Big, bad Wolf
It's now or never for top KU tennis player Mike Wolf. He will make his third and final attempt at becoming an All-American this weekend at the Volvo All-American Tennis Championships at UCLA.
Whistle stop
Story, page 11
Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Hayden stopped in Lawrence today to speak on campus and to attend a rally at the local Republican Headquarters.
Breezy street
Today will be partly cloudy, windy and mild with a high temperature in the 60s. Tonight will be cloudy and cool.
Story, page 8
Details, page 3
Vol. 97, No. 49 (USPS 650-640)
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Thursday October 30,1986
Skyline of KU to lose stack in the spring
Bv KIRK KAHLFR
Staff writer
KU's 257-foot smokestack will be demolished and replaced with two 15-foot smokestacks in the spring, the university director of facilities planning said yesterday.
"It all depends on the heating need," he said.
Allen Wiechert, the director, said the smokestack, which is behind Stauffer-Flint Hall, could be torn down in April or sooner.
The smokestack has been operating at the University since 1921 and is used to discharge residue from the burning oil or natural gas fuel used to create steam in the power plant's boilers.
Contributions to the Kansas University Endowment Association decreased by about 4 percent in the 1983-86 fiscal year, but the number of donors, money allocated for scholarships and investment income increased significantly.
At the end of the winter heating season, two boilers at the University power plant will be modified for the placement of the new stacks. When the new stacks are f
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According to the Endowment Association's annual report, released yesterday, 32,326 donors contributed $13.4 million to the Endowment Association to support the University. This figure is down from $13.9 million contributed by 30,000 donors in 1995.
"From a future standpoint, these modest donations are a key factor." Seymour said. "It gets people into the habit of giving, and these people will probably give more later, when they are able."
However, Seymour said he was concerned that the tax reform law that President Reagan signed recently, in addition to the state of the Kansas economy, would discourage possible donors.
drives, he said.
The new tax code, which goes into effect in January, will reduce the number of deductions taxpayers can
DECISION '86, OCTOBER 29, 1986
BOE amendment on Nov. 4 ballot By Shane A. Hills
f Question No. 5 on the Nov.
4 ballot passes, the state
Board of Education would
be issued to implement
lose its power to implement education policy changes on such issues as accreditation of schools and certification of teachers.
The Kansas Legislature would gain the power to change or reject policy decisions made by the state Board of Education. Under the present constitution, the Legislature cannot oversee the state Board of Education.
The education question is one of five amendments to the state constitution that Kansans will vote on in the general election.
The Legislature and state law control the amount of money each school district receives each year. That would not change if the amendment were passed. The state Board of Education distributes money to each school district from a general education fund.
The Board opposes the amendment because it would delay its policy changes.
Dale Dennis, assistant commissioner of finance for the state Department of Education, said the Board considered itself more qualified than the Legislature to determine the educational policies in the state.
He said the Board was not concerned about finance issues.
because the Legislature already controlled its money.
"If the Board considers a change, publishes the change for review, holds a public hearing about the change, gets approval from the public and then makes its final decision, that should be enough," Dennis said.
He said the Board made policy changes every year to keep up with progressive education ideas.
"If the school districts implement a change that the Board hands down, and then the Legislature rejects the change, a lot of time and money is going to be wasted," Dennis said.
Sheila Frahm, a member of the state Board of Education who lives in Colby, said a considerable delay would result if the Board had to wait for the Legislature to approve its policy changes.
Legislators, however, put the proposed amendment before the voters because many of them thought that the Legislature should be able to oversee the Board just as it does every other state board.
Some legislators have even labeled the Board the "fourth estate" because they think it has the power of another branch of government.
Tax issue included on ballot
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Vic Miller, director of the Kansas Property Valuation Division, said the state did not follow that system.
"Amendment No. 3 is designed to legitimize the true way that Kansas has been handling property taxes for the last 20 years." Miller said.
Public utilities and oil and gas production companies are taxed on an updated appraisal every year, which means that if their appraisals increase, their taxes increase.
Homeowners, landowners and owners of commercial real estate, however, pay taxes based on what their property was worth in 1966, when the last statewide reappraisal was completed.
By Shane A. Hills
After reappraisal, homeowners will pay higher taxes because they will pay taxes based on what their homes are worth today. Miller said.
Miller's office is supervising a statewide reappraisal of property to be completed Jan. 1, 1989.
This year, for example, the owner of a $100,000 home in Lawrence will pay about $1,350 in
property taxes.
property taxes.
Beginning after reappraisal in
1989, the same homeowner will
pay about $2.025 in property
taxes for one year, an increase of
50 percent.
30 percent Amendment No. 3 is designed to shift the post-reappraisal tax burden from homeowners and farmers to commercial real estate owners.
The amendment would allow the average homeowner's taxes to increase an average of 18 percent, not 50. Miller said.
The owner of a $100,000 home then would pay about $1,593 in property taxes for his $100,000 home. That's $432 less than he would if amendment No. 3 did not pass.
"The amendment would avoid a huge increase in taxes on farms and homes," Miller said. "It's consistent with the philosophy that income-producing property can better absorb tax increases, whereas a homeowner would just have to eat it.
"Farmers and homeowners are not in a position to pass on the increase in the form of higher prices or higher rent for offices and retail space."
If the amendment passed, homeowners would not pay taxes based on 30 percent of the market value of their homes. Instead, they would pay taxes based on 12 percent of market value.
After reappraisal, farmers and other landowners would see an
average increase in property taxes of about 100 percent if the amendment did not pass, Miller said.
If the amendment did pass, however, landowners would be taxed based on 30 percent of the "use value" of their land. The use value represents about 8 percent of the market value, Miller said, and would mean virtually no increase in taxes for farmers.
Karen McClain, director of government affairs for the Kansas Association of Realists, said amendment No. 3 would be detrimental to the state's small businesses because their taxes would almost double after reappraisal.
"Voters are being asked to lock a policy into the constitution before they even know what the reappraisal throughout the state determines the value of property to be." she said.
She said 88 percent of Kansas businesses employed fewer than 20 people. They would be forced to close, lay off workers and raise prices because of increased property taxes, she said.
"The amendment simply does not make economic sense in Kansas," she said.
The amendment would exempt business inventories from taxation. But McClain said only large manufacturers would benefit from that exemption.
Lt. Gov. Tom Docking said that, if elected, he would assign running mate John Montgomery, a former Board of Regents chairman, to the task of linking university research and training with business initiative and capital.
Candidates emphasize education
The running mates of both the state gubernatorial candidates have ties with education that they vow will be used if elected on Nov. 4.
Republican Jack Walker, running mate of House Speaker Mike Hayden in the gubernatorial campaign, is a KU professor and a former Board of Regents chairman. He has ties with KU going back to the early 1950s.
Montgomery plans to use his business background as publisher of the Junction City Daily Union - a fifth-generation family business.
Montgomery, president of Montgomery Publications in Junction City, considers the Docking campaign's first priority to be the task of linking business to education.
BOB STEPHAN
Attorney General
The Douglas County Republican Central Committee proudly encourages you to support these excellent candidates
LARRY MONTGOMERY State Treasurer
BOB DOLE
U.S. Senate
CHRIS MILLER 44th Dist.
State Representative
MIKE HAYDEN Governor and JACK WALKER Lt. Governor
FLETCHER BELL
State Insurance
Commissioner
for contributions to organizations.
MARTHA PARKER 45th Dist.
State Representative
PHILL KLINE Congress, 2nd Dist.
BILL GRAVES Secretary of State
DAVID G. MILLER 43rd Dist.
State Representative
BEN CASAD 46th Dist.
State Representative
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now for sure, but it might the next year or two. But ning optimistic."
★PLEASE VOTE ON NOVEMBER 4<sup>th</sup> ★
For a ride to the polls, call Republican Headquarters: 841-1300
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