from Haydon, Neb., laughed when she was asked recently what she thought about them.
"My first encounter with them was a disaster," she said. "I was driving down this road one day when I noticed that no signs by the road that weren't familiar to me at all. By the time I figured out what was going on, I had missed the street I wanted and had to go three miles out of town to get back to where I was going so I confuse me. I get lost a lot."
The change from written signs to visual ones has been going on in the United States since Sanderson, Douglas County engages recently. The change is part of an overall program in the United States that sends signs to those in other countries.
PERMAPS THIS is not a
(your) international street signs, but
in this case it serves a point well.
The new signs will take some
time.
The idea behind the signs, Seven Rules of driving easier. They should also help foreigners who cannot read English as well as American English.
To make the change less difficult, device is placed alongside the old one—a written label appears by the driver can readily grasp the device.
Lawrence is in the process of completing the changeover to the new signs, so drivers can see both signs at once.
The signs for Douglas County will cost about $40,000, according to Sanderson. As the old signs say we need to be put in their place by county officials.
Most people think the signs are good, but others disagree.
WHEN A DRIVER approaches a crosswalk, he will not encounter the familiar sign reading "Caution" or "Pedestrian Crosswalk," but will find a new sign depicting two black figures
Dennis Allen, Overland Park senior, said. "I think they are a waste of money. I don't think many people in Lawrence, Kansas comprehend the regular traffic signs. Not many foreign visitors come to Lawrence. Students, simply because they are educated, should know enough English to recognize the regular signs."
Larry Sullivan, graduate research assistant in chemistry, said he was in favor of the signs because there was a lot of opportunities in Lawrence and it was easier for them to recognize the signs
Besides, if you ever drive around overseas then you know what they're talking about."
Sullivan said it would be easier driving in a foreign country because the visual effect would need no verbal explanation.
"It's a good idea if all the countries get together on it," he said.
There's still time to join the Blue Cross and Blue Shield student programs.
Enrollment will be open through
outstanding health care coverage.
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35,000 feet of Greenhouse filled with green plants, terrarium plants, orange trees, rubber plants, and a complete selection of flowering plants.
Sunday 10 a.m. to 4
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All areas are open to the Ombudsman office except the area of faculty promotion and appointment and extra-University litigation.
OFFICE HOURS: Monday thru Friday
10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Office Phone 864-3607
After Hours Phone 842-1549
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