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University Daily Kansan
2 Thursday, October 4.1979
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN-
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From the Kansas' Wire Services
Kreps quits cabinet position
WASHINGTON—Juanna M. Kreps, the nation's first female secretary of commerce, submitted her resignation to President Carter yesterday, a Comma
Kreets cited "Personal, family reasons" for leaving the Cabinet job, according to Commerce spokesman Ernest Lotto, who added, "She feels has been away from her family for almost three years and at this time needs to be with them."
He said the White House planned to officially announce today that Carter was accepting the resignation with regret.
Kreps had been considering returning to Durham last June because of her husband's health problems, said one source, who asked to remain
in Durham, N.C. Duke Chancellor A. Kenneth Pyle said that Krepws would return to the university Nov. 1. She had been on leave from her job as a
researcher at the University of Illinois.
Ethics panel investigates case
WASHINGTON—One or more witnesses may be laid over ear during testimony in the investigation of Sen. Herman Talmalda, D-GA, the Senate Budget Committee.
Other violations of law, including making false claims against the government and complying to defraud the government, also might have occurred, the government said.
However, the panel did not single out any person it believed led or committed suicide. The panel asked the Talmudic case to the Justice Department, which has jurisdiction files on the Talmudic case to the Justice Department, which has jurisdiction.
The investigation had earlier led the panel to recommend that the denouncement Talmadge's conduct as "repreprehensible" and as a "gross neglect of duty."
Damaged reactor shut down
RED WING, Minn. — A reactor at the Prairie Island nuclear generating plant in Red Wing, Minn., fired a 30-kilogram plutonium-239 bomb downstairs status yesterday afternoon, said Northern States Power Co. officials.
Inspections to find the cause of the radioactive leak could begin within two to four days, a power company official said yesterday.
A ruptured steam tube of two nuclear generators at Prairie Island allowed radioactive steam to flow through a turbine vent into the atmosphere
The leak was not serious enough to endanger workers or area residents, according to federal and state officials.
The general supervisor for Northern States Power Co. said yesterday that inspectors would check tubes in the steam generator, once it had cooled down sufficiently, to see whether the accident was a freak or leakage was common to other tubes.
He said that a major split or rupture was possible and that there might be incidental damage to other pipes.
Carter's response endorsed
WASHINGTON-Pentagon sources said yesterday that U.S. defense officials concurred with the modest measures adopted by President Carter in dealing with the issue.
From a military standpoint, the moves announced by Carter would preserve the status quo in Cuba. Sources said Carter's military advisers endorsed those moves.
The sources would discuss the decision-making only on the condition that they not be identified by name.
"Clearly, was this not the kind of situation where you'd think of using force?" said one member of the small group who helped put together a report 30 men and women in New York.
The adviser would not discuss specific options, but he indicated that on the military side they involved a set of demonstrations and exercises that would be conducted in their own manner.
Administration sources said Carter not only avoided a blunt military response to the Soviet troop issue, but that he also rejected any ideas that the US would take such action.
Enerau board survives dispute
WASHINGTON - The Senate yesterday sounded defeated two attempts by environmentalists to weaken President Carter's proposal for a powerful new energy policy.
By votes of 59-38 and 69-34, the Senate agreed to give an Energy Mobilization Board broad powers to push for construction of new facilities, including a gas plant.
Senators concerned about the environmental dangers of such new facilities did win one major concession which would give the Environmental Protection Agency a majority in the Senate.
By a voice vote, the Senate agreed that if plants were found to be a hazard to health after construction began, the EPA would have authority to stop construction. But that would occur only if state or local governments sought to block construction.
Liauor leaal in Kansas skies
TOPEKA-Federal law is the predation rate in the skies over Kansas, Attorney General Robert Stapleton said yesterday, and it pre-empts state efforts to kill the species.
The federal preemption applies whether the planes take off or land at Kansas airports, Stephan said.
His opinion is a departure from the legal interpretations of his predecessors, beginning in 1973 when former Attorney General Vern Miller and liquor could be charged with misdemeanor. In 1980, he also lost a
There has been scattered compliance with that interpretation during the past six years.
Tornado hits Connecticut town
WINDSOR LOCKS, Comi — Two persons were killed and at least 56 were injured when a tornado struck here yesterday. It was accompanied by a storm with wind gusts up to 86 mph. More than 40 buildings were damaged or destroyed.
Gov. Eliza Grasso declared an 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew and ordered in 200 National Guard troops because of concern about security in damaged areas
The figures on deaths and injuries were given by the state health commissioner, who said most of the injured were flown by helicopter to Hartford
KC pays half worker bus fare
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In a move designed to conserve energy, Kansas City has instituted a 90-day trial program in which the city will pay the cost of
Under the program, which began last year, city employee can purchase
transportation tax licenses and insurance to drive by the city from its half-cent transportation sales tax fund. Harold Bautin, an
employer of the city, said he will be required to pay $125 per month.
If the program causes a significant increase in riders among city employees, the city council will be asked to pass an ordinance appropriating continued use of the bus system.
Today will be sunny and mild with north-westernly winds from five to 15 mph and a high temperature of 39 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
Weather ...
The extended forecast for Saturday through Monday calls for temperatures in the high 70s to low 80s with no significant precipitation. Low temperatures in the lower 40s are expected.
Tomorrow will be clear and warmer with temperatures in the high 78s.
This morning at Concord Garden Amphitheatre, Hendersonville
Service in Topeka. The low temperature will be around 20°C.
Temperature will be close and upreme with temperatures in the high 70s.
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"owner," he said, "because often it helps in terms of objectivity to consider promotion and tenure decisions away from the units which are involved.
Tenure...
"The question is how far you can go with the de-centralization and give the different schools relative freedom to make their own promotion decisions."
FaxEx sent the recommendations to the Committee on Tenure and Related Problems, a quas-judicial committee that handles issues where questions of due process are involved.
The UCP forwarded the recommendations Sept. 28 to FacEx, but no action was taken because of a lack of response (from the University faculty).
The CTRP said its duties would not be altered if the recommendations were approved.
proves Gerhard Zuther, chairman of FacEx, said
he would confer with Christofersen soon and request that copies of the recommendations be sent to all faculty members. The recommendations call for:
*Discussion of the possibility of changing a University procedures to allow school officials to meet with recommendations for promotion at the lower ranks (up to and including associate officers) in the university.
- Discussion of the advisability of granting promotion to the rank of associate professor without the award of tenure.
- Examinations of the issue of peer review and further discussion of the possibility of requiring evidence of peer review and assessment of instructional implications for promotion or tenure or both.
* School and departmental committees to seek outside review and evaluation of research, scholarship, and creative or instructional indicators of instructors considered for promotion.
More aid money available for next spring's students
Additional funds will be available for the spring semester to several of the financial and programs, Jeff Weinberg, associate director of financial aid, said yesterday.
The exact amount of money is undetermined, Weinberg said, but students should file aid applications within the next two weeks. The deadline for applications is Nov. 18.
Money will be available from the KU undergraduate scholarships, and graduate and undergraduate loans from the National Loans and College Work Study programs.
The financial aid office will begin making awards to students who have applications on file for the award and are those who are receiving aid or have contacted the financial aid office about their eligibility.
According to Weinberg, early applicants will have time to re-file their application before the November死领贷 if the ACT computer rejected their first form.
Students who have not filed aid forms for
Weinberg said the money was available because some students who had qualified for loans this semester had declined their loan or grant, or they had failed to enroll.
the 1979-80 school year, or had filed an application late should reapply.
Students should apply early to speed the application process by the American College Test Program in Iowa City.
Wenberg said that the financial aid office would be reviewing students files, and that the award will be given to the awards will be few compared to the financial aid awarded for the spring semester.
ATTENTION!
Weinberg said one ACT application form would be the only form required .
Pre-Med Students
A meeting for all students considering applying to medical school in Fall of '79 or '80 Tuesday Oct. 9 7:00 p.m. Big Eight Room Kansas Union and Lawrence campus
Representatives from KU Med Center and Lawrence campus will be in attendance.