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Wednesday. August 29, 1979
University Daily Kansas
Greek fire escapes inspected
By JUDY WOODBURN Staff Reporter
Student officials at several KU fraternities and sororites said yesterday that they intended to have fire escapes at their houses checked by building inspectors because of the fire escape collapse that injured a KU student at one fraternity.
Gregory Harding, Leawood senior, who was the first Alpha Epidaure fraternity when it disappeared last Saturday, was still listed in critical condition. A few minutes earlier at 4:30 p.m., he died.
Butch Hataway, building and grounds
manager at Delta Tao Delta fraternity,
he said he will planning to have an expert
check the house's fire escape as soon as
possible.
"We sit on our fire escape all the time," Hataway said, "and we're really worried about it now."
Rob Heschmeyer, Prairie Village junior and house manager at Phi Kappa Theta (Phi Kappa Theta), which has been reinforced the fire escape at the house with additional bolt, he probably would have had a fire alarm.
"IN FACT," Heschmeyer said, "if the fire inspector who checked the house last
February had stepped on our fire escape, he could have seen that the fire escape was wiggling."
Lawrence Fire Chief Jim McSain said we never inspecter do not have the expertise to handle these weaknesses, and that it was the responsibility of the owner to maintain the fire equipment.
But, he had said if a fire inspector did notice obvious signs of weakness, he would contact a structural expert.
Doug Comp姆, house manager at Phi Delta Theta, said the fire escape at that house had been built only two years ago, so
the officials at the house had no reason to doubt their stability.
SCOTT MACDONALD, Satiana senior and president of Delta Chi fraternity, said that although the fire escapes at his house were destroyed, he should make sure they were checked by an expert.
"The accident has definitely affected my way of thinking," he said. "Now we'll make sure things are safe."
Student officials at alba Tau Almoe and Phi Kappa Psi fraternities and Chi Omega, Delta Gamma and Gamma Pi planning to have fire escapes checked.
Closer look
Officials yesterday inspected the mortar where a fire escape was attached to Sigma Alpha Epion fraternity. 1301 W. Campus Road. The fire escape collapsed Saturday,
seriously injuring fraternity member Gregory Hardy. The officials are R.C. Pierce, the chief officer for Continental Insurance Co., Jim McSawen, Lawrence Fraser, and Stephen Foster.
1228 W. Seventh, said the increase in sales of bicycles could be of "substantial duration."
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"CONCEIVABLE, this could be a long-range increase in popularity," Latham said. "I don't think it is all just because of the gas leak that happened; it also has something to do with it."
With a 90-1% increase in sales since last year, Latham said he was encountering supply problems, but the cost of bicycles was not rising fast.
"The average cost of a ten-speed is about $165-175 and that is only about five dollars higher than last year," Latham said. "But the cost of driving an electric distribution we get is due to currency changes."
Mopeds, which are a cross between a motorcycle and a bicycle and get about 100 miles per gallon, also are hot items.
ROGER DAVIS, manager of Horizons Hound-Harley Davidson, 1811 W. Sixth, sales of horses mopeds had at least doubled in one year.
"A month ago we sold everything we ordered," Davis said. "Night now we are selling about four mopeds a day and we're getting them all the 189 models which are just coming out."
Good gas mileage and low cost, approximately $425 for a Honda, were the two reasons Davis cited for the popularity of mopeds.
"We have really gotten a lot of new riders." We Davis said. "All the way from 14-year-olds who can be licensed to ride them, we would love to take them out for a pair of their 60th wedding anniversary."
MOTORCYCLES have also joined the increased sales narade. Davis said sales at
his store were nearly twice those of last year.
"The mid-size motorcycle has become popular as people are starting to use them as their main source of transportation", Davis said.
"We did have a shortage of motorcycles for awhile," Davis said. "In fact we couldn't even order them for awhile, but now we're ready to buy." And because Honda usually has enough bikes,"
A mid-size motorcycle, 400-500cc will
be about 55-100 miles per gallon. Davis said,
and costs approximately $2,000. Those are
the two basic reasons for good sales, Davis said.
Anyone wanting to buy a Yamaha motorcycle in Lawrence could have a hard time doing so now, according to Art Semple for Lawrence Yamaha. 66 W. 21rd.
"OUR BUSINESS is about 40 percent better now than it was last year," Sommer said, "but we have no supply. We have too much and large ones in stock. that's about it."
Summer said the Japanese motorcycle producers were not using high demand as are
excuse to raise prices. The last price increase Sommer received was September 21 of last year, he said.
"The gas situation has given a lot of people a legitimate excuse to buy a motorcycle," Sommer said. "Now they can buy a motorcycle and tell their wife they are saving gas. I had a professor buy one and he had been waiting 48 years to one."
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