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KANSAN
Friday, October 31, 1980 Vol.91, No.50 USPS 650-640
Soviet political trends pose dangers to U.S., Nunn says
By DALE WETZEL Staff Reporter
A combination of the extensive growth of the military strength and the pressures on the Soviet Union from its current economic and political troubles could spell significant danger for the United States and its allies, according to U.S. Senator Sam Nunn.
Nunn, D-Ga., considered one of the foremost experts on defense matters on the Senate Armed Services Committee, spoke to more than 400 people last night in the Kansas Union on the National and National Security. His speech was sponsored by the KU Office of International Programs.
NUNN SAID THAT fortunately many Americans realized that in this period of increased tension, the United States had not kept pace with the Soviet military buildup.
"About 18 months to two years ago, the public was still, and the Congress certainly was, reflecting a great deal of what I call the 'post-Vietnam syndrome.'" he said.
Nunn said he thought that now many Americans were cognizant of the extent of the Soviet bulldog and were willing to support moves counteract it, such as increased military efforts.
The Soviets have spent $10 billion more than the United States on defense over the past 10 years and have made enormous strides in reducing the number of where they formerly larded behind, Nunn said.
The U. s. nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union in the 1950s and '60s, which the NATO alliance relied upon for defense, is long gone, Nunn said. Europeans are beginning to realize
that they must shoulder their share of the nuclear burden.
Nunn praised significant behind the scenes work for progress in this area, such as NATO's recent acceptance of a U.S. plan to modernize Western Europe's nuclear forces, and a Western naval effort currently taking place outside the Persian Gulf. A fleet of ships from France, West Germany, Britain and the United States is nortrolling the troubled Persian Gulf area.
Although he called himself "no cheerleader of SALT II." Nunn nevertheless opposed presidential candidate Ronald Reagan's proposal to scrape the treaty.
"I think it would be much preferable, rather than withdrawing SALT II, or having它 defeated us," she said. "If necessary, we can make whatever changes are necessary, so at the very least we will be in a
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Sen. Sam Nunn
A black cat keeps a watchful eye over a jack-o-lantern. Today is Halloween, the holiday of the witches and goblins. Thousands of spooks, young and old, will take to the streets after dark for treats and mischief.
PACs play big role in local elections
By BILL VOGRIN Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Political Action Committees have found their way to Kansas in large numbers. Candidates for the state House and Senate have soaked up pockets full of PAC dollars, and have used them to fund high-powered campaigns that concentrate on small areas.
Campaign regulations now limit the amount of contributions available to presidential candidates, and all Lawrence-area candidates for state office have benefited from the restrictions.
Campaign treasuries of all six state House
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candidates from Lawrence have swollen with money formerly reserved for politicians on the board.
SPECIAL INTEREST groups and lobbying organizations have used large campaign contributions to get the attention of candidates for office. About 49 percent of the total money contributed to local politicians has come from special interest PACs.
"Political action committees exist for the purpose of influencing legislative action." Russell Getter, associate professor of political science, said Wednesday.
Getter has investigated PACs and is the author of a book, "Money Makes A Difference," which details PAC influence in Kansas in the 1978 elections.
PACS OFTEN ARE set up by lobbying organizations that are registered with the state, but Getter said many other groups formed PACs, including individuals.
"They channel money to selected candidates for office," he said. "In Kansas there are PACs who hide their identities with meaningless facts, and frequently the PACs are just two or three people."
More than 50 political action committees supported the eight local candidates in the 44th, 45th and 46th House Districts and the 2nd Senatorial District. Contributions from these PACs made up about $20,000 of $40,912 in contributions to those candidates.
The biggest spender in the area was the Political Action Council of Kansas for the Association of Commerce and Industry, which is the 2300 to Republican candidates in the four districts.
The Kansas Realtors Association PAC was the second biggest spender, giving $1,150 to two Republican candidates, Wint Winter Jr., and Kent Snyder.
THE HALL PAC for the Hallmark Cards corporation also smiled upon Republican candidates, spreading $700 among the four area GOP challengers. The Kansas Association for Political Education and Action gave $800 to two minorities in the Winter, crossing party lines with its contributions.
Only four of the more than 50 PACs crossed party lines with their contributions.
According to state law, individual contributors and PACs are limited to $500 in contributions before the August primary and $500 before the general election.
The contributions are, according to law, public service contributions, not payments for political favors after the election. But Getter said PACs must win elections and winners, and usually contributed to incumbents.
THE MOST ACTIVE political action committees in this area fall into three interest groups: utilities, transportation and medical professionals.
The four utilities PACs contributed about $500 as a whole. There are eight transportation-related PACs, including oil groups and employee union groups. Their contributions totaled more than $12 million to professionals, such as chiropractors, doctors and assistants, donated more than $1,200 to the campaigns.
Inincumbent State Sen. Arnold Berman, the Democrat in the 2nd State Senate race, received 15 PAC contributions, more than any other area candidate. Steve Troller, Bermans campaign manager for the Democratic Party, Berman's contributions came from PACs. He called it a "considerable amount."
Winter, a political novice, had 13 PAC contributors, the second highest number.
Twelve political action committees contributed $100 or more to local candidates. They were: The PAC of Kansas for the Association of Commerce and Industry, $2,300; the Kansas Association for Political Education, $700; the Hallmark Associations corporation, $700; the Kansas Association for Political Education and Action, $600; the Kansas Bankers Association, $500; Lawyers Engaged in the Advancement of Good Government, $400; the Kansas Association for Political Education, $300; the Dryup PAC of Kansas, $400; the Kansas Agents PAC, $350; the Agricultural PAC, $310; the Lawrence PAC, $300; and the KEEP Club, $300.
These figures were released Wednesday by the Secretary of State's office. The third and final pre-election campaign reports were due Wednesday, and another report is due after Tuesday's election.
Halloween masks give children sense of power, recklessness
Staff Reporter
By VANESSA HERRON
Before going to war, many primitive tribesmen paint their faces. It makes them feel
Before robbing liquor stores, gunmen pull masks over their heads. It makes them feel more secure.
On Halloween, American children wear the masks of ghosts, witches and skeletons. A KU professor suggests that it makes them feel powerful.
The professor, Allan Hanson, of the anthropology department, said yesterday that when children dressed as evil spirits to play pranks and demand treats on Halloween, they
were practicing a "ritalt of inversion" similar to those that have been observed in primitive
Residents oppose mall, survey savs
In a ritual of inversion, he said, the traditional roles of society are reversed.
In some African rituals, kings about to ascend to power are screamed at and abused and in the American ritual of Halloween, children are allowed to stay out late, soap windows and demand all the candy their trick-or-treat bags can hold.
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"The interesting thing about Halloween is that we take little kids—who are innocents and on the bottom rung of authority—and put them in the room where they can be aatable and are given a lot of power," Hanson said.
By JENNIFER LISTON
Staff Reporter
Many Lawrence residents say they don't want an enclosed shopping mall in the city, according to results of a telephone survey released yesterday by the city Planning Commission's office.
Of 319 persons questioned, 64 percent said that Lawrence does not need an enclosed mail.
Lawrence does need more full-line department stores, according to 72 percent of the people questioned. Most respondents said the new stores should be downtown.
The telephone survey was conducted by city employees with the help of the Center for Public
Dean Palos, a member of the planning staff,
said that city employees worked evenings from
Oct. 7 through Oct. 17 to complete the 22-question
phone call to compute the survey.
Palos said that the questionnaire was written by city commissioners and Teiska Associates, a consulting firm hired to investigate the need for more downtown retailing.
According to the survey, 30 percent said they would prefer a suburban mall if one were to be bully, and 20 percent said they would prefer a suburban office if one were to be bully, and 20 percent said they would prefer a suburban office if one were to be bully. And they were undecided or gave other answers.
The Center for Public Affairs held a four-hour training session for the employees, according to Sharon McLean, a researcher with the center. The research team had a margin of error of five percent or less.
PLANNING DIRECTOR Garner Stoll said he is pleased that the survey showed that most people think of a car as a
"There seems to be a strong allegiance to downtown," he said.
Stoll said that 36 percent of those questioned were college students, corresponding to the 40 percent who were not.
Clifford Wirth, a researcher with the center, said that the high number of undecided responses to some of the questions could have prevented people from not wanting to force people to take sides if they did not want to.
When asked what types of businesses the downtown needed, 75 percent of the people said more department stores were needed. This was mainly bookstores, gift shops and restaurants.
More than half of those questioned said they wanted more downtown parking space. That is a common complaint about most shopping areas, Stoll said.
Weather
The skies will continue to be sunny and clear today, according to the KU Weather Service. Today's high will be 85°F and the south to southwest at 5-15 mm.
Snob Hill-Silo Tech rivalry serious business
The weekend will be warmer, with a bike around 70 tomorrow, and clear skies.
The overnight low will be in the low to mid 40s with clear skies.
By DALE WETZEL
Staff Reporter
As anyone who has been to a KU-KState football game—and to the bars afterwards—can testify, the Snob Hill-Silo Tech rivalry is serious business.
KU supporters who wear blue to K-State's stadium or in Aggieville do so at their own risk. Purple-clad Wildcat fans are often less than 15 seconds from Hawk or the Wheel, especially after a KU loss.
FAN VIOLENCE BEFORE, during and after KU football games was not a new problem during the 1940s. Nebraska contests in Lawrence, for example, often ended with "riots and broken bones," according to reports in the University Daily Kansas.
The Wildcat-Jayhawk rivalry of today,
becomes tame compared with the rivalry of
40 years ago.
But these contests never matched KU-K-State clashes for depth of feeling and frequency of audience participation on both sides.
In the 1940s, the intensity of the KU-K-State rivalry was so great that it took on a new dimension—a peace treaty complete with banquet and spoi for the victor.
BATTLES BETWEEN rival groups of students often occurred before the game, in the stands and even on the field after the final gun sounded, when students attempted to tear down the goal roots.
The KU Men's Student Council had attempted to deal with such violence as early as 1929, but the agreement in force in 1948 was negotiated in a compromise agreement to discipline students who were rowdy at football games.
The pact, in the words of the Kansan, "looked like it might even have teeth in it."
After the 1937 game, KU student court judges, glaring la baleancefully down from their benches like latter-day Spanish Inquisition question, dealt out a fine of 300 in fines to six Kansas football miscreants.
However, the 1938 agreement proved to be ineffectual
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JOHN JINKS/Kanaan staff