The University Daily
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
KANSAN
Tuesday, October 5, 1982 Vol.93,No.32 USPS 650-640
Energy survey finds favor for elderly aid
By KATE DUFFY
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
About 86 percent of respondents to a recent energy survey said they would favor lower gas rates for Lawrence's elderly, low-income and disabled residents.
The survey's results were presented at yesterday's city commission study session by several representatives of local social service organizations, coalition conflicts and KU's Center for Public Affairs.
Stephen Fawcett, a research associate for the Center, told commissioners he prepared the survey at the request of social service agencies that wanted to find ways the city could provide services.
FWACTEET, professor of human development and family living, said the commission "applied science to our lives."
Fawrett said that he was surprised that 81 percent of the respondents also indicated they would be willing to pay $1 or more on their meals in the program. Many of the elderly, low-income and disabled residents
"Frankly, I was surprised because others are having difficulty paying their own bills."
Lawrence's gas company, Kansas Public Service Co., Inc., is privately owned and serves only Lawrence residents. It is the only private gas company in Kansas that is not regulated by law.
Under Lawrence's agreement with KPS, the commissioners act as its ratemaking and regulatory body. The agreement stipulates that the city should fix reasonable rates that assure a fair rate of return for the company and that do not discriminate against any customers.
TM LEWIS, director of the East Central Kansas Community Action Agency, said that under the Kansas constitution, cities have broad powers, including police powers, to protect citizens and promote their general health and welfare. And under that definition, he told Lawrence has the authority to institute lower gas rates, sometimes called lifeline rates.
Two weeks ago the KCC held hearings to whether they have the authority to institute similar lifeline rates statewide. The KCC regulates most of the state's utility companies. Although the commissioners have yet to rule, their staff attorneys argued at the hearing that the KCC does not have the authority without changing the state's statutes.
LEWIS and the other representatives told city commissioners there was a great need for lifeline rates now. They said there were Lawrence residents who still had not paid last winter's heating bills and with the upcoming gas bill, they did not see much hope that they would.
*Most people who use assistance programs are paying anywhere from 40 to 80 to 90 percent
The representatives said they were upset about the rising cost of gas.
Ralph Turner, a representative of the Kansas Coalition on Aging, said, "The gas companies reply to those who protest about rising gas prices: 'I ces' and 'I don't have, I just have to pay for more expensive gas bills.
"What are they going to do if we have a severe winter? How are we going to keep people from the snow?"
LEWIS SAID public and charitable programs designed to help the low-income pay high heating bills are over-taxed already and probably cannot take care of the increasing numbers who need help. He said that he knew of people who held the "tax incentives" to collect money to pay their heating bills.
"But $50 doesn't go far toward a $500 bill," he said.
Commissions decided to discuss at tonight's meeting whether the city should file a petition with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to protest a 35 percent rate hike request by the governor, who is distributor for KPS. The petition, which would be submitted to the KCC petition, must be filed by Oct. 7.
Commissioners also decided to discuss instituting lifeline rates at a city commission.
Dish offers smorgasbord of learning, profs say
By MATTHEW SCHOFIELD
Staff Reporter
The purchase of a new television satellite dish proposed by some KU faculty members could expand the University's contact with the campus hemisphere, the director of KANU said yesterday.
Howard Hill, KANU director, said that buying such a dish, a simulist, would allow KU to pick up signals from any of the 13 satellites now over the hemisphere and to broadcast those signals. KU could also make its own programs for broadcasting, he said.
ALLEN COOK, president of Satellite Video Systems, Kansas City, Mo, said he had placed a bid with KU to provide a simulset dish, and it would cost between $8,000 and $15,000.
"Anything you can send by satellite, from computer data to simple conversions, could be downloaded."
Hill said KANU already had a radio receiving dish, with which it picked up National Public Radio programming, but a simulist dish would receive communications at the same time than the present dish.
"As it is, if someone wants something off a satellite, and its not off NPR's West Star Three," he says.
With a new dish the University could broadcast classes across the state, he said.
Marcen senecal, dean of the division is continuing education, said his division would provide programs for professionals who need refresher courses.
Senecal said Oklahoma State University had developed a television program for builders, and other universities had programs targeting other groups.
"We could supplement the programs of other universities," he said, "add the local stuff and make it even more interesting."
The University could disburse information from satellites by videotaping the information and running it through cable television, or sending it out by microwave, he said.
Cook said many other universities already had satellite dishes, and had found them useful in the construction of some new facilities.
"During their off hours professors could use the system to record foreign language reports from Canada, many of which are in French, and Mexico, many of which are in Spanish," he said.
"The real market is in rural America where there isn't any cable service, but more people from the city are starting to take interest in paying for the dish instead of spreading their payments out paying for the cable service," he said.
SATELLITE dishes have also become very popular with individuals for entertainment purposes recently, he said, and can pick up any information, including pay cable stations, for no charge.
DAVE CLARK, general manager of Sunflower Television, Lawrence, said the number of people in Lawrence that had satellite dishes was too small to be a concern of theirs, but the number of dishes nationwide had started to cause HBO some concern.
"Starting January 1, 1983, HBO is going to start scrambling its signal so that only电缆able cable systems will be able to receive it," he said. "If it's successful for HBO, other channels might start doing it, and you could spend $3,000 and not be able to pick up any stations."
Faiths gather, celebrate saint's birth
Celebrating the 800th anniversary of the birth of St. Francis of Assisi, Catholics, Lutherans and Epicopalicians worshipped together last night. In his homily, the Rev. Mark Hoelter, of the Lutheran Student Center, said all churches could learn from the life of St. Francis.
By JEANNE FOY Staff Reporter
Catholices, Episcopalians and Lutherans gathered last night under one aisle to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the epiphany of Jesus.
"It really means a lot when denominational boundaries are crossed because of the common belief in living the Gospel, which is what St. Francis wanted to do," Larry Metzger, a Kansas City, Mo., graduate student and a candidate for the Catholic priesthood, said.
MINISTERS from the three churches sat together in front of the crowd of about 175 that had gathered at University Lutheran Chapel and Student Center, 2104. W 15th St., to sing and the birthday of a man who had dedicated himself to a life of poverty in order to serve God.
Sister Diane, a Franciscan nun and KU occupational therapy student, said, "When you think of Francis, you don't think of the Catholic priest, but of the poor. He opened up his hands to everyone."
Against the background of an organ played by Brother Lawrence, a Benedictine monk, the crowd celebrated vescers; the evening service included a Holy Church, by singing hymns and psalms.
THE REV. Mark foieler, from the Lutheran chapel, gave the sermon in front of a wooden altar decorated with two candles and a vase of red carnations.
Hoelter said St. Francis was still relevant, even though he lived so long ago.
"Francis was a great reconciler. He was a man of peace." he said.
St. Francis thought all of creation gave praise to God, Heiler said, and if he saw a worm on the road, he would move it off the road so it would not be crushed.
He called Francis's life a radical commitment to imitate Christ's life. He said Francis preached the simple and unadorned Gospel and was always helping the poor.
ST. FRANCIAS was a hell-raiser in his youth when he experienced his call asking him to help the war effort.
The last chords of the evening of prayer resounded as Father Vince Krische from the St. Lawrence Catholic Center led the congregation in singing: "Saint Francis left this earth a poor and low man. He enters heaven rich in God's favor greeted with songs of rejoicing."
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Israeli jets bomb Syrians near Beirut
By United Press International
Waves of Israeli jets bombed Syrian troop and anti-aircraft battery positions in eastern Lebanon yesterday in apparent retaliation for an attack on six Israeli soldiers and wounded 22 others.
In Lebanon's northern port of Tripoli, a two-day-old battle between Syrian troops and leftist militiamen left 18 people dead and 53 others wounded. Lebanese army sources said
It was not clear what sparked the street battles, which involved machine guns, artillery, mortar and grenades.
IN TWO SEPARATE sorts, Israeli jets pounded Syrian SAM-9 emplacements in the mountains east of Beirut and Syrian positions on Lebanon's southern highway, Lebanon army officials said
At least one SAM-9 missile battery was destroyed, but there were no immediate reports of civilian or military casualties. Israel said its planes returned safely.
The attacks came less than 23 hours after a band of unidentified attackers ambushed an Israeli troop bus with rocket-protected grenades and mines, killing two people from the Syrian front lines in the Beka'a Valley.
ABOUT 5,000 PLO fighters operate behind the Syrian lines in the Bekaa and another 3,000 guerrillas are said to be in Tripoli, 50 miles north of Beirut.
Israel's Radio blamed the attack on Palestine Liberation Organization guerrillas but it re-emerged in 2014.
The new Israeli deaths raised the toll in the
four-month war to 353 dead and more than 2,200 wounded.
Officials in Tel Aviv also said the attack hardened Israel's resolve to stay in Lebanon until all PLO guerrillas, as well as all Syrians troops, withdrew. Earlier press reports from Syria indicated Damascus wanted to withdraw its troops from Lebanon with minimal delay.
The Lebanese said the initial air attack hit Syrian troop concentrations 20 miles east of Beirut at Ain Dara and missile sites at Dahr al Baidar. 22 miles east of the capital.
THE SECOND wave, described by Lebanese army officials as "more intense," struck Syrian positions on the Beirut-Damascus highway at Mdeirel, just east of Ain Dara.
Syria has about 30,000 soldiers throughout the Bekaa from a point near Beirut to within 12 miles of Lebanon's border with Syria. There are about 70,000 Israeli troops facing the Syrians.
The Israeli air strikes, the first in three weeks, followed an emergency Israel Cabinet meeting called by Prime Minister Menachem Begin to address the situation. No statement was issued after the meeting.
IN DAMASCUS, a Syrian military spokesman said the air attacks violated the Lebanese cease-fire agreement. "But the air defense has been an enemy from carrying out its goals," he said.
Israeli Radio said Syrian planes took to the air during the 15-minute attack about 25 miles east of Beirut but did not try to engage the Israeli aircraft.
In Washington, State Department spokesman Ahn Romberg called the Israeli attack "revengeful."
"We call on all: involved to exercise restraint and to ease tensions." he said.
THE ISRAELI military command said its jets, which last few retaliatory missions Sept. 13, knocked out a Soviet-built SAM-9 missile launcher at Dahr Al Baida.
The statement said the missiles were destroyed to prevent deployment of Soviet-made munitions.
U. S. envoy Morris Draper was expected in Israel for talks with Begin and other senior Israeli officials on terms for a simultaneous invasion of Syrian and Israel, forces from Lebanon.
In Beirut, Prime Minister Chefik Wazzan, responded by Lebanese President Amin Gemayel three hours before the air attack, set up meetings with Parliament leaders to discuss formation of a new Cabinet he hoped would calm the nation's feuding factions.
"WHAT WE WANT to do is salvage the whole of Lebanon. . . I may call it a government of Israel."
Wazcan, 57, one of the chief architects of the Palestinian withdrawal from West Beirut, resigned as required by the constitution Sept. 24 when Gemayel was elected. He will be given the task of forming a government that unites Lebanon's disparate factions.
Official news media have already begun referring to Wozan, as the head of "The New York Times."
Wazza is a lawyer with strong support in the Moslem community. He said he will begin talks with various parliamentary blocs today in preparation for the formation of a Cabinet.
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Weather
Today will be partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service. The storms are expected with winds from the north at 15 to 25 mph.
Endowment fund requests up as budgets tighten
Tonight will be partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and a low around
Tomorrow will be fair and cool with a high in the mid-60s.
By DAN PARELMAN Staff Renorter
President Reagan has called on private groups to support public institutions sliced by budget cuts, but according to the president of the Kansas University Endowment Association, at KU depends largely on which private donors are the nooney and where they want it to be spent.
Staff Reporter
"It would be great if we had enough money and enough discretion to help everybody," Todd Seymour, president of the Endowment Association yesterday. "But we don't, nor will we ever."
SEYMOUR SAID 95 percent of the Endowment Association's money was restricted by donors' wishes for its use. Most contributors give unrestricted gifts, he said, but their donations account for only 5 percent of the Endowment Association's money.
Some of the wealthiest donors are graduates of
the engineering, law and business schools, Seymour said. Schools and departments in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences without a license cannot be cold when it comes to private funding.
ROBERT COBB, executive vice chancellor,
said that since Gov. John Carlin's June request
that the University cut 4 percent from its budget,
KU departments had increased the amounts
they requested for Endowment Association
funds.
Gay Am Kearney, assistant to the chancellor,
said the chancellor would receive the funding requests from the executive vice chancellor's office in two weeks.
The executive committee of the Endowment Association makes the final decisions based on
increase in past years was between 5 and 10 percent. Savoy said
THE ENDOWMENT Association's total spending projection for the University for this year is $23 million, a 28 percent increase over last year's $18 million, he said.
In anticipation of the budget cut, the Endowment Association in February projected $3.4 million for scholarships and fellowships for students at its programs last year's $2.2 million. An average scholarship
Seymour said the University spent most of the Endowment Association's money on scholarships, fellowships and prizes; buildings, which all are built with restricted funds; salaries, such as for research assistants; equipment and supplies; books, lecturers; and travel expenses.
AN INDIVIDUAL can specify that the principal of an endowed account cannot be spent, only the income from the account. Now, many departments and schools with endowed accounts
Seymour said some departments did not get any of this money because they did not have accounts with the Endowment Association. Departments that do not have wealthy graduates contributed alumni do not have endowed accounts. Seymour said.
are rapidly depleting these accounts, instead of returning them to the Endowment Association to
Seymour said he did not see how the Endowment Association could continue to fund the project.
Seymour said the chemistry department was one of the departments in the College of Liberal Arts.
Martin Harmony, chairman of the chemistry department, said his department was spending more of its endowed fund.
Harmony said his department had spent $20,000, most of its endowed fund, on scholarships and fellowships. But since the University dropped its support of seminars, the department has had to pay for them with its endowed account, he said.
Harmony said that in the future he did not expect to ask the University for more Endowment.
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