Thursday, August 31, 1978
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University Daily Kansan
Demo committee funds candidates
WASHINGTON (UPI)—For the first time in 12 years, the Democratic National Committee has made direct campaign contributions to congressional candidates, Chairman John White announced yesterday.
White said to first checks for $1,000 had gone to Sen. Dick Clarl D-Iowa, and 13 house members who were considered to have marginal districts.
The chairman said he hoped the party's direct contribution effort would be $500,000.
The amount will depend on a fund-raiser
Carter will hold in Washington Sept. 47.
"WE'LL CALL IT a million dollar fundraiser, but that is the gross take, and we have to pay our expenses first." White told a
Architect firm makes changes in firing range
After almost two years of disease, the firing range in the Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center may see shooting practice soon.
Two employees of Huxitable & Associates Inc. yesterday were adjusting a ventilation system installed by the company in an effort to range sale site for officers practicing shooting.
The range has been idle since it opened in November 1976 because the ventilation system allowed lead smoke to be blown into the shooter's faces.
Peter Whitenight, chairman of the Douglas County Commission, said yesterday that Peters, Williams and Kubota, the Lawrence architectural firm that designed the building, had decided to make the adjustments.
"They (the architects) saw some easy modifications that should help dramatically," Whitehight said. "They are just changing some of the locations of the air input and output vents. Then it seems to be working another test (by the state health department)."
Whitengreen said a test firing probably would be conducted today to see whether the ventilation had improved enough to ask for another visit from health inspectors.
Bill Harris, sheet metal project manager for Huxaitle, said yesterday that some of the adjustments had been completed, but that more work might be necessary.
"I'm not sure if we're done yet or not,"
"We're still doing some tests
preparation."
Jim Williams, of Peters, Williams and kubota, yesterday would not comment on the proposed rule.
White said the committee last gave money to candidates in 1968. Then came the 1968 presidential race and the debt-limited campaigns of Sens. Robert Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey. The committee has been naving off those bills ever since.
"We have not paid off the debt, but we have made substantial progress," White said. He said the debt is $2.4 million, down from $3.6 million when he took office in January.
HE SAID THE party was about $760,000 ahead of schedule in paying off the debt. That is why we are able to afford direct contributions, he said.
"The debt is manageable now, we are not paralyzed anymore. We have breathed."
White said the money would go to Democrats in marginal districts—even those who have voted against Carter administration programs. But there is one group of Democratic incumbent candidates as making "personal cheek shot criticism" of Carter.
"THEY WILL GET a little critical advice," he said.
The House candidates receiving money from the committee were Reps. Jerome Ambro of New York, Michael Blouin of Iowa, Edward Loveland of Boca Raton, Steve Keane of North Carolina, Mark Hannaford of California, Herbert Harbitt of Virginia, Alben Mikva of Illinois, Helen Meyner of New Jersey, Tom Foley of Washington, John C. Nelson of Florida and challengers William Nelson of Florida and then Wolpe Michigan.
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