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University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
KANSAN
Thursday, September 23, 1982 Vol.93, No.24 USPS 650-640
A group of about 75 students, including several Palestinianis,
marched down Jayhawk Boulevard westward morning during a
mock funeral for the Palestinians killed in Beirut last week
Planners to recommend regulations
Farmland controls advised
By DOUG CUNNINGHAM Staff Reporter
The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission decided last night to make two recommendations to the city and county to reserve important agricultural land in the county.
The recommendations come in the form of two text amendments to the joint county-county ordinance.
The first amendment to the regulations would eliminate a five-acre exemption in the subdivisions.
The second proposed amendment change would change the definition of land for agricultural purposes from a minimum of 10 acres to a minimum of 40 acres.
The planning commission only makes recommendations in the case of the amendments.
The city commission will consider the recommendations at its Oct. 12 meeting, and the
county commission will consider the recommendations at its Oct. 13 meeting.
The present wording of the regulations, which allow the five-acre exemption, leads to unplanned development that takes agricultural land out of use with the planning department said yesterday.
Such a change, if approved by the city and county commissions, also would help to prevent unplanned development from taking important roles in the management of production, said David Guntert, the planner.
"ALL WE'RE TRYING to do is to make sure that the development that does take place takes place in a planned and orderly fashion," said Guntert.
"At least the 40 acres allows the individual a better opportunity to raise livestock and crops or the option of leasing back the land to a neighbor," he said.
"The point we want to stress to the people is that it is definitely not meant to be a no-growth policy."
a planned manner that's going to be an asset to the county at large."
BECAUSE THE exemption allows development to occur that does not need approval from the planning department and the planning and county commissions, development occurs outside the natural growth areas of the cities and towns in Douglas County. Gunter said.
The Douglas County Guide Plan, which is a comprehensive plan for the county, stresses that growth should occur in the natural growth areas of the cities and towns, he said.
According to figures from the planning department, out of 193 residential building permits issued from 1979-1981 for the unities, only 26 were in the county, only 22 were in platted subdivisions.
Having a subdivision platted would mean that the development had gone through the planning department and been approved by the planning and county commissions.
of rural people spoke against the See FARM page 5
Natural gas price rise could hurt KU; some residents angry about increase
By DONNA KELLER
Staff Reporter
A 29 percent hike in the price of natural gas will pinch the budgets of many Lawrence residents beginning Oct. 23.
Customers of the Kansas Public Service Co. will be paying approximately $166 more annually, according to officials of Cities Services Gas Co.
Bill Salome, president of Kansas Public Service Co., was not available yesterday for comment.
Kansas Power & Light Co. will release a statement today on the rate increase, said Fred
Bryan, division manager. Bryan declined comment yesterday on the increase.
RICHARD PERKINS, associate director of utility management at the University of Kansas, has been the lead maintainer of the
Perkins said many variables went into the estimates, and that a lot of that depended on the
"It could be as much as $300,000 to $800,000 a year if that 22 cents comes about, and it looks good."
“Of course, if natural gas prices get high enough that might be considered, but I'm not the one to make that decision,” Perkins said. “It remains to be seen what this is going to do to us.”
He said the University had alternative fuel oil that could be burned in an emergency.
"Utilities have gone up so much over the last couple of years, it seems it can't all be their costs." Dunham said. "They must be getting something out of the deal."
John Dunham, Falm, Kan., junior, said that since he was one of the people paying for gas, it was unpleasant to hear of another increase.
MANY CUSTOMERS' reactions to the increase were negative.
Ann Regan, Lawrence junior, said the first thing that came to her mind was fear.
"The first thing that came to mind was all the people that are going to die this winter, and that concerns me. I can get the money from someone, but people aren't going to be able to get that money.
Students stage funeral for massacred refugees
By KIESA ASCUE Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
About 75 KU students mourned last week's massacre of 1,500 Palestinian refugees in West Beirut during a mock funeral in front of Strong Hall yesterday.
"Homeless you were, but heavens will house you, persecuted, humiliated and unjustly treated," eulogized Hussin Mohammad, Gaza Strip graduate student. "But God will end them and put an end to the state of evil, destroy their planes, smash their tanks, restore justice."
Mohammed he blamed Israel for the killings that occurred last week at the Sabra and Shamir border, where three men were killed.
RED CROSS OFFICIALS yesterday raised the confirmed death toll from the massacre to 651.
In the Mideast yesterday, the Israeli Parliament, backing Defense Minister Alej Arshon's claim that Israel's "hands are clean." refused an official investigation of the slaughter.
The decision, which came in a raucous Parliament session during which Prime Minister Menachem Begin reaffirmed his decision not to resign, prompted the resignations of a Cabinet minister and the administrator of the Israeli embassy. The resignation of the ruling Lukoil coalition threatened to nullify.
Energy Minister Yitzhak Berman of the Liberal Party quit immediately after the government refused to establish an investigation of the massacres.
THE PARTICIPANTS in the mock funeral, sponsored by the KU General Union of Palestinian students, criticized Begin.
Haymath Nasir president of the General Union and Jordan sophomore, said. "Israel tried to save Israel from Iran by sending Hassan."
"I wish our American friends would see how victims of the Holocaust are victimizing Palestinians, forcing them from one exile to another," said Adriane Nasser, who that Israel欲 try to avenge themselves from
those who persecuted them earlier by inflicting the same kind of punishments on Christians
BUT DAVID POZEZYNSKI, Israel senior, said no nation in the world should put direct blame on Israel for the massacre. Pozezynski said the only question was whether Israel might have been the target. However, such massacres are common to Lebanon and have been for the last eight years, he said.
"Placing blame will not solve the problem in Lebanon. It will bring it back to its beginning."
"Any attempt to relate this massacre to anybody is the wrong thing to do," Poreznyki said. "The toll of the massacre is marginal compared to what Lebanon has gone through."
Jordan Fedder, president of the KU American-Irish Friendship Organization, said he objected to the sensationalistic tactics of the Palestinians on campus, although he agreed that they should be brought to the attention of KU students. He said the massacre was a symptom of war.
"YOU CAN'T CONDEM war for having the general attributes of war," he said, "The difference between genocide and war is being blured."
Fodder, Manhattan junior, said he thought Irasaiah could not be held responsible for the
"They have been on the other end of the gun, so they are not interested in killing people, but they 'bodied' — If the Israeli government has asked to do with it, I’m the government will fall."
Feddon said the current Israeli government did not necessarily represent the popular opinion.
In Lebanon, Israeli troops continued to pull out of West Beirut in armored vehicles, trucks and buses, in what state run-Berat Radio said would be a major step toward Lebanese army units to control of many areas.
ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES spokesmen said more than half of their forces occupying West Beirut had been withdrawn in the past five days.
U. S. Marines, French paratroopers and Italian soldiers from the 3,650-man peace-keeping force — requested by President Reagan to avert more bloodletting — steamed across the Mediterranean toward Lebanon. The first units are expected to arrive today.
10 picked for HOPE award
By JEANNE FOY Staff Reporter
Ten KU professors were named semi-finalists for the 1982 Honor for the Outstanding Progressive Educator award, yesterday by the HOPE committee chairman.
The semi-finalists are: Timothy Bengston, associate professor of journalism; Clark Bricker, professor of chemistry; Karlyn Campbell, professor of speech and drama; Allan Don Daughtley, professor of political science; Joey Jones, associate professor of occupational therapy; Edward McBride, professor of mechanical engineering; Louis Michel, professor of architecture and urban design; Jamice Platt, associate professor of Radio-TV-Flim, speech and drama, and journalism; and Mary Talley, professor of electrical engineering.
HOPE committee chairman Wells said about 280 seniors nominated professors for the award on Tuesday and Wednesday. Only seniors are allowed to vote for the award.
LAST YEAR, 464 seniors took part in nominating professors for the award. The HOPE is the only award for teaching excellence given entirely by students.
On Oct. 5 and 6, seniors again will vote for HOPE candidates, to narrow the choice down to five professors. On Oct. 19 and 20, the final vote will be taken to determine the winner.
Wells said the HOPE award would be presented to the winner Oct. 30 at the KU-Nebraska football game.
The winner's name is engraved on a permanent plaque in the Kansas Union. The winner also is given the interest from the $2,000 prize. An official is appointed by the senior class of 1989 established for the award.
GENE MARTIN, professor of pharmacy, won the HOPE award last year.
Bricker has won the HOPE award three times, in 1966, 1969, and 1979.
This is the eighth year in a row that Cigler has been nominated for the award.
bengston, Cigler, and Bricker all were semi-finalists last year also.
Professors who have won the award in the last three years are ineligible for the award.
Weather
Today will be partly cloudy with a high in the mid- to upper 70s. Winds will be from the southwest.
Tonight will be partly cloudy with lows in the upper 40s to low 50s.
Education, the affluent would get the ax
Tomorrow will be mostly sunny and a little cooler with highs in the mid-70s.
Prohibitionists back severance tax, middle class
Martin, the gubernatorial candidate, is a retired rancher and x-pole officer. He lives in
Today's interview is with the Prohibition Party candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, Warren Martin and George Williams.
This is the ninth in a series of interviews with candidates running for state, local and national offices.
Williams, also of Junction City, is a 28-year-old computer science major at Kansas State
By JULIE HEABERLIN Staff Reporter
Prohibitionist Warren Martin said his party's religious-based platform would do more for Kansan people than any other.
system that places more of the state's financial responsibilities on big business and the affluent.
MARTIN SAID he would not propose more funding for higher education until he relieved the middle-class taxpayer, and unless college administrators improved the quality of teaching.
In a recent interview, the 72-year-old gubernatorial candidate discussed his proposed tax
"I'm working for the taxpayer," he said. "Big business and schooling and everyone else is going to have to conform to that."
He said faculty salaries in Kansas should not be increased because they were comparable to salaries in other states with higher costs of living.
Martin would only approve funding for mule technology fields, he said, and would support curbing the student loan program rather than padding it with more government funds.
"I don't know too much about college," he said, "but all you need to do is read the book."
STUDENTS SHOULD rely on their families for
financial help, he said, rather than moneys too readily available from the federal government.
"Unemployment? These Vietnamese and Mexicans in canada find jobs," he said. "If people want to get a job, they have to deal."
Martin, who said he advocated a severance tax 20 years ago, is the only gubernatorial candidate besides Gov. John Carlin who favors taxing oil. He also wants to help erase the state's $47 million deficit.
But the severance tax is not a cure-all, Martin said, and the state should tap other revenue sources that also are more "equitable" to the middle-class and poor.
Martin suggested removing school taxes from the property tax, and then increasing the state's income tax.
"OF COURSE, I don't have all the figures, but I know it would work," he said. "All you would have to do is sit down with a pencil and figure it out."
"These days 80 percent of the people are wage
earners and nobody is making any money," he said. "It's unfortunate that in most places the property is not owned."
"I'm finding out about the issues as we go along," Williams said. "It's kind of like jumping
Martin said his party also opposed pari-mutual betting and homosexual rights, while it supported capital punishment and stronger laws against drunken driving.
MARTIN'S RUNNING mate, a 20-year-old Kansas State University student, said he shared Martin's philosophy on education and a tax system geared to help the middle class.
Williams said he saw no chance for a victory in November, but said the campaign would be good.
Warren C. Martin