CB radio network mushrooms across the country
By JOHN P. THARP
Staff Writer
"Truck it down Race Horse, you got a bear coming at you."
"Ten-40 Malibu Streak, thanks for the info."
"Ten-four Mailbu Stall, thanks for the info."
All along the roads, highway hailing by citizens band (CB) radio has boomed to airwave heights. The city's largest hub, half of which were bought in the past two years.
Formerly used only by a few truckers, today's CB ownership includes all professions from salesmen to logistics.
With the advent of the 55 m.p.h. speed limit in 1973, the CB dealers began their heyday, retailing sets from $100-$200 to drivers who used them to pass along information about radar traps. The CB network has mushroomed to include emergency calls (accidents, DWIs, livestock on the highway), road directions and gasoline station and restaurant locations.
FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, highway deaths in Kansas attributed to drivers failings ashe has steadily declined, according to Kansas Highway Patrol Supt. Allen Rush. He said the lower speed limit and the increased use of CBs were two reasons for the decline.
Brice "Silver Bird" Anderson, Wichita freshman, said, "If you have a radio, that’s all you need."
Anderson has had a CB radio for 18 months and said he considered it invaluable.
"MY MAIN CONCERN is having a respect for the radio," he said. One time he intercepted an S.O.S. from a driver whose auto had been smashed by a train, he said, and relayed the S.O.S. to Wichita authorities on his CB, resulting in the prompt arrival of an ambulance.
Besides motorists, state highway patrol agencies are opening their eyes and ears to the value of CBs. Missouri has equipped about 700 (of almost 800) patrol cars with CBs since July. In August, troopers
MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL Sgt. J. W. Sartor said that money for the units was obtained through federal highway safety funds, and that Cbs helped troopers respond to emergency situations faster.
oogged 8,433 calls, 6,608 of them distress calls and hazardous road condition information.
"Our primary purpose is to be able to provide more timely assistance to motorists," he said.
have open minds," he said. "It's possible we'll make some overtures towards obtaining them (CBs) within the next month." Rush said. "The law enforcement effort would be valuable."
"There is an F C rule against it too," he said. IN KANSAS, 40-40 troopers (of almost 400) and their own CBS on their cars "on a strictly voluntary voluntary bays," said Kansas Highway Patrol Maj. C. Gray
When asked about the possibility of troops using CBS to lure motorists into "speed traps," he affirmed that there was a strict departmental policy, which many misuse of the acts, especially of that category.
PARALLELING THE CB surge is a unique operator's language, with a common vocabulary and individual accents. An 18-wheeler is a tractor-trailer, pickups and cars are 4-wheelers, and then there are 2-wheeled (some motorcycles have "cars"-radio antennas).
KHP Supt. Allen Rush is impressed by Missouri's statistics on the radios.
modulating with him while you're talking. Anyone driving is a mobile and if they are ahead of you, they're your valuable front door, alerting you to any road conditions requiring reduced speed. If you're hecky enough to have a back door also, you're in a good spot. Looking at girls is checking out seat covers.
State troopers are Smoky Bears, sheriff's deputies are county monges, city policemen are local bears. An officer rides in an unmarked car is seen by a camper on an orange wrap), and his VASCAR tool is an orange wrapper.
Although the FCC requires a $4 license, it is a mail-in item, and no exam is necessary. Few operators obtain them, or the legal call letters that accompany them. Most CBers use their chosen names, or handles, Renegade, Streak, Papa Gene, Dingbat, Mr. Echo, Treetoad, Bondman, Constipated Bullfrog, Coors Man and Big Blue are a few.
A CB set is a radioid, acceleration pedals are hammers, weight stations are chicken coops, turnipkes are green stamp roads, speeding tickets are yellow slips, a "no answer" is naryal.
YOUR LISTENER is a good buddy, and you're
Different sign-offs, mostly humorous and rhymed, include bird whistling, Tarzan yelling, turkey gobbling and the national "good luck" Seventy threes and all the good numbers on ya."
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The University of Kansas—Lawrence. Kansas
Vol. 86 No.27
Group seeks unit status
By IAN KENNETH LOUDEN
The United Public Employee Associations of Lawrence last night requested the Lawrence City Commission to accept it as a collective bargaining coalition.
UNDER STATE LAW an association must be recognized as a collective bargaining unit by the commission before it enters into contracts and practices and conditions with city officials.
The petition was presented to the commission by Policeman David Reavis. He said the association wanted immediate recognition because a lack of communication existed between city employees and city officials.
"It is necessary to have written the letter so that you make the city listen to complaints."
Mayor Barkley Clark asked whether the association was invited to be recognized as part of the state Public Employer-Employee Relations Board (PEERB),
NORM FOREM, associate professor of social welfare and adviser to the association, said the city employees wanted bringing outside influences into Lawrence.
Under state law any municipal employee can become part of PEERB. Under law, a public employee must mediate between city employees and Lawrence city officials. All seven recognized city employee collective bargaining units in Kansas belong to
"We want to work it out among ourselves first to show that in a time when public employees in this country are raising hell, we need to work it out among ourselves." he said.
Staff Photo by DON PIERCE
Forer said that if PEERB were brought into Lawrence, it would subject city employees and officials to state bureaucracy. Forer said the new law could can accomplish more and accomplish it
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Hawklet relocated
Susie Ward, Halstead junior, and Bob Woronick, Shawnee Mission junior, use a brace from classes to study in the rehearsal warehouse. Machines used in the original Hawlett in training were not available during the school year.
Instruction report ready
By STEWART BRANN
A six-month study for improving classroom teaching at the University of Kansas ends today when the Commission on the Quality of Classroom Instruction presents its final report to the Student Senate.
Staff Writer
The commission last night gave a final review to its report, rewriting some proposals and making minor alterations in others.
THE FINAL PROPOSAL in the report will suggest that the commission be established as a permanent part of the Senate. The commission originally was to have been dissolved upon delivery of its report to Student Senate offices today.
Chris Illiff, commission chairman, said last night the last proposal will suggest that the commission conduct a continual study of classroom teaching at KU and to research any matters that could arise relating to classroom teaching.
One of the commission's first jobs will be to further research several proposals made by the commission. All students will include studying the present 13-week class drop policy and the hiring and evaluating processes for faculty, assistant instructors (AI's) and teaching assistants
The commission also decided to change the proposal concerning the Office of Instructional Resources. Originally, the proposal suggested that the office be made
The commission also worked on the preface to the report. It will state that because the University is a leader among public institutions in scholastic pursuits, it encourages graduate students and graduate students to provide the best possible educational environment.
He said that the preface would stress that the report was only a guideline to follow to
Liff said that most people he had talked to thought the proposal was a good suggestion. But Kathy Dugan, spokesman for the Graduate Student Council, said the proposal was discounting those students who weren't attending classes or taking courses for their own personal benefit.
Biff said he wanted to rewrite the preface to delete any possible negative tones toward him.
THE PROPOSAL NOW suggests that the office be enlarged in scope and be given a status that reflects the importance of classroom teaching at the University.
Dugan said those students weren't as concerned about grades as were traditional undergraduate students and should be entitled to the credit-no-credit option.
a vice chancellor's office similar to the research and graduate studies office.
Some questions had been raised earlier about the proposal that suggests the credit-no-credit policy be restricted to one course of study and semesters during undergraduate enrollment.
THE PROPOSAL now says that the policy only should apply to degree-seeking students.
LIFF SAID THAT overall, he was satisfied with the final report. Because of responses from various University organizations suggesting changes in the proposals, llliff said, the report is now a smoother and more effective document.
The report will be distributed to the Senate at its meeting next Wednesday. Iliff said he hoped to widely distribute the report, and that he would legislate and all KU graduate students.
improve classroom education and that not all the propositions would be applicable to all students.
First budget cuts made; some requests totally cut
By JIM BATES
Staff Writer
Fall budget requests of 15 organizations were tentatively cut by more than 80 per cent by the Student Senate Finance and Auditing Committee last night.
Supplemental budget requests of $15,000 by the University Daily Kansan, $5,000 by the University Concert Series and $550 by Bentwood Review were cut completely.
A total of $4,188 was tentatively allocated to organizations that requested $34,491. The committee has a maximum of $27,000 to divide among 30 groups requesting $74,098.
THE COMMITTEE spent more time discussing the Kansan than any other item
Committee members debated whether it was wise for the Senate to pay off the Kansan's deficit, especially when it had enough money in its reserve fund to keep it
Diane Tryon, committee member, said she has the right time to consider a line item amendment.
As a line item, the Kansas receives $1.35
from each student's activity fee. An
item from each class receives $0.75.
"I agree the Kansan needs more money."
Troxn said, that should be discussed in
two or three weeks when the line items come up."
Mike Murphy, committee member, said he was worried about the precedent of bailing out a group when that group ran over its budget.
Committee members questioned the necessity of keeping the Kansas reserve stock on hand, said the committee member, said the Senate's reserve fund was nowhere near that high.
The Senate reserve fund is approximately $5,000.
RD ELOPS, student body president, told the committee not to blame the Kan斯 for its deficit too much because the Senate representatives on the Kan斯 board had encouraged them to go ahead and run a deficit if necessary.
Request Tenative
Abbreviations
KU Amateur Radio Club $71 $60 $50
KUBelly Dance Club $280 $400 $300
Tam Sigma Dance Ensemble $469 $600 $500
Commission on the Status of Womens $819 $1244 $1244
KU-V Friendship $1,011 $1,646 $1,646
Campus Veteran $1,896 $600 $600
Campus Clarehouse Club $800 $800
Coolwood Review $500 $100 $100
Intensive American Alliance $2,900 $1275 $1275
University Daisy Ken $11,500 $16,000 $16,000
Rolfs sends letter favoring Senate membership cut
Student Senate membership should be cut in half in order to make the Senate make the Senate more informed and responsive, Ed student body president, said yesterday.
Since the committee is now aware of how Senate is organized, Rolfs said, they are the right group at the right time to re-evaluate the whole Senate structure.
In a letter to the Senate Rights and Responsibilities Committee, Rolfs said reducing the Senate to 50 senators from the current 110 would make it easier to bring small issues before the Senate and would make it more responsive to their constituencies.
ROLFs SAID he sent the letter to the committee because of the extensive research it had been doing into student government. The committee was charged by the Senate earlier this month to redefine StudEx powers.
Rolfs said that, although it might seem paradoxical, a Senate with one senator for every 400 students would be more effective in building with one senator for every 200 students.
A SMALLER SENATE, Rolfs said, would be more manageable. It is necessary to stick to strict parliamentary procedure with the mandate in order to maintain order, he said.
"More people would know who their representatives were," he said. "Senators would be more vocal and willing to speak out on issues."
"Things could be a bit more informal and senators would be free to discuss issues,"
The Senate is now often uninformed, Rolfs said. Senators sometimes get confused and make the same mistakes.
A smaller Senate, Rolfs said, would be able to work out a bill's problem on the Senate floor rather than sending the bill back to committee.
BILL BLESSING, Senate parliamentary, said Rolf's idea had its good points.
"The Senate might be less representative, but it would be better informed," he said. Blessing said he thought a smaller Senate would be less likely to be "railroaded." He said it would definitely be a more orderly group.
The possibility of cutting the number of senators deserves consideration, he said, especially if the committee recommendations result in a weaker StudEx. A more vigorous Senate would then be needed, he said.
Rolfs said it was important that the
court grant money to the reserve
bank at least $10 million.
"Otherwise," he said, "it might be at the mercy of the Student Senate."
The committee voted unanimously to tentatively give nothing to the Kansan. Juli Anderson, committee chairman, said it was too early to determine that last night's actions were not binding.
The committee also completely cut
their contracts to concert Series and the Gettysburg Review.
Members said the Concert Series' request, which would finance four summer concerts, should have been covered in that section. They questioned the number of summer openings.
HEARING ABOUT the Cottonwood Review is more impressive than seeing it, committee members agreed. The magazine described from other sources if necessary, they said.
Operation Friendship, an organization promoting improved relations between American and foreign students, was the student's entire request. The group requested $66.
Some of the other preliminary cuts were
Tau Sigma Dancer Ensemble, from $898 to
$1,042; the International Club, from
Coalition, from $1,118 to $355; and
International Club, from $2,980 to $100.
The committee said it would allocate $800
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Polls open today
Polls opened this morning to fill vacant seats in the Student Senate and College Assembly and to elect freshmen class officers.
Polling places will be open from 3:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. today and tomorrow at the Kansas Union lobby, at 11 a.m. until 12 noon on the second floor of Summerfield Hall.
Polls open today only are: Oliver,
Lewis and G.S.P. Halls, from 6 to 3:60
p.m., Delta Upsilon, Tau Kappa
Beta, Delta Chi, and Delta Chi
Chi houses, from 7 to 7 p.m.
Pools open tomorrow only are:
Ellsworth, Naismith and Corbin halls,
from 5 to 6:30 p.m., and Alpha
Gamma Delta, Gamma Phi Beta,
Alpha Delta Pi and Kappa Kappa
Gamma homes, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Britt Buckley, Senate elections committee chairman, said yesterday that this was the first time College Assembly members were to be chosen
In past years, he said, vacancies arising from resignations were filled in the sorner.
Sixty-one students have filed for 20 Senate openings.
Higher oil prices force scramble for energy
By DEBBIE BAUMAN
Staff Writer
Price controls on domestic crude oil should be lifted to encourage private investment in other energy sources, Lamar Energy said. The Kansas Energy Office, said yesterday.
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT of un-tapped energy sources in the United States would lessen the dependence on inningless expensive foreign oil supplies, he said.
Last Saturday, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announces 10 per cent increase in crude oil prices. This will be in line with the 13-nation oil cartel, which controls
80 per cent of the world's petroleum exp-
ported by China, a country that has a
a nation to U.S. shipping and fuel needs.
TWO DAYS after OPEC announced the price increase, President Ford signed an energy compromise for continued domestic oil price controls with a Congress that he now blames for prospective gasoline price increases. The law Ford signed extended oil price controls that expired Aug. 31 to Nov. 15.
Weaver said he favored the Ford administration plan to decontrol fuel prices and allow domestic oil to be established in the U.S., with that of all other oil-producing nations.
As a result of these two decisions, domestic crude oil, which accounts for 40 per cent of the total U.S. intake, will remain at controlled prices while more oil must be obtained from foreign resources at ever increasing prices, Weaver said.
"AS LONG we are in a position where we have to accept the decisions of the OPEC countries, they will continue to try to squeeze it out of us." Weaver said.
Under current controls, about 60 per cent of the oil produced in the United States is sold at $5.25 a barrel. World market prices are at about $12 a barrel.
CONTROLED PRICES on domestic oil have kept private enterprises from searching for other energy sources, Weaver said, because the potential profit wouldn't
exceed the cost of the necessary research programs.
There are several untapped oil sources and other natural resources to be found in the United States if individuals are encouraged to seek them, Weaver said.
ALTHOUGH FORD'S proposal for gradual removal of U.S. oil price controls also would increase the price of gasoline and other petroleum products, Weaver said, this might encourage Americans to conserve energy and seek other energy sources.
"We have to assume that fuel prices are going to go higher because of a sparing interest rate."
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