Band stand
The hours are long and the weather is sweltering, but KU's Marching Jayhawks are stepping out this week for another football season. Most of the band's 250
members say the routine is rigorous but well worth the halftime jaunt they'll take down the field at Kansas Memorial Stadium. See story, page 6.
Sunny
High, upper 90s. Low, 68.
Details on page 3.
The University Daily
KANSAN
Thursday, August 30, 1984
Vol. 95, No. 5 (USPS 650-640)
Figures fall as economy slows down
By United Press International
WASHINGTON — In the most serious signal of economic slowdown since the recession's end, the government reported yesterday that its index of leading indicators dropped 0.8 percent in July following a large decline in June.
It was the first time in $2^{1/2}$ years that there has been two straight months of decline of any size in the sensitive economic barometer. The overall 2.1 percent setback in June and July was the largest in an even longer time, since September and October of 1981.
Relief from the 100-degree weather came in the form of a Kim Stafford, 11, held the hose while her sister, Stacy Davis garden hose for three north Lawrence children yesterday. 10, left, and Donnie Devers, 11, behind, enjoyed the spray.
the report reinforced the impression among most economists that the first half of the year was the final encore for impressive economic growth and that it is important to something closer to average.
A few economists, however, see the threat of a new recession.
White House spokesman Larry Speakes said the decline in the leading indicators signaled "some moderation ahead in economic activity" that should help ease upward pressure on interest rates.
pressure on makers
Speakes emphasized the figures had been on the rise for two years since the recession ended and said other statistics show "the economy remains strong and growing for the foreseeable future."
Private economist Jerry Jasinowski, speaking for the National Association of Manufacturers, said, "The second decline in the leading indicators in as many months confirms that the economy will slow in the second half.
"Although we may see some bounce back in economic activity in the fall, the economy is on a glide path toward 4 percent growth by the end of the year," he said. The gross national product expanded at more than twice that pace in the first half.
Import purchases in July, at $3.5 billion, were larger than ever. The setback in the trade of manufactured goods and the deficit with Japan were also the biggest on record.
A SEPARATE REPORT yesterday showed that the burden of import competition weighed more heavily than ever on American business. The trade deficit in July soared to a record $14.1 billion as Americans, encouraged by a summer strengthening of the dollar's spending power, unleashed an unprecedented appetite for imports.
Factories were not alone in bearing the heavier burden of foreign competition. Farmers saw their traditional surplus in the export of food shrink to the smallest ever, $900 million.
with Japan.
Since this year Japan sold $2.11 billion mei-
to the United States than it bought in
American goods, nearly as much as the $2.17
billion detict for all of last year. July
generated a record $4.7 billion advantage for
Japan.
Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldridge said slower growth forecast by the leading indicators might help shrink the trade deficit a little in future months but not enough to keep 1984 from nearly doubling last year's red ink in trade.
City endures record heat
By LAURETTA SCHULTZ
Staff Reporters
Air mattresses have been "selling like crazy" as students try to beat the heat in Lawrence.
Gibson's Discount Center, 2525 Iowa St., has sold more than 900 air mattresses in two weeks, and sales have quickened because of record-breaking temperatures this week, Virgil Ireland, sporting goods salesman, said yesterday.
Students and others had good reason to head for the water in an effort to keep cool as the temperature soared to 107 degrees yesterday, breaking the 1958 record of 101 degrees, the KU Weather Service said.
Statewide, the National Weather Service in Topeka reported that several weather service offices had report on Tuesday. They completed Tomeka, Wichita and Dodge City.
BOTH WEATHER SERVICES said a low-pressure system off the Northwest coast of the United States and a high-pressure system with very dry air in this area caused the high temperatures.
High temperatures throughout the state were expected to drop to the mid- to upper 90s today and tomorrow. The average temperature for this month is 89.1 degrees, according to the KU Weather Service.
Robert E. Porter, associate director of plant maintenance for facilities operations at KU, said some problems had occurred in air conditioning units across campus.
"when you're running 105 degrees to 107 degrees, they're just not designed to work in that heat," he said.
that heat, he said. However, the high temperatures probably will not change KU football practices, head coach Mike Gottfredi said.
coach Mike Owen said,
"We're holding up fine," he said. "We had
our longest practice today." The practice
lasted from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Gottfried said any schedule change would stem from the advice of Lynn Bott, head trainer.
mice.
BOTT SAID THAT no players had shown severe symptoms but that his staff was watching them more closely than usual for danger signs such as profuse sweating, stoppage of sweating and heat cramps.
Bott said that players had access to an unlimited supply of water and had consumed about 139 gallons at yesterday's practice.
Thomas Stidham, assistant director or bands, said marching band rehearsals also were staying on schedule because the first game was near.
He said that the band had practiced more than 1/2 hours yesterday and that they would continue to practice in the next few days despite the weather.
"Tomorrow we're going to rehearse in the stadium," he said. "Sometimes the Astroturf is hotter than the grass."
is better than the band would practice almost six hours on Labor Day in three separate rehearsals.
RESIDENTS AT SOME scholarship halls, sororites and fraternities without air conditioners have adapted to the heat in several ways. Lee Reussner, Leawood senior at Pearson Scholarship Hall, said people just didn't stay inside as much.
didn't study history.
"I think everybody tries to be gone as much as they can. They go to the library or the pool." he said.
He said another solution for several residents was to sleep on the fire escape.
Cynthia Joseph, Joplin, Mo. junior who lives at Delta Gamma, 101 Emery Road,
See WEATHER, p. 5, col. 1
KUAC sets new goals for budget
$2 million increase aim of 'blueprint' for athletic program
By BRENDA STOCKMAN Staff Reporter
The University of Kansas Athletic Corporation Board's first long-range plan, released Tuesday, is "evolutionary rather than revolutionary," Monte Johnson, KU athletic director, said yesterday.
Johnson said that the plan was a blueprint to follow and that it would not cause any immediate drastic change in the status of KU athletics. He said it would take time to increase the budget to be able to improve KU's athletic program.
Del Brinkman, former KUAC chairman and dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications, said that whether the plan was realistic or optimistic, "you have to have the goal and strive for it."
BRINKMAN SERVED AS chairman of KUAC for five years, Anthony Redwood, director of the Institute of Economic & Business Research and professor of business, was elected chairman at the Tuesday meeting.
Johnson said that to meet the plan's goal of increasing KU's budget ranking from sixth in the Big Eight Conference to fourth would mean an increase of about $2 million in the budget. The range of budgets in the Big Eight for 1983-84 was from $4 to $11 million dollars, he said.
he said.
"It's not a matter of out-spending other programs, it's a matter of narrowing the gap," Johnson said.
NU's budget for 1984-85 is $5.7 million. If the plan is followed, Johnson said, the department hopes to raise its budget to $7.5 million or $8 million in two years.
MUCH OF THIS INCREASE must come from increased football ticket sales, the plan said, because the athletic department has relied too heavily on private contributions for operating expenses. In 1983-84, private donations were 33 percent of the total budget, the report said.
Johnson said that student-ticket sales at KU were the lowest in the Big Eight.
Redwood, KUAC chairman, said that gate money in particular needed to be increased so that private donations could be diverted to benefit non-revenue sports, provide a reserve and build facilities.
The plan said non-revenue sports needed larger budgets because "the low budget of non-revenue sports frustrates almost all attempts to improve their level of performance, although the recently developed 'margin of excellence' program could be a
See KUAC, p. 5, col. 5
Election draws student support for both parties
Participants say attending conventions boosts party dedication
By HOLLIE MARKLAND Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Seeing last week's Republican National Convention firsthand convinced Victor Goodpasture that the Republican Party represented the beliefs of most average Americans.
Americans
And attending the Democratic National Convention in July gave Sarah Elder a chance to become active in the Democratic Party and express her support for Sen. Gary Hart, D-Colo.
Goodpasture, Topeka sophomore, and Elder, Oberlin, Ohio, senior, were among the handful of KU students who participated as convention delegates and spectators this summer.
Elder earned her ticket to San Francisco in April when the Douglas County Democratic Central Committee selected her to be a Hart delegate.
all the way, she said in the In March, Elder decided to go to the Democratic caucus meeting in Lawrence. Cliff Ketzel, KU professor of political science and coordinator for the Douglas County Democratic Committee, then submitted Elder's name for selection as a Hart delegate.
delegate
TO BEGIN at the base level and go
all the way," she said this week.
ELDER SPENT ABOUT $700 during her stay in San Francisco July 16-20. She paid for her trip by working three restaurant jobs during the summer, she said, but she has applied to the Democratic Party for a $300 loan to help cover her expenses.
Elder's next step was to attend the 2nd Congressional District Democratic Convention in Topeka in April. The district committee chose Elder to be one of the three Hart delegates from Douglas County to attend the national convention.
"I left the floor only once during the convention," she said. "It was a great opportunity to hear some tremendous speeches.
"I got to meet Gary Hart, Alan Cranston, Jesse Jackson and Fritz Mondale. I certainly got to meet the people I wanted to meet."
About a month after Elder returned from the Democratic Convention, another KU student traveled to support the Republican Party.
But the trip was worth the expense, she said.
Goodpasture left for the Republican National Convention with 24 other members of his party.
YOUNG AMERICANS FOR FREEDOM is a nonpartisan conservative youth organization, said Bryan Daniel, Jefferson City, Mo. law student and state chairman for the
group. Daniel also attended the Republican convention.
Young Americans for Freedom provided free convention arena passes and paid for hotel accommodations for members who wanted to go to Dallas, Goodpasture said.
"Once you got to the convention center, you could get onto the arena floor, which was as big as a circular Allen Field House." Gooddamage said.
Goodpasture Salad
To get onto the convention floor, Goodpasture named his arena pass, which was only good to get into the convention center, for a guest pass.
for a guest pass." He went in if they wanted to trade their guest pass for my arena pass," he said. "After about an hour and a half, I found a woman who wanted to trade."
Sullivan who wanted to be a
IN THE CONVENTION CENTER. Good
pasture and Daniel enjoyed the festivities of
the Republican Party.
"When you get a bunch of teetotaling old ladies out laughing and carrying on, you know that everyone's having a good time." Daniel said.
Goodpasture arld Daniel spent Aug. 19-24 in Dallas, attending early morning meetings and listening to convention speakers in the afternoon and evening.
after lunch and then back.
Goodpasture said he wanted to go the Republican Convention to watch a U.S. political party at work
KU groups try to involve students in politics
Kirsten Buterbaugh Myers' first impression of KU students was that they were politically conservative.
By HOLLIE MARKLAND Staff Reporter
"I was really upset." Myers said. "Then I realized that the Republicans had just been here longer and were louder
To combat the conservatism, Myers,
Shawnee sophomore, last semester formed
Registration drive to start. p. 8.
her own Democratic student group, the
Catholic Young Democrats.
Another politically minded student, Peter Sargent, McPherson sophomore, said he would like to see everyone involved in politics.
College Republicans.
KU students who are politically active in groups are trying to involve nonaffiliated students in the November election process.
politics. "THE PLEA WHO ARE not involved have no right to complain about about the way things are," said Sargent, vice chairman of the KU College Republicans.
students in The College Young Democrats and the KKU College Republicans are launching voter-registration drives to enable more students to participate in the 1984 elections.
register students. The KU College Republicans plan to register voters later this semester, but no dates have been scheduled.
The College Young Democrats will have tables set up on campus Sept. 10-17 to register students as Douglas County voters.
Myers, president of College Young Democrats, and Susan Sanjean, Shawnee junior and secretary of the KU College Republicans, agreed that college students seemed interested in this year's election campaigns.
MVERS SAID 107 freshmen marked on a KU entrance interest survey that they would be interested in joining a Democratic student organization. She said 150 students signed up to join College Young Democrats during registration at the Kansas University last week.
"A lot of Democrats thought KU was a Republican school." Myers said. "Most people are amazed there is a Democratic group on campus. I'm sure the campus is apathetic not because the students are not interested, but because they don't think they have a choice."
The KU College Republicans began their membership drive Tuesday and hope to sign up at least 200 new members, Santee said.
"In the summer there are lots of apathetic people," Sanjean said. "I think we need a big membership pull to get a unified group together."
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