University Daily Kansan
Thursday, October 19, 1978
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Drive-away thieves hit service stations
Staff Reporter
By HENRY LOCKARD
Consumer savings are not the only effect that self-service gasoline stations have provided for drivers.
The pump-it-yourself trend that has been prevalent since the early '70s also has introduced a new breed of thieves that specialize in their own low rates for fuel.
This week, Lawrence police have reported that three local stations have been left with the bill by "drive-aways," persons who put gas in their car and leave without paying for it.
A drive away Tuesday night left Gibson Discount Center Service Station with 6.1 gallons more gas than he had when he stopped in.
Drive-aways last Sunday took a total of
17.1 gallons from Chark Oil and Refinery
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There have been no arrests made in any of the thefts.
The Clark station has been hit by driveaway gas thieves three times previously this month, and the Gibson station has reported one other theft.
Each week, police say they receive two or three drive-away reports.
Figures compiled by Ron Olin, Lawrence police department crime analyst, during a seven-month period ending Sept. 30, concluded that the arrival of students for the fall semester had not brought an increase in drive-ays.
Nancy Hadl, manager of the Clark
station, said there was little a station could drive-aways.
Haill said that if she caught a person and was reasonably certain of his guilt, she would not arrest him.
"IF SOMEONE'S going to steal the gas, they're going to steal," she said.
"If we didn't prosecute, the person might go tell his friends, 'Hey, if you're going to steal some gas, go to the Clark because they don't prosecute,' " Hadard said.
By Kansas law, the theft of a tank of gas would be classified as a class A piracy. The penalty is a judicial penalty of one year in prison or a $2,000 fine. However, Lawrence city code leaves the penalty up to the discretion of the judge and sets the maximum penalty at no more than $1,000.
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However, Bond said the second method, to be successful, had to be done very quickly and would depend on the alertness of the attendant.
Bond also mentioned a third type of theft, which could happen after the session was over. For example, the electric pump and about 20 (foot) of base to pump gas directly out of the station's unprotected areas.
The University Faculty Executive Committee yesterday voted to amend its early retirement proposal and to make the Kansas Board of Regents aware of the KU faculty's desire to have open meetings on the subject.
The other way is to pump the gas into your car, flip the pump off and back on so it'd register back to zero and then tell the attendant you only had $2 worth. "he said."
The Regents are scheduled to discuss the KU early retirement proposal today in the
The amendment allows for greater flexibility in the early retirement program, specifically for those faculty members who choose to work beyond age 65. T.P. Srinivasan, professor of mathematics and a FacEx member, said.
According to Olin, most successful driveways occur when the thief leaves town at night.
An far as precautions against drive-aways, most stations rely on the watchful eye.
PATRICIA KRAMMER, an employee of the Gibson service station, said the drive-aways usually occurred when student drivers were out for lunch, while done their homework at the station.
Under the amendment, a faculty member could join a state retirement program and receive an additional 10 percent of his basic state to be deposited in his retirement fund.
For each two years he is in the program, a faculty member must retire one year, or two half years, before the mandatory retirement age of 70, the amendment states.
"The probability of being caught is almost zero," he said.
Olin noted that last May had the most reported drive-aways, and said that those cases were probably students leaving for a distant state.
HOWEVER, THE FACULTY member can go into part-time retirement before he reaches the age at which he agreed to retire. Under this option, the faculty member would alternate between teaching and retirement until he had worked his allotted time.
The survey, which was sent to about 1,200 instructors, asked for opinions on the proposal and whether the faculty wanted open meetings on the subject.
The Regents will be informed of a recent FacEx survey by Evelyn Swartz, professor of curriculum and instruction and the presiding officer of FacEx.
For example, a professor who agreed to retire four years early, at the age of 66, could actually retire at the age of 64 and have retired four more half years before he reached 70.
OF THE 121 survey returned, 58 faculty members supported the proposal. 36 were requested to participate and 36 members requested an open meeting, which several Faculties' members said was a strong encouragement for the project.
BRAD BOND, an employee of Jayhawk Oil, 902 W. 23rd St., recalled a recent driveway who was caught and then made only to demand the forfeit and pay for the gas he took.
FaecX also received preliminary guidelines from its subcommittee conference on the regulation of Srinivasan and F. Hutton Barron, professor of business, who are the subcommittee
After amendments were made, FacEx
The theft could also be classified as a temporary deprivation of property, which would carry a lesser penalty for the guilty party.
About 50 members of the Interfraternity Council General Assembly made nominations last night for next year's IFC officers.
IFC nominates 1979 candidates
Nominated for president of the governing council were Boo Hodges, Delta Upson junior, and Jim Bloom, Phi Gamma Delta junior.
Chuck Tromboid, Alpha Tau Omega junior, received the only nomination for the 2017 National College Athletic Conference.
Cliff Jury, Delta Tau Delta junior, and Greg Geier, Phi Kappa Theta junior, were nominated by the assembly for the office of vice president for fraternity affairs.
Nominations will remain open until the evening before election day, Nov. 7.
Nominated for secretary was Lee Laux, Delta Chi sophomore.
Bob McRorey, Academic sophomore, and Dave Knowles, Sigma Nu graduate, received a Phi Beta Xi award.
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