The University Daily
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University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
Tuesday, November 23,1982 Vol. 93, No.67 USPS 650-640
President supports MX system
By United Press International
WASHINGTON-President Reagan said yesterday America needed the MX missile system to force Moscow to negotiate arms cuts, and said he had sent the new Soviet leaders ideas for ending "mutual ignorance" that might trigger an accidental nuclear war.
He said his "dense pack" deployment recommendation for 100 MX missiles was "absolutely essential," and called the weapon "the most powerful." "No peepeeper!" — the "right missile at the right time."
REAGAN, referring to the arms control speech he delivered one year ago to a worldwide audience, repeated, "The United States wants deep cuts in the world's arsenal of weapons."
The president delivered the nationally televised address several hours after announcing his decision to seek congressional approval of a controversial $26 billion plan to place the MX ballistic system in hardened silos in a narrow field near Chevonne, Wyo.
Speaking from the Oval Office, Reagan said, "It still takes weapons of war to prevent war," and insisted his plans for a massive military invasion order in order to bring Moscow to the harbring table.
Reagan said that with his five-year, $1.5 trillion defense program, "It will still take five years before we come close to the Soviet level." THE PRESIDENT said he had sent a "special
"Unless we demonstrate the will to rebuild our strength and restore the military balance, the Soviets, since they are so far ahead, have little incentive to negoziate." Reagan said.
THE PRESIDENT said he had sent a "special letter" to Moscow outlining his proposals — including an unprecedented exchange of "basic data" about U.S. and Soviet nuclear arsenals — to leave "less room . . . for surprise and miscalculation" when a nuclear war threatened
In the hour following Reagan's speech, the White House reported receiving 240 favorable telephone calls and 175 calls opposed to the president's stance.
The president also disclosed for the first time
that he believed the Soviets had made serious proposals at the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks in Geneva.
"Their opening position is a serious one and even though it doesn't meet our objective of deep reductions, there's no question we're heading in the right direction," he said.
"ONE REASON for this change is clear," he added. "The Soviet Union knows that we are now serious about our own strategic programs and that we must be prepared to negotiate in earnest."
Reagan said the suggestions he sent to Moscow also were sent to American negotiators at Geneva so they could be aired at the bargaining table.
Reagan said the proposals included:
—To relieve "some of the mutual ignorance and suspicion between our two countries, I will propose that we both engage in a broad-ranging set of basic data about our nuclear forces."
REAGAN SAID preventing war and reducing weapons "are the most important public issues of our time," but "on no other issue are there more misconceptions and misunderstandings."
"The result is that many Americans have become frightened and, let me say, fear of the unknown is entirely understandable. Unfortunately, much of the information emerging in this debate bears little semblance to the facts," he said."
"The most upsetting letters I receive are from schoolchildren who write to me as a class assignment. It evident they we discussed the most nightmarish aspects of a nuclear holocaust
"Our children should not grow up frightened. They should not fear the future."
Senators split on dense pack
WASHINGTON—Senate opponents of the MX missile predicted yesterday that Congress will refuse to provide the nearly $1 billion President Obama has proposed as an strategic weapon in a "deepsep" bomb, basing国务卿
But the announcement of the president's decision was welcomed by congressional "hawks" who support his attempts to shore up America's military might.
Sen. John Tower, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee commended Reagan for reaching a "courageous and decisive judgment" and choosing dense-pack bessing in
Tower said that "the Soviet economy is on a wartime footing," and added that Russia had nothing in its arsenal that could defeat the MX at this point.
However, Sen. Ernest Hollack, D-S.C., said he was certain Congress would back his amendment to kill funds for the first five nuclear-tipped MX missiles.
Hollings, speaking with reporters before the official announcement, said the $988 million sought by the administration for MX production stood "no chance" when Congress reviewed the $201.3 billion Pentagon weapons program in the lame-duck session beginning next month.
He said he was convinced his amendment to cancel the production funds would be passed and said, "That means the production money is dead for the moment, but we will still go forward with the research and development" for which the administration requested $2.5 billion.
Sen. Malcolm Wallop, R-Wyo., said the administration had assured him and other members of Congress from Wyoming that it can impact it to mitigate the impact" on their state.
Brian Ritter, Overland Park senior, kept the ball in play during the KU Raquetball Tournament held last night in Robinson Gymnasium. About 36 people participated in the tournament. First place in the advanced division was captured by Ritter's opponent, Jon Machalek. Fairway junior.
Fiscal, organizational troubles plague KU on Wheels
Bv DON KNOX
Staff Reporter
It was not an unreasonable request, she thought, and after mentioning the idea to a friend, she decided to talk with the coordinator of her campus bus system run by KU's Student Services.
All Pam Sellen wanted was a night bus that would take her from her Lawrence neighborhood to the KU campus.
on Wheels' faecal and organizational problems burst into public view.
Yet after nine months of repeated
So the 27-year-old Lawrence senior went to the Senate office last January with her request. Senate leaders told her to propose the idea to the Senate's judicial board in a boarding Board or, better yet, apply for a position on the board.
attempts to work with the board, no appointments had been made by the student body.
"I felt as if I was being strung along and tied to," Sellen said.
On Sept. 15, Steve McMurry, coordinator of KU on wheels and chairman of the Senate's Transportation Board, was arrested on five counts of embezzling bus system funds. He is charged with stealing $39,425, all of it allegedly to the sale of student bus passes at the Annas Union.
SINCE JANUARY, Selfen said, she thought something was wrong with KU's campus transportation system. Others associated with the incident were not available much earlier than that. But only recently did KU
McMurry, a 27-year-old Lawrence art history
McMurry's future will be left for the courts to decide. But the bus system he leaves behind, a'ter surviving a stormy first decade, faces an uncertain future.
THE HISTORY of KU on Wheels can be traced to 1791. In that year, the Lawrence Bus Co. announced that it would curtail service to the KU
campus unless the University or the city of Lawrence provided financial assistance.
But the idea of no bus service did not appeal to many KU students. So on Dec. 5, 1971, the Senate approved an emergency $15,184 bus system subsidy
Since then, the tie between the Senate and the awrence Bus Co. has continued unbroken. This win would not be enough for any governor.
THE MCMURRY arrest triggered structural
History of KU on Wheels
- Nov. 16, 1971: The Lawrence Bus Co.
announces plans to halt bus service to the KU
campus.
- Nov. 17, 1971 Chancellor E. Laurence Camerons announces that KU will not subsidize the学费.
- Feb. 6, 1972: The Student Senate Executive Committee approves recommendation to run for the senate.
Dec. 5, 1971: The Student Senate votes to give $13,684 to the Lawrence Bus Co. to resum
— Oct. 14, 1975: McMurry proposed that Student Senate and the city of Lawrence consider studying the transit system.
— Oct. 13, 1972: The Senate reports that it is paying nearly $1,000 each week to support the campus-wide bus system, though some $35,000 in losses were expected to be made up with an increase in ridership during the winter.
changes within KU on Wheels. David Adkins, who until last week's election was student body president, named himself acting chairman of the service and reactivated the Transportation Board. The 11-member board had not met since March 1981.
— March, 1973. Steve McMurry, becomes coordinator of KU on Wheels.
— Oct. 27, 1977: McMurry says KU students will suffer financially if the Senate approves an Omaha consulting firm's recommendations. "I don't want KU students, frankly, to get screwed by paying the most money if it's a city-wide system."
— Nov. 7, 1977: A spokesman for an Omaha consulting firm completing a $20,000 survey says the Senate has no governing body controlling KU on Wheels.
Adkins said the board had not met because of McMurry's control over it.
— Dec. 7, 1977: The Senate Communications Committee announced it would study the "mystery of the University of Kansas transportation system."
created Senate Transportation Board, saying:
"We cann't have a quarter-million dollar operation resting on the shoulders of one student."
- Oct 1, 1978: Mike Harper student body president, appoints 11 members to the newly
— Sept. 14, 1982: David Adkins, student body president, says the Student Senate never approved a $5 increase for KU on Wheels bus passes.
- McMurray says of the unapproved fare raise, we should have gone through the Senate, but
  I didn't.
- Sept. 15, 1982; McMurry is arrested at his Lawrence office on charges of embezzlement
— Sept. 20, 1982: The reactivated Transportation Board, in its first meeting, rolls back bus fare prices to their previous levels.
"Steve McMurry's personality allowed him to dominate many of the board's activities." Adkins said. "In some ways, that may have been good. We had an efficient system. But in a lot of ways, for the Transportation Board, that was bad."
fare prices to their previous levels.
— Oct. 20, 1982: Harry Warren, Douglas County associate district attorney, says that "at least $30,000" is missing from bus system funds.
Senate records also indicate that KU administrators and the Senate had reorganized the board just five years earlier — for much the same reason.
IN OCTOBER 1975, and several times after that, McMurry proposed that an outside firm evaluate KU on Wheels, with particular emphasis on extending service.
In November 1977, an Omaha, Neb., planning firm that eventually conducted a $20,000 study said the Senate was not really equipped to handle such a large system.
"They have one person grappling with a system equivalent to the bus system in Omaha," said Jim Morley, a planner with the firm. "That one person is Steve McMurry."
The 1978 Senate created a transportation board after the study suggested the replacement of the transportation subcommittee, which they were tasked to replace in the study also suggested several route changes.
Student body president in 1977
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Weather
Today will be cold with decreasing cloudiness, according to the National
The Thanksgiving Day outlook is partly cloudy, with a high in the 40s.
cloudiness, according to the National Weather Service. There will be a high in the mid- to upper 30s and northerly winds at 10 to 20 mph.
Tonight will be clear and cold, with a low near 10.
Tomorrow will be sunny and cold, with a high of 35 to 40.
Kuralt says higher awareness symbolic of healthy country
By PAMELA THOMPSON
Charles Kuralt, CBS news correspondent and "Sunday Morning," anchor, was on the road yesterday to deliver the 59th Landon Lecture at Kansas State University.
Staff Reporter
After traversing America's backroads for 25 years, Kurali said the country's most noticeable change was the heightened consciousness of the public.
"Today there's no such thing as a silent majority," he said. "Everybody's talking all the time and that's a sign of a healthy society."
Kurall said that when he was a student at the
University of South Carolina in the mid-1950s civil rights, equal rights and environmental protection were not national concerns.
By covering the church supper and county fair beat, Kuraft, with his shuffling brand of grassroots journalism, received a rousing ovation from the audience of about 1,800 people.
"OUR SLEEPING country has awakened to its needs," he said.
Even with the boom in telecommunications, Kurault said, he believed modern technology is changing the way we do business.
"This type of rural format will always survive," he said. "My kind of stories are when people are living."
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City staff to investigate proposed site
Bus depot move stalled by ordinance
By DOUG CUNNINGHAM
Staff Reporter
The interpretation of five words — "an existing lot of record" — could make or break plans to move the city's bus depot from its downtown address at 638 Massachusetts St. to a new site at the southwest corner of Sixth and Michigan streets.
The Lawrence City Commission approved a site plan for the bus depot's proposed location two weeks ago. That plan was put on hold last week after the commission received a letter from the Old West Lawrence Association that said the site plan had been approved in error.
The commission then directed the city staff to investigate the allegations contained in the letter.
The commission also decided that no building permits for the depot should be issued until the status of the proposed site for the depot had been settled.
MAYOR MARCIL Francisco said yesterday at a commission study session that one reason the plan had been approved was that the lot was then thought to be an existing lot of record.
An existing list of record is one that was on file with the Register of Deeds office before January 23, 1973, said Price Banks, director of the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Office.
To be an existing lot of record, the lot also could not have, in 1873, any undeveloped land
next to it that was owned by the same person, Banks said.
City Commissioner Nancy Shontz said at the study session that the city staff had incorrectly interpreted city ordinances. Because of that, the site plan had been incorrectly approved.
She said the approval should now be rescinded because the lot is not an existing lot of record and
doesn't comply with the lease.
City Manager Buford Watson said he disagreed that the staff had incorrectly interpreted the city ordinances and that it was unwilling to change its recommendation.
'We try not to make errors, but we're dealing with a lot of different subjects and a lot of people.'
Commissioner Don Bins responded, "You're saving you don't trust the staff."
"There was a decision made (Nov. 9) that the staff would like to see continued and not terminated."
BUT ONE woman at the study session said she thought some commissioners were letting their
Shontz said that the staff had made an error. Commissioner Tom Gleason said that according to the ordinances, the lot had to be interpreted as an existing lot of record.
Banks said the lot was first listed separately in 1939 on a sherif's deed. Therefore, because the lot was listed before the 1973 date, it should be considered an existing lot of record, he said.
desires to keep the bus depot downtown interfere with their decision.
Sharon Watts, who works at the depot and who also is married to Gary Watts, local franchise agent for the three bus companies serving Lawrence, said, "I'm getting the funny feeling that some personal feelings are going to be involved in this."
Shontz said after the meeting that although the commission had discussed earlier whether the bus depot should stay downtown, it now was only about the site plan and the status of the lot.
THE COMMISSION tonight will discuss the controversy surrounding the plans to move the nuclear site.
The commission also heard a report from Watson about insulation in the train at Central Plaza.
The city decided to remove the insulation, which contains asbestos, because kids had been exposed to it.
However, Watson said that because of the hazards involved, the city should now hire a firm to remove the insulation rather than try to have members of the staff to remove it.
The commission is expected to set a bid date tonight for firms who want to remove the insulation. Removal is expected to cost several thousand dollars. Watson said
The commission also discussed an ordinance that allows taxicabs in the city to charge a flat rate.