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Tavern's license under scrutiny
By SHIRLEY SHOUP
Staff Reporter
From the outside it looks empty. There are no cars in front and only one is parked along the side. There isn't much room for cars, but it doesn't matter because most of Uncle Mily's customers walk to the tavern at 2448 Barker St. anway.
That is one reason why Haskell Indian Junior College officials across the street would like to see Uncle Milty's license to sell beer revoked. They say students crossing 23rd Street could get injured or killed.
"It's just a place to go," said Julie
Some of the neighboring residents agree with the officials. But many of its patrons don't really care whether Uncle Tom was killed, they would just go somewhere else.
It's just a place to go, said Jane.
And Marlon he didn't go to Uncle Milty's for the beer anyway.
"I come here for the girls," he said.
Others say students need a place like Uncle Milly's to socialize.
FRANK L. QURING, dean of students at the junior college, said, "It creates a problem if students are congregated in too big a number there. They loiter outside and residents of Oceansa-Keokuk feel comfortable coming home at night."
Uncle Milly's is directly around 23rd Street from Osceola-Keokuh Hall. Many customers go there because it is close to the airport. They fully aware of the threat to its license.
At last week's city commission meeting, Haskell officials told commissioners a city ordinance that tars the sale of beer or liquor within 400 feet of a school. But they said their main concern was the location caused problems at O.K. Hall.
He owns several other taverns and said, "I have less trouble there than anywhere in town.
"It's just a place to hang around. To meet people," they say.
That is part of the problem, Haskell officials say.
"OTHER INDIAN bars have lots of trouble," he said. "One of the reasons I get a license to sell beer was because much trouble in the other Indian bars."
Millon Collins, owner of Uncle Mily's,
said, "There's nothing wrong with drinking
3.2 beer. Because I sell beer is no sign
there will be trouble."
Only a few students view possible revoilment of Collins' license as an infringe-ment, and many are not Indian, said that if he lost his license, "They're saying the Indian is not Indian."
He said the officials at Haskell were treating the students like children.
"They're all 18 or older."
Collins said he did not serve drunks, permitting fight or allow marijuana in Umi Lilly's. Although he does not stay in jail, he is always out and out. I'm always there at closing time.
And although Collins said he sold food as well as beer, it is the "Bar" in the yellow "Uncle Mily's Bar and Grill" sign that draws customers.
Students with pitchers and cups of beer crowd into the small room, clustering around a table for banners, standing against the walls and leaning on a pinball machine. In one corner, football players look for other sports teams; every one talks over the resounding jubilation.
UNCLE MILTY'S has been in business since 1972 and it began selling beer in April 1976.
"They come over here for a sandwich and to play pinball or foosball," Collins said.
But a student resident assistant at O.K. Hall said he seldom saw anyone eating at Uncle Mily's.
"They go to drink." he said.
He was one of several students at O.K. Hall who said they would prefer that Uncle Milty's not serve beer.
"But," he said, "I do enjoy going there."
Several O.K. Hall residents go to Uncle Milly's, but it is students from other halls who cause the problems in O.K. Hall. Milly, with a student resident assistant in the hall.
Steel Photo by ALAN ZLOTKI
Residents of the residence hall for men and women said other Haskell students often passed into O.K. Hall on their way back to their own residence hall.
But some students said they were not sure that eliminating Uncle Milty's would help.
Sometimes they pick fights with O.K. Hall residents. Galbreth said.
Students have been hurt badly enough by past fights to require a trip to the hospital they said.
"MOVING IT wouldn't solve the problem," said Galbreath. "The problem is with the few students who do not use good judgment.
Mike Gomez, the only sophomore live at O.K. Hail and a member of the student body, was not served at Uncle Milly's, students would go to Insight, a disc at 2025
Several students said part of the problem was that there were no activities on the Haskell campus.
"For some of them," he said, "this is the first time they have been out on their own."
See MILTY back page
Milton Collins, who has owned "Uncle Mily's Bar & Grill" since 1972, awaits a decision by the Lawrence City Commission that will tell him if it permissible to sell alcoholic beverages within 40 feet of an educational institution. "Uncle Mily's' s" is located across the street from Haskell Indian Junior College.
Troubled tavern
Washington wisdom
KU campus yesterday, lecturing to a political science class in Blake Hall. See story page six.
Former U.S. Senator James B. Pearson made his first appearance as a teacher on the KU campus yesterday, lecturing to a political science class in Blake Hait. See story page six.
Staff photo by BILL FRAKES
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Vol. 89, No. 78
KANSAN
Tuesday, January 23, 1979
Severe winter taxes fuel budget
By DAVIDS SIMPSON
Staff Renorter
The severe winter has forced the University of Kansas to overpass its fuel all budget by $17,000. Martin Jones, director of business affairs, said yesterday.
"The University has spent about $300,000 for fuel oil this winter," Jones said. "There was no way the fuel oil budget could be covered by usage depends entirely on the weather."
The University has been using fuel oil reserves to heat the campus since Jan. 1. Fuel oils cost the University about $85 at least twice as much as natural gas costs.
The University has an intermittent contract with the local gas company that allows service to be cut when demand is low. If the demand drops, the contract when it will be put back on natural gas. Yesterday, the University had about a five day supply of fuel oil left in its storage
JONES SAID he was confident money would be allocated by the Legislature to fund the school.
"After the energy shortages a few years ago, the utilities budget was separated from the budgets of other University operations." Jones said. "In this new budget, if the University had money from its utility budget left over, it would return it to the
state. If it used more than was budgeted, the state was supposed to help cover the costs."
Jones said the University had anticipated the additional cost of fuel oil and send in a supplemental request last summer to increase the utilities budget by $61,000. However, the legislative budget meeting meeting with the utilities budget be reduced by $711,000.
Gov. John Carlin will be making his budget presentation today in Topeka and Jones anticipated that Carlin would support the University's requests.
"The chances are good that the University will get the supplemental funds we requested," Jones said. "We met with Gov. John Carlin and the budget director last
December and told them the problems we found in regard to heating the University.
December and told them the problems we found in regard to heating the University." Jones said it was very important that the utilities budget not be reduced.
"The budget director made his recommendations before KU was placed on fuel oil Jan. 1," he said. "The idea of the new budget was that the Legislature would pay for our utilities so that we wouldn't have to touch other programs."
Jones said the Legislature would not decide whether funds would be appropriated until March. If funds are not appropriated, it would depend on the official administrative officials will meet and determine what reductions will need to be made to compensate for additional open budgets.
Administrators fear cutbacks in KU budget
By BILL RIGGINS
Staff Renorter
Administrators at the University of Kansas, worried that the proposed KU budget may suffer at the hands of Gov. John Carlin and the Kansas Legislature, are considering where the ax might fail.
Some administrators fear that the formula funding proposal, by which KU justified its budget request, will be rejected. This could result in substantial cutbacks in the KU budget.
They may get some idea of proposed cuts when Carlin makes his budget recommendation to the Legislature at 11 p.m. on Friday.
Formula funding is a new method for figuring the budgets of Kansas Board of Regents schools. The system compares the financial status of a university in seven program areas to other "beer schools" of similar size.
KU's budget proposal indicated that compared with similar universities, KU was underfunded by about $4 million. KU has requested about $225 million for fiscal 1980 for the Lawrence campus and the Med Center.
UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS have indicated in the past
Advocates of the proposal have said it would allow funds to be used more efficiently. Opponents say it too expensive.
that they did not think Carlin would be in favor of the formula funding proposal.
Del Shakel, executive vice chancellor, said he hoped that the Leissature would not reject the concent.
"If the whole concept is rejected by the Legislature, it will be extremely difficult for the University," Shankel
"Our whole budget request for next year was built on the formula funding concept after we had been authorized by
Caligar, vice chancellor for academic affairs; reinjection of the concept would be a 'never network to the world' (Pearson 2015).
"Everybody will get hurt. Everybody will be worse off," he said.
Calgard said a substantial cutback in the CU budget would force him to reduce the amount of money he had for the food bank.
"OUR EQUIPMENT budget is simply not adequate," he said.
Another area that would suffer, Calgair said, would be support services, such as salaries for clerical help and medical assistance.
He said a budget cut also would hinder funding to be used to improve Watson Library.
tribute woulid be missed.
Davie Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said
plans to expand placement services, career development programs, student orientation programs and the information center probably would have to be revised if the proposed budget were substantially cut.
Ambler said a list of priorities would have to be made to decide which programs were most necessary.
"Those would be very difficult decisions," Amler said.
"Admissions and records and financial aid are essential services, but almost all programs have a degree of necessity in helping students."
Although administrators seem pessimistic about the future of formula funding and the budget, they say they don't know that Carlin would recommend in his budget address to the Legislature.
RICHARD VON ENDE, executive secretary of the University, said he thought it would take time for legislators to realize the worth of the formula funding system.
"I don't know what to expect," said Von Ende. "I have a feeling that formula funding is not going to be accepted."
Dick Wintermorte, director of the KU Alumni Association and official lobbyist for KU, and he thought formula fun
"It does cost quite a bit of money to bring the University of Kansas up to standard with other universities," he said.
From Staff and Wire Renorts
Funds to complete the Clinton Lake project, west of Lawrence, are in President Carter's 1980 budget proposal. The proposal would allocate $2.25 million to Clinton from more than $25 million designated for Army Corps of Engineer projects in Kansas.
Clinton Lake, a $75-million project, is about 90 percent finished, according to Wayne Cook of program development in the Kansas City district office.
Victor Counts, the project director, said yesterday that he did not force any
The money would be used to complete the public recreation areas already under contract. Counts said the lake would be completed by the spring of 1980.
"Once a project has gotten under way,
Congress usually combines allocating funds
into separate bills."
"We are on a schedule and as long as we are funded we'll keep right on working. Right now we are on the tail end of the project."
BEVERLY BRADLEY, chairman of the Douglas County Commission, said, "I am elated that we got the funds. We thought that they would come through."
The 880-million project is nearly 60 per-
The El Dorado Lake project, the largest of the Kansas projects, also has been allocated funds under the president's proposal. It would receive $10.8 million for continued construction if Congress approves the proposed budget.
complete and is expected to be finished by 1981.
Harold Chitwood, engineer at the EI Dorado Lake project in south-central Kansas, said the dam on the Walnut River has a 400,000 acre lake for swimming and boating.
However, delays have set back the completion date. In 1973, the corps delayed
The idea for Clinton Lake was first mentioned in an 1855 newspaper article. The Army Corps of Engineers included plans for the lake in the State Plans Act in 1965 to provide food control, water supply, recreation and a fish and wildlife refuge.
WORK ON the project began in 1971. The project was originally scheduled to be completed by the end of 1982.
work on the project for one year to take a public opinion poll about recreational use of the lake. In 1974, impoundment of water to begin in 1976, was postponed until 1977.
When the project is complete, the lake will cover 7,000 acres and provide recreation for many visitors.
A four-lane access road that essentially could be an extension of Iowa and 23rd Street at the end of the street, said the project for the access road, Clinton Parkway, was unique because it involved a multi-lane freeway.
She said it was too early to comment on how the allocations of funds from the president's budget proposal would affect the date for starting construction.