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University Daily Kansan, September 22, 1982
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Moped sales growing
By DONNA KELLER
Staff Reporter
Mopeds, the gasoline-powered mini-motorcycles that are some people's answer to the energy crisis, are steadily increasing in Douglas County, according to the Kansas Motor Vehicle Department.
Ruth Verynck, Douglas County treasurer, and irene Alvarez, district supervisor of the vehicle department, said recently that they had seen a noticeable increase in moped sales and registrations. The company has been registered as of Sept. 14, compared with 372 registered in 1881.
Alvarre and Vervynk said they had not noticed a particular age group purchasing mopeds, or having purchased them more than women.
"It really seems to be about even." Veryynk said. "A lot of older people like them because they save on gas."
She said another possible reason for the increase was more dealer promotions.
VERYNCK said that on July 1 the vehicle classification for a moped changed from a 2.5 to 3.5 horsenpower engine.
"Before July 1 a 3.8 horsepower engine had been classed as a motorcycle. Alvarez said. Since August 2015, he registered five to six moped a day.
Vervynn said that moped owners were required to register the vehicles but were not required to have insurance or a safety inspection.
store. Horizon's Honda-Harley Davidson. 1811 W. 6th St.
MORRISON said that of every people who came in to look at a moped, usually seven bought one. "Generally, if they've looking, they'll be on the ground." Morrison said "There's a definite continuing market for mopeds."
Mopses seem to appeal to all age groups and to both sexes, Morrison said. "The first couple of years, there seemed to be more women taking them," he said. "But now it seems like more men than women."
Morrison said the store had sold a lot of the mopeds to retired people who found them convenient for vacations and camping trips.
"THEY GET about 100 miles to the gallon," Morrison said. "That's their prime selling feature."
morrison said his store had held several promotional sales on mopeds in the last couple of years, and they seemed to spark a lot of interest in the vehicle. "We had a buy one, get one for $1.06 promotion through KLZR (radio) recently, and sold 14 mopeds in one day," he said.
Last year, Morrison said, he sponsored a "poker run" for moped owners and had approximately 100 participants.
"We're doing it again this year, and we're expecting at least 200 people," he said.
Turner Hunt, Richmond, Va.
junior, said he had purchased his
moped before school started in
August.
"I LIKE IT," Hunt said. "It's really convenient. With this kind of campus I can drive within 100 feet of my class. There's good parking here. I'm in charge to rite the bus, and I got tired of getting parking tickets on my car.
Pageant officials to host tea
The Miss Lawrence Scholarship Pageant will host an informal tea for prospective constestants from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday in the Crystal Room of the Eldridge House, Seventh and Massachusetts streets.
The tea will feature talks by local pageant officials, representatives of the Miss Kansas Scholarship Pageant and the Miss America Scholarship Program.
Lawrence Pageant, Karen Diane Smith-Fender, Miss Lawrence 1976 and Miss Kansas 1976, and David Borio, director of the Miss Kansas Pageant.
Featured guests include Beate Pettigrew, executive director of the Miss
The tea is open to all interested students in evidence residents, officials official staff
The Miss Lawrence Pageant is sponsored by the Delta Chi fraternity. Tess Pettigre at 841-5607, John Bailay at 842-7062 or Chris Miller at 843-1602.
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Grocery store chain helping fight arson
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Phone numbers on bags
By MATT BARTEL Staff Reporter
A chain of Kansas grocery stores is cooperating in the latest attempt to deter a bomber in the state, officials of the State Fire Marshal's office and the Kansas Committee on Arson Prevention said yesterday.
Dilson's shoppers now need only look as far as their grocery bags to see the number to call if they have information on a fire, said David Chartrand, chairman of the Public Relations Subcommittee of KCAP.
He said Dillon grocery stores agreed to publish the number, which is answered by the State Fire Marshal's office, on their large grocery bags this month.
However, several shoppers questioned outside Lawrence Dillon stores said they had never heard of the hotline, which features a recording asking the caller to leave any pertinent acts and which states that the information will be protected by the Fire Marshal's office.
But Edward Redmon, state fire marshal, said the grocery bag promotion has had an effect on arson in the state.
"We've been getting quite a few phone calls since the Dillon's bags came out." Redmon said.
"What's that?!" one shopper asked. "I never look at a sack," said another, and most shoppers seemed to agree.
HE SAID information from the hotline had resulted in five convictions in 1980, only the hotline's second year of operation. Redmond said his office had passed out about $4,000 that year in reward money.
But Redmum noted that 90 percent of the people who called didn't leave their homes.
He said the promotion could also be a deterrent if people who might commit arson realized they could be caught. He saw the message and used the hotline.
Charrand said KCAP also advertised the hotline on radio and billboards. But, he said, literature volunteers from local fire departments passed out after a suspicious fire yielded the greatest response.
Chartrand said that while the majority of arsons were vandalism, the majority of dollar losses was accounted for by consultants who committed arson for profit.
"People who remember something will call right then," Chartrand said. "There's a hotline for everything. The public is hit with them every day. We don't like them. The best we can do is keep ours in front of people as much as possible."
"IT'S A CRIME against everyone because everyone pays for it eventually," he said.
tany, he said.
Chartrand said it was difficult to tell from arson statistics whether KCAP was having a positive effect.
"We think we've had an impact, but that's just a feeling," he said.
Slattery likes plan
By BRUCE SCHREINER Staff Reporter
Jim Slattery, Democratic contender for 2nd District congressman, has embraced most of the proposals in a plan for economic recovery four weeks last week by a House Democrat, an aide said yesterday.
The House Democratic Caucus abandoned traditional party schemes of passing stop-gap measures, such as the $1 billion public service job program passed by the House last week. Slattery has said she had voted against the measure, which was designed to create jobs.
my installing this tax reform, rather than the 25 percent across-the-board cut, Fernandez said the benefits of new investments.
Instead of traditional avenues, the Democratic group espoused balanced budgets, lower taxes and long-term investment in national growth to pump life into an economy hounded by unemployment.
Slattery supports a delay in next year's 10 percent tax cut, the final leg of President Reagan's three-year tax cut plan, to try to ease burgery federal deficits, said Mr. Reagan, the secretary. Once deficits are curtailed, she said, Slattery would favor tax cuts.
SLATTERY, WHO IS facing Republican Morris Kay in the Nov. 2 election, has termed a balanced approach as the ingredient for economic prosperity.
Fernandez said Slattery's support of narrow tax incentives to encourage economic growth was in line with the caucus' philosophy.
savings in banks, credit unions and savings and loans to rebuild the economy's capital formation.
One part of the Democratic package Slattery opposes is the proposal to increase the gasoline tax and ley oil import fees. Fernandez said that he would put an unfair burden on low and middle income families.
FERNANDEZ WAS not surprised by the caucus' announcement.
"There are a number of Democrats, led by Oklahoma Rep. James Jones, Colorado Sen. Gary Hart and South Carolina Sen. Earnest Hollings, who are fiscal conservative, not willing to won't solve problems by throwing money at them, and Jim agrees with them."
FERNANDEZ SAID Slattery supported lifting the tax on interest for
Morris Kay called the proposal an election year maneuver by Democrats to steer support away from GOP leaders by adhering to GOP-based policies.
"Some of the Democratic candidates must be getting desperate if they are misleadng the public into thinking they have solutions for the problems they have created over these many years," Kay said.
KAY WAS ADAMANT in his support of the three-year tax cut, saying the fate of national productivity hinged on its continuation.
"People need the incentive of keeping more of what they earn to increase productivity," he said. "But simply don't want to increase taxes.
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