Bar toilets draw lines, criticism
By STEVE FRY
City Reporter
Long lines of anxious patrons have formed in front of the two most important doors in the crowded bar. As the minutes pass, desperate people start hopping from foot to foot, looking for an alternative, to endure waltz.
Soon, several customers drop out of the lines to the kitchen and head for the dark alley and yes that will give you more room.
Bar patrons urinating on private property instead of the small restroomettes have spilled curtains into the sink and scoured landlords.
Two area landlords complained about the problem of bar patrons urinating outside S. A. McManness, the own property in the 1300 block of Ohio, said that patrons urinated at a nearby park and problem and grown worse in the past two to three years.
McManness recalled several instances of bar patrons using the alley behind his property to urinate. In one case, several men urinated under the window of a student that he rented an apartment to, McManness said.
Another Lawrence landlord, Marie Lynch, said "the
Some local bars don't have enough toilets to handle the large number of people, she said. If the property rented by landlords didn't have enough toilets, the property would be closed down, Lynch said.
city is starting to smell like a dog pound" because of the problem.
She said grass and shrubbery was trampled by patrons making trips into vases to urinate
Lynch, former owner of an apartment building at 1632 Ohio, now owns several apartments in the Lawrence area.
A survey of six local bars heavily frequented by University of Kansas students showed the restrooms to be in poor shape. Three bars had men's restrooms with only one toilet and four bars had women's restrooms with only one toilet.
According to the 1978Uniform Plumbing Code used by the Lawrence Department of Building Inspection, bars must have three toilets for 51 to 100 patrons in the tavern and four toilets for 101 to 200 customers in a bar.
Under the 1970 Uniform Building Code used by the inspection department, a "drinking establishment" must be certified by a licensed architect.
However, area bars can't be made to comply with the inspection department's standards unless remodeling is done to the bar. Roy Sturtridge, chief building inspector, said yesterday.
A Kansas investigation showed that the best-equipped men's restroom of the six burs had one toilet, two wall urinals, running water in the sink, no soap, and a clean floor.
The worst-equipped men's restroom in a bar had no toilet paper, no soap, no towels, a dirt floor, no running water.
The doors to the men's rooms in two bars were ventilated with fist-sized seats.
The best-equipped women's restroom in a bar boasted soap, toilet paper, hand towels, two toilets, running hot and cold water, and a clean floor. The wrest had no toilet paper, no hand towels, no soap, one toilet and a dirty floor.
Owners of two of the bars said the problem of bar patrons urinating in public was minimal.
"The idea that the neighborhood is overwintering with snow is a detritus," said Ken Wallace, owner of the Joachim Caufield Home.
Miller's office investigates Follow Through funding
Investigation by the office of the state attorney general into possible illegal practices involving the Follow Through behavior analysis program at the University of Kansas is in progress, a spokesman for UIC Gen. Vern Miller said yesterday.
Jerry Federgren, special investigator for the attorney general, sam the investigation, which began earlier this summer, had been hindered because prospective interviewees had been out of town during the summer months.
A University audit of the Follow Through program released during the summer revealed the apparent misuse of federal grant money allocated to the behavior analysis program at Woodlawn Elementary School.
Two former employees of the program had alleged last April that they had been paid money through travel vacations for trips they had taken.
Federgenr had speculate on when the investigation would be completed but he said that any significant results of the investigation were not known.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
By Kansan Photographer DAVE PETERSON
Vol. 85—No. 8 Thursday, September 5,1974
Recreation Center yesterday afternoon. Later, he spoke to students at Lewis Hall concerning the up-and-coming election.
The University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
Rou reaches out
Confusion surrounds ouster of 6 senators
Rep. Bill Roy, Democratic senator candidate, makes a point in expressing his view on unconditional amnesty. He spoke to the audience last week at a campaign event.
By GARY BORG Reporter
Six student senators were ousted last night by the Student Senate Elections Committee because of nonattendance at Senate meetings. Two more senators had been suspended, but their appeals not to be expelled from the Senate were granted.
Confusion has surrounded the process by which the ousted senators will be replaced
John Disch, Elections Committee chairman, said tentative plans were to replace the senators with the runners-up in the general election last spring.
But, John Beinser, student body president, said the replacements should probably be selected during the freshman season of elections already scheduled for Oct. 2 and 3.
According to the Senate Code, there must be an election within four weeks after the vacancy occurs unless such an election is held by the school in which the vacancy occurs.
Part of the controversy between Beiser and Disch centers on the exact time at which they should happen.
Beisner contended that the vacancies
Roy, Dole clash at joint appearance
National Editor
By ROY CLEVENGER
Democrat Rep. Bill Roy and Republican Sen. Bob Dole brought their heated senatorial campaign to northeast Kansas yesterday, exchanging basks at a joint appearance in Kansas City. Later, Roy spoke before three groups here.
"In this election we have to choose the
"We think we are going to win this election." Roy told a group of about 580 reporters.
senator who will be concerned about our senior citizens, about the quality of the education that our students get and about health care." he said.
In the appearance at Lewis and at a press conference and reception at the South Park Recreation Center, Roy expressed his opinions on such topics as amnesty, abortion, campaign financing and the effect of Watergate on his election chances.
Roy said that his view on amnesy was the same as it had been two years ago—that
unconditional amnesty was unacceptable and that some form of alternative service should be required for draft resisters and deserters.
"Now is the time to be discussing amnesy," he said. "We have to approach the subject in a way that will bring about healing, not suffering. And we have to make sure that the Vietnam veterans are treated fairly."
Roy said that he was opposed to abortions but that he thought they were medically pro-choice.
female. Legally, for the first three months of pregnancy, the law should be neutral
"I am against the Supreme Court ruling of January, 1973, saying in effect that abortions are proper but I think that a woman should be allowed to be pregnant would be a national tragedy," he said.
Roy said he supported the Equal Rights Amendment and护证 its ratification.
"Personally, I don't think abortion should be used as birth control or population control," he said. "Medically, abortions are sometimes necessary for the safety of the
"I don't see as factual all the scare things I have heard about it," he said.
Inside the KANSAN
Yesterday's welcome return to late summer weather with sunny skies and warm temperatures helped the Weather Service predicted a gradual warming trend would boost temperatures into 80%. The extended outlook for the weekend weather with little chance for rain.
Roy advocated cuts in the federal budget curb inflation and said he would probably go back to 1960s levels.
As the time shortens before the national elections this coming November, candidates typically step up their campaigns with jibes at their opponents. The Kansas race for the U.S. Senate is certainly no exception. Democratic candidate Bill Roy is challenging Republican incumbent Bob Dole, and in recounts in Lawrence and Kansas City he will probably be the best candidate. For an analysis of Roy's campaign, see page 9.
Rou vs. Dole
"The budget has to be cut about $10 billion—three or three and a half per cent."
The student senate and athletic director Clyde Walker are batting over the use of about $45,000 of student money not spent on the new floor for Allen Field House. Some members of the student senate have been charged with intramural programs, but the matter is still in the air. See Page 7.
Walker vs. Senate
Sun fun
Vacancies still unfilled
By DENNIS ELLSWORTH
Administration Reporter
Wanted: one associate vice chancellor,
two deans, and one director.
Ambrose Sarices, vice chancellor ... academic affairs, last week that he was working on the recommendations of the school to give a fee for a dean of the School of Social Welfare.
He said he didn't know when negotiations would be completed or when an ap-proposal was submitted.
Arthur Katz, the former dean of the school, asked that he not be reappointed when his 6-year term expired on June 30 to become a teacher and the dates of a fulltime teaching professor.
David Hardcastle, associate dean of the school, has been appointed acting dean until June.
Hardcastle, also chairman of the search committee, said that the committee was appointed in February and that its recommendations were given to Saricks in August.
Robert Hoffman, chairman of the search committee for a dean of the University of Chicago, will speak several times in the spring and once this fall. He said the committee hoped to have its first meeting on Monday.
Hoffman said that the committee's work
Saricks said that he expected to receive the search committee's recommendations "possibly in November" and that he thought the search was progressing well.
was "moving right along" and that no problems had been encountered in the
David Heron, former director of libraries,
resigned the position effective July 1 to
accept a position as director of libraries at
the University of California at Santa Cruz.
John Glinka, associate director of University libraries, was named acting chair of the Library Committee.
Heron's permanent successor will have the official title of dean, Hoffman said.
The target date for naming a new director of the Office of Affirmative Action is Oct. 1, according to Vicki Hamer, chairman of the search committee for the director.
Shirley Gilham, present director of the office, has resigned effective Oct. 1. so that the office will be run by the new president.
Hamer said that the search committee was appointed in August and that it hoped to give its recommendations to Del Shankel, vice chancellor, by the end of September.
Twenty-six persons were nominated for the position of associate vice chancellor for the school.
At the meeting Disch contended that the vacancies occurred May 3, which would make the October election too late. (Summer session, finals periods and vacations aren't counted in the four weeks, according to Senate Code.)
occurred last night, just in time for the four week limit to extend to the October elec-
See SEARCHING Page 10
Later, however, Disch said he was seeking a clarification from Jess McNish, chairman of the University Judicary, on exactly when the vacancies occurred.
If they occurred on May 3, as Disch originally said, the Election Committee didn't imply on it with the two-week limit imposed on it by Senate Code to contact the schools and determine the feasibility of a special election.
Part of the question over the time of ouster was because the senators weren't informed until the final day of classes last spring that they were to be ousted.
Beisner said that because some of the senators might already have left Lawrence by that time, they were given a second chance to win and the fall and an extension until last night on the time that the ousters would become final. (Senators are given a week to appeal the outder decision before the decision becomes coming to the Senate Rules and Regulations.)
Senators suspended were from the Graduate School and the School of Journalism. Disch said he had contacted Dean William J. Argersinger of the Graduate School last spring, who said a special election would be infeasible.
Disch said he hadn't yet contacted Dean Edward Bassett of the School of Journalism. If the "vacancy" occurred May 3, when the senators were first "eligible for suspension" according to Disch, the Elections Committee failed to contact
See CONFUSION Pagc 7
SenEx official resigns post
Paxson said he needed to give more time to his graduate study and graduate assistants.
Richard Paxson, vice chairman of butes,
signed yesterday his positions in
Switzerland.
"I also have an unavoidable class conflict with the time chosen for SenxE meetings," it said.
Paxson said that he "might have stayed on a few more months," but that this was a good time for a new SenEx member to begin attending meetings.
Paxson's replacement on SenEx will be elected at the Senate meeting tonight, said Mr. Paxson.
Paxson has served on SenEx since September 1973. He has been a member of the Senate for a year and a half. Paxson was one of the first students of student body officers last spring.
His position on the Senate won't be filled, Beisner said, because Paxson had a holdover seat. Three senators from the previous Senate are elected every year to serve in the new Senate as holdover senators.
On its way out
By RICHARD GWIN
Demolition has begun on Foster Hall but because of rainfall in the past week, the ground is too wet to use builders. Martin Henry, director of property management for the City of Toronto, says that he would like to re-examine plans.