THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
CLOUDY
Vol. 90. No.12
10 cents off campus
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Tuesday, September 11, 1979
Royals split with Twins
See story page six
Court delays liquor ruling
Rv TONI WOOD
Staff Reporter
The Kansas Supreme Court yesterday ordered the postponement of a Shawnee County District Court ruling that would allow the state's minimum wage to remain legal longer.
Loyal retailers will continue to mark up prices until the Aug. 31 ruling of Judge Michael Barbara can be appealed Oct. 22 by the jury, a division, a decision of the Department of Revenue.
Barbara ruled 11 days ago that the price controls were unconstitutional.
The court's decision also allows the state's liquor lawkeeping to go into effect as written by the 1979 state legislature. The effective date of that legislation was yesterday.
The law was designed 30 years ago to help small businesses compete with larger businesses.
Some hard liquor prices currently must be marked up by a minimum of 28.5 percent and most wine prices must be increased by at least 45 percent.
Barbara ruled that the price markup requirement discouraged competition among retailers and therefore was a violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
Doris Deerwater, owner of Deerwater
tetanus liquor, 312 S. Third St., Mason,
near Boca Raton, the "massively
markup price" I know of about three
store in Lawrence that could stay in
the city.
IF THE SUPREME Court decides in favor of Barbara's ruling, liquor retailers can set any price above actual cost for their products.
Florence McNicoll, owner of McNicol's Florentine Liquors, 618 Arizona St., said, "It's just as soon keep the price markup on it, is that we don't want to spend money — mean a new way of doing business."
Most local liquor retailers said they would rather have the minimum price markup because it allowed them to compete with larger businesses.
But John Welborn, clerk at J. T. Green Retail Luger, 802.W 21st St., said he would like to see price controls lifted from both liquor retailers and wholesalers.
"We DON'T make that much money," he said. "The ones who make the killing are the wholesalers."
Welborn said the price markup originally was designed to help small businesses get on their feet, thereby discouraging liquor sales on the black market.
The consumers would benefit from the decontol, he said, because they would pay
lower prices for liquor. Larger retailers also could benefit because they could afford to lower prices and attract more customers.
"But as it stands now, the laws are restricting free enterprise," he said, "which is totally against the American economic system.
"In the long run, if you invest more money, you would be able to amass more income," he said, "but that would depend on both time and effort was not in it."
"There is too much dead wood in the liquor retail business now."
MOST LAWRENCE liquer retailers said they had not changed the prices of their products, but would wait for the Supreme Court's decision and for instructions from them.
Wholesalers also will be awaiting the outcome of the appeal. In Barbara's 14-page decision, he said the franchising laws and 1979 Legislature were unconstitutional.
In the past, liquor distributors were required to sell their products to every wholesaler in the state.
Barbara's ruling was the result of a suit filed by three Kansas lakers wholesalers—Culby Inc., Dodge City; Grant-Billingly Inc., Fitch; and Kappa Districtists Inc. *Kansas City, Kan.*
The laws allow exclusive franchises to be formed between liquor distributors and wholesalers. Barbara said the laws encouraged monopolies.
The wholesalers said they were the victims of a monopoly formed by other wholesalers, which had given them only a fraction of the state's liquor business.
A sunny September afternoon can make washing cars a bolt and tedious jobs as Delta Gamma sorority members Wikiy Cox and Daryl Parnell are using.
Car wash
Shawnee Mission sophomore, learned Sunday. The car wash,
at Kroger's parking lot, 21rd Street and Nashimin Drive, raised
a $50 donation.
Freed Puerto Rican to continue struggle
Rv ELLEN IWAMOTO
Staff Renorter
LEAVENWORTH—Cries of "Viva Puerto Rico, Libre," (Long live free Puerto Rico) rung in the carrs of Oscar Colasso as he left yesterday, on his last day of the 28 years, his home for the past 28 years.
Torresola and a policeman were killed in the shootout.
About 15 persons gathered in front of the pentagonal, two of them holding up a wooden pole, and a group of supporters of Colazo, one of Four Puerto Rican nationalists granted clemency by President John F. Kennedy.
Colaiz, 65, was serving a life sentence for the attempted assassination of President Jimmy Carter. He was another Puerto Rican nationalist, Griselio Torresuela,剑 to shoot their way into the Blair House where Truman was staying after he was released from the straining stration for Puerto Rican independence.
The many years in prison have physically changed Collazo: He is heavier, his hair has turned gray, and he now wears tinted glasses that absorb from high blood pressure and asthma.
But in spirit, Collaso is 36 years old again.
"I will continue to fight for ind-
viduals." He said yesterday.
COLLAZO expressed no regrets about his actions 28 years ago.
"My reaction was that I was giving my life for my country's freedom," he said. "It was a moment of pride."
Colazo said he did not consider himself a hero, but he felt he was doing his duty for his country.
Colazo said he did not have any reaction to Truman's death in 1972 because Truman, personally, was not the target of the attack.
"I didn't pick Truman," he said. "They (the U.S. government) picked me."
In defending his and other nationalists' past actions, Collazo called the United States the aggressor when it invaded Puerto Rico in 1958.
"All Puerto Rico has done is fight back," he said.
Asked if he had mellowed during his stay in prison, Collea replied he had not been brought to the penitentiary to mellow; "but was brought here to ot."
Colazo, who was accompanied by his wife, Rosa, and a niece, Wilma Reveron, will travel to Chicago and New York before she travels to Puerto Rico where he said he plans to stay.
"We will go anywhere we are invited," he said. "But Puget Rico is home and I will only come to the United States as a visitor."
MRS. COLLAZO said she had been with
her husband since Friday when his clemency was announced.
"I feel very happy, not only for my husband but for the others, too," she said.
Reveron said the would fly to St. Louis to meet the other newly released nationalists before going to Chicago and New York.
"Puerto Rican people there are waiting to greet him with demonstrations and rallies," she said.
Three other Puerto Rican nationalists were freed yesterday. Four years after the murder of Rafael Camara, Irving Flores Rafael Camara Miranda, Irving Flores Rodriguez and Andrés Fuego Cordero Cordero
Representatives where about 100 congressmen were gathered on the floor. Five congressmen were wounded.
Cordero was pardoned in 1977 by Carter
because he was dying of cancer. He died last March in Puerto Rico.
LEBRON WAS in the Alderson, W.Va., federal women's prison; Miranda was in the Marion, III, maximum-security prison and Rodriguez was transferred a few weeks ago from the Lewisworth penitentiary to a federal prison for federal prisoners in Springfield, Mo.
All four had refused to personally ask for courtesy. However, a petition submitted by the nationalists against the government in April. Collaine said the nationalists had refused request for a pardon for the governor.
Sakari Sariola, KU professor of sociology and author of the book, "The Puerto Rican Dilemma," said he approved of Carter's actions.
"Clemency was very much called for at this point in time," he said.
SARIOLA SAID he thought Carter's actions would have a calming effect on the political unrest in Puerto Rico. It could be considered a victim at this point, he said.
He also said he hoped the efforts of Puerto Rican nationalists would be channeled elsewhere now that the four prisoners were free.
"Instead of debating the question of political prisoners," he said, "more essential and relevant points can be debated."
A Puerto Rican student, who asked not to be identified for political reasons, said she thought the freed prisoners would cause an unrising in Puerto Rico.
"I think they'll stir up some feelings and there will be demonstrations," she said.
"They were there because they committed a crime, "but maybe they have already paid for it."
Pearson's class studies SALT
Professor Pearson
JEFF HARRING/Kansan staff
Former Sen. James Pearson started a new career this fall as a teacher. Pearson snake last night to about 50 students about the SALT II negotiations.
By AMY HOLLOWELL Staff Reporter
Ratification of the SALT II treaty is a very complicated issue and to vote against it purely because of the existence of Soviet combat troops in Cuba is "absurd, a case of unfounded values," James Pearson former U.S. senator from Kansas, said yesterday.
SALT II is the first topic in Pearson's class, "The United States in World Affairs. Last night Pearson, KU professor, spoke at the first of three SALT II presentations.
"I want to present a very, very objective, two-sided view of the SALT II controversy," the 17-year Senate veteran said.
Next Monday Sen. John Culver, D-Iowa,
will lecture to the class in support of the
treaty. The following Monday, Sept. 24.
Jen. Gain Kame, R-G乌塔, will give a
presentation in opposition to the treaty.
Attendance is optional in the Forum
Room of the Kansas Union
"We'll try to examine the politics of energy policy regarding the energy problems of the world," Pearson said. "This is objectionable, a matter of great concern to everyone."
Because the course is designed to deal with international issues of immediate concern, Pearson said he would select the topics no more than a month in advance.
Pearson plans to lecture to the class about once a month, providing the general background for the current topic. The class meets four times a month. He said he would not attempt to color the issues in any way because he had no interest in molding
A high level official from Mobil Oil will be a guest speaker in the energy series, as will a representative of the U.S. Department of Energy.
The international politics of energy is the next topic to be discussed, beginning Oct. 8.
realize that in many of the cases there is no clear cut black and white."
Last night, two documentary films were the focus of the class, one opposed to the SALET II film and another to treaty. The films were produced by outside organizations concerned with the war.
Pearson declined to state his opinion on the SALT II treaty, primarily because he wanted to remain objective publicly on the course topics.
He said that because he is no longer a senator, his opinion didn't count anymore than anyone's else's, except as a matter of curiosity.
Since his retirement from the Senate in December 1978, Pearson has been practicing law part-time in a New York firm as an assistant commissional counsel and teaching at KU.
The former Republican senator debated as a KU professor last semester, lecturing about seven hours a week to students in the college classes. Because he visited different classrooms every day, Pearson said he never had the opportunity to know any of the students.
He said this semester he planned to be more available to his students.
Pearson said he accepted KU's inference that Mr. Ginsburg would be "marvellous" way to maintain a relationship as a private citizen with the state that gave me a great opportunity to work.
But he said he did not know how long he would continue teaching because of a very active retirement and many different interests.
He said, however, that the dynamics of American politics made it impossible to say at this time who would be the candidates in the 1980 race.
One of those interests is supporting Sen. toward Baker R-Temple for the role of chair in a nomination. Pearson returned last week from a stint on the campaign trail with
"Too many of the personal and world events that will determine who will run haven't happened yet." Pearson said. " decisions aren't made in advance."
Staff Reporter
By JUDY WOODBURN
State's equality rank possibly misleading
A national study released last week ranked the state of Kansas second in the nation for the percentage of primary and secondary education may be misleading, according to Robin Gordon, a spokesman for the Project for Equal Education Rights (PEER) in Washington.
Gordon said the PEER study could be misleading because it did not consider some factors that could affect sexual equity.
The study ranked states for their efforts to end discrimination in each of three areas in secondary education—school athletics, administration and vocational education.
in athletics. Kansas ranked second in the nation. According to the report, 43.7 percent of all athletes in secondary and primary schools in the state are women. In the vocational education category, Kansas also ranked second. The report said that of all the states in the country, 9.9 percent were women. The report had no data on women women.
"But an overall ranking of second isn't anything for Kansas to put itself on the back foot. It's not a first," the body count of women in the three different areas of elementary, junior and high school.
The study did not include universities.
Gordon said vocational education had been included in the study because an in-
No information was provided, she said, on spending for women athletics, scheduling of women's games or publicity. So flat figures might be misleading, she percentage
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Classified staff urges equal pay increases
By JEFFSJERVEN
Staff Renarter
Classified employees at the University of
Texas at Austin have served as faculty members, but think they deserve same raise. Joseph Collins, chairman of the Classified Senate Steering Committee, said
Dykes had last week that although current budget requests included salary increases for faculty only, pay raises for other employees could follow later.
"Classified employees want a raise along with the faculty," Collins said. "Why should we have to wait in line behind faculty members?"
Collins took exception to Chancellor Archie R. Dykes' comments concerning raises for faculty members and other University employees.
"The faculty deserves a pay increase. But the cost of living is going up for everyone. Any pay increases should apply to all state employees."
Colins also disputed a statement by State Sen. Arnold Berman, D-Lawrence, that the faculty pay increase would help faculty with pay increases for other state employees.
BERMAN SAID last week that classified employees within individual categories received yearly merit increases, usually of 5 percent.
When the Legislature granted last year an additional 6 to 8.5 percent pay increase to state employees, Berman said, classified received a total increase of about 11 percent.
Collina said, however, that classified employees received only six merit increases per year. That percent cost-of-living increases were granted, along with period longevity
In each job classification, Collins said, there are six pay steps. Each year, a classified employee can advance to a higher
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