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Friday, Oct. 11, 1985
News Briefs
Overheated machine begins fire at factory
A fire started yesterday at Packer Plastics Incorpor. 2303 Packer Road, when an overheated casting machine broke and ignited hydraulic oil, a Lawrence Fire Department spokesman said.
The fire started at 3:30 a.m. and was extinguished by the building's sprinkler system, the spokesman called them to investigate the cause.
Vietnam vet to speak
James H. Webb, assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs, will speak on military leadership at 3:30 p.m. today in Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
Webb, a Vietnam veteran and graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., has written three novels and a book about the military.
Webb received two Purple Heartss while serving in Vietnam. "His first novel, 'Fields of Fire,' was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
The spokesman said that although the fire did cause some damage, officials at Packer Plastics had not reported a dollar estimate.
Candle starts blaze
A fire Wednesday in a KU student's apartment, 310 Regency Road, was ignited by a candle flame and caused $600 in damage, a Lawrence Fire Department spokesman said yesterday.
No one was injured in the fire.
No one was injured in the fire.
A ladder truck and two engines responded to the alarm at 6:24 p.m. The spokesman said firefighters extinguished the fire within six minutes.
Bicyclist hit by van
The fire started when a candle in the bedroom of the apartment, which is in the Meadowbrook Apartments complex, set fire to a nearby rope, the spokesman said.
A 14-year-old bicyclist was injured Wednesday morning when he was hit by a van at 19th and Louisiana streets, Lawrence police said yesterday.
Shawn A. Kitzman, 128th Ohio St., was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital by ambulance, treated for an ankle injury and released Wednesday, a hospital spokesman said.
Concert announced
Tickets go on sale today for the Violent Femmes concert, scheduled for 8 p.m. Nov. 1 in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
All seats are general admission.
Tickets cost $8 and are sold at the Student Union Activities box office on the fourth floor of the Union or at any CATS outlet, including Omni Electronics, 540 Fireside Court. KU students get a $1 discount with their I.D.s.
Friday will be cloudy with a 70 percent chance for rain and a high in the mid to upper 40s. Winds will be easterly 10 to 15 mph. Friday night will be cloudy with a 60 percent chance of rain with a temperature nearly steady in the mid to upper 40s. Saturday will be mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of morning rain and highs between 55 and 60.
Weather
From staff and wire reports
Renters should know rights, officials say
By Theresa Scott Of the Kansan staff
Students who rent apartments or houses have rights under Kansas law to receive all services promised in their leases, the director of Lawrence's Consumer Affairs Association said Wednesday.
"If service is in any way diminished, or if service is of a lesser quality than what was represented, students have grounds to sue their teacher, the man, director of the association, 819 Vernon Street.
However, Chapman said that tenants first should complain in writing to their landlords. If lease violations are not corrected, then tenants should seek legal help.
The issue of tenants' rights came to attention earlier this month when the city building inspection office discovered building code violations at Pinecrest Apartments, 2565 Redbud Lane.
The more serious of the violations have since been corrected. Under Kansas law, if the violations had not been corrected, the tenants — some of them KU students — would have been evicted.
Cynthia Woolk, director of Legal Services for Students, said yesterday that it was a good idea for tenants to complain to landlords in writing. But she said students with complaints about their rental properties should go to Legal Services for Students, on the first floor of the Burge Union, before filing complaints with their landlords.
Legal Services for Students provides free legal help for students. The services are paid for by the student activity fee.
Woek suggested getting help from an attorney at her office, especially for serious problems such as those involving plumbing and heating. Attorneys can write specific notices to landlords that are complete and legally binding, she said.
"It has to be a substantial violation," Woelk said, "and the notice has to be sent at a certain time of the month."
Woelk also said a letter written by an attorney would enable the tenant to recover any existing security deposit if the tenant had to move.
Woelk said, "Students need to go through us because we follow the letter of the law."
Woelk said one of the first things her office did when a student complained about his rental property was to have the student call the city's minimum housing inspector.
The minimum housing inspector, Margene Swarts, inspects property to determine whether building code violations exist.
"If there is a violation in housing codes," Weckl said, "a notice is given. The landlord has 14 days to commence in good faith to make repairs. The lease can be terminated in 30 days if repairs have not been commenced."
Woelk said determining whether repairs had been started "in good faith" was difficult.
"We have to determine if the landlord has made a serious effort to make repairs," she said.
If the lease is terminated or if building code violations are not corrected, the tenant must move from the house or apartment.
Swarts said tenants should come to her if they couldn't get satisfactory solutions to problems from their landlords.
"The tenants must make a written request." Swarts said. "Then I inspect the property and send the landlord a letter if there are building code violations."
Robb Vannoy, president of the Kansas City Iowa State University Alumni Club, jogged behind a police car at yesterday's start of the ISU Torchathon in front of Wescoe Hall. Twenty runners are expected to complete a 296-mile relay ending at Cyclone Stadium for the football game tomorrow against Kansas in Ames, Iowa.
Torchathon runs despite raindrops
By Susie Bishop Of the Kansan staff
The pelting rain didn't deter Iowa State University students and alumni from beginning their fifth annual Torchathon Run yesterday at Memorial Stadium.
A flaming torch will be escorted into Cyclone Stadium in Ames, Iowa, by 20 Iowa State designated student runners and the Torchathon Run committee during the pre-game homecoming festivities at tomorrow's KU-IA State football game.
"The idea of the run is to unite the schools of the Big Eight and to promote school spirit." Ron Mielka, Iowa State run coordinator, said yesterday. "It is also a way for alumni to take part in homecoming."
Three alumni from Iowa State began the 39-hour trek from Lawrence to Ames at about 2:45 p.m. yesterday. The run is the kickoff to Iowa State's homecoming weekend.
Each alumnus ran a five-mile section of the course.
Suzanne Youngberg, co-chairman of promotions, said the alumni wouldn't be traveling back to their alma mater. They will return to Lawrence after completing their stints as torch bearer, she said.
A wooden torch with no flame will be passed from runner to runner throughout the continuous 296-mile
The wooden torch is being used because of the rain, but it will be exchanged for a burning torch before entering the stadium tomorrow, Youngberg said.
relay from the KU campus to Cyclone Stadium.
After each of the alumni completes his five-mile section, Iowa State students, picked by the school's homecoming committee, will take over the task of running the torch to Ames.
"The committee looked for people who represented the university as a whole, and not just the athletes." said Amanda Schrader, chairman of promotions for the Torchathon run.
Each of the student participants, eight women and 12 men, will run a 5-mile leg of the route three times, Michka said.
The resting runners are transported in two vans, one following the current torch bearer, and the other farther ahead carrying relief runners.
By Bonnie Snyder Of the Kansan staff
Wrestlers to grapple at Kansas Union
His costume is what he was born with - a bulldog face and lots of body hair.
The all-star wrestling match between Bull Dog Bob Brown and Rufus R. Jones will be the main attraction next Friday at "Late Night at the Kansas Union," the Union's open house.
Rainy weather won't halt the progress of the homecoming caravan, she said, but severe lightning could stop the run.
That doesn't describe the usual guest speaker in the Kansas Union Ballroom, but this gentleman isn't a speaker. He's Bull Dog Bob Brown and he's part of KU's first professional wrestling exhibition.
Other matches will pit Marty Jannetty against Gary Royal and Mr. Pogo against Bart Batten.
Homecoming tradition calls for Iowa State students, faculty and alumni to run a torch from the opponent's football stadium to Ames, Micha'a said.
"I think it will draw well because people love to watch it on Sunday
mornings," Bruce Gidlow, Rapid City, S.D., senior, said yesterday.
Amy Schwartzburg, Lawrence sophomore, was less enthusiastic about pro wrestling's invasion of the Union.
"Personally, I would not go," she said. "Maybe guys would like it."
The matches begin at 8 p.m. and cost $2 per person. Tickets are on sale at the Student Union Activities
box office on the fourth floor of the Union.
Professional wrestling won't be the only spectacle at the open house, a takeoff of "Late Night with David Letterman."
The evening will begin at 6 p.m. with the Wored Book Shop's "Plenty O' Nothin'" sale, a tribute to Letterman.
Planning may ease financing for college
By John Williams Of the Kansan staff
Footing the college bill is on the minds of many students and parents who are considering the source of next semester's money, but for some, college financing was established years ago with careful planning.
The earlier parents start saving the better off they are, but some people cannot afford to do that, the owner of a local financial consulting firm said Wednesday.
"The reason people don't usually start saving early is that they lack knowledge of the future market," said Jos Santalaria, owner of San-
taulair & Associates Ltd., 647 Massachusetts St.
Santaularia said he told his clients of several ways to finance their children's education, such as buying real estate, putting money into savings accounts or cash dividends and owning stock.
This fall, in-state KU tuition for undergraduates was $615, and $1,517 for out-of-state undergraduates.
Individual retirement accounts are another possibility, he said. With an IRA, parents can offset the penalty for early withdrawal of the money with the wise use of the money for their children's education
zero coupon bonds, according to Santaularia.
He said that if a child's parents bought a bond for $1,000, in 10 years that bond would mature to be worth $10,000.
Parents also may want to consider
The Clifford trust, a special trust set in a child's name, is another way he suggested to finance education. The trust is taxed at a rate of 10 percent, and after 10 years the parents can claim from the principal, Santularia said.
Zero coupon bonds are not taxed until they exceed $1,040. Santalauria said. Above that they are taxed at a lower-than-normal rate.
Jerry Rogers, director of the office
of financial aid, said that many parents sought help from the office to cope with college expenses.
"We talk to people who need financial aid and some people who we don't think need it," he said.
One way for parents to help students directly is either to pay college expenses out of their own pockets or take out Parental Loans for Undergraduate Studies, which are not based on financial need, he said.
The parental loans provide cash quickly, he said, but parents have to begin paying the loans back after 60 days.
Steve Robb, 445 Michigan St., was in fair condition yesterday afternoon at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan., and a doctor from Oklahoma City Robb was being prepared to be moved from the intensive care unit.
Yonit Zwart, Amsterdam, Netherlands, junior, was in satisfactory condition yesterday afternoon at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
A three-car accident on Wednesday at Sixth and Indiana streets injured a Lawrence man and a KU student, Lawrence police said yesterday.
Robb had injuries to the head, neck and back, and Zwart had lacerations to the face.
Two injured in collision of three cars
Zwart was issued a traffic citation, police said.
Police said that Robb was driving west on Sixth Street between 30 to 35 mph at 1:23 p.m. when Zwart, who was driving north on Indiana Street, pulled out in front of him.
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