University Daily Kansan
Friday, October 19, 1973
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New State Laws Protect Consumer
New consumer protection legislation in Kansas indicates that state legislators have decided to modernize laws affecting Kansas consumers, according to Barkley Clark, associate dean of the KU School of Law and Lawrence City Commissioner.
Clark, speaking yesterday at a breakfast meeting of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, discussed the Uniform Consumer Credit Code and the Kansas Consumer Protection Act, both of which become effective Jan. 1.
Clark said both of the acts would profoundly affect retailers, bankers and finance companies. Educating businessmen that is more important to them is of key importance, he said.
many retailers are violating provisions that will come into effect with Uniform Consumer Credit Code, he said. He warned that the code would require the correct information to be provided in forms in accordance with provision of the federal Truth in Lending law.
"The theory of the Truth in Lending law is to get the consumer to use credit and pay a fee."
The code will establish ceilings on annual
The Tel Aivir String Quartet and clairinetist Yona Ettinger, who were to open the KU Chamber Music Series on Wednesday, have been unable to leave Israel because of their replacement will be the Stradivari quartet and clairinetist Richard Stoltzmaker.
Ouartet Cancels
Volunteers to participate in a television commercial are needed at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow at the Nelson Gallery of Art, 4525 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo. The Nelson Gallery is observing its 40th anniversary and would like as many people as possible to participate. Participants will be able to see themselves on television beginning Dec. 1.
Ad Needs People
Humanities Grant
A one-year project of international humanities studies for teachers will be initiated at KU under the direction of George Duerksen, chairman of the department of music and art; the team will receive a $29,174 grant from the U.S. Office of Education, KU area studies programs, language departments, art departments, foreign students, the Nelson Gallery of Art and other area libraries. The team is designed to upgrade teacher preparation in humanities studies. The emphasis will be on humanities and ethnic and folk arts.
Lecture Fund
The Erasmus Haworth Distinguished Lectureship Fund has been established at KU. The fund, honoring Erasmus Haworth, former director of the Kansas Geological Survey and former chairman of the department of geology, was made possible by a grant from the KU Endowment Association. The income from the fund will be used to bring geological scientists to the department of geology to lecture and work with students.
interest rates in sales transactions. the ceiling will be 21 per cent on amounts up to $300, 18 per cent on amounts of $300 to $1,000 and 14.5 per cent on amounts greater than
Clark said, however, that the rate cellings wouldn't apply to loans or to real estate mortgages with interest rates of less than 12 per cent.
The Kansas Consumer Protection Act concerns prosecution of businesses that engage in deceptive practices, such as turnover. It also said it would bring definitive laws to an area of consumer protection law that had been vague.
"This act is directed at fly-by-night operations," he said, "not legitimate busi-
Clark said that current consumer protection laws gave only the attorney general the power to proscribe consumer cases, but that the new laws would allow the consumer to sue and collect private damages up to $2,000 plus attorney's fees.
Clark said the most important aspect of the Consumer Protection Act is included in its brech of warranty provision. He said that under the provision a consumer who purchases a product could collect damages from the distributor, manufacturer and retailer.
Another provision of the new act, Clark said, is a three-day trial period for products purchased from door-to-door salesmen. Under the new law, any item purchased in a door-to-door salesman may be returned for a full refund within three business days.
The buyer must be advised by the salesman of the three-day trial period or the seller.
The act will also outlaw warranty disclaimers of the type that read, "This warranty is in lieu of any other warranty expressed or implied." Clark said the breech of warranty provision would provide an implied warranty to all products.
Hitchin'
by Mayo
KU to Aid Excavation
The University of Kansas anthropology department is helping to uncover artifacts from a prehistoric Indian site in Kansas City, Mn., before construction destroys the site, according to Alfred Johnson, professor of anthropology and curator of anthropology at the KU Museum of Natural History.
Johnson said that the site, on Searcy Creek near Missouri Highway 120 and North Brighton Avenue in northeastern Kansas City, would be destroyed by the construction of a parkway, perhaps as soon as December.
"The site has been known for a long time," he said. "It's a fairly productive site, and we're trying to get as much information as we can before it ruined."
KU faculty and students are providing technical advice.
Last Saturday, Johnson and four an-
thony archaeologists helped about 30 man-
aged archaeologists.
"We're offering the amateurs direction and guidance so that we get information as well as artifacts," Johnson said. "We want to know how the work is done carefully and scientifically."
The Karsas City, Mo., parks and recreation department opened the excavation to amateur archaeologists last Saturday, asking their help in recovering artifacts of the Late Woodland culture of A.D. 500 to 1000.
He described one unexpected find, a mud daufer's nest discovered while trenches were being dug to determine the density of artifacts.
those insects build only under the eaves of houses, so we think there was a house there.
The site will be open to interested amateurs on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. until construction or bad weather intervenes.
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