University Daily Kansan, October 7, 1982
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Organizers of '84 Olympics reach pact with Los Angeles
By United Press International
LOS ANGELES — Organizers of the 1984 Olympic Games reached agreement yesterday with the city of Los Angeles on a contract city officials said would shield taxpayers from all costs of the games.
The agreement ended months of discussions — especially over the unknown costs of guarding the games from terrorists and other security expenses. The contract with the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee now must be approved by the city council.
"This is a rock-solid agreement and the city taxpayers are fully protected," said city attorney Ira Reiner, one of the leaders of the skeptics who feared the city might be stuck with some of the costs.
THE 1984 GAMES are the first to be organized by a private committee without government financial support. Many cities became reluctant to host the Olympics because of the expense, such as the billions of dollars in debts the 1976 games left Montreal.
Mayor Tom Bradley, who backed the movement to host the games and promised residents that taxpayers could afford a contract provided "full cost reim
bursurement for all city services at no local taxpayer expense, maximum public protection and long-quiet revenues, through revenue and new equipment."
The agreement provides that Olympic-related city expenses be paid out of a $19.3 million Olympic Trust Fund that will be raised by taxes expected to fall mainly on non-residents . - a 5.2 percent tax on hotel rooms and a 6.2 percent tax on Olympic event tickets.
IF THE FUND proves insufficient, the organizing committee agreed to pay the difference from its earnings; nearly innoff from television rights.
In addition, the committee agreed not to let the fund fall below $2 million, to provide the Los Angeles Police Department a $2.75 million contingency fund for security measures and to accept the cost if emergency expenses exhaust the fund.
The responsibility for security — a major factor in the expense of the Montreal games after the deaths of Israeli athletes and Palestinian terrorists at the Munich Olympics — has been a major issue.
THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE accepted responsibility for securing at Olympic sites and for security of Olympic vehicles moving between sites.
Senate OKs $5,000 forensics fund
By DON KNOX Staff Reporter
The Student Senate last night overwhelmingly approved $5,000 in emergency funding for the financially strapped KU Forensics team, despite allegations from KU's student body vice president that the additional funding would set an unwanted precedent.
The debate team applied for the emergency funding in September, after the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences halved its $17,000 budget. The unexpected cut, debaters argued, would have reduced travel expenses and would prevent the nationally ranked team from competing in a number of campus tournaments throughout the country.
Student body Vice President David Welch said that previous Senate
organizations.
"Sure, travel is a big part of the debate program," Welch said, "but it's a big part of other programs."
philosophy was not to finance travel expenses for organizations.
But Mark Gidley, Houston, Texas, junior and president of the team, told us that the debate team had reduced travel expenses as much as possible.
"To cut down on the number of tournaments we attend,we will no longer be a national power," Gidley said.
THE TEAM leads the nation in the number of teams it has sent to the National Debate Tournament. KU has sent 24 teams in the 36-year history of the tournament — three more than the University of Southern California. Northwestern University sent 37 teams during the same period, and Harvard University sent 35.
The Senate Finance and Auditing Committee recommended at its meeting last week that the Senate approve the emergency funding. In addition to the $5,000 in funds approved last night, the Senate allocates $5,128 annually to cover from the $14,60 student activity fee assessed each student at enrollment.
In other action, the Senate approved a 711-word bill amending the elections policy in Senate rules that David Adkins, student body president, called "a significant stride" in preventing election problems.
JIM CRAMER, Rights Committee chair and co-author of the bill, told senators the policy additions did not change a philosophical change in election rules.
"We're just trying to clearly define the interportments and get rid of some of them."
The bill called for the creation or an Elections Review Board that would review alleged violations of election rules and validate ballot counts.
Elena Brito, election committee chairman, told senators the proposals represented a definitive structure of rules that were vital to fair elections.
- SET THE DEADLINE for filing
for Senate presidential elections at 30
days before the election.
17 and 17 and 18 elections will be 5 a.m. Oct. 19.
in part of the proposal:
— APPROVED AN AUDIT of all campaign finances, to be submitted by candidates before opening of the polls.
— RULED THAT CANDIDATE,
after applying for office as part of a
coalition, could not change their
coalition designation.
- LIMITED SPENDING for student body presidential and vice presidential candidates to $200 each.
- LIMITED SPENDING for an independent candidate to $33 or three cents for each represented constituent, whichever is higher.
Student passes for unimited bus rides will be $30 beginning next spring, $5 lower than their present price. The price of non-student passes also will
Senate votes to reduce bus fares, passes
KU on Wheels bus pass and fare prices, raised earlier this fall without Student Senate approval, will return to regular $25 levels, the Senate voted last night.
drop from $4 to $41. Individual fares,
now 40 cents, will drop to 35 cents.
The price decreases came three weeks after the arrest of Steve McMurray, former student coordinator to the bus system, on five felony charges in a federal funds. McMurray faces a preliminary hearing on Oct. 18 in District Court
SAYING THE Senate needed to re-establish the credibility of KU on Wheels, the Senate Transportation Board approved the price cuts last week in its first meeting in more than a quarter of the year. The administrative assistant, said the board, was made in light of new budget predictions made after McMurray's arrest.
DLA to sponsor Octoberfest
The Downtown Lawrence Association will sponsor an Octoberfest celebration later this month with assistance from the DLA's president said yesterday.
Bob Schumm, president of the DLA,
said the celebration would be Oct. 21, 22
In budget proposals submitted to the Student Senate Executive Committee this summer, McMurray estimated that bus system revenues would generate $196,000. After reviewing the number of bus passes actually sold this semester, Frederick estimated revenues to be $266,000.
Schumm said the KU German Club would assist the DLA in the celebration, which will be in a tent on a vacant lot at Eighth and Massachusetts streets.
Schumm said he especially looked forward to working with a KUIGroup.
German foods will be served at the celebration.
TWO TO THREE polka bands will play at the event and a folk dance group might also participate, Schumm said.
Sausages, sauerkraut and other
Schumm said the celebration was a new event for the DLA, and that it brought in merchants and KU students to mix in any merchandise other than a strictly business one.
"It is a different kind of promotional activity by our group," he said. "I think it to be very well accepted and I do believe it will be kind of a colorful event."
On campus
TODAY
PERKINS SCHOOL of Theology,
Dallas, Texas, representative will
speak at 4 p.m. at the Ecumenical
Justinian Ministries Center, 204
Oresed.
CHRISTIAN CARE GROUP will
Ecumenical
Christian Ministries Center
EPISCOPAL WORSHIP SERVICE will be at noon in Danforth Chapel.
will be at 8 p.m. in 156 Robinson Gymnasium. FILM, "Dance as an Art Form," will be at 8 p.m. in 156 Robinson Gymnasium.
KU COLLEGE REPUBLICANS meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
AMERICAN-ISRAELI FRIENDSHIP meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Governor's Room of the Union.
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT COLLOQUIUM, "The Idle in the Ivy," will be at 4 p.m. in 4019 Wesco Hall
UNIVERSITY COUNCIL will meet at 3:30 p.m. in 211 Blake Hall.
GERMAN CLUB will have a reserved table for lunch at 1:45 p.m. in the Cottonwood Room of the Kansas Union.
KU WSUOR AND SHIELD will meet
a p.m. in the Oread Room of the
Univ.
CONSUMERS AWARE!
The Consumer Info Center is now open daily.
104-C Level 3
Kansas Union
864-4807
OCTOGINTA XII
Mt. Oread Bicycle Club Lawrence, Kansas
A weekend of cycling activities including the traditional 80-mile tour on Sunday, October 10th.
T-shirts available at:
SUA Office
Mick's
Sunflower Surplus
For more information and entry forms contact Mount Oread Bicycle Club,
SUA Office, Kansas University, Lawrence.
ALL COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
COME FIND OUT!
The College invites you to attend a short, informational meeting concerning the new computerized early enrolment system to be implemented this fall.
We hope that you will take advantage of the opportunity to learn the new procedures firsthand rather than having to depend entirely on the spring timetable.
We would like to make your enrollment for spring, 1983, as easy as possible so please try to come.
PICK THE MEETING WHICH IS MOST CONVENIENT FOR YOU
Monday, October 11 at 4:00 p.m. in 3140 Waeaud Auc.
Thursday, October 14, at 4:00 p.m. In 3140 Wescoe Aud.
OR
PHI DELTA THETA CELEBRATES WITH THE OPINION'S? FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8; FREE COORS BEER 2:5 P.M.
- ALL OTHERS PAY CASH
711 W.23
DRAWS
.25¢
THURSDAY 8-12 pm $1.00COVER
at
BEHIND GODFATHERS IN THE MALLS
LAWRENCE TOYOTA/MAZDA
LAWRENC TOYOTA/MAZDA LAWR
COOLING SYSTEM SPECIAL
We'll
• inspect belts and hoses
• flush radiator
• install new anti-freeze (up to 1 gallon)
• pressure test cooling system and test radiator cap
TOYOTA LAWRENCE
MAZDA
LAWRENCE AUTO PLAZA
842 2191
Coupons must be presented
at time of write-up
$24.95
VISA
Includes parts and labor (Additional parts and labor extra)
TUNE-UP SPECIAL
$29.95
Electronic ignition
(included all parts and labor 6 cyl.
models slightly higher)
We'll
* install new spark plugs
* set engine to recommended
manufacturer's specifications
* adjust carburetor
* inspect operation of choke
* install new fuel filter/Mazda and
yota petrol
* refuel engine not included
TOYOTA LAWRENCE MAZDA
LAWRENCE AUTO PLAZA
842 2191
Coupons must be presented
at time of write-up
$36.95
Standard Ignition
(included all parts and labor-6-cyl.
models slightly higher )
We'll
* install new spark plugs
* replace points and cond
* set engine to recommended
manufacturer's specifications
* inspect operation of choke
* install new fuel filterMazdasad
and Toyotas only
* rotary engines not included
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