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Vacation
From page 1
If Schmitendorf checked in at his hotel, he would be required to attend a 90-minute presentation by a representative of a vacation resort. He could also book the hotel in Las Vegas, where World Wide rents rooms.
THE HOTEL MANAGER said the vacation required that members pay monthly dues of $10 to
To avoid falling victim to deceptive practices that companies such as Leisure Marketing use, the Washington Bureau of Consumer Protection suggests that reservations be confirmed before leaving home.
The receptionist at Leisure Marketing said no one there was available for comment.
Some vacation certificate promoters get rooms from hotels on an available room only
basis, which means that consumers who want to use their certificates when their reserved hotel is full must accept accommodations at a hotel that might not meet their standards.
Vacation certificate holders should find out what restrictions their certificates have. Some promoters offer coupons for food or car chips that can be redeemed only at odd hours.
Consumers should be especially wary, the bureau said, of vacation certificates frauds. Some promoters sell vacation certificates without any rooms reserved. When consumers arrive to claim their reserved rooms, the hotel has never heard of them. These overnight promoters usually collect large sums of money and then disappear, the bureau said.
Audio-Reader replaces print for visually impaired
By CINDY CAMPBELL Staff Reporter
The simple pleasures of reading a book or glancing through a magazine are impossible for 80,000 to 100,000 Kansans. For one reason or another, they are print-handicapped.
Many are blind, some can't read and many are affected by cerebral palsy, arthritis and muscular dystrophy. These diseases often leave a victim unable even to hold a newspaper.
To move these handicapped people into the mainstream, the University of Kansas Audio-Reader Network provides closed circuit radio networks for 7,000 line-handicapped Kansans at no charge.
The radio station is planning an open house from noon to 1 p.m. today at 1150 West 11th St. in honor of its ninth year of operation.
AUDIO-READER provides 108 hours of programming each week via microwave and
cable systems to listeners in Hays, Ellis, Pratt,
Great Bend, Salina, Manhattan, Russell, Junction City, Larned, Medicine Lodge, Parsons and Chanute. Audio-Reader also broadcasts to the 65-mile radius surrounding Lawrence and the 35-mile radius around Concordia.
Audio-Reader provides necessary special frequency radios, which cost $70 each, free of charge to eligible listeners on an unlimited loan basis.
Any legally blind person or person whose physical limitations make it difficult to use printed materials effectively may apply to the provision of training through a physician or recognized social agency.
Roise Hurwitz, director of the Audio-Reader program, said, "It's radio, but it's radio with a different. Other radio stations don't know who listens to them, now exactly who listens and what they want."
WEEKDAY PROGRAMMING begins at 7 a.m.
and ends at midnight, and weekend broadcasting hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Audio-Reader updates its news every hour with the aid of an Associated Press wire machine and devotes three hours a day to national and international news from the Kansas City and St. Louis. The station spreads two hours a day reading local news from regional newspapers.
The other programming hours are devoted to reading novels, magazines and grocery advertements. There are live discussions, church meetings and selections of mature subject matter each week.
"Our programming is an outgrowth of our listeners' requests," Hurwitz said.
LISTENERS RANGE in age from 18 to 108 and come from a variety of educational backgrounds.
"For the people who really need Audio-Reader, it's a lifesaver because it eliminates the need for them that befits the handicapped." Hurwitz said. "It lets them interact with the rest of the world."
There are 7,000 receivers now in service, but only 5 percent of those Kansans who need receivers have them.
The Audio-Reader has a paid staff of seven and nearly 100 volunteers.
"We're so fortunate because we have so many volunteers. We couldn't do without them, and both the listeners and volunteers gain from the experience," Hurwitz said.
KU students can volunteer and receive 189 credit for Journalism 606 or 688 or Speech 188. By devoting three hours a week for a semester, a student can accumulate 575 credits in five hours of credit for volunteering five hours a week.
Donations given for art history
A $50,000 donation to the art history library and a $100,000 donation to the department of art history were announced yesterday by former chancellor Franklin D. Murphy at the dedication of the University's art history library.
The library was christened the Murphy Library of Art History. It was moved from Watson Library to the basement of the Spencer Art Museum at the beginning of the semester.
Todd Seymour, president of the KU Endowment Association, said the library money was donated by the Ahamson Foundation and would be used to buy art books. The Ahamson Foundation is a philanthropic organization based in California.
The donation to the department came from Murphy and the Ahamson Foundation, Seymour said, and will be used for travel and a art history faculty and graduate students.
Murphy was chancellor at the University from 1961-1960. During this time visual arts, music, drama and library collections were expanded.
Registration ends
Today is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 4 general election. People may register until 9 p.m. at the Douglas County Courthouse, 11th and Massachusetts streets.
STATE SENATOR ARNOLD BERMAN
Thoughts on VOTER REGISTRATION
Remember to Register to Vote. You Must Register No Later Than TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14 at The County Clerk's Office To Vote on November 4
A RECORD NOT A PROMISE
BettyJo Charlton
Your Representative in Topeka Democrat 46th District
JERRY HARPER, TREASURER
Thursday, October 16
Dedication of the Clyde W. Fombaigh Observatory
Named in honor of the KL alumnus and discoverer of the planet Pluto
5:30 p.m. Observatory, 500 Lundley Hall
*The Search for the Planet Pluto
Clyde W. Fombaigh
8:00 p.m. Kansas Union Ballroom
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