Hear ye, hear ye
Medieval attire and old English accents are in order for the 10th annual Renaissance Festival in Kansas City. The festival will continue on weekends until Oct. 19.
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Injuries have taken out some of KU's football players as they prepare to play Utah State tomorrow. Each team is looking for a first win of the season.
Sidelined
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Cardigan swelter
Today will be partly sunny with a high temperature near 90 degrees. Weekend weather will bring the same with chances of thundershowers.
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Vol. 97, No. 20 (USPS 650-640)
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Friday September 19, 1986
Wilfredo Lee/KANSAN
A Santa Fe railroad worker stands atop a locomotive pushing back the wreck of the burning track vehicle, that it hit yesterday evening. The accident occurred about a half mile north of the intersection of Michigan and Fifth streets. No injuries were reported.
Crash, fire destroy vehicle
By CRAiG HERRMANN
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A head on collision with a train and the resulting fire yesterday evening destroyed a railroad track vehicle north of Lawrence.
No one was injured in the accident, but the fire sent clouds of heavy black smoke high into the air. The smoke was visible a few miles away. The train received no visible damage.
Mike Penner, Lawrence Fire Department acting major, said that for some time firefighters had to stay about 500 feet from the site of the wreck because they had
limited access to the tracks and because the vehicle contained possibly explosive welding tanks filled with oxygen and acetylene
Firefighters had to wait about 90 minutes before they could extinguish the blaze. Officials for the Santa Fe Railroad had no damage estimate.
The collision occurred on the Santa Fe tracks north of the Kansas Turnpike, about a half mile northeast of the Michigan
Clifford Shaw, who lives near the collision site, said he heard a loud crash about 5:30 p.m. He said the
track vehicle had been collecting debris left after another train hit some cattle earlier in the day
Dan Kirk, manager of Santa Fe's regional freight office in Lawrence, would not comment on the collision.
"I can't say anything until I've talked to all the people involved," Kirk said.
However, Kirk acknowledged that both the train and the track vehicle belonged to Santa Fe railroad.
Penner said the track vehicle contained two 100-pound welding bottles.
By NANCY BARRE
Peace cards delivered
Mission accomplished.
That was how an 11-member Lawrence delegation described its feelings after it returned home last night from what members called a journey for peace to Washington, D.C.
The delegation, composed of KU students and Lawrence residents, went to the Capitol to deliver 6,000 postcards each addressed to President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev that invited the leaders to attend a summit in Lawrence.
A student group, the KU Coalition for Peace and Justice, sponsored the postcard campaign.
Members of the delegation said they were warmly received by Soviet and U.S. officials.
The delegation went to the Soviet Embassy first, where it was formally received by Oleg Sokolov, the embassy's minister-counselor.
Later in the day, the members went to the White House where they unsuccessfully tried to meet with Reagan. Instead, they met in the Ex-
eclective Office Building with Ty Cobb, a member of the National Security Council.
"We were very cordially received at the Soviet Embassy," said Allan Hanson, professor of anthropology and faculty adviser to the KU coalition. "We had a big bag of postcards, and they put that through security first, then they led us upstairs to the reception room."
Hanson said Sokolov and other embassy officials were visibly moved after Gerald Mikkelson, professor of Slavic languages and literature, delivered a speech in Russian.
"It went extremely well, and we accomplished even more than we expected," said David Longhurst, Lawrence city commissioner and a member of the delegation.
"I heard that it's extremely unusual to get that kind of reception," he said. "Normally, they don't let you in. You just buzz at the gate."
Longhurst said he especially was suprised that members of the Western press were allowed inside for the occasion. The meeting lasted about 20 minutes, and several members of the Western and Soviet
press were present, he said.
Eric Matheis, president of the KU group, said the delegation made its wishes for peace known to both sides.
"The Americans were very polite to us, too," he said. "But they weren't quite as generous as the Soviets."
"The Soviets had a really elaborate reception, but we just stood in the corner of a lobby when we talked to the Americans."
Mikkelson said that at the Soviet Embassy no one brought up the subject of the detention of U.S News and World Report correspondent Nicholas Daniloff in Moscow. However, he said, Cobb vaguely alluded to the situation.
Longhurst said that members of the delegation had worried that the tensions created by the Daniloff affair might mar the group's reception by the Soviets but that their fears proved to be unfounded.
"I think it's good that we went at this particular time," said Mikelson. "Something has to help break the deadlock."
Washburn plan enters race
Staff writer
By KAREN SAMELSON
Gubernatorial candidates want to see Washburn University in Topeka admitted to the state Board of Regents system, but local legislators said the change might hurt present Regents schools.
DECISION'86
"It may happen someday, but I'm not looking for it to happen next year," state Rep. John Solbach, D-Lawrence, said yesterday. "It ought to be based on some farsighted planning.
"I think Tom Docking's stand is a little closer to mine at this point. We need to look at what that will do to the overall Regents budget."
Docking says that the state realistically cannot assume such a responsibility in the near future, according to his press secretary, Mike Swenson.
Although Tom Docking, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, and Mike Hayden, his Republican opponent, agree that Washburn should join, they disagree about when.
Hayden favors Washburn's admission to the Regents system in a year
or two, his press secretary and brother, Kelley Hayden, said yesterday.
The Board of Regents now supervises KU, Kansas State University, Wichita State University, Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University, Pittsburg State University and the Kansas Technical Institute in Salina.
A bill to add Washburn to the system was introduced in the Legislature and passed the House Ways and Means Committee. However, no vote in the full House
Student senators propose formation of safety board
See WASHBURN, p. 5, col. 1
By PAM MILLER
and SALLY STREFF
A proposal by two student senators to form a campus safety board has gathered support from KU police and some University officials.
Programs such as the SecureCab night taxi service would fall under
The bill, submitted to the Senate by Brady Stanton and Kelly Milligan, both Nunemaker senators, would establish a University wide board to address campus safety. Nunemaker senators represent freshmen and sophomores in the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences.
The Senate Student Rights Committee will consider the proposal Monday night. The committee can either pass the bill on to the full Senate or kill it.
The board would be responsible for evaluating all on-campus safety programs and services and suggesting new programs and services under the proposal.
the program, Stanton said yesterday. The board could consider programs such as a neighborhood watch program and an escort service, he said.
"We originally went to KUPD with the idea of an escort service." Stank on said. "But then the more we talked about it, the need for a comprehensive plan."
Stanton said he, Milligan and Martie Aaron, Nunemaker senator, had presented the idea to KU police at the beginning of the semester and received some recommendations
"We're very excited about the proposal," said Sgt. John Brothers, who is in charge of crime prevention for KU police.
"This board brings the police and the community together. It's a very good and refreshing sign."
Aaron said Stanton and Milligan were considering running for student body president and vice president in November. But Stanton would not comment on the subject.
The safety board would consist of representatives from administrative offices, such as KU police, Lawrence police, the departments of student life and facilities operations and the office of student housing.
Stanton said he thought the safety board was a good idea and did not want it to become a political issue.
Busy football game traffic causing big city problems
Because New York City rush hour style traffic is expected to meet small town roads, about 60 law enforcement officers will be stationed around the city and campus after tomorrow's KU-Utah State football game.
The board also would have representatives from living-group organizations such as the All-Scholarship Hall Council, the
Association of University Residence Halls, the Inter-Fraternity Council and the Stouffer Place Neighborhood Association.
By RIC ANDERSON
Staff writer
In addition, four at-large student representatives, at least three of them living off-campus, would be on the board.
Stanton said the senators also had talked with Ken Stoner, director of student housing, about the proposal
See SECURITY, p. 5, col. 1
Sgt. John Brothers of KU police said game days were strenuous for the department because Memorial Stadium often had a larger population than most Kansas towns. Therefore, the department had to call on every resource, he said.
Traffic coming from the parking lot west of the stadium will follow a one-way route that begins at 11th Street and Maine. Traffic will be routed west to West Campus Road, then south on West Campus to Naismith Drive. Traffic becomes two-way again at the intersection of Naismith and Sunside drives.
"Virtually everybody in the department works in some capacity on football game Saturdays," he said.
Brothers said about 25 uniformed officers would direct traffic before and after the game, as well as work in the stadium during the game.
He said some traffic routes would be modified to speed traffic flow. The modifications are:
- Traffic coming from the Kansas Union parking lot, southeast of the stadium, will be directed out of the
lot's south end, to Mississippi Street, will be one-way south. Traffic will be routed south on Sunflower Road until 16th Street. Traffic becomes two-way again at 16th Street.
Brothers encouraged visiting parents who were not very familiar with Lawrence roads to park at their children's residences and walk to the game.
Though the plan has been used before, Brothers said he thought it was important for motorists to be familiar with it so they wouldn't be confused on game days.
*Drivers who exit the parking lot directly east of the stadium will go north on Mississippi Street or east on 11th Street.
"It will be a nice fall day, hopefully, and it's really a pretty campus," he said.
While KU police concentrate on roads in and around campus, Lawrence police will be busy at large intersections in town.
Lawrence Police Maj. Ron Olin said officers would be at six intersections before the game and about 20 intersections.
"Generally speaking, they put in long days," Olin said. The Kansas Highway Patrol also will send four extra troopers to monitor traffic around Lawrence tomorrow.
He said about 30 officers would work tomorrow, about 20 more than usual.
Chris Feeley/KANSAN
Joseph Collins, a zoologist for the Museum of Natural History, admires is the 1986 recipient of the Conservationist of the Year award. See story Tina, an onate box turtle. The box turtle is the official state reptile. Collins page 7.
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