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Friday. December 1. 1978
University Daily Kansan
Red Lion ...
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He recalled a story, also from the days of the Beefeater restaurant:
"Bill never accepts checks, he always deals in cash. Well, one day, a vice president from a local bank came in for lunch with his wife, and wanted to pay with a check," he said. "Bill asked him if he could read the sign prohibiting checks, and when the man still didn't get any cash, Bill told him to get out, and threw both the lunches in the
"There were a lot of workers in that day who I know had probably been turned down for loans by this bank, and when BILLicked him out," he said, "they all cheered."
The day of my last lunch arrives. After all the perfect receptions or the party, I will pick up "kicked out"
Hedges confirmed that the incident occurred.
BILL JUST muttered, "Too late darlin';
You're taking what you get," and disapired up
I heard him talking to several regulars, "Yep, about 12:30 those strangers come in, asking stuff like, 'Gee, is that real knotty wood?' or 'What's my time,' he said, looking in my direction.
The sign over the door warns: "Please do not tell anyone about the Lion. We have no time for strangers. Remember—it's your seat."
It was going to be a long dav.
I went back to talk to Bill at 3:30. The lunch crowd thinned, Bill was standing behind the counter, a coffee cup in his hand, laughing with a couple of regulars seated at
"No, Bill, no special." I said. "I was wondering if I could ask you a few
It got very,very quiet.
The regulates began to laugh softly. Bill said no. "I've got too many goddamned strangers hangin' around as it is," he said, walking in the opposite direction behind the
"WELL, COULD I at least see the diamonds in your teeth?" I asked. Bill and the regulars laughed again. "She wants to see my teeth."
Then he walked back up the counter to me and opened his mouth. His front teeth, top lip, are very visible.
"I moved the one-carit diamond to the bottom," he said, his mouth still open. "I don't have to do anything special to them. They're self-cleaning."
He hadn't kicked me out yet, so the questions turned to comedy: did him if he
"Darlin," I'm not sure," he said. He looked at the men at the counter. "You guys remember how to spell my name?" They asked, and I told them, "Well, I guess you won't find out, then."
"Look, I serve my regulars in seven seconds, and they can eat in seven minutes—enough time for a work lunch break," he said. "The strangers mess things up. They should be afraid of one of my regulars take's a swing at them, not me.
I asked him why he hated to serve strangers.
"I moved the place here about three years ago, but the goddamned bridge is bringing too much traffic through, and people see the Red Lion. I'm going to move again pretty soon—I'm lookin' for a place in an alley with a back doorway."
Bill turned to his customers. "Now look.
The little shta't takein. I won't talk to
him."
LBEGAN to take notes.
I told Bill I would put my notebook away.
We made a deal that he would keep answering as long as I didn't write anything down.
At that point, a regular came in the door and animated, "What'll it be today. Didn't you know?"
The customer joked that he would charge his bill.
Bill turned to me, pointed to the customer, and said, "People like this—my regulars—if they forgot their wallets, that? OK with me. I just won't have it." The stranger, well, he can just get the hell out."
Wright and his wife, Aletha Husten-Stein, also a professor of human development and psychology, received a grant from the Spencer Foundation a little more than a year ago for research on the Influence of Television on Children, CHITC, was set up with the grant.
If it's fun, it's bad for you. That's what is often heard these days. And that's what children who are told of the results of a study on autism are seen at the University of Kansas might say.
Favorite kid shows most harmful
Some of the programs children watch most in "Happy Days," *Six Million Dolls*, and "American Greetings."
The center has tested the viewing habits of children from age 4 to the sixth grade, in groups ranging from four and five children, in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago.
The television shows that are most popular with children are bad for them, according to John Wright, co-director of the study.
"Nope. I can't tell you anything about that. No way."
Another harmful effect of TV commercials in the sexual stereotyping inherent in pornography is the increased risk of pregnancy.
The average child sees 20,000 commercials a year, an average of more than 50 a day. Three-fourths of the commercials shown to children are for food products. Most commercials during "kid vid" viewing slots are for junk foods.
Children are likely to misunderstand many commercials, Wright said. Many children think that Frito-Lay products have some sort of fruit content, for instance he
The Center's researchers have found several differences between commercial banks and the other financial institutions.
"How long does it take a stranger to become a regular customer who does you have?" I ask.
By LYNN WILLIAMS Staff Reporter
"It won't be long before everybody's on a cable," he said.
Bill sidied down the back counter to the coffee machine and poured another cup.
This probably will mean more educational programs that invite viewer participation,
Commercials for boys' toys are characterized by a lot of action and noise, competitive action and male narrators. Girls commercials feature slow transitions, female narrators and soft visual effects, such as pictures with diffused edges.
He looked to the men at the counter.
What would you say, one of them an-
swered?
"The harder you try to make TV for children that's high quality, pre-social, of good taste, low in violence and modeling desirable behavior, the fewer people watch it." Wright said. "We hope that our research will improve children's programming."
For the moment, people at CHTC are concerned with making good programming practices.
Bill hugged. "I like that—say it varies from day to day."
"Nope, I don't talk about that either," he said. "It's kind of my treasure hunting."
I ASKED Bill about a story I had heard that he liked to lower himself into wells to look for artifacts, and that he had found the ancient Quantrill, who burned Lawrence in 1863.
Bill said he came here from Chicago, but wouldn't verify a rumor that he had been in Chicago.
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"She was a wonderful woman, a wonderful woman," he said. A smile spread. "I am a nice person."
Almost 45 minutes had passed. I asked him if it were true that some Red Lion strangers had served Bill with formal complaints after being yelled at or thrown
"Oh, I get sued all the time," he said.
Then "I have to go to court. But always
have to go to court."
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