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CAMPUS AND AREA
Dole favored as new leader Senator says
By United Press International
WASHINGTON — Sen Pete Domenci, R.N.M., said Wednesday that he was confident he had enough support to make it through the first round of balloting for a new Senate majority leader.
University Daily Kansan, November 16, 1984
"Unless there's a dramatic change, I have enough votes to get by the first vote—circh," he said.
The new leader has to win at least 27 votes. According to ballot rules, if no senator wins the majority on the first round, the bottom man must drop out. The process continues until one senator wins a clear majority.
The 53 Republican senators will meet Nov. 28 to choose a new leader from the five candidates hoping to retiring Sen. Howard Baker, R-Tenn.
Domenici said he believed Sen. Robert Dole of Kansas was the front-r runner in the race. Both Domenici and Sen. Richard Lugar of Arkansas are regarded as possible compromise, or second choice, candidates.
"If I can get by the first one, I've got as good a chance as anybody." Domenci said.
Insiders have given the edge to Lugar over Domenici. Domenici, however, said that he thought Lugar was the first man forced out of the race.
The other candidates are Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska, the current majority whip, and Sen. James McClure of Idaho, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Panel studies home schools
By United Press International
TOPEKA — An interim legislative committee yesterday found it difficult to come to grips with the issue of home schooling.
The Special Committee on Education has been studying an increasing trend in which parents prefer to educate their children at home rather than in the public school systems.
The committee discussed allowing home schooling programs, but got bogged down over what kind of regulations would be required. The Education Staff members were directed to draw up a list of options
that the committee could discuss today.
The committee chairman, State Sen. Joseph Harder, R-Moundridge, received general agreement from committee members that home school programs should be to regroup in the state, listing the address, the number of children taught and their ages.
In addition, members generally agreed home schooling should be limited to the children residing within the home.
Beyond that point, though,
things got complicated as members
discussed whether to set
standards for schooling, or
On the basis of their discussion, members appeared to favor some method of testing to make sure they can meet minimum competency levels.
whether to leave it to the state Board of Education.
However, they did not settle on the specifics of a testing program or what should be done if a pupil is not in good standard, the minimum standards.
Other questions arose about whether the state Board or Education or local school districts should be directed to oversee the oversight. The amount such oversight would cost also remained in doubt.
Vote recounts yield no change
Slim margin is narrowed
By United Press International
MANHATTAN — Although a recount of ballots narrowed Sen. Merrill Wert's already slim margin of victory, the Republican incumbent came on top at the end of counting yesterday.
Democratic challenger Rod Olsen, a Manhattan lawyer, last week filed for a recount after his apparent loss in the general election to Werts, R-Junction City, by a 43-vote margin.
Election officials in the 22nd Senate District, which covers parts of Riley and Geary counties, began counting Tuesday. Geary County finished Wednesday afternoon and Riley
County officials finished yesterday afternoon.
After the last ballot was recounted, Olsen had gained 39 votes, while Werts gained 19 leaving Werts with a total of 78 votes. The totals were Werts, 10,744, Werts, 10,681.
The only recourse left to Olsen would be to formally contest the results of the election. Olsen said he had made no decision on that possibility and would wait until the counties officially canvass the recount this morning.
"It's been a long haul." Olsen said.
"It's been a rewarding experience for us. I'm satisfied there was sufficient reason to ask for a recount when there was that great a change in the number of votes."
In filing for his recount, Olsen posted a $1,500 bond in Geary County and a $2,500 bond in Riley County, calculated on the number of votes that must be counted. The costs of the recount will be taken from those bonds since the outcome of the election was not changed.
Leavenworth County election officials spent Tuesday recounting votes only to find Murphy gained by a net total of three votes.
Murphy filed for a recount after apparently losing the 1st Kansas House District race to Republican challenger Clyde Graebler of Leavenworth by an unofficial total of 3,070 to 3,003.
Tuesday in Leavenworth County,
Rep. James Murphy, D.
Leavenworth, lost his recount
SenEx examines duties required of ombudsman
The University Senate Executive Committee reviewed the job description for the University ombudsman yesterday and discussed whether the job's duties and rules were adequate, and before a new ombudsman is named.
No action on the matter was taker at the meeting
William Balfour, professor of physiology and cell biology, is now the University official who mediates the grievances of students and faculty. Balfour will retire at the end of next semester.
SenEx members discussed establishing a provision for a periodic evaluation of the ombudsman, who now serves a three-year term.
Arno Knapper, chairman of SenEx, said, "There is a review of deans, of department chairmen and vice chancellors. Wouldn't it be appropriate
fit the ombudsman in somewhere?"
in the ombudsman in somewhere?
Also discussed was the role of the ombudsman as a mediator in bringing parties together, or as an arbitrator in settling disputes between parties.
Balfour said he had been asked to be an arbitrator in disputes.
"If I did that, I couldn't do anything else," he said. "I'm not sure that's the function of the University ambudsman."
Balfour had his successor should be a good listener and should know the people at the University rather than just University's organization.
"I think my location outside the administration is very important," Balfour said. "People do feel that they can come and not feel caught up in bureaucracy. We need as many places as possible to go with grievances."
Cancer victims' families lose case
By United Press International
WICHITA — A federal judge yesterday ruled the government is not responsible for the development of cancer in four people who spent years working with old aircraft instruments that contained radium paint.
The families of the four workers, two of whom died from cancer, had filed suit in February 1981 against the government and 25 suppliers of old aircraft equipment to Aircraft Instrument and Development Co.,
which had radium-painted dials, caused cancer in the workers. They argued the government had a responsibility to inform the workers the radium paint was a health hazard
"Similar consumer products such as wrist watches, pocket watches and clocks containing similar amounts of radium were never and are not today used in medical practice." U.S. District Judge Patrick Kelly said in his 150-page opinion.
Lawyers for the families argued that extended exposure to the parts,
The plaintiffs had reached out-of-court settlements with 24 of the firms prior to the start of the trial. The suit was dismissed because the company had been dismissed earlier
The government was being sued for approximately $8 million
ON CAMPUS
TODAY
THE BIOLOGY CLUB will meet at 4 p.m. in the Sunflower Room of the Kansas Union.
THE INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCE CLUB will meet at 7:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Military Building. No partners are needed.
STEVE EMERSON, attorney and former Root-Tilden scholar, will be speaking about the scholarship program at the Regionalist Room of the Union.
SUNDAY
TOASTMASTERS in Spanish will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the basement of
MONDAY
St. John the Evangelist Church, 1229
Vermont St. The meeting is for
anyone interested in speaking Spanish.
THE FOLK DANCE Club is starting a beginning dance group that will meet at 6:30 p.m. in 242 Robinson Gym.
THE BLACK STUDENT Union will meet at 7 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium in the Union.
STUDENT CREATIVE ANCHOR
in the Travel Room of the Union
in the Travel Room of the Union
Pre-Holiday Basketball Tournament
Men's & Women's Divisions
5-on-5 Single Elimination 128 Team Limit
$5 per team
Entries Due: 5 p.m. Fri, Nov. 16th 208 Robinson
Play Begins: Tue, Nov. 27th
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