Tuesday, August 28, 1979
Few book bargains available to students
A random check yesterday of textbooks the Jawaharlal Bookstore, 149 Cedar Road, showed that students probably will not get much of a savings by comparison.
University Daily Kansan
Betty Brock, manager of the Kansas State University, said she knew no reason why price differences should exist between the stores because the library sets all the stores
Of 15 textbooks compared, the only price difference were a $1 lower price on two new books and a 75-cent price on three used books at the Jayhawk Bookstore.
Officials of the Jayhawk Bookstore would not comment on book sales or prices.
Although book prices have remained stable in recent years, Brock said students were getting a break this year
because the Kansas Union Bookstore had a large supply of books for sale.
"We bought $50,000 worth of used books this year, as compared with only about $6,000 worth when I came here a year and a half ago," Brock said. "We bought all the books because the faculty got their book rebuques in on time this year.
Another option students have this year, Brock said, is to buy books at the new Satellite Union. Students who place orders online can pick up their books 24 hours later, she said.
"Our goal is to have two-thirds used books and one-third new for a course. Those students who spend money with us we are able to give a five percent rebate."
Both the Jayhawk Bookstore and the Kansas Union Bookstore were extremely busy yesterday, something Brock said caught her by surprise.
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Bus 62 taking cab business away
By HAROLD COMPBELL Staff Reporter
The owner of the two Lawrence cab companies said yesterday that a city-subsidized bus service for the elderly in Lawrence was taking about 30 percent of his
"The bus is a great事 for the elderly of Lawrence", Ward Thompson, owner of Yellow and Union cab companies, said, "but not being able to compete with it financially."
Sarah Harding, director of the Lawrence Council of Aging, which operates the bus, called Bus 62, said there was no proof of an active complaint. The Council on Aging and the cab companies.
"We offer a service for people who would not be able to be served by the cab companies," she said.
Despite the deregulation of the Lawrence cab companies and the resulting fare increase approved by the Lawrence City Commission in May, Thompson said the increase was not enough to cover the loss of bursaries because of the cheaper bus service.
"There is no way I can compete with an organization that offers rides for 25 cents," he said.
HARDWARE SAID this was operated on a donation-fare basis, with passengers paying what they could afford. She said most passengers paid 25 cents or more.
The average fare for a Lawrence cab ride is $2.10, Thompson said.
"The for some money the city gives the Council on Aging, I could average 80,000 riders a year. The Council on Aging averages 44,000 riders a year," he said.
Harding said the council received $9,000 this year from federal revenue sharing fund. She agreed that the bus served about 44,000 people a year.
The new rates, approved by the city commission on a 3-2 vote, are 90 cents for the first one-eighth mile and 20 cents for the second one-half mile. The new tax rates became effective June 1.
THE PREVIOUS rates were 70 cents for the first one-seventh mile and 10 cents for each additional one-seventh mile.
Marci Francisco, city commissioner who voted against the rate increase, said she would like to see some subsidization of the Lawrence cab companies by the city to help them provide special senior citizen service.
Francisco said she did not know how much subsidization she would like, though.
"As someone who doesn't have a driver's license, I know some of the problems faced by people who need transportation," she said.
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