VOL.100, NO.41 (USPS 650-640)
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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MONDAY OCT.23,1989
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Bay area heads back to work
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Rescuers euphoric over finding a survivor in a collapsed freeway resumed work at a frustratingly cautious pace yesterday, and earthquake-shaken Northern Californians mapped strategy for today's commute through "gridlock."
The evacuation came after a cement column fell from the structure and new cracks were discovered in the previously stable section of double-deck freeway.
More than 100 people were evacuated yesterday afternoon from an Oakland housing project located within 10 feet of a four-block stretch of Interstate 880 abutting the portion that gave way in the quake.
Longshoreman Buck Helm, who spent four days in a tomb of I-804 concrete and steel, was in critical-stable condition at Highland General Hospital in Oakland with some slight improvement, hospital officials said.
Engineer Steven Whippe, hailed as a hero of the rescue, said he was checking the fallen double-deck freeway for stability on Saturday at Flames Head with his flashlight, and then saw a hand wave at him.
The number of dead pulled from the I-180 disaster rose to 38, including a 4-year-old boy, bringing the earthquake's toll to 59, with thousands injured and homeless and dozens still missing.
"We know there are more victims, more cars. But we don't know how many," said California Highway Patrol Capt. Mike Garver.
Damage estimates topped $7 billion, making the quake the costliest natural disaster in history. It marked the independent Insurance Assets of America.
Baseball commissioner Fay Vincent announced yesterday that the
A wave of the hand saves trapped earthquake victim
The Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. — Steven Whipple thought he might be hallucinating when he saw a man wave at him through the window of a crushed car trapped in the rubble of a collapsed double-deck freeway.
"It stopped my heart," said Whipple, a California Department of Transportation engineer, yesterday. "I thought maybe the wind blowing and that's what caused it I thought I might be lazing it."
He looked again, and this time he thought he saw the man's head move in an effort to turn around.
Whiple immediately called coworkers on a radio to report that he might have found someone alive.
About five hours later on Saturday, 57-year-old Buck Helm was carried out of the rubble as workers cheered and renewed their efforts to find more survivors of Tuesday's earthquake.
Helm, listed in critical condition at Highland General Hospital, was the first person found alive in the collapse of the I-800 freeway since the first night. More than three dozen bodies have been removed.
Whiple, who is 29 and lives in Pittsburgh, Calif., normally spends his time inspecting highway structures that are about to be worked on by contractors. But like other Transportation Department employees, he has done a variety of jobs since the disaster.
Saturday he was inspecting a portion of the interstate where workers planned to remove crushed cars later in the day. He was checking the structure for stability, but what he saw made him question his own stability.
"He waved at me. It surprised me." be said.
World Series would not resume until Friday night, three days later than originally hoped. The championship between the Oakland A's and the San Francisco Giants was suspended the night of the quake.
Unsure of what he had seen, he looked again, and the second movement convinced him there was a survivor of the 1:480 disaster.
Yesterday was a day for both mourning the dead and giving thanks for the living at churches across the Bay area.
Special services were set because some damaged churches remain too dangerous, and congregants praying
for peace with the Earth were encouraged to share their quake experiences.
"By the uncertainties of this hour, we pray to be spared from further suffering." Archbishop John R. Bishop, 70 people at St. Mary's Cathedral here.
"We pray that we may be spared further earthquakes," Quinn said. "We pray for all those who have suffered heavy losses."
Whittaker plans to donate to KU
Kansan staff writer
By Derek Schmidt
By Derek Schmidt
Veenen staff writer
The 5th District Republican said that he planned to give the money to the University of Kansas Endowment Association in 1991.
OTTAWA — The University of Kansas will be $500,000 richer if Congressman Bob Whittaker executes his plan to donate his campaign funds when he retires.
Whitaker announced Saturday that he would step down at the end of his term in January 1991.
After paying some bills and donating money to Emporia State University, his wife's alma mater, and to Butter County Community College, in his home county, Whittaker said he would give the balance to KU.
The congressman's campaign fund had $492,619 on June 30, the largest balance of any Kansas congressman. Under current law, lawmakers elected before Jan. 8. The congressman funds to personal use by paying income tax on them.
"My goal is to try to come up with about $500,000 for the University," said Whitaker, adding that he would not specify that the money be used for particular projects. "I think the university's priorities are Association is my choice for a lot of different reasons."
The six-term congressman also said he hoped to teach at KU and would move to Lawrence if he was offered a title.
"It certainly is my goal to offer my services to the University," said Whittaker, an optometrist, who attended KU from 1957 to 1969.
He said that he would teach political science, American studies or public administration and that he had contacted some KU representatives, though no commitments had been made.
Whittaker, 50, said he decided to retire partly for the benefit of his district.
The 5th District, which stretches from Ottawa to the Oklahoma border and from Augusta to the Missouri border, probably will be dissected if Kansas loses a congressional seat, as expected, in 1992.
Whittaker said that he probably would not have run in 1992, and that by retiring in 1990, the GOP could elect a successor who then would run as an incumbent in a newly formed district in 1992.
Personal factors, such as a desire to try new things and to spend more time with his family, also influenced his decision.
"Having a 50th birthday does have an impact," he said. Whittaker's retirement has set off a scramble for the 1990 GOP nomination in the 5th District.
"I'll open it up," said State Sen. Jim Allen, R-Ottawa, who said that he would not be a candidate. "A lot of people will get their names in print for a couple of years, and you may receive a candidate until it comes time to put their money down."
Among people considered potential candidates are Mary Alice Lair, Republican National Committee member; Dick Nichols, 5th District republican chairman; Robert Talkington, former president of the state senate; and Phil Martin, state senator.
Susan Stringer of Lawrence sings an original song at the annual songwriters' contest.
KU student wins with a song
By Jennifer Reynolds Kansan staff writer
One song went like this: "I play the honky tonk guitar for blues in a smoky bar. I play the honky tonk guitar for fast women in their fancy cars."
Another followed these lines: "I thought I saw the ghost of JFK driving down a Texas highway."
Yet another took a tone of vengeance: "A hex on, a hex on, a hex on Exxon."
But the song that won the Seventh Annual Kansas State Songwriters' Contest yesterday afternoon was by Kim Forehand, Lawrence graduate student. She wrote the song as a degenerate love song.
The chorus went like this: "When my creative needs can't find a proper vent, I reach for your
body and I've found my instrument."
The contest, sponsored by the Kaw Valley Songwriters' Association, was conducted before a farewell ceremony at Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St.
The association chose the top 20 contestants from 69 taped entries received earlier this year. The judges, Robert Earl Keen Jr. and Mark McHenry, determined the three finalists.
Patrick Dodd of Eugene, Ore., finished third for a song titled "My Father." Charlie Mead and Ricky Dean, both of Lawrence, placed second for the song "Waiting for the Ax to Fall."
"I've attended this contest for many of its seven years," said McHenry. "Today was no doubt the best competition we've had."
The diversity of the songs made
it difficulty to chose the best one, Keen said.
"With such a great variety it's hard to do a comparison," he said.
Forehand, who also sang a love song about her high school sweetheart, said she was in anchorman. Heen announced the decision.
"This is pretty weird," she said. "Especially since I have never performed in public before and never sung into a microphone."
For first place Forehand received $110, five free hours of recording time and two pay-per-hour offers at the 640 Lawrence Independence Days.
"I usually write songs when I'm at the depths of despair," Forehand said. "I'm going to have to start writing happy songs. I'm just going to have to write more songs for the Independence Days."
KU professor wrestles with ghosts from the past
By Derek Schmidt Kansan staff writer
A critical story in a Florida newspaper contributed to a KU professor's decision two weeks ago to withdraw from the competition to become president of Florida Atlantic University.
Frederickson withdrew from the competition Oct. 10, the day before a new president was chosen from the four remaining finalists. He said he had not seen the article when he withdrew, but he knew it was coming.
The Sun-Sentinel, a Fort Lauderdale newspaper, reported Oct. 9 that H. George Frederickson, Edwin O. Stene distinguished professor of public administration, had been accused of improperly using public money he was president of Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Wash.
The article did not prompt his decision to withdraw, he said, but he had not decided to withdraw until the article was published.
"Didn't help, didn't help," Frederickson said of the article. "To put it down as raw as I can put it, I think sometimes journalists are not very sensitive as to the kind of power they have."
voted in 1985 to demand Frederickson's resignation and accused him of promoting athletics at the expense of academics, allowing campus buildings to deteriorate and being an ineffective advocate for the university in the Washington Legislature, the paper reported.
The Eastern Washington faculty
Frederickson said that his aggressive leadership led to changes at the university that upset the faculty.
Frederickson said his last visit to the Florida Atlantic campus, about a week before he withdrew, convinced him that he did not want the job. He said the university needed significant staff and faculty and administrators were ready for the sacrifices necessary to accomplish them.
"There was resentment in elements of the faculty because it wasn't the sleepy little liberal arts college that it once was," he said. "I was a very visible president. That made it a lot more fun for them."
Frederickson was president of Eastern Washington from January 1977 until he resigned in 1987. He then joined the University of Kansas as a distinguished professor.
"You can't preside over a university and be really popular if you're making many choices," Frederickson said. "I would trade respect for popularity any day."
There was resentment in elements of the faculty because it wasn't the sleepy little liberal arts college that it once was.'
However, Frederickson said, he was not ready to repeat the controversy he faced while trying to reform Eastern Washington.
— H. George Frederickson professor of public administration
professor of public administration
"I'm not sure that I want to do that again," he said. "It's not easy, it's stressful and tiring and you get brown circles under your eyes and your hair starts to go gray or you lose it."
"The chancellor's got to have a good feeling that whoever the president is his man," Frederickson said. "And I don't know that I sensed that as deeply as I would have liked to have."
Frederickson also said he was not convinced that his superiors in the Florida state university system were ready for his reforms.
Charles Reed, chancellor of the Florida state university system, was in charge of the selection process. Reed was away from Tallahassee. Fln., all week and could not be reached for comment.
Patrick Riordan, a spokesman for the Florida Board of Regents, said in
"Everything was known about his tenure at Eastern Washington and there was no problem there," Riordan said. "By the time we get down to the finalists, we have pretty well found out everything negative about the candidate. We are looking for the best fit among good candidates."
Frederickson knew he was a good candidate. One example of his prowess, he said, was that he never had to ask the Washington Legislature for a permit. He also helped Helens erupted and volcanic ash covered the campus in 1986.
"Throughout that whole time, we never had any kind of a fiscal crisis, and I'm a hell of a manager," he added. "I've got enough eggs to tell you that."
People who know Frederickson agreed that he was an aggressive administrator.
"he saw a need and he made arrangements to fill that need," said John Nalbandian, KU associate professor of public administration who was department chairman when Frederickson was hired. "If he and I were going to do the same thing was going to be done, he went out and did it."
Nalbandian said he knew about the controversy surrounding Frederickson at Eastern Washington.
"We felt the things we had heard were in his capacity as an administrator, and we were not evaluating him as an administrator," Nabandian said.
Several people praised Frederickson's outstanding academic credentials. Nalbandian said that Frederickson, who had sponsored two national conferences while at KU, had been an asset to the University.
"We made the best choice," Nalbandian said. "What he's done for us is he boosted our national reputation by taking initiative because of his stature that almost nobody else in the country could take."
Frederickson's ability to accomplish things beyond what most other people could led to complaints about the frustration at Eastern Washington.
On Oct. 21, 1965, the Eastern
The faculty cited 10 reasons why Frederickson should not, Swan said. Deciding policy in secret meetings with the Eastern Washington Board of Trustees and spending money intended for academic programs on athletics were the primary complaints. Swan said.
Washington faculty senate voted by a 2-1 margin to demand that Frederickson resign within a year, said Jack Swan, former senate president. About 90 percent of the 400 faculty members voted, he said.
As a result of spending academic money on sports, the number of library books purchased declined, faculty and staff positions remained unfilled and faculty travel was curtailed. Swan said.
Frederickson said those allegations were unfounded. He said he improved the quality of Eastern Washington's athletics, including switching the school from the NAIA to the NCAA, and did so by raising additional money, not by taking money from academic programs.
"It is possible to argue that funds were, quote, diverted, but I don't think that's correct," Frederickson said. "I would ray that while the athletic budget grew, the university budget grew."
See FREDERICKSON, p. 6
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