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Thursday, February 8, 1979
University Daily Kansan
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From the Kansan's Wire Services
Suit filed against Casson Co.
TOPEKA—The U.S. attorney has filed suit against Casson Construction Co., Topeka, accusing the firm of pocketing state dollars that were not paid out to construction workers during the 1911 wage-price freeze.
U. S. Attorney James Buchele said yesterday that money withheld by Casson should have been returned to the state under provisions of federal wage-price guidelines.
The suit, filed Tuesday, seeks a civil fine of $2,500 against Casson, plus restitution of the difference between the projected wages and the amounts actually paid.
actually paid. "Contractors had bid on the humanities building (Wesco Hall) at the University of Kansas prior to the freeze," Buchele said. "Due to the freeze, anticipated wage increases to be paid under existing contracts were limited or not allowed at all."
of the contract. The construction firm began April 6, 1971, to become general contractor for Wescott Hall for a contract of $3.9 million.
Under government guidelines, the cost of the contract should have been recalculated with the unpaid wage money being returned to the state, rather than being kept by the contractor, Buchhe said.
Khomeini backers take cities
TEHRAN, Iran- Supporter of the Availabil Ruhailah Khomeini were reported in control of several city governments yesterday on the eve of demonstrations intended to support the religious leader's claim to the reins of the government.
In Washington, Energy Secretary James Schlesinger told the Senate Energy Committee the Iranian crisis could leave American oil inventories "dangerously low" next winter and could force controls, but he said he did not anticipate gasoline rationing.
anticipate gasoline use, but 800,000 barrels of oil a day to the United States before strikes
crumple production last fall.
Khomeini's rival government to the shah-appointed administration of Prime Minister Shapbak Bajkitar got support from striking civil servants in the Justice Ministry and in Bakhtar's own office.
country and in its $40 million bank account.
A Khomeini aide said the provisional government would try to operate with civil servants loyal to Khomeini. The provisional government plans to arrange a referendum on a constitution that would make Iran an Islamic republic.
States told to keep 55 mph
WASHINGTON- Any state raising the speed limit above 55 mph will lose its federal highways funds, Transportation Secretary Brock Adams said yesterday.
Adams said he had told the governors of several states that "we will cut off highway funds to states that raise the speed limit past 55."
fully carry that out. That's without exception.
Legislators and governors in at least 14 states are discussing how to get
them to be on their feet them by the federal government.
the Transportation Department identified those states as Wyoming,
Washington, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Utah, North Dakota, Colorado.
Adams estimated that if the 55 mph speed limit were removed, the consumption of oil in the United States would go up 250,000 barrels a day.
Labor dispute bills introduced
TOPEKA- Democratis in the Kansas House introduced bills yesterday which would carry out a recommendation of Attorney General Robert T. Stephan for binding arbitration when public bodies and their employees cannot resolve labor disputes.
One of the measures, offered by State Rep. Ruth Luzzi, D-Wichita, would prohibit disputes involving law enforcement and fire personnel.
Another bill, sponsored by nine Democrats, would apply to disputes involving teachers.
teachers.
The proposals were among 138 bills introduced the final day for individual initiatives to get their proposals submitted this session.
registrators to get their proposals submitted this semester.
From now on, only committees are empowered to introduce bills.
The rush to get proposals introduced before the deadline produced nearly 200 new bills in the final two days.
Senate OKs redistricting plan
TOPEKA—The Kansas Senate adopted a reapportionment plan yesterday for the 40 Senate Districts, against mild opposition.
Ideally, each Senate district should hold 58,982 residents.
On a 36-3 vote, senators approved a redistricting plan that varies no more than 3.1 percent above or 3.4 percent below the ideal population for an individual Senate district. The Senate Apportionment Committee set a guideline of no more than 5 percent deviation when they began drafting the plan.
Ugandy, the chiefs of Opposition included State Sen. Jan Meyers, R-Overland Park, who compelled them much of the population discrepancy occurred in eastern Kansas districts. She said the problem caused a slight under-representation of voters in more heavily populated areas.
Meyers also complained that the remap failed to consider population growth trends as the apportionment committee had intended. She said several of the eastern Kansas districts with heavy populations would be even heavier by the time the next reapportionment was made in 1869.
time the next reapportionment was made in 1928.
A similar reapportionment plan for the Kansas House districts is nearing completion, according to State Rep. Carlos Cooper, R-Bonner Springs, chairman of the House Legislative Apportionment Committee.
chief member of the House Republican impeachment Committee, Cooper said the plan sought to use existing district boundaries as much as possible, while trying to equalize populations so that the deviations from the ideal size of 18,874 people would not range more than 5 percent above or below.
Bergland offers an apology
WASHINGTON - Jeered and booed by angry farmers, Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland apologized yesterdays for saying his suggestions that farmers should not own irrigation water and were driven away.
bargaind but not retract the remark, however, but reiterated his opposition to increase crop price supports, insisting that 1978 had been a ‘good year’ for
More than 300 farmers crowded into the House Agriculture Committee bearing to hear Bergland.
apology should be given.
Berglund did not apologize until a half an hour later after a member of the committee apologized to chief Agriculture Department economist Howard Hjort for remarks made to him at a hearing last year.
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Near New York, D-Minn, told Bergland that he had been "greatly shocked and disturbed" by the secretary's remarks Tuesday, adding that an
Columnist to pay $1.7 million
WASHINGTON—William F. Buckley Jr. consented yesterday to a settlement of $1.7 million in a federal complaint that a broadcast firm in which he holds stock filed misleading financial disclosures.
Buckley also cannot serve on any public company for five years, according to the settlement decree by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The decision-making role of the Board is to ensure that the institutional and television personality, was on the board of Star Broadcasting Group of Westport, Conn. from 1989 to 1976. He held the position of Director of Public Relations.
Also named in the SEC complaint were Peter Starr of Stanford, Conn., former president and chief executive officer; Michael Starr of New Orleans, former executive vice president and treasurer, and Gordon Ryan of Omaha, Neb., former secretary and chief counsel. All resigned in 1976.
The SEC said the partners "failed to disclose" pertinent information or submitted "misleading disclosures" in documents filed with the government.
The SEC charged that the company was involved in questionable financial actions to prevent the "personal bankruptcy" of Buckley, the Starr brothers
Weather...
A 40 percent chance of snow has been forecast for today by the National Westher Service. The high today will be in the teens with the temperature falling this afternoon. Low tonight will be near 10 below under clear to partly cloudy skies.
Teng critical of U.S.-Iran action
10KUV (AP)—Chinese Vice Premier Teng Hsiang-pin, fresh from a trip to America, told Japanese leaders yesterday that the United States showed a lack of direction on Iran and mishandled the crisis there, a spokesman reported.
Teng told former Premier Takekua fukuda that the United States had shown induction and that "the United States' handing of the power to the secretary's secretary Yoshiro毛 told reporters.
Teng t停整 in Japan for two days of talks with Japanese leaders after his four years at UN peacekeeping.
Administration considers ban on Sunday gas
WASHINGTON (AP)—The Carter administration is considering forcing gasoline stations to close on Sundays as part of a program to reduce oil consumption and build public awareness of the energy crisis prompted by instability in Iran.
Energy Secretary James Schlesinger told the Senate Energy Committee yesterday that the administration still hoped voluntary carbon markets will play a large role in the management controls was being studied.
He ruled out the possibility that gasoline rationing would be part of a mandatory ban.
Saying he had seen no indication "that the slide of Iran toward chaos has been arrested," Schlesinger said the cutoff of oil from that Mideast country was forcing the United States to draw on reserves to make up part of the 400 barrels a day once imported from Iran.
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He called on the former premier because Fukuda was in office when the Chinese-Japanese peace and friendship treaty was signed last year.
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The Chinese official told Fukuda that he thought the Russians were already in Iran and that they would surely become a destabilizing influence on the area, Mori.
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Teng called for a withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Korea, but also urged Washington to check Soviet expansionism in other parts of the world, Mori said.
The secretary quoted Teng as saying the United States "is allowing the Soviet Union to place a lot of pawns on the world's playground. Things cannot be allowed to go on this way."
Teng also criticized Vietnam and Cuba,
saying the United States could not allow Cuba to increase its influence in Africa.
The Chinese vice premier told Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Oihira that some restraint must be exercised over the activities of Vietnam.
After the Japanese media described Teng as having called for the punishment of a Korean soldier, it told opposition militaryarians, "I don't think he had military action in mind."
New Cambodian leadership came to power in the wake of an invasion of the country last month backed by Vietnam. It was followed by Soviet Union was behind Vietnam's action.
The Chinese sought recourse in the United Nations Security Council, but the Soviet Union vetoed the resolution.
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