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Thursday, November 8, 1979
KU administrators, custodians to discuss management contract
By PAMELA LANDON
Staff Reporter
University of Kansas administrative officials and members of the Custodian Action Committee support group will meet today or tomorrow to discuss the American Management Services contract with the governor of the governor's staff said yesterday.
Steve Millstein, special assistant to the governor for legislative matters, and Pat Harley, state secretary of administration, will meet Tuesday morning in Tokyo at the group's request.
"The KU administration was willing to meet with these people to the extent that it could under state law." Millstein said.
"Their willingness to meet with these people now demonstrates this. There was a lack of understanding as to what could be done, and who could participate in the discussions."
Milstein said the discussion would be somewhat limited because of an agreement between the University and a public service agency. The agency would be sole bargaining agent for KU custodians.
MEANWHILE, David Lewin, director of personnel, said yesterday that the suspensions that had been proposed for two players were reversed. The fective Tuesday, had been postponed at least until after Nov. 12 to give them more an opportunity to present their side of the case.
He said he was not sure when the suspensions for Ashley Maxwell, KU custodial supervisor and CAC co-chairman, would be effective. The CAC co-chairman, would take effect. He said that it would depend on the outcome of the preliminary review of the proposed suspensions.
Phil Rankin, associate director of personnel, had proposed a five-day suspension for VanDuye and a three-day suspension for Maxwell.
The recommendation for Maxwell's suspension was filed by AMS Oct. 15. AMS
filed the recommendation for VanDuyne's suspension Oct. 17.
VANDUNE, who works on the fourth floor of Wesson Hall, was recommended for the position, and regularly scheduled employee meetings, according to Dave Batwell, AMS director of training.
VanDuyne has denied the charge, saying he came late to the meeting and did not refuse to attend.
Maxwell, who supervise custodians in Strong Hall, said his suspension had been proposed for talking to custodians about work-related matters.
However, Baldwin has said that he did not think Maxwell had been discussing work-related matters.
UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS have said they could not meet with the CAC because of an agreement with the union that represents the custodians, Kansas Public Service Employees Union Local No. 1422. The agreement says that the union is the sole bargaining agent for the custodians, as well as other classified University employees.
"There can still be a pertinent discussion of issues, but not of particular grievances. Broader issues of the AMS contract and the JSA are discussed, as I understand it," Millstein said.
Richard Von Ende, executive secretary of the University, confirmed that there would be a meeting between University officials and some CAC support group members.
“There will be some kind of a meeting, but I don't know who will be there and when it will be,” he said.
He said he was expecting a phone call from a CAC support group member this morning and that after the call the details of the meeting would be worked out.
Van Ende emphasized that the University could not meet with anyone who wanted to represent the CAC to discuss conditions of employment.
"There cannot be any discussions of conditions of employment unless union
representatives are present," Von Ende said.
VanDuyne expressed gratitude to Gov. John Carlin and his staff for the meeting yesterday.
"We would like to thank Mildsten and Harley for their interest in bringing both sides together to resolve the problem," he said.
Norman Forer, CAC support group member and associate professor of social welfare, said last night at a CAC protest. The group wanted to meet with the chancellor.
"We've been assured by offices in the state that this is a perfectly legal discussion and that it could have taken place a month ago." he said.
THE PROTEST meeting, attended by about 35 persons, was a CAC response to the proposed suspensions of Maxwell and VanDwune by the University.
Forer said the University had postponed the suspensions because it realized Maxwell and VanDyne had not been given enough time to reenforce their responses.
Lewin said the two had been given enough time to respond to the proposed suspension notices.
Lewn said employees usually had their preliminary reviews before the suspension was to take effect and he added that Maxwell had his own preliminary review on Friday.
"We plan on treating these preliminary reviews just like any other preliminary reviews," he said.
"we're giving him another review as a courtesy to make certain he has every opportunity to bring out his side of the case," Lewin said.
Lewin said it took longer than usual to use up the preliminary review for Maxwell and his staff. He added that support members to represent them and that it took some time to get everyone
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Attentive observer
George M. K芦训鉴 to a speaker at a meeting of the Custodian Action Committee last night in West霍尔 Hall, Kaujis is the
Oil prices rise after reported Iranian cutoff
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department and major oil companies said yesterday that tankers were loading in Iran, where the oil was sharply after reports that oil had been cut off in the turnover of the recent takeover of the Embassy by Iranian students in Tehran.
The reports of a shutdown at Iran's main Persian Gulf terminal, Khalig岛,陆续 due to local labor troubles, were reported the oil minister and national oil company.
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But wholesale spot market prices for home heating oil continued to rise sharply because of worries over the Iranian situation although U.S. supplies were said safe.
In a Tehran Radio interview monitored by the British Broadcast Corp. in London, Oil Minister Al Akbar Mifaraf said, "there are examples of the slightest break in exports of Iran's oil."
Meanwhile, American hostages held in the U.S. Embassy in Iran were being "pushed around, abused, intimidated, and mishandled," but there was no evidence
they had been seriously injured, a U.S. official said late last night.
WORD OF THE mistreatment was given to reporters as President Carter's special mediators found themselves stalled in negotiations, the authorities refusing to negotiate with them.
U. S. officials said the Iranians had brought new weapons into the embassy compound, including machine guns.
However, State Department spokesman Hadding Carter said he had no evidence there had been shooting, or violence against the estimated 60 American hostages.
"We have been unable to confirm with any of our sources that there has been firing," the State Department spokesman said.
Ramsay Clark, a former U.S. attorney general, and William Miller, a staff member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, were reported by the State Department to be waiting in Isabal for further instruction after Iranian leaders refused to let them
It is the return of the shah that is being demanded by the students who seized the U.S. Embassy and its staff on Sunday.
State Department spokesman Carter said
the two emissaries, carrying a personal message from President Carter to Iranian leaders, would remain in Turkey in order to facilitate "from the Tehran government.
The students have threatened to kill the American hostages if the United States makes any military attempt to free them.
The United States has refused to turn the shah over to the Iranians.
A U.S. Oil industry source said he had been advised a Norwegian-flag tanker left Kharg Island for Korea early Wednesday after receiving its oil cargo.
The source, who asked not to be identified, said one of his company'sankers "has been waiting since Saturday" for its cargo.
"We believe U.S. companies are being singled out," he said, "but we also are led to believe this is a temporary situation."
The United States receives about 700,000 barrels of Iranian oil daily, some 3.5 to 5 percent of its daily consumption.
But in a Tehran Radio broadcast monitored in Koawwati, Ma'watt said "Iran will consider cutting oil shipments" to the Iranian state and Abhaam Reza Pahlavi "is not extradited."
Hodding Carter, the State Department spokesman, insisted there could be no negotiations regarding the shah.
"They understand he is going to stay here as long as the medical situation requires it," he said.
BUT A TEHRAN broadcast quoted Khomeini as saying the "U. U.S. government, by keeping the shah, has declared its open opposition to Iran."
The broadcast said, "the U.S. embassy in
our environment must continue against
against the Islamic movement is
therefore not possible, under any
circumstances, for the special representatives."
Meanwhile, the U.S. government urged remaining Americans to leave Iran.
At least two more U.S. citizens were reported seized yesterday and placed with the other hostages.
IN WASHINGTON, the State Department said about 200 Americans had left Iran on commercial flights since the embassy in Tehran moved the 300 to 400 still in the country to leave.
In Kansas, two Iranian students were attacked on the campus of Pittsburgh State University yesterday by a man wearing a skin mask.
Masoud Assar, 21, was admitted to Mt. Carmel Medical Center for observation. A hospital spokesman said he suffered minor lacerations and was reported in good con-
Mahmoud Makwand, 29, was struck in the face, but did not require treatment.
Campus security officers said the assault ran from the scene and disappeared down a side street. There were no suspects in the case late yesterday.
Makwan said he and Assar had just left the student union when the assailant came up behind them, then punched in the face with his fists.
Makwand said his assailant said nothing before or after the attack.
ID distribution will be next week
The new student identification cards will be distributed next Tuesday andWednesday at the Satellite Union, according to William Kelly, associate dean of admissions and counsel.
Students will not have to show their temporary IDs to receive their new cards, but will be required to give their name and student number.
Kelly said he would announce a distribution schedule tomorrow.
Students who fail to pick up their new IDs as scheduled may obtain them at Window 1 in the office of admissions and records.
"The Satellite Union was chosen because a lot of people live in that area," Kelly said. "It will be easy for people to drop by."
Gone fishing
Deena Kallfer, left, Kansas City, Kan. junior, is prepared to scup up any fish her classmate assigned catch in the CH Omega League.
yesterday, they were able to observe reactions of passers-by for their workshop in unusual experience for a psychology class, film class, or theater class.
Budget panel votes for block funds
By ELLEN IWAMOTO
Staff Reporter
Taking into consideration a spiraling inflation rate, the Senate Finance and Audit Committee recommended block allocation increases totaling $4,002.60 for five Revenue Code cuts.
JKH-FM Radio, KU Forensics, KU theatre and the Graduate Student Council (SG) at UMass Amherst. Line allocations in the Senate Revenue Code, which determines their share of each full-time position, are discussed.
In the Revenue Code, each organization is allocated a portion of each student's activity tax collected by multipled by 36.800, or the equivalent number of full-time students, determines a base salary.
KU Theatre and the Chamber and Concert Music Series were each recommended increased allocations to fund their summer programs.
The committee denied a request from the Student Bar Association to increase its line allocation from 2 cents to 6 cents. The additional funds would have gone to pay for a photo directory for the law school students and upgrade the law student newspaper, Diact.
The associations' block allocation would have been increased from $732.60 to $2,930.40.
Committee members said that the projects would benefit only a limited number of students and that the association
could request supplementary funding on a year-to-year basis for its projects.
The committee also recommended dropping the KU Federation of Social Workers' 2 cent line allocation because the organization had been a year ago and was an inadequate organization.
Organizations fund through the Senate Revenue Code receive an automatic block allocation from student activity fees each year. The groups are required to be established and responsible campus organizations will spend the funds allocated to them.
Projected increased wage rates to pay employees also was a part of the requested increase.
Recreation Services requested the largest increase in funding, from $83,406.50 to $153,791, primarily to fund a proposed五年 program of capital improvements. The recreation fields were flooded and the intramural fields at 22rd and 5th streets into a proposed recreation complex.
Committee members discussed a possible
After more than an hour of debate, the committee decided to postpone discussing the proposed agreement will meet with Tom Wilkerson, director of Recreation Services, to further discuss the
The committee recommended increasing the University Theatre's block allocation from 150 to 200 seats. The central line allocation increase is to keep pace with inflation. The other c o nts will fund the theatre.
The committee also voted to fund the Chamber and Concert Series summer program by adding 17 cents to the organization's 75 cent line allocation.
alternative plan to fund the group: $6,000 every year over a three-year period to give back to the community and funding. However, members decided the program was a risk and rejected the plan.
The increased line allocation will give the group an additional $6,227 to its present $27,472.50 allocation.
For the past two years, the summer program has been funded yearly through supplementary funding.
Bill Scott, cultural committee co-chairman, said he thought that the program had established itself as a permanent series of programs for such a program existed on the campus.
JKJH-MF Radio received an 11 cent allocation increase from its previous allocation of 25 cents the recommended allocation for 46 cents. The blockage归属由 $9,175.50 to $13,168.00.
KJHK-FM had requested a total of $6,300 over a four-year period. However, the team's focus was on two inflationary effects, promotions, advertising and engineering incident exposures.
Committee members decided to recommend that the group return on a yearly basis for capital improvement funds.
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