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Wednesday, October 31, 1973
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Speaking to a meeting of the University of Kansas Collegiate Young Democrats last night, Burr said that conventional crimes such as theft or robbery were a "drop in the bucket compared to crimes committed against the consumer by white-collar contenders."
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Burr, who is a lawyer, has worked for the Attorney General's Office since 1988 when the Consumer Protection Act went into effect in 2001. He is an em­sor in federal and state pentitentaries.
Through the Consumer Protection Act Barr is able to investigate possible consumer fraud in business and file suits against businesses if necessary. There was much opposition to this approach, but businesses now see the advantage of "kicking out the crooks."
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Big business cannot often resist the temptation to monopolize an industry, control prices and ultimately run the little guy out of business. Burr said.
The state of Kansas recently lost $6 million before it was detected that major oil companies were attempting to control the sale of asphalt to counties. Burr's department, then, said they had created a monopoly which terminated elimination competition.
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The major work of the Consumer Protection Agency involves cases of consumer fraud by door-to-door salesmen and mail order companies.
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A presidential commission which studied the problem of crime in a free society found that people who commit destructive crimes were usually victims of consumer fraud. These people, Burr said, are either the elderly, who are easily infiltrated by the ghetto, sales pitch, or residents of the ghetto, who must buy from the small retailers of their area.
The elderly, said Burr, although not particularly destructive, often are treated biologically by steroids.
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point is easier to take." Burr said.
"I've talked to several men in prison serving two to 10 years for a $40 robbery at a 71-, but I don't recall ever seeing a useed gun." He said. "I'd back the miles on an odometer," he said.
Barr said he had seen a great disparity in bards of crimes committed and the use of firearms.
Throughout Burr's speech, he passed around several objects which salesmen had sold as quality products when in fact the products were not. A group of farmers near Abilene recently caught a man attempting to sell lightning rods, claiming that they were required by state law and that any others were inadequate. Burr said.
Burr said he believed most sentence for consumer fraud were less than what they should be when compared to crimes of equal monetary loss.
"These practices (consumer fraud) don't enhance free enterprise system," he said. "The penalties should be as stiff for consumer fraud as for any other crime."
Burr said most convictions resulted in only monetary fines, which he thought weren't severe enough to prohibit other crimes from attempting to fool the consumer.
The department of consumer protection investigates complaints and helps build cases but most court action is taken by county and district attorneys, Burr said.
Dental School Admissions One Goal of New Group
Helping University of Kansas students get into dental school is one major goal of the new KU predentistry club, according to Jeff Hutsell, Shawne Mission junior.
Hutselt and Charlie Rhoades, Olathe junior, started organizing the club early this semester. Rhoades said. The first meeting was on April 21 at the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union.
The club has several objectives, Rhaodes said. It would help students decide whether they wanted to be dentists and would try to help get them admitted to dental school.
Club members plan to offer counseling services to younger preadult students, Rhodes said. The upperclass members would help younger students determine a sound academic program to follow in their undergraduate work.
"Dental schools are not particularly looking for a four-point student who mainly has a science background." Ruibues said. "We have two other, more advanced students with a minimum of science."
Gurney to Talk About Aftermath Of Watergate
Gurney will be the guest at a dinner at the Elks Lodge before his lecture and will attend a reception at the Ramada Inn afterward.
Riades said the club would benefit upper class members by encouraging them to work together in classes and in preparing them for the Dental Aptitude Test. The test must be taken before entering dental school, he said.
Sen. Edward Gurney, R-Fla., will speak on the aftermath of Watergate at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the University Theatre in Chapel Hill. A.J. Vickers Sr. Memorial Lecture series.
Gurence is a graduate of Colby College and the Harvard Law School. He received a master's degree from Columbia University.
Gurney, the senior senator from Florida, is a member of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, or the "Wateregate Committee." He was elected to the Senate in 1968 after three terms in the House of Representatives.
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Admission to the lecture is free.
Hutselt said, "Basically we want to get all preadvental students as well-informed as the current teachers."
He said when the K-State club was first begun, one to three K-State students a year were being admitted to the School of Dentistry at the University of Missouri at St. Louis.
Last year six were accepted, and Rhodes said he didn't think the number was coin-
The KU club will provide the opportunity for predeal students to meet dental school administrators on a one-to-one basis, Rhoades said.
The Vickers lecture series was established by the family of the late J. A. Vickers Sr., a Wichita oilman, to bring prominent individuals to the University of Kansas to discuss topics concerning a free political and market society.
German actress Maria Becker, who says she especially likes Shakespeare, recited 19 German poems last night to an audience in the Room Forum of the Kansas Union.
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The club members are currently complying with the court's injunction. Blisses said. He said there was no dental appointment.
"Let's face it," he said. "Administrators will admit students they know personally." He said he hoped KU students would have an edge over applicants from other schools because of the opportunity to meet dental school administrators.
The program consisted of prose and poetry from the 17th to the 20th century. Becker's voice never faltered whether she took on the character of a pitiful child selling ink or a lone brave Prussian soldier with a wrench. She ended her program with a short humorous story entitled "America Does Not Exist."
Becker is codirector of Die Schaus-pelupietruz touring chick company. She is visiting the University of Kansas as a part of her American and Canadian tour.
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Becker said she liked to perform all types of plays and that no type was really her favorite. She said she especially liked Shakespeare because he incorporated satiate, humor, tragedy and romance into one play.
A panel discussion will be the focal point of the first meeting tomorrow night, Rhodes said. The speakers will be Henry Musselman, registrar of the School of Dentistry at UMKC; Bernard Butterworth, UMKC instructor in dentistry; George Rhodes, a practicing dentist and Robert Adams, professor of mathematics.
Becker's fair and vitality throughout the prologue nurtures her love of literature and creativity.
The evening was exhausting Becker said, but she said she loved it. She said she onetime wanted to go to the movie.
German Shakespeare is very different from English Shakespeare Becker said.
"German Shakespeare is very romantic."
A reception followed the program
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