A BACKYARD EAGLE
A LITTLE COOLER
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
Vol. 90. No. 33
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The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Senate hears fund requests
Wednesday, October 10, 1979
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BILL COAYES/Kansas State
Palms uv
Charles Hamilton, 29, of Lawrence, peers between selections from his handprint collection. Hamilton, a palmist, charges $2 for each reading.
Life's journey etched in lines across palm
BY BOB PITTMAN Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
A hand-lettered, cardboard sign,
"Palmist," hangs from a window of the frame house at 946 Louisiana St.
By 1979, the days of the traveling gypsy wagon have gone. The golden hoop earring has vanished.
But shadows of the past linger on the face of Charles Hamilton as he hunches in silent concentration over the palms of a client.
His eyes narrow to study the lines that cross the hands before him.
"First I will look for changes and differences between your hands," he says, bringing the outstretched hands closer together.
As Hamilton's eyes meet his client's, the palmist's communion with the craft begins.
He continues his reading with a careful exploration of the right hand only, tracing the lines of the palm with his eyes, drawing on the meaning with a softly stamming voice.
HAMILTON HAS read palms for five years. He was introduced to the "science," as he calls it, in Berkeley, Calif. in 1974.
"There were a lot of palmists there," he said. "Interest in the interest is widespread and it seems that people are involved with it and to learn something. It's quite different in Lawrence. I'm the only one."
"I'm about the only palmitin in the Midwest that I know of. There are some in Kansas City, but I've always been a little lee of palmitins who put out a big sign.
"I've never been to any palmsists since the first time I had my palm read. I've never really talked to any other ones.
"YOU KNOW," he said, shifting his weight in the wooden swing on his front porch, "there is a scientific explanation for palimetry."
The enthusiasm builds in his gray eyes as his hands become animated.
"One-third of the nerve sensations of the body go from behind the front lobe of the brain to the hands," he said. "Most of these to the dominant hand. There is a
scientific explanation because nerve endings are down there, right under the lines of the hand.
"In other words, your hand is your brain.
There is a physical reality to the hand.
The conclusions I draw from looking at it are based on patterns."
HE SAID HE had done a great deal of reading on palimetry, although good books on the subject were hard to find.
The mount of Jupiter, for example, is below the index finger and indicates leadership abilities, he said.
The "different areas were originally correlated in India with astrology. Palmistry goes back to about 1,000 B.C. in India.
"But it's very dangerous to just look at one thing in a reading. If you start off with the lines of the palm, for example, you are ignoring other basic signs.
"THEER'S THE placement of the thumb. A low-set thumb—i mean low-set in connection with the distance between your thumb and the other begins—means that the person is someone who'll probably give you the shirt off his back if you ask him. Someone with a very big arm would do it."
"You look at the fingernails. If a person's nerves are in good shape his fingernails should be clear, opaque and strong.
"The color of the lines tells how strong the heart is. Red is good. A blue color is bad. If the lines are blue, a person's having no blood flow." It means it means the person's color is diseased.
THE HEAD, HEART and life lines are only a few of the many lines that run across the palm. They can reveal past events in the future, according to palms.
He thrusts both of his hands out for inspection. "If you look at my hands, you'll notice that I have a broken line in my life."
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Inquiry clears sheriff of charges
Bv MARK SPENCER
Staff Reporter
An investigation by the state attorney general's office into allegations that Jeff Koehler had confessed Johnson has concluded that the charges were totally baseless. Tom Hanee, deputy prosecutor for the state attorney general, said
Douglas County District Attorney Mike Malone requested that the investigation be made Monday after Gilee Pingar, a democratic candidate for Fairfield, accused Johnson, a Republican, of attempting to cover up traffic accident involving a deputy.
After hearing the conclusion reached by investigators, Pinegar said he was not certain whether he would press for more evidence before he discussed the incident during the campaign.
Pinegar alleged that Johnson had not three false bills for repair of the vehicle to the Douglas County Commission.
MALONE, WHO WAS not involved in the actual investigation, said it has his policy to request an outside investigation of charges of police misconduct.
Johnson, who said he had been in favor of the investigation, declined to comment on the investigators' conclusions until he was officially notified of the results.
Pinegar said that he and the investigators had had the same information about the incident, but that he was not satisfied with the inquiry.
The first bill was dated June 28, the second had no date listed and the third was dated July 48. All three bills were for work by Landmark Ford, 32nd and Alibama street
The repair hills in question, he said, had made no reference to what automobile was worked on.
Pinegar said he based his allegations on information he received last week from a citizen.
"If that's all they found, no, I'm not happy," he said.
JOHNSON SHOWED investigators the report of the accident, which said it had occurred June 27 on a county road north of Big Springs.
Deputy Kevin Regan, the driver of the airstreet car in the accident, the driver of the roadblock, and the collided at an intersection with a car driven by Spencer D. Conard, 19, Rt 1, Lecompton.
The county commission paid $1,662 for the repair work.
Haney, deputy attorney general, said Bruce Mellor, special investigator for the attorney general, had interviewed representatives of Landmark Ford and
The report included photographs of the accident scene and the damage to both cars. There were no injuries or traffic citations issued, according to the report.
Norton businessman files for Kansas primary
determined that there had been no mistakes in billing.
By TONLWOOD
Staff Reporter
Boy Veager has never been to Washington, D.C., he doesn't intend to go. But that's not stopping him from running for president.
Yager owns the Sharp Construction Company in Norton and has the distinction of being one of the two persons who already purchased the Kanais' first presidential primary 1A1.
If elected, he will preside over the country from his home in Norton, he said.
For $100, Yeager will have his name on the Republican primary ballot. Bob Mad
"I've decided that all three branches of the government have gotten totally out of touch with the people," he said. "They've never had to deal with them, but by driving so many to the minors."
Yeager is running for president, he said, because he is fed up with government bureaucracy.
dox, Hollywood, Fla., will run on the Democratic primary ballot. He could not be reached for comment.
"IF THE GOVERNMENT decided to get down to a state level, people might get a little involved. I guess I'm a statesignist."
Yeager is not afraid to take extreme stands on issues. His first action would be to abolish the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
"I don't see what useful purpose it performs," he said. "It could be done quicker and cheaper on the state level."
He said that because he was not afraid to take strong action, he would make a better presidential candidate than other Republicans in the race.
He included Sen. Robert D. Khan, in that assessment, even though he referred to Dae as a "super senator who will surely be a formidable candidate in the race."
IN OTHER CAMPAIN'G promises, Yankee said, also would abolish the nuclear companies and push for the development of nuclear energy instead of alternative fuels.
"I'd get the government out of energy and let private enterprise founder around in its own mess," he said. "Someone will stumble up, and eventually get something done out there."
Yeager offered no specific solutions for dealing with inflation, but blamed the problem on the federal government.
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Late paychecks hurt faculty fund
By DAVE LEWIS Staff Reporter
A delay in September paychecks because of paperwork problems will result in losses in the retirement funds of many tenured faculty members and administrators, Wach, head of the state's accounting control and services section, said yesterday.
A month's interest that cannot be recovered will be lost as a result of the late paychecks. Wachs said.
Under University retirement programs, 5 percent of the contributions are deducted each month. The University then matches the deduction, making the total retirement contribution 10 percent of the amount paid.
The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and the College Retirement Equities Fund, two federal retirement institutions, each deduction for each faculty member's tax.
The TIAA invests the capital in mortgages and other annuities, while the CREF invests in stocks.
If the TIAA and CREF do not receive the deductions within 30 days, they will not credit interest to the faculty member's retirement fund.
A faculty member can participate in one or both of these programs.
Craig McCoy, director of business affairs, said he did not know how many persons participated in the programs, nor how much money each faculty member would lose.
Wachs said the University's Sept. 1, paycheck-deductions were sent to Topeka last week, after the deadline. KU was the only university to send its September deductions late.
Wachs said the late deductions were caused by late paychecks. The division of the University staff would need University's staff deductions before it can send them to the TIAA and CREF in New York.
The paychecks could have been delayed because some instructors did not sign all of their checks. A representative for Sherry Kogf, administrative officer for the payroll office. An error by the employee caused the delay.
office also could have delayed the checks she said.
Because some of the paperwork was late last month, all of the deductions could not be compiled, and consequently the interest on them could not be figured before the deadline.
Wachs said it was impossible to determine how much money each faculty member had lost because some of the interest returns were based on how stocks fared.
Kopf said a supplementary payroll system had made it possible to deliver paychecks to faculty members by Sept. 18.
Faculty members who needed their paychecks immediately and could not wait until Sept. 18 were able to obtain interest through the KU Endowment Association.
Through the use of the supplementary payroll system, the University usually is able to send list of deductions before the end of the 30-day vacation wachs. Wachs said.
"This is a serious problem, especially for senior faculty members," Gaylord Richardson, charman of the Faculty and Responsibilities Committee, said.
Officials at the Endowment Association said more loans had been processed last month than usual.
Some faculty members have said that they thought the loan procedure was a great inconvenience and questioned whether they would have taken their own payments in the first place.
However, Kopf said last month was busier than usual because many faculty members had assumed different positions for the new school year.
Koft said that the late paychecks problem usually supersed in August and September and that the problem should not be as severe in future months.
James Cobier, director of the state division of accounts and reports, said Monday that a new statewide personnel payroll system could be implemented by
The division of accounts and reports began a study in August to determine the needs of the state's payroll system.
By BOB PITTMAN Staff Reporter
More than half of the Lawrence apartment buildings inspected by the city violate five safety codes, Lt. Roy Gilliam, Jr. the Fire Department inspector, said yesterday.
The citywide inspection program began in January on Massachusetts Street, Gilliam said. He said buildings that included more than two family units were being inspected and that the inspection working its way west. Even though about 800 units will be checked, he said.
Inspection shows dwellings violate fire safety code
He said he now was inspecting odd-numbered houses in the 1300 block of Ohio Street.
About 174 units have been inspected on Massachusetts, Vermont, Kentucky and Tennessee streets, Gilliam said.
JAMES McWAIN, Lawrence fire chief,
the start of the inspection program
that ensured that residents could be
safe of residents living in sororities,
fraternites, apartments and rooming
"The larger number of people, the higher our priority is to protect them," he said.
"We're not trying to make new houses out of old ones," McWaid said. "We just want to give everyone an equal chance to get out of a residence in the event of a fire."
University fraternity and sorority houses were inspected by the city last year.
He said that property owners who were found to be in violation of the city fire safety code would have from 15 to 20 days to make an active and structured structure into compliance with the code.
THE "AMOUNT OF time that we give the owner depends upon what the violations are," he said. "If the violations are major, we would be given a full number of days, we could give them the full number of days. If, however, the violation was a minor, we could give them only 15 days to make the violation vanish."
After the time period expires, a second inspection is made, McSwain said. If the case is still in violation of the code, it can be
turned over to the city prosecutor after 30 days.
The new city fire code went into effect May 9. McSwain said the new code had no effect on those houses that were found to be in violation before the code was enacted.
"It's basically the same code. It's just more compatible with the other codes that we used by the city."
GILLIAM SAID Ohio Street had the largest number of residential violations of any street that had been checked so far.
McSwain said many of the buildings violated the code because they did not have two exits.
"The Ohio Street houses have been the area some of the houses in Kentucky and Tennessee have been built on, and more recent construction in those areas. But the houses on Ohio Street haven't had any impact."
Other common violations included a lack of fire extinguishers in buildings, unclosed furnace rooms and a lack of adequate fire alarm systems.
"IN SOME OF the older buildings that have violations, we suggest that the building have been replaced by a new building of place occupancy," McSwain said. "Each building is considered separately. Every building has a history."
A give-and-take system is used when the fire department tries to bring houses that were constructed under previous codes into compliance with the current code.
"a grandfather clause" in the fire safety states that a building constructed before the requirements necessarily have met every one of the requirements of the current code, Moldwain
"We're looking for a fair level of safety. For instance, a good fire detection system could bring the building up to a level that we would consider safe."
Gilliam said the fire department received few calls from residents complaining about the fire code violations in their buildings.
“Residents don't call in until we make inspections of the buildings,” he said. “They know that if they complain to their landlords, the repairs will raise their rents.”