September 13. 1984
CAMPUS AND AREA
The University Daily KANSAN
Budget director resigns after dispute with Carlin
TOPEKA — A refusal by state Budget Director Lyle Muchmore to give in to Gov John Carlin on the hiring of a non-civil service worker in the budget office yesterday led to Muchmore's resignation at Carlin's request.
Michael Swenson, Carlin's press secretary, said yesterday that Muchmore's resignation stemmed chiefly from a philosophical difference between Muchmore and Carlin over who had final authority on appointed positions in Muchmore's department.
Carlin announced that Aiden Shields, a native of Lindsborg and now assistant for governmental operations for Missouri Gov Christopher Bond, would be the next director. Muchmore is expected to remain until Shields takes over in mid-Movember.
Local man charged with rape
An additional charge, rape, has been filed against Donald E. Alexander, 18, of 303 W. 21st St., in connection with the death of an elderly Lawrence woman last month.
An amended complaint was filed Tuesday in Douglas County District Court against Alexander, who already had been charged with aggravated burglary and felony murder in the death of Marguerite Vernier. 80. She was found dead Aug. 5.
An autopsy revealed that Vinyard had died of head and chest injuries and had been sexually assaulted. Last week, a Douglas County judge ruled Alexander was competent to stand trial and set his preliminary hearing for Tuesday.
Winnie the Pooh may be on the loose and buryee in Dauphin County.
Someone removed 230 pounds of honey from a beehive belonging to Don Clement, Route 1, Lecompont, between Friday morning and Monday morning. A fence surrounding the hives was cut, and the honey was removed from the hive by cutting the wax around the edges, a sheriff's report said.
Young Democrats reimbursed
Dee Clement, Clement's wife, said yesterday that the thief or thieves had to know what they were doing around bees to steal the honey, which was valued at $500
KU's College Young Democrats received $100 from the Kansas Democratic State Committee, the secretary-treasurer of the group said yesterday.
The money reimbursed the College Democrats for funds used in their voter registration drive at KU, Pete Wickhund, the secretary treasurer, said.
Beatrice Schmidt, projects director of the State Committee, said the KU group had gone the extra mile in registration by having its workers depersonalized so that students could register to vote without going to their county clerk's office.
Former ambassador to speak
Andrew Conch, a former official in Sierra Leone, West Africa, will speak on "African Studies in the Soviet Union" and "The Middle East." Monday in Alcove B of the Kansas Union.
Conteh, a visiting professor, has taught international law at universities in London and Kiev. He is a former African ambassador to the Soviet Union, the German Democratic Republic, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Romania.
Weather
Today will be partly cloudy and cooler. The high will be around 90 and there is a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms. Winds will be from the north at up to 180 mph. Tumults in upper 36s. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy and cooler. The high will be 75 to 80
Compiled from staff and United Press International reports.
Correction
Because of a reporter's error, the Kansan yesterday incorrectly identified the priest at Corpus Christi Recory. 1281 Jana Drive. The priest is the Rev. Frank
Braille menu plan begins; few respond
By CHRIS BARBER
Staff Reporter
A project to make restaurant menus available in Braille to local blind customers has received little response, according to the project's director.
The project, which gives local restaurants the opportunity to have Braille menus printed for a small fee, was started by Cindy Hallenbeck, a member of the Lawrence Commission on the Needs of Persons Having Disabilities.
Hallenbeck sent letters to 82 area restaurants in June, offering to print Braille copies of their menu.
BUT HALLENBECK SAID yesterday that only four Lawrence restaurants had ordered braille menus. These were the Rum Tree and the Veranda, 200 West McDonald Drive, Mr. Steak Restaurant, 920 West 23rd St. and Mel Amigos, 2600 Iowa St.
He said that the lack of interest might result from a lack of requests for Braille menus at local restaurants.
"Only a small percentage of blind persons read Braille," she said.
But because of the small amount of requests, a restaurant would not need many copies of their menu in Braille and would not have to spend a lot of money to have it done.
"The prices are as low as we can go without losing money," she said. "We're not making a profit on this."
But Hallenbeck said it was important to have menus available if a request came up.
"I think that the people who do read Braille would appreciate it," she said. "We need to emphasize Braille as a viable medium for reading."
HALLENBECK SAID THAT Braille reading had acquired a negative connotation since cassette tapes had become available to the blind. Because most blind persons are not blind from birth, she said, they don't want to go to the trouble of learning Braille at a later age.
"But I think that a blind person who depends solely on tapes is illiterate. It's much easier to have information readily available than shuffle through a bunch of "she said."
Hallenbeck and her husband Charles, professor of psychology, make copies of the menus, she said. They type the menu into a Brailler, a machine that prints Braille.
HALLENBECK SMD THAT the "entry," the first menu in Braille, was the most expensive at $1.50 per page because it took time to set up the first copy. Additional menus cost 75 cents a page.
Charles Barnett, owner and manager of the Eldridge House Restaurant and Club, Seventh and Massachusetts streets, said that he already had Braille menus when Hallenbeck sent her letter.
Bob Forbes, manager of Mel Amigos, said that he had ordered Braille menus as a result.
Todd Wertz, manager of the Rum Tree,
said that the restaurant had five Braille
means but had not had any requests for
them.
Stephani Imholte, graduate student from Buffalo, Minn.
secludes herself to study on a benc overlooking Hallt Mall
Inholte was studying Spanish this week for a course called Golden Age Drama.
Haskell vice president defends students
BY SUZANNE BROWN Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
The vice president of Haskell Indian Junior College wants to clear up some misunderstandings about his students.
They do not all drink to excess, Charles Geboe, the vice president of the school, said yesterday. And the students do not want to isolate themselves from the community.
"Our students are probably the least understood thing about our school," he said. Gebo, a member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe, was the guest speaker at yesterday's luncheon that was sponsored by Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
Gebo noted the adjustments many students made when they came to Haskell. Some, whom Gebo described as street-wise kids from large cities such as Chicago and
HE USED THE occasion of his school's 100th anniversary to discuss the difficulties faced by Haskell's 770 students, who come from more than 50 North American tribes. Haskell's centennial celebration will be Sept. 28.
Gebeb said the stories that arose about Haskell students — such as a reputation for wild behavior — were unfortunate stereotypes perpetuated by a carousing few.
"I tell the students, don't let a few of them screw it up for everybody," he said.
Charles Geboe
villages at the base of mountains, were frightened by it.
Los Angeles, were not used to a small community, like Lawrence. Others from tiny
w for them" be said.
"Most of our students coming right out of high school wouldn't last a semester in KU," he said.
"It is a little scary for them," he said.
GEBOE SAID THAT the college, which is financed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, a federal agency, provided a bridge for Indian students between reservation high schools and U.S. universities.
However, Gebo said that Haskell was successful in helping many of its students prepare for college. He said that the number of graduates who entered KU after graduation was increasing.
Geboe said that very few of Haskell's students come from Kansas. Most students are from tribes located in Arizona, New Mexico and Alaska.
For example, one student's hometown is a small community at the foot of the Grand Canyon. To reach civilization from there, the residents must make an 8-hour trek up the mountainside and then journey another 90 miles to the nearest town.
GIVEN SUCH DIVERSE backgrounds, it was no wonder Haskell students had trouble adjusting in Lawrence. Gobee said
Woman considered for Regents position
By the Kansan Staff
Carlin said Tuesday that he had interviewed Joan Kamas on Sept. 5.
A Wichita woman is now one of four candidates for the vacant position on the Board of Regents, Gov John Carlin's press secretary said yesterday.
Although Swenson said last week that the governor would appoint the Regents member from a group of three Wichita businessmen,
"I feel honored being considered for this position," Karnas said. "I would really like to be the president."
Swenson said the governor would not yet announce the name of the appointee.
"The governor may indeed have made a decision, but he is going to take a few days to think it over." Swenson said.
Kamas, 53, is a journalism graduate from Wichita State University. For the first six months of 1984, she was the interim executive director for the Wichita State Alumni Association and is a past president of the group.
The three other candidates for the appointment are Wichita businessman: Lawrence Jones, Donald Slawson and Martin Umsky.
Bill to shorten testing time for generic drugs
By DAN HOWELL
Staff Reporter
A bill pending in Congress would make generic prescription drugs, often 25 percent or more cheaper than brand names, available to local pharmaceutical officials said this week.
Howard Mossberg, dean of the School of Pharmacy, said the bill would shorten the testing process for generic drugs if the active ingredient is not entirely and effectiveness tests used since 1962
patented active ingredient created by a company's research. A generic drug uses the same ingredient and cannot be marketed to another original company's patent has expired
MOSSBERG SAID THE bill reflected the interests of companies making generic drugs and companies with brand names to protect.
A brand-name drug usually carries a
In return, he said, companies that spend heavily on research to develop new chemicals would have their investments protected longer. Patents on such chemicals now last 17
"There was a compromise to speed up the time to get genetics on the market," he said.
Clyde Chapman, director of the Consumer Affairs Association, 819 Vermont St., said the federal Food and Drug Administration has issued a drug sales tax in the next few years.
years, but new patents would last as long as 22 years.
Greater acceptance of generic drugs and expiring patents on widely-used drugs such as dyazide and valium may give generic or more of the prescription drug market.
SOME INDUSTRY FIGURES show that generic drugs now make up about 20 percent of the market and cost from about 30 percent
to 75 percent of brand-name drugs
Mossberg said that the FDA, which must approve drugs for marketing, had since 1962 required generic equivalents to pass the same tests as new drugs.
John Baughman, director of pharmacy at Watkins Hospital, said that he thought generic drugs typically saved consumers 24 percent more than that but she saw another side to the legislation.
Using the same chemical compound does not assure the same result. Baughman said, because the compression and the binding agent used in making a pill both affect how fast the body will absorb the medicine.
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HIGHER EDUCATION WEEK
Paid for by the Student Senate
There will be an organizational meeting on Thursday, Sept. 13 at 5 pm in the Oread Room of the Kansas Union for all those interested in helping plan for the week. Please come.
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Date
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Thursday, September 13
Time Place
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Place
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