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University Daily Kansan, November 3, 1982
Pencil story draws local Democrats' ire
By DOUG CUNNINGHAM and CAROL LICHTI Staff Reporters
The county chairman of the Democratic party said yesterday that he would file a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission because of radio station KLW-NAM's coverage of an election story.
David Berkowitz, the chairman, objected to the station's coverage of a story about pencils placed in voting boots yesterday. A voter had complained that the pencils might influence in favor of a local candidate.
The pencils were marked Booth General Pencil Company, a New Jersey pencil company.
After a voter called a Douglas County District Court judge to complain that county commission candidate Michael W. Kemp advantage because of the name on the
pencils, the county clerk's office worked quickly to switch the pencils or conceal the name.
BOOTH WHO was a county commission candidate for the 1st District in Douglas County, is the general manager at KLWN-KLZR radio.
ratty Jaimes, Douglas County clerk, said there was no connection between the candidate and the pencil company.
Berkowitz said the station's news
censures mentioned the peninsula, Hank
Booth's name and the county com-
mission seat, but made no mention of
his Democratic opponent, Nancy
Hiebert.
"I think it was a clear violation of the fairness doctrine, Herkowitz said. "It is my intention to file a complaint to the communications Commission about it."
Berkowitz said the coverage of the story by KLWN was similar to free advertizing for Booth.
However, Joe Vaughan, news director for KLWN-KLZR, said the story was not written by anyone at KLWN-KLZR.
"IT WAS not a story originating or written at this station," he said. "It was from the Associated Press broadcast news wire."
Jaimes said switching the pencils or concealing the name did not cause any delay in voting.
Vaughan said the story had been handled in the station's customary manner for wire service copy. He would not comment on the way the Associated Press distributed the story.
Election officials could not see the name of the pencil company because the string used to attach the pencils to the pen was wrapped around the pencil. James said.
The strings were unwrapped when the pencils were placed in the booths.
Jaimes said only one voter complained about the pencils.
"I TWAS a complete surprise to me," Booth said. "I doubt if it will have much of a sway. The pencils were found early this morning and they were doing everything -- even scraping the name off.
"I don't think it will help," he said.
"I've never read what was on a pencil in a polling booth."
Harper said she doubled the pencils would make any difference in the election.
Nan Harper, campaign director for Hiebert, said, "It's kind of ludicrous that this type of thing would happen at the last minute. But I'm glad we've got some sharp-eyed voters out there who noticed it."
"I think most of the voters who noticed it just laughed. I voted early this morning and I didn't notice it," she said.
Jaimes said, "This is probably just a once-in-a-lifetime thing."
Traffic board hears old and new appeals
By DEBORAH BAER Staff Renorter
When the Parking and Traffic Appeals Board changed hands in May, more than 800 cases were yet to be heard and some of them were eight
This year's appeals board has been chipping away at the backlog since last summer, and the number of cases has shrunk to about 250, Scott Stockwell, law student and chairman of the appeals board, said recently.
Three second-year law students serve as judges on the appeals board to hear students who appeal parking violations.
The judges all served as student attorneys for the appeals board during their first year at law school, Stockwell said.
Stockwell said that by the end of this month, he expected to be caught up on cases dating from September 1861 to February 1982 and also to be on schedule for cases that come in during the semester.
Don Kearns, director of parking,
said, "I think they're doing a real fine
job. They're addressing the problem."
Victor Nelson, vice chairman of the appeals board, said the board was meeting 150 percent more times than it last year and handling 39 cases a week.
BUT NELSON and Stockwell do not blame the backlog on last year's annual board, they said.
"The reason that they had fallen behind in the past is that there were not
enough resources committed to the job." Stockwell said.
Last year, some appeals board members gave up some of their administrative duties to protest a governance decision not to pay them.
But last spring, the Parking and Traffic Board decided to pay the chairman and vice chairman of the appeals board that took over in May, and when the faculty group heard "all the facts," it agreed, Kearns said.
"My polling place always gets a great vote turnout, because people don't like voting in smelly garages and basements. The Mansion receives voters as honored guests. So far, the turnout's been tremendous."
under crystal chandeliers to the soft strains of Bach and Mozart.
SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco voters casting their votes at the plush Mansion Hotel yesterday were greeted by a raucous crowd to soft music and gifted delicacies.
"This year I've pulled out all stops," said hotel Bob Pritikin.
Frisco citizens vote in style
By United Press International
The imposing figure stood amidst 100 American flags adorning the luxury landmark hotel. A huge banner reading, "Cast Your Fate - Vote Here," was placed across the front of the ornate building.
Because no other cause of the fire was found, it was ruled accidental.
Mansion master chef David Coyle, former personal chef to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, decorated the patriotic donut cake and provided a snack of venison and juniper berry pate.
A red, white and blue cake was served to the voters casting ballots
"We're satisfied," the sheriff said.
"That's the end of the investigation."
Cigarettes possibly started the fire, the sheriff said. Two survivors of the fire told officials that cigarettes were smoked before the family went to bed.
The value of the house destroyed in the fire was $70.00, the sheriff said.
Fatal fire called accidental
The state fire marshal has determined that a fire that killed three people north of Lawrence Saturday afternoon Jefferson County sheriff said yesterday.
Funeral services will be held today at 2:30 p.m. for Shirley Larson, 40, Donna Jernigan, 15, and Gina Jernigan, 13, to the First Methodist Church in Oskalozae.
Ousaidh and his wife have started a fund at the Douglas County Bank for the Larison family. A donation, with an indication that it is for the Larison fund, may be to Box 429 in care of the bank.
DONALD LARISON, 45, and Glenda Larison, 16, survived the fire. They escaped from the house by crawling on the roof and to the ground from the second story.
The surviving family members are
Wilford Gassall, owner of the house.
Memorial Hospital after treatment for smoke inhalation, hospital officials
The Lawrence chapter of the American Red Cross has provided the family with emergency needs such as clothing and food, a Red Cross official said.
Shirley Larsion was a former custodian for the University of Kansas. She resigned recently from her job at the university's computer problems, a housekeeping official said.
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