University Daily Kansan / Thursday, September 18, 1986
Summit
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only oetore he left for Washington with the delegation. "It's better than Washington or Geneva because here we have a much more personal, or grassroots approach to peace."
Longhurst, Chancellor Gene A. Budig, Dole and Sen. Nancy Kassebaum, Gov John Carlin and other politicians, wrote several letters to Reagan and Gorbachev inviting them to Lawrence.
According to Bob Swan, Lawrence resident and long-time peace activist, Lawrence already has proven itself to be an ideal site for a summit. Swan is the chairman of the Meeting for Peace committee.
First of all, he said, the filming of the television movie, "The Day After," in Lawrence has heightened
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community awareness. Also, Lawrence had hosted Soviet delegations in the past.
Teresa Lee, Kansas City, Kan. junior, attended the rally but said the postcard idea was silly
In 1983, a contingent of Soviet athletes participated in the Kansas Relays, and in May, a group of Soviet World War II veterans visited the area.
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"I think a summit is a wonderful idea," she said. "But these postcards are stupid. They say they are personal, but they're just typed. All people had to do was sign them.
"Some people signed them just as a job."
Matheis said only about 10 people he talked with refused to sign.
Before that time she had received salary increases although departmental regulations stated that persons failing to file the materials would receive only a cost-of-living increase. Haley said.
Rogers attributed Willner's lower pay under the merit system to her failure to submit the materials. He also said she carried a minimum teaching load, her research activities were rated as "about average," and her service to the University and department were "non-existent."
The judge called the three-week
"The plaintiff here was rude and abusive to the court and to witnesses, was disruptive during the court proceedings and was repeatedly late for court despite stern warnings," he said.
trial the worst experience by the court in 11 years on the bench.
Dorothy Willner's sister, Ann Willner, professor of political science, lost a similar lawsuit against the University last year.
The Associated Press supplied some information for this story.
Prisons
Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing, said the increasing inmate population was beginning to cause a strain within the compound.
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Judy said the number of inmates in Lansing had increased by 278 inmates last year. Over the last three months, however, the population has increased by 138. Now the state penitentiary houses 2,366 inmates, he said, and reports have predicted that this number could climb to more than 2,500 by Jan. 1.
Judy said the maximum capacity of the state penitentiary was 2,783
Other Kansas prison administrators agreed that the situation was becoming serious.
Les Harmon, administrative officer at the Kansas Industrial Reformatory in Hutchinson, said the effects of the increased population were starting to take their toll.
"It's definitely strained," the Harmon said. "Our staff is having to produce consistently at a high level. Our mechanical services are strained, and that makes it tough to do repairs.
"Just keeping light bulbs replaced is a job."
Harmon said the reformatory, which has a population of between 1,500 and 1,525, had exceeded its maximum population by almost 200 men.
Therefore, officials are placing
Overcrowding to this extent causes strain on manpower and programs, he said, and makes the prison less effective as a correctional institution.
two men in single cells and six men in cells designed for four.
The U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth also is experiencing the stress of the increase
Jeff Duncan, executive assistant to the warden at Leavenworth, said the population was kept constant last year because one of the compound's main cell blocks could not be used. The cell blocks were renovated to increase capacity to 600.
Administrators are battling the problem by creating new space.
Duncan said the minimum security population had increased 12 percent last year.
Herb Maschner, director of the state penitentiary, pointed out several revisions in the compound yesterday, including new cell blocks in the medium-security area.
Manscher said the three new cell blocks, which look like apartment buildings, had been in use for about a year and could house 576 inmates at full capacity. An existing dormitory also was renovated, adding 108 beds.
The project included a new auditorium and gymnasium, lunch rooms, vocational-technical school
classrooms and several technical training workshops.
All of the renovation to the medium security area was done primarily by inmate labor at a cost of $21 million, about 40 percent cheaper than similar additions built by a contractor. Manscher said.
'It's definitely strained. Our staff is having to produce consistently at a high level.'
— Les Harmon
Administrative officer.
Kansas Industrial Reformatory
Other revisions related to overcrowding are under construction, including an $8.7 million administrative services building.
Judy said the administration building, which would contain the front entrance to the prison when completed, would increase security and would provide more office space.
In the maximum security area, air circulation systems have been put in all but one of the four main cell blocks, Manscher said.
because temperatures on the upper floors often exceeded 100 degrees during the summer months.
Partial relief from overcrowding seems to be on the way for Kansas prisons, Cowherd said
Cowser said groundbreaking for a new minimum-security building would begin next month. The $7.47 million project will provide an additional 288 beds and will be located in Ellsworth.
Cowger said several factors had caused the increase.
Cowder said stricter law enforcement under the Reagan administration was the primary reason for the increase. He said that since more crimes are punishable by prison sentences, more people were being put behind bars.
"Of course, there are only two things that determine prison population," Cowger said. "How many people go to prison and how long they stay there."
And, he said, longer sentences and a lower percentage of parole grants keep convicts in prison longer.
Cowder said another factor contributing to inmate population increase was a high concentration of people 18-24 years old. He said people of this age group statistically were proven to commit more crimes than other age groups.
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