VOL.100,NO.13 (USPS 650-640)
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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WEDNESDAY SEPT.13, 1989
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KU Med Center runs $2.9 million in the red
By Doug Fishback
Kansan staff writer
Two months into the new fiscal year, the University of Kansas Medical Center is running $2.9 million in the hole.
But Eugene Staples, vice chancellor for hospital administration, is not worried.
worried.
The Med Center's monthly financial and statistical summary, which will be submitted to the Board of
Regents tomorrow, shows that Med Center revenue for August fell $2.9 million below the monthly target figure of $4.4 million.
July revenue had been slightly above the target, according to the report, but it was not enough to offset the August deficit.
the Regus of the August shortfall was the result of a Medicare audit of the Med Center for fiscal year 1987, Staples said. The auditors determined that Med Center administrators had been
wrong in filing Medicare claims for indirect expenses related to the Med Center's educational function, he said.
said.
Med Center administrators had to repay Medicare $3.3 million in August, the report shows.
Staples said auditors had reinterpreted Medicare rules before reviewing the 1987 claims.
lug the 180 cm column. He said the Med Center's financial condition could not be determined only two months into the fiscal year.
Because the Med Center takes in more revenue than expected during some months, it likely will have absorbed the $2.9 million shortfall by December or January, Staples said.
He said administrators had plenty of time to deal with the deficit.
"If we showed that in April or May, then I would worry." Staples said.
At this time last year, Med Center revenue was $728,000 ahead of schedule, the report shows, and at the end of fiscal year 1969, total revenue
exceeded target revenue by $654,000.
exceeded the standards. Staples said that the Med Center was strong overall. For example, he said, emergency room procedures had raised more revenue than in past years.
years.
According to the report, although the number of emergency room cases is down compared with this time last year, revenue has increased by 90 percent. Patients have been charged $679,000 for emergency room visits this fiscal
year, compared with $357,000 at this time last year.
Stapetes said the increase was because of staff growth and an increase in true emergency cases this year. The hospital emergency room staff in past years had treated less critical cases, which now are referred to clinics and other health facilities, he said.
staples said he expected no problems in submitting the Med Center's report.
Koch loses Democratic nomination Dinkins wins NY primary
The Associated Press
New York Mayor Edward L. Koch was defeated yesterday in a Democratic primary, his dream of an unprecedented fourth term dashed by David Dinkins, who could become the city's first Black mayor. In Detroit, Mayor Coleman Young took a first step toward a record fifth term
In one of two special congressional elections, Democrat Pete Geren narrowly won the Texas seat left vacant by House Speaker Jim Wright. A similar election was held in California to fill the seat vacated by former Democratic Whip Tony Coelho. Both Coelho and Wright resigned because of alleged ethics violations.
of alleged EU bans. Mrs Koch lead slipped away and Dinkins, the Manhattan borough president, captured the four-way Democratic primary with near-unanimous support from Black voters and significant support from whites.
With 85 percent of 5,244 precincts reporting, Dinkins had 411,853 votes or 47 percent and Koch had 394,350 or 45 percent. Two other candidates trailed far behind.
"He won the race, and he won it fairly, squarely," Koch said in a concession speech.
With 60 percent of the precincts reporting, Giuliani had 51,800 votes or 67 percent and Lauder had 24,960 or 32 percent.
in the Republican primary, former prosecutor Rudolph Gluhlani over-powered cosmetics heir Ronald Lauder in an unusually bitter race. Although the GOP primary is usually an afterthought in New York, Gluhlani is well-known and popular, and political strategists believe he could be a formidable opponent for Dinkins in the November general election.
or 35 percent.
In Detroit, Young easily led the field in a 13-candidate, non-partisan primary, setting up a November runoff with accountant Tom Barrow, who came in second.
came in second.
Barrow, who lost to Young in 1985,
turned back U.S. Rep. John Conyers,
a former Young ally whose last-
minute campaign received vigorous
support from the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
Young, Barrow and Conyers are
Black.
With 61 of 921 precincts reporting, Young had 11,361 votes, or 49 percent, to 8,543, or 25 percent, for Barrow. Conyers had 3,168, or 14 percent. The other 10 candidates shared the remainder.
In the Texas race, Geren, an attorney and former aide to Sen. Lloyd Bentens, edged Republican Bob Lanier, a physician and television commentator. With all 223 precincts reporting, Geren had 40,210 votes, or 61 percent, to 38,590 votes, or 49 percent, for Lanier.
Pre-election polls in the New York race had shown Koch in a virtual tie with Dinkins. Two other candidates, Comptroller Harrison J. Goldin and former transit chief Richard Ravitch, also were on the Democratic ballot in New York.
Koch, voting in Greenwich Village, had said he and Dinkins were so close that the primary would be decided by the Hispanic vote, amounting to about 10 percent of the expected turnout.
but. But Koch may have underestimated Dinkins' support from both Blacks and whites. An exit poll by WCRS-TV indicated that Dinkins won 97 percent of the Black vote and 33 percent of the white, enough to put him over the top.
him over the top. Racial tensions had arisen as a
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George Newton, Lawrence, tries to keep dry as he waits for a bus in front of Stuuffer-Flint Hall. Cooler temperatures and a steady drizzle caught people unprepared yesterday, but a high of 89 is expected today.
Under cover
Houses violate fire codes Sorority, 8 fraternities fail to meet deadline
By Lisa Moss
Kansan Star writer
A communication problem regarding fire codes may exist between the Lawrence fire department and KU fraternities and sororities, the Lawrence fire marshal and house spokesmen said yesterday.
An official report listing eight fraternities and one sorority that were past deadline in meeting fire code recommendations was released yesterday by Rich Barr, Lawrence fire marshal.
Barr said many of the house presidents were not aware they were past deadline on meeting the requirements because the fire department communicated with the houses' corporation boards and not with house members.
The houses listed in the report are Acacia, 1100 Indiana St.; Alpha Epsilon Pi, 1116 Indiana St.; Alpha Tau Omega, 1537 Tennessee St.; Phi Kappa Theta, 1941 Stewart Ave.; Phi Gamma Delta, 1540 Louisiana St.; Phi Kappa Psi, 1602 W. 15th St.; Sigma Kappa, 1325 W. Campus Road; Tau Kappa Epsilon, 1911 Stewart Ave.; and Theta Chi, 1011 Missouri St.
neta Chii, 101, Linda. David was a former Acacia president, said the process would be more pleasant if there was more communication between the fire department and the house members.
house members.
"Maybe it's not filtering down," Barr said. "If there are members in the houses who want to know what needs to be done they should talk to their corporation boards."
to be done they "Phil Kappa Tau house manager, said there was a communication gap.
a conilitating
"Some guidelines need to be put down and distributed to
the said."
the houses," he said.
Jeff Pederson, Phi Gamma Delta president, said he
also has a sprinkler system
also has a sprinter system:
"The house was renovated in 1986," said Eric Packel,
Sigma Chi president. "The corporation board decided it
was a priority."
"If it wasn't for the sprinkler system a lot more damage could have been done," he said.
was a priority.
There was a small fire at Sigma Chi, 1439 Tennessee St., in Spring 1989. It was put out immediately by the sprinkler system, Packel said.
Phi Kappa Psi had not completed nine items from a letter dated July 17, 1987. Some of the items included installing hard-wired smoke detectors in each room and illuminated exit signs.
If an item appeared on the list of incomplete recommendations it did not mean the item was not in the house, just that it was inadequate. Barr said, would like to receive the same informa
just that it was inadequate; Bert said,
would like to receive the same information the corp-
orate be able to give.
"If there is a problem I would like to hear about it so I can see that it gets taken care of," he said.
He said the corporation board was made up of alumni businessmen who were busy, so some things might have been pushed aside.
been pulped. Some houses had to complete one or two recommendations and others had up to nine to complete.
tions and Seventeen houses have sprinkler systems in all or part of their buildings, according to the report.
of their buildings,"
"City officials not require the houses to have sprinkler systems installed, Barr said.
"Some houses have elected to put them in or have put them in as an alternative," Barr said.
Sigma Chi has complied with all the requirements and
See CODE, p. 6
Highway work to begin soon
By Derek Schmidt
Kansan staff writer
"You're seeing today the fruits of your labor," Hayden said, addressing his comments to all who helped to pass the largest highway construction program in the state's history.
hur program in the state
The Legislature approved the program in May, which will flance repairs and new construction throughout the state. Republicans have praised Hayden for implementing the program, which was one of his campaign promises in 1986. Democrats have attacked the program as being too expensive.
OVERLAND PARK — Construction financed by the state's $2.65 billion highway program will begin soon, Gov. Mike Hayden said yesterday.
Rain pelted the governor and onlookers in an Overland Park parking lot at the junction of U.S. Highway 69 and Kansas Highway 150 during the announcement. The site was the first of several the governor was to visit yesterday and to kick off the new highway program, which will be implemented during the next eight years.
► See related story p. 8
"T.
The Highway 69 improvement program the governor announced dove tails very nicely with the work the city and county are doing.'
— Ed Eilert
Overland Park mayor
Overland Park mayor
At the Overland Park ceremony, Hayden unveiled one of the signs that will appear along highways under construction. The sign shows two hands clasped beneath the words, "Highways as promised."
As Hayden spoke, heavy machinery worked behind him on improvements to Highway 150, which also is 186th Street in Overland Park.
150th Street in Overland Park. But Ed Ellert, Overland Park mayor, said that project was financed by city and county funds
"The Highway 69 improvement program the governor announced dovetails very nicely with the work the city and county are doing." Ellert said.
The Highway 69 improvement, the first in Johnson County to be financed by the new program, includes overlaying 11.4 miles of that road north
See HAYDEN, p. 6
Poles approve new government; few Communist seats left
West German emigrants eager to begin new life
WARSAW, Poland — Parliament yesterday approved the first government in the East bloc not led by Communists, giving half the seats to Solidarity but reserving the key ministries of controlling defense and police for the Communists.
"For the first time in half a century, Poland has a government that can be considered by millions of people as their own," said Solidarity leader Lech Walesa from Gdansk, where the independent movement struggled to its triumph through eight years of Communist repression.
"My biggest dream has come true," said Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki, also of Solidarity, after his Cabinet was approved by a vote of 402 in favor, none against and 13 abstaining.
issuing.
The new Cabinet, called the Council of Ministers, includes Mazowecki, 11 Solidarity members and a foreign minister who is independent of but sympathetic to Solidarity. The Communists have four seats.
The Solidarity-aligned United Peasant Party holds four seats, and Solidarity's other coalition partner, the Democratic Party, has three.
The Communists, in addition to controlling the army and police, will retain considerable influence through President Wojciech Jaruzelski, a Communist. The new government also has promised allegiance to the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact military alliance.
Still, Mazowiecki, once a political prisoner,
promised an overhaul of Communist institu-
The Associated Press
TIEFENBACH, West Germany — In a jammed tent city in Bavaria, Uwe and Norma Koenig eagerly scan a bulletin board offering jobs ranging from bakers' assistants to electricians.
tails of electrical circuits.
For the couple tasting their first day of freedom, getting back to work is the No. 1 priority.
"It's a little scary," said Koenig, who worked 10 years as a welder at a state-owned cooperative factory near Leipzig, East Germany.
mary
"It's going to be difficult at first, but we knew that when we decided to leave."
Keenig said. "We're very optimistic, we
didn't leave everything we owned behind to just give up or fall."
For most of the thousands of East Germans streaming into Bavaria, the tent city in Tiefenbach is just a brief stop on the way to other facilities set up throughout West Germany.
shamay
the other temporary residents at the Tilebend camp, the Koenigs are taking time to decide where they want to live and where to find work.
best.
both the Latest Titrans, the director of the tent
city, said that the outlook was good for the
tent.
new West Germans.
In the crowded camp. Red Cross volunteers scurry through the narrow avenues between the tents serving meals, giving advice and tending babies as their parents rest from the long journey from Hungary.
new west side camp
More than 500 people are staying at the camp, nestled in a small valley outside Tiefenbach, nine miles north of Passau.
Most of the East Germans will move on within a day, Tietmann said, but they are quickly replaced by new arrivals.
Uwe Brinkmann, one of the recent arrivals, said he hoped to eventually get a job as an elementary schoolteacher. He admitted that it would take some time to adjust to the West German system.
tions in a speech that he was forced to interrupt for 45 minutes when he felt faint from exhaustion.
tion.
He called for reforming the police and justice systems; liberalizing laws on associations; gatherings and censorship; creating a new democratic constitution; removing political and ideological barriers to promotion; giving universities full autonomy; and battling "catastrophic" environmental pollution.
strophe' environment. The main focus was Poland's economy. Mazowici said the ranks of the poor were growing and warned that production and living
standards, already lower than 10 years ago, were likely to decline further.
were likely to govern government will act under the pressure that at any moment the construction of democracy that only just started can collapse under the economic crisis," he said.
He is intended for immediate steps to combat triple-digit inflation, reform taxation, make the zioty convertible with Western currency and create a stock exchange.
create a stock exchange.
Mazowelić, a Solidarity newspaper editor who became the East bloc's first non-Communist prime minister, rejected a past when the
Communist government "wanted to rule not only over the lives but the minds" of Poles.
"Poland can be lifted only by a society of free citizens and by a government that enjoys the confidence of the clear majority of society," he said.
said.
Marian Orzechowski, the Politburo member who heads the Communist parliament delegation, supported Mazowicki.
"My party is not going into opposition," Orzacekhowski said. "We will govern together, and together we will be responsible for the fate of the nation."