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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.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Hayden stopped in Lawrence today to speak on campus and to attend a rally at the local Republican Headquarters.
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Today will be partly cloudy, windy and mild with a high temperature in the 60s Tonight will be cloudy and cool.
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Vol. 97, No. 49 (USPS 650-640)
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
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October 30,1986
Staff writer
By KIRK KAHLER
Skyline of KU to lose stack in the spring
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.
Allen Wiechert, the director, said the smokestack is behind Staufer-Fint Hail, could be torn down in
"It all depends on the heating need," he said.
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.
At the end of the winter heating season, two boilers at the university power plant will be modified for the
KUEA reports drop in contributions, increase in donors
By NANCY BARRE
DECISION '86, OCTOBER 29, 1986
Staff writer
Contributions to the Kansas University Endowment Association decreased by about 4 percent in the 1985-86 fiscal year, but the number of donors, money allocated for scholarships and investment income increased significantly.
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 1984-85.
Millers square off in 43rd district
By Ric Anderson
Bob Miller Democrat Challenger
drives, he said.
"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."
Although both candidates vying for the 43rd District seat in the Kansas House of Representatives are named Miller, the similarity, for the most part, ends there.
The new tax code, which goes into effect in January, will reduce the number of deductions taxpayers can declare for contributions to
Perhaps the sharpest difference between David Miller, the incumbent Republican, and Bob Miller, the Democratic challenger, is on the death penalty.
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.
David Miller said personal and political experience made him favor the death penalty.
"I have supported the re-enactment of capital punishment," he said. "The constituency I represent overwhelmingly supports it."
David Miller said his experience as a member of a prisons budget subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee proved to him that officials had little control over inmates with life sentences who injured or killed other inmates.
David Miller, 37, owns an insurance office in Eudora. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1972 with a bachelor's degree in political science. He is seeking his fourth term in the House.
Bob Miller, a sociology professor at Baker University in
Baldwin, said he could not support the death penalty because sociological evidence had not proved that it prevented crimes.
Bob Miller said the death penalty was too final to be a viable solution. Mistakes are made in the legal process, he said, and the adoption of capital punishment could make these mistakes lethal.
Instead, he said, longer sentences should be given to murderers.
"I don't believe we should give the government the right to advocate violence," he said.
43RD DIST. KANSAS HOUSE
Despite the cover-up, he said, drug abuse was a problem that Kansans should attack on a personal level.
The Miller's did agree on some topics, such as the importance of education and economic development.
"The national drug usage problem is actually decreasing," he said.
Bob Miller, 52, graduated from Ohio Northern University in 1967 and earned a master's and doctoral degree from University of Chicago in 1968 and 1974.
In his study of Kansas prisons, he said, he had found a high percentage of drug-related problems. David Miller said he had, and would continue to support strong penalties for drug abusers.
The methods they would use to improve these areas, however, once again indicate the candidates' dissimilarity.
David Miller said drugs were one of society's biggest problems.
Drug problems are another division between the Millers.
Bob Miller, however, said the federal government was using the drug problem to cover up agricultural and economic strife.
He said 62 percent of the state general fund was spent on education during each of the last two fiscal years.
"A few years ago they were paying 47 percent," he said. "It needs to get back up to 50
He said the state was paying only 44 percent of all education expenses.
"Obviously, education is the most important thing in state government," David Miller said.
David Miller, a lifetime resident of the 43rd District, said he would continue supporting education as it has been supported in the past.
Bob Miller agreed that education was important, but said that the state was not paying enough for it.
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"I'm not for higher taxes," he said.
David Miller said he would try to block the proposal.
Bob Miller said he advocated the use of money from a proposed federal income tax increase for education.
As for economic development, David Miller said he would like to see more measures such as a bill he supported that disallowed
workers who simply quit their jobs to draw unemployment.
Measures such as these, he said, protected the employer and, therefore, the job market.
Bob Miller said he wanted more high-tech industries to come to Kansas. This would not only increase number of jobs available, he said, but also would increase the number of people available for jobs because more people would stay in Kansas.
Representation key issue in 44th
State Rep. Jessie Branson, the Democratic incumbent in the 44th District, says she has been elected
But Chris Miller, the Republican challenger, says he is running because he doesn't think Branson's decisions were representative of the district.
says she has been ordered to use her judgement when voting on issues.
He said recently that Branson was following her opinions, and not those of her constituents, when voting on issues. In a representative democracy, a leader is responsible for educating and convincing the people of the proper decisions, he said.
By Colleen Siebes
But if after advising his constituents, they still disagree, the
44TH DIST. KANSAS HOUSE
Jessie Branson
Democrat
Incumbent
Branson argued that representatives were elected to use their judgement. She said she had spent more time representing her constituents than she would at a full-time job.
Chris Miller
Republican
Challenger
leader must concede to the wishes of the people, he said.
And she stressed that she had failed to follow the opinions of the majority of her constituents only twice, on the proposed lottery and pari-mutuel amendments on November's ballot.
The 44th District consists of most of the western half of Lawrence north of 23rd street and includes Stouffer Place, Jayhawker Towers, most fraternities and sororites and all KU residence halls, except Joseph R. Pearson Hall.
Branson said her greatest accomplishments during the last three terms were sponsoring a mandatory child safety seat belt bill and getting a statewide, toll-free poison hotline at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Branson declined to comment on her opponent. She said she wanted the campaign to be positive.
"I don't want to make this a mud-slinging contest," she said.
Branson is opposed to a lottery and pari-mutuel gambling because, she said, they exploit people with lower incomes.
She favors liquor by the drink because, she said, requiring club cards is hypocritical and inconvenient for travelers.
Miller favors the lottery, parimutuel betting and liquor by the drink. He said they should not be thought of as "sin" issues but as ways to bring Kansas into the 20th century.
Miller said all three would be economically beneficial for Kansas.
However, Miller also said he would vote for what the public wanted.
Branson said that after study-
ing the issues extensively, she had decided that the support of the lottery and pari-mutuel wagering wasn't a proper state function because it lured people to gamble.
"It is not an efficient way to raise money, particularly when
Another issue the two candidates differ on is the death penalty.
She also contests Miller's argument that the lottery will generate needed state revenues. Branson said the lottery would not be successful in the long run and could cost the state money
the money is offset by the social costs," she said. "The lottery could increase the number of people on welfare and exploit those on welfare by using their welfare checks."
Branson is adamantly opposed to the death penalty, and she said the death penalty penalized minorities and poor people because they couldn't afford good legal representation.
Miller countered Branson's argument that the death penalty exploited the poor and minorities. The state spends a lot of money to provide representation for those who can't afford their own, he said.
Miller, 35, opened his Lawrence law practice in January 1986. He graduated from the University of Kansas with a journalism degree in 1972. He also received a degree in education in 1976 and a law degree in 1983 from KU.
Branson, 65, has represented the 44th District for three terms. She graduated from KU with a nursing degree in 1942.
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