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Monday, November 3, 1986 / University Daily Kansan
Brier anticipates large voter turnout
From Kansan wires
Secretary of State Jack Brier on Friday predicted 818,000 of Kansas' 1,172,670 registered voters, or 69.7 percent, would cast ballots tomorrow in the general election.
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Brier said good weather forecasts, an unusually large number of absentee ballots and close races for governor and other state offices
would produce the highest turnout in a non-presidential general election since 1972.
He said a turnout of 818,000 would be an increase of about 55,000 voters over the 1982 election when 763,236 ballots were cast.
Yost requests audit
State Sen. Eric Yost, R-Wichita, the running mate of Pittsburgh millionaire Gene Bicknell in the GOP gubernatorial primary, said Bicknell's campaign finance reports are showing that he wanted the state to conduct an audit.
from Wichita, said a campaign finance report Bicknell filed with the secretary of state's office last week incorrectly stated that the Bicknell campaign paid him $20,000 for "services rendered."
Yost, a former KU law student
Yost claims the latest finance report left the impression the money was paid directly to him when it actually was routed through Contemporary Communications of Wichita, which handled direct mailings for the campaign.
Yost said he had asked the Kansas Public Disclosure Commission in Topeka to conduct an audit of
Bicknell's campaign finance reports. Bicknell denied that he had any wrongdoings in his campaign finance reports.
Jill Docking helps victim
Jill Docking, the wife of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Docking, stopped to give assistance at the site of a fatal car wreck near Fredonia on Saturday.
An Augusta man was killed and three other people were injured in the one-car accident, the Kansas Highway Patrol reported.
Watson Library may raise cost of copies
By KIRK KAHIER
Copying costs at Watson Library could soon increase when the library replaces its eight copying machines, a library official said yesterday.
Staff writer
Watson received five new copying machines last week supplied by area vendors who hoped they would get the contract to serve the library, said Caitlin Kline, preparing room supervisor.
Couch said that she was unsure whether the cost of copies would remain 5 cents.
She said a committee of library staff, appointed by Jim Ranz, dean of libraries, was considering either raising the price or allowing copying services to be purchased with a credit card.
Couch said that she didn't know how much the price would increase but that it could increase to 10 cents.
"We would like to keep the price at a nickel," she said, "but I have doubts."
The credit cards would be available through a vending machine, she said. The credit card would be inserted into the copy machine and the machine would debit the card as copies were made.
Couch said the committee also was considering an incentive for students to use the credit cards. She said people paying with coins might be charged a dime and those using the credit card might pay only $7_{12}$ cents.
"So we won't have to handle as much money." she said.
Couch said she did not know when the University would purchase the new coniers.
The library officials decided to replace the present IBM II copiers because of their poor condition. They have been in service for eight years, Couch
said, and vendors recommend maximum usage of three to five years.
"Virtually every part has been replaced," she said, "that we've certainly been rebuilt twice."
The committee was appointed in early tan to discuss what copier features would best serve the library and to send letters to companies that offered such features.
"People responded that they were willing to bring machines in so we can look at them," she said.
Xerox, M36, Ricom and Savin supplied the copiers, Couch said. Only three of the five copiers are now being used at Watson. The companies have collected the other two.
Couch said that the committee would recommend which copiers to purchase but that companies still must go through the formal state bidding process to get the contract.
Experts express fears over shuttle redesign
United Press international
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Internal NASA documents show that some space agency engineers have expressed misgivings about the safety of new designs for shuttle solid-fuel booster joints, it was reported Sunday.
The concern centers on the proposed design for the joint between the booster nozzles and the lower of four solid propellant fuel segments, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
"If you look at the numbers over 50 to 100 flights, the possibility of (failure) may be higher than one would want to accept," John Thomas, manager of the booster redesign project, told the newspaper, referring to the nozzle joint. He said the designs may be improved later, after shuttle flights resume in 1988.
with catastrophic results.
The shuttle Challenger was destroyed Jan. 28 when a field joint between two fuel segments ruptured, allowing hot gas and flame to escape
The rupture was blamed on a combination of factors, including the effects of cold weather on sensitive rubber O-ring seals in the joints that were in place to prevent hot gas from escaping through the joint.
Internal pressure in the 14-story boosters jumps to more than 900 pounds per square inch at ignition, which forces the parts of the joint to bulge outward slightly. This phenomenon is known as "joint rotation."
Joint rotation thus creates a tiny gap that can allow hot gas and flame to slip past the O-rings. Reducing or eliminating joint rotation is a key part of the redesign project.
Before the Challenger disaster, inspections of booster rockets after flight showed more heat damage to the nozzle joints than in the field joints.
The Sentinel reported the new nozze design includes 100 bolts around the joint to firmly lock the nozzle in place and reduce joint rotation.
On Campus
The Department of Human Development and Family Life will sponsor a lecture and slide presentation at 2:30 p.m. today in 209 Hallway Hall.
The KU Kempo Karate and Self Defense club will meet at 5:30 p.m today in 130 Robinson Center.
The KU Chapter of Amnesty International will meet at 7 p.m. today in the art gallery of the Kansas Union.
The Society of Fantasy and Science Fiction will meet at 8 p.m. today in the Walnut Room of the Kansas Union.
The seminar 'Love, Values and Spiritual Growth' will meet at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
- Expressions, the KU Dance Club, will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow in 242 Robinson Center.
The Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center will sponsor a seminar on "Mirror Images: Acceptance of Our Bodies and Selves" at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the International Room of the Kansas Union.
A Ford pickup truck valued at $750 was taken around 1 a.m. Saturday from the 500 block of 23rd Street, Lawrence police reported.
On the Record
Two fishing poles and a trolling motor valued together at $375 were taken from 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. Friday from a residence in the 300 block of 27th Street, Lawrence police reported.
A bicycle valued at $290 was taken around 4:45 p.m. Saturday from the parking lot of a bowling
alley in the 900 block of Iowa Street, Lawrence police reported.
A radar detector and clothing valued together at $290 were taken between midnight Thursday and 8 a.m. Friday from a vehicle parked in the 2400 block of 26th Street, Lawrence police reported.
A bicycle valued at $250 was taken between 5 and 5:30 p.m. Thursday from an apartment in the 2400 block of Louisiana Street, Lawrence police reported.
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