BILL FRAKES/Kansan staff
Benched
Being on the bench last always had a Pati Snell, Wichita junior, discovered yesterday afternoon when she needed a little assistance to reach her nurse, Tracy Woodruff. She was the first of five children in the family.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
free on campus
Vol. 90, No.18
The University of Kansas—Lawrence. Kansas
Wednesdav. September 19. 1979
Conservative Party sends petition protesting SALT II to senators
By TONI WOOD Staff Reporter
The last signatures on a Conservative Party petition against the SALT II treaty were sent yesterday to Sen. Robert Dale, R-Kan, and Sen. Nancy Kanehsu, B-Ran.
Elizabeth Crawford of Florence, treasurer of the Conservative Party, said 596 people had signed a petition to be sent to Kassaubeen and 567 people had signed one to Date. The signatures were those of four men who attended the event last week at the Kaspae State Fair in Hutchinson.
The petition said that the Soviet Union had 50-year habit of violating treaties. It urged Russia to abolish the treaty because there would be no way to keep the Soviet Union from violating SALT.
"Russia is already ahead of us," Crawford said. "We're freezing our position
of military inferiority to them and we're already in grave danger."
Beynon Bemy, chairman of the state party, said, "Our opposition to SALI II is based on the fact that Russia has not upheld the constitution with few exceptions, at any time in past history.
"WE DON'T BELIEVE they aim to uphold SALT II. The Russians will make agreements of any kind as long as they get what they want.
"Because they are atheists and non-Christians, their feelings are that cheating on something like this is of no consequence."
Boman said the Soviet Union still was committed to bringing communism to "every corner of the earth."
Ray Hall, a party member from Manhatta, also occupies SAMTH
"There's no way those Russians can be
controlled," he said. "SALT II is a continuation of SALT I. In effect, it is the continuation of the disarmament of the armaments are set on controlling the world."
ANOTHER PARTY member, Bert Falley from Topeka, said he favored a strong national defense and opposed SALT II.
"You have to have a strong national identity, you must be proud," I worry about anyone who is opposing personal freedom SALT II makes us a second-rate power because it allows Russia to be more dominant."
The opinions of the party members are special of Kansans who have written to Dole, and who also represent a member in Dole's Topea office. He said Dole had received more letters opposing the bill.
Dole has not decided whether to support
SALT II and has reservations about parts on the treaty. Coen said.
SALT II WILL be submitted to the Senate for ratification probably in late October, Coen said. Consideration of the treaty has been delayed because of time devoted to the investigation.
Kassaeum is also undecided about SALT II, according to her press secretary, Emerson Lynn. He said he had received letters from the letters favoring and onthe occasion.
The Conservative Party's opposition to SALT II is based on its party principles, Crawford said, which are designed to protect freedom and to uphold private enterprise.
Committee concludes no change needed in KU hiring procedures
There are no party members in the state Legislature, Crawford said, but members often write letters or send petitions to legislators to lobby for their opinions.
By DAVE LEWIS Staff Reporter
A committee of KU officials has decided to the recent California Williams, incident does not affect any current policy of hiring unclassified University employees. Dell Skahnel, executive vice president, Dell Skahnel
Members of the Lawrence Campus Executive Management Group agreed that the current policy did not need change because academic credentials were monitored more closely now in 1960, and were displayed at KU after submitting false credentials.
The current hiring policy requires department officials to submit a verification
of all unclassified employees' academic credentials to the affirmative action office
The policy also requires departments or officials to tell affirmative action where a job was advertised, who was contacted about the job and the job's description.
Shankel said the committee probably would warn department officials who hired personnel to verify all potential unclassified employees' academic credentials.
Unclassified employees include all administrators, faculty, student personnel, research assistants and counselors.
Williams, a former KU administrator who was fired last summer, had claimed false academic credentials on his resume.
degree from Temple University, but it was later determined that his claim was false.
Williams claimed he had a doctoral
Williams was not available yesterday for comment.
Shankel said the University was unaware of Williams' false credentials until after his firing.
Williams held various administrative and faculty positions at KU for almost 10 years.
"I think this is a very isolated incident," Shankel said Sunday. "I don't think much has to be done."
Shankie said Williams had not claimed to have a doctoral degree until 1975. Williams' alleged degree did not affect his salary or his position, he said.
"When Calvin Williams was hired in 1970, he never claimed to have a *Ph.D.*," Sankhalek said, calling Williams' employment record. "There were several attempts to find him the right job."
Shankel could not cite any specific instances of Williams' actions being unsatisfactory.
Williams was employed by the University in several positions. He worked in the urban affairs division, the comptroller's office and the division of continuing education.
Williams also was a part-time instructor of Spanish and Portuguese and served as a special education adviser to former Gov. Robert Docking.
K-State devising Gasohol process
Staff Reporter
Bv DOUG WAHI.
A Kansas State University professor is hoping to patent a new, economical way to produce Gasolol, according to William H. Kendrick, president of the K-State Research Foundation.
"Regardless of whether the process is patentable or not—that is just icing on the cake—the work is valid anyway." Honest said. "A patient was notified."
According to Robert Kruh, dean of the graduate school and a member of the K-State Research Foundation, most of the products producing Gasolols is distilling the alcohol.
Gasolike, a trademark for the Agricultural Products Committee of Nebraska, which produces the fuel, is 90 percent unleaded and 10 percent ethanol alcohol.
The process was discovered by Benjamin Kyle, professor of engineering at K-State.
Ethanol is produced in dilute solution by fermenting grains or sugar. Ethanol is expensive to produce because of the lengthy
distilling process needed to separate the water and obtain pure ethanol alcohol.
Kyle said his new process would cut down on the energy needed to separate the alcohol from the water and could save at least 50 of the energy used in producing Gasolol.
Kyle said he became interested in the experiment about 15 weeks ago when he read articles about the high cost of producing Gasobol.
He received a research grant this summer
from the K-State Engineering Experiment Station.
The K-State Agricultural Experimenting Station now is debating whether to give Kyle about $8,000 for additional research.
HONSTEAD SAID a K-State patent attorney was trying to determine whether Kyle's process could be patented.
He said a patent would be issued by the U.S. Patent Office if the process was found to be original and had not been described or made reference to in other patents.
Fowler leaves Jayhawks to attend Southern school
By GENE MYERS Sports Writer
A starter most of last season, Fowler said he harbored no ammonia toward KU's coaching staff. The possibility of losing his head, he played no part in his departure, he said.
Wilmore Fowler, junior guard on the KU basketball team, said yesterday that he would leave the University for personal reasons.
Even though no formal announcement has been made, the atlantic department. Powell will lead the end of the week to a Southern school, possibly the University of Georgia, the state's oldest public school.
"It's nothing like that," the 61-jaunior from Palmieri, Fla., said. "We had it on my mind for a long time, and I've finally *deed* that it's time for a change.
After the Hawks recruited Wichita Falls guard Jamie Littlest last spring, Fowler was rammed to the ground never did. KU head Coach Ted Owens said yesterday that Fowler's transfer was a mistake.
"For a long time, I've wanted to be closer to home. My mom's getting old and I want to be with her more."
"Before we visited Monday, he never mentioned transferring," Owens said.
But assistant coach Lafayette Norwood said he was familiar with the rumor.
"You always hear people talk, but it's
always off the record," Norwood said. "But I can understand Fowler doing it. A youngster moving from high school to a college setting always has a number of challenges, but they are difficult. Distance from home is a factor and so is the different atmosphere people.
After Fower had a standout freshman year as a part-time starter and super sub, the KU staff billed Fower and All-Big Eight to be the best of them. The sophomore backcourt in the nation, Fowler, who twice lost his starting job, did not finish half of the billing even though his scoring average improved from seven points a season before being behind Valentine in both assists and steals.
"Fowler had his very good moments and his down moments," Owens said. "His best was his eight straight field goals as a fresman against Kansas State."
"He's made his own decision and you've got to respect a man for making a decision."
Neither Owens nor Norwood would speculate on whether Fowler would have started this year, but Owens did say he would be "competing in a close battle."
"In my opinion," Norwood said, "Wilmore is awfully talented. He can fill a role with his outside shooting and quickness.
Regardless of where Fowler decides to transfer, he wouldn't be able to play collegiate basketball this season.
"Each year, however, you have to prove yourself again. We didn't know what role he'd be expected to fill yet."
Under National Collegiate Athletic Association rules, anyone who transfers from one major college to another must sit out a year. A transfer, however, can practice with his new team during his year of ineligibility.
Tony Guy, 64 sophomore forward on the basketball team, said Fowler didn't discuss his transfer with the team beforehand. But Guy said the 'Hawks would miss Fowler.
"If you play with anyone, you become part of a family," Guy said. "Then you hate seeing someone go out of your life. That's the way everybody thinks."
Even though he will be gone, Fowler predicted a better performance from this year's basketball team. His freshman year, he played in 24,6 and they dropped to 18-11 last season.
"This year, they're going to be a tough team. If everything fails in place, nobody will stop them."
"We had a lot of good spots and bad spots last year," he said. "With a lot of young guys, we had to mature, too.
Fowler leaves on an ironic note. After his freshman year, he heads to Houston at 10:09. The last two plates to wear 100 were Norm Cook and Hassan Houston. Both died from KU before graduation.
Cook skipped his senior year to turn up and Houston transferred halfway through his sophomore year, after Fowler and Valentine were recruited.
Equality for women's athletics raises more financial questions
Editor's Note: This is the first or a part series concerning the financial struggles of Kansas. The first part focuses on the financial struggle that was fought to bring about economic recovery.
Tomorrow: The current financial picture for KU women's athletics.
By BRETT CONLEY Staff Reporter
SHELIA KRIEGSHAUSER/Kansan staff
Even though women's athletics at the University of Kansas has made good progress, it's still a long way past five years, it may have pushed intercollegiate athletics at KU to a financial crisis.
KU, along with most other universities, must find ways to finance its burgeoning women's athletic program, which the university will be funded equally with men's programs.
Even with a budget of $3.6 million for all intercollegiate athletics at KU, new money must be found to build new facilities to accommodate the increasing number of women athletes and to pay for women's scholarships that soon must equal men's.
The Title IX regulations state that "No person in the United States, on the basis of
Women's athletics at KU have experienced phenomenal financial growth, considering that before 1974 the total investment in women's sports was $10,000 and this year it nearly $440,000.
THE RAPID INCREASE in funding, most KU athletic administrators agree. The national governing body, Title IX regulations that say funding of intercollegiate athletics must be equal for all students.
sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of or be subjected to discrimination under any education requirement, receiving federal financial assistance.
The regulations did not have an effect on intercollegiate athletics until 1975 when the Department of Health, Education and Welfare issued its enforcement regulations calling for equal opportunity and females in intercollegiate athletics.
"IT'S SAID TO say," Phyllis Howlett, KU associate athletic director, said, "but I don't think women's sports would be very fair if it weren't for Title IX."
Women's intercollegiate athletics did not exist at KU as a separate entity until Marian Washington was appointed in 1974 as the first director of women's athletics.
Until then, the women's intercollegiate program was part of the health, physical education and recreation department with a total budget of less than $10,000.
In her first year as athletic director, Washington managed to get $3,000 rewarded for winning the championship and she raised $15,000 to fund the first athletic scholarships ever offered to students.
The next year, Washington arranged to have women's scholarships funded through the Williams Fund, which solicits $10 million alumni for athletic scholarships.
IN THE 1975-77 academic year, woman received $24,750 for scholarships from the fund. That was increased to $45,000 the next year. Last year they received $87,500
See WOMEN page 10