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Thursday, November 5, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Senator wants state to review new health insurance contract
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — Sen. Paul Feleciano, D-Wichita, said yesterday he would seek an audit review of the contract the state signed with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas for health insurance for state employees.
"The administration needs to come clean on why the changes in the contract were made." Feleciano said.
Kansas state employees now pay
Edward Flentje, Insurance Commissioner Fletcher Bell and Robert Harder, former secretary of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.
nologious.
Fedano said he did not understand why federal employees pay $28 a month for family coverage while state employees pay almost $200 under the new contract. The contract was negotiated recently by the state's Employee Health Care Commission.
an $150 a month for health insurance,
the highest of any state in the nation.
Wayne Johnson, president of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, said Tuesday that he would be willing to reopen negotiations with the state.
But Flentje said reopening the contract could subject the state to legal action.
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The health care commission consists of Secretary of Administration
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"Usually, when elevators are overloaded, it causes a fuse to go," he
stuck.
Wroblewski said that the elevator bad no sign stating maximum load.
Patterson said, "Students tend to take those signs down to put them on their walls."
Besides, if the elevator suddenly starts to work, Findley said, "You might get squeezed being on top of it."
Raymond Patterson, supervisor at facilities operations, said the Wescoe elevator was not built for 13 people.
Findley said that when elevators got stuck in a fire, firefighters were equipped with tools to move the elevator manually and open the sliding doors.
Patterson, who helped free the occupants, said the overload problem came from the building's name.
"You see people climb out of the trap door in the movies but not in real life," he said.
be fire exits. The doors are an access for service workers, he said.
On Campus
Study Abroad Travel Fair is scheme the fourth floor of the Kansas Union.
■ "The Strategies of the Macrophages," a microbiology lecture by Helen McElree, Emporia State University, is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. today in 6031 Worhall Hall.
- Sons and Geomorphology at 'Ain Gosh, Jordan; Implications for the Demise of a Major Neolitic Settlement in the Levant," a lecture by a lecturer in geography, is scheduled to 3:30 p.m. in late i42 Lindley Hall
■ "Studies of Cape Breton Sweat Bees: Sociality in a Marginal Environment," a lecture by Laurence Packer, department of biological sciences at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is scheduled for 4 p.m. today in 1005 Haworth Hall. ■ "The Need for Autochthony: Native American Heroes and National Identity in Latin America," a lecture by John Goffrey and Margaret Vasquez-Geffroy, is scheduled for 4 p.m. today at Spooner Hall.
Tool That Is Turing Complete," a computer science colloquium by Zamir Bavel, professor of computer science, is scheduled for 4 p.m. today in 300 Strong Hall.
Tryouts and practice for the KU Men's Soccer Club are scheduled for 5 p.m. today at Shenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets.
- Environs Club meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. today in the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union.
■ Latin American Solidarity rice and beans dinner, featuring Gina Halsey speaking about her experiences in Central America, is scheduled for 6 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries on 9 a.m. Tuesday at UNICEF meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. today in Parlor A in the Kansas Union.
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■ Kansas Brass Quintet faculty recital is scheduled for 8 p.m. today in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
KU Fencing Club is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. today at Robinson Gymnasium.
Bush schedule upsets opponents
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"We thought the vice president liked to debate, and cannot understand why he would run away from another opportunity to discuss the issues," said Boyle.
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A 1977 Honda Civic, book bag, and books valued at $585 were taken about 3 p.m. Tuesday from the 1900 block of Louisiana Street, Lawrence police reported.
matchup between the Wartburg Knights of Wartburg College in Waverly and the winless Upper Iowa Peacocks. Bush's schedule includes a two-day swing through northern and northeastern Iowa.
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Bush has declined a series of debate invitations and agreed to last week's in Houston only after being pressured by other candidates, including du Pont.
The Associated Press
That riles opponents who want more chances to debate the man most polls show at the head of the pack in Iowa.
- Two speakers valued at $500 were taken between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. Tuesday from a car parked in the Street, Lawrence police reported.
A 1979 Mercury Cougar valued at $4,000 was taken between 10 p.m. Monday and 7 a.m. Tuesday from the 400 block of North Street. Lawrence police reported.
DES MOINES, Iowa — About the time four Republican presidential candidates kick off a debate in West Des Moines Saturday, Vice President George Bush will be 130 miles away, flipping the coin at a college football game.
"Somebody needs to get their priorities straight," said Katie Boyle, a spokeswoman for Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole.
Saturday's forum is sponsored by the Home Builders Association of Iowa. Dole and fellow Republicans Jack Kemp, Pete du Pont and Alexander Haig have agreed to be there.
An hour before the forum begins, Bush is scheduled to flip a coin to win.
On the Record
George Wittgraf, Bush's Iowa campaign chairman, said, "I don't think most Republican Party activists are supposed to know who to the candidates are."
But aides to the vice president say there are plenty of chances to see the GOP candidates together.