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Tuesday, July 22, 1975
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Twins get new kidneys
KANSAS CITY, Kan.-Identical twins from Wichita celebrated their 24th birthday yesterday at the University of Wichita Medical Center, after they received
The man, Gerald C. and Harold R. Linnen, suffer from Alport's Disease, a congenital kidney alienat that is often fatal. In a five-hour operation Sunday, kidneys from a Wichita man who died the previous day in an auto accident were transplanted into the twins. Physicians said the operation was the first of its kind.
The kidneys were flown to Kansas City by a special medical team and kept functioning by a miniature heart-lung machine.
Doctors at the medical center said the brothers were doing well and the transplanted kidneys were starting to function in each man.
Ford apologizes for death
WASHINGTON—President Ford personally apologized to the family of Dr Frank Olsen, who died after he was given a dose of LSD by CIA agents in 1953.
Ford met with the Olson family and it was announced afterward that he told them that he would make information on the case available and that he had asked the attorney general to meet with their legal representatives "to discuss the claims they wish to assert against the CIA by reason of Dr. Olson's death."
The White House also distributed a statement at the request of the Olson family in which they expressed their gratitude that Ford was supporting their effort to become fully informed about Frank Olson's death "and to obtain a just resolution of this entire matter."
WASHINGTON—Sen. James Pearson, R-Kan., said he and five other congressional leaders would make a 10-day visit to the People's Republic of China next month.
"There are many questions I would like to ask, but because I represent one of the greatest agricultural scientists in the world, I see and enjoy efforts in China to increase agricultural production," Pearson said.
The invitation to visit China beginning Aug. 20 was extended through the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs. Pearson recently completed a trip to Russia.
Joining Pearson on the latest trip will be Robert Byrd, D-W.V, and Sarn Numma, R. Repa. John B. Anderson, R-III, John Slack, D-W.V, and Edward Murney.
Oil slick moves on Keys
MIAMI—Slightly shifting winds began pushing thick blobs oil toward shoreline beaches along a 25-mile stretch of the Florida Keys, the U.S. Coast
"Beaches from Boca Chica to Big Pine Key are being directly threatened," Coast Guard spokesman Steve Xrasier said.
"Scattered streamers 25 yards wide by a half-mile long are only yards from shore," he said.
The Coast Guard deployed oil containment booms and called other units for more personnel and equipment.
Coast Guard spokesman had no idea who might have spilled the crude oil. The civil penalty for spilling oil is a $5,000 fine against a ship's owner. Failure to report it was also a $2,000 fine.
Rangers fire manager
ARLINGTON, Tex.—A red-eyed, sleepsleep Billy Martin, known as baseball's bishop, was fired as manager of the Texas Rangers, the third club to dismiss of him because of his wrongdoing.
The announcement preceded a news conference at which majority owner Brad Corbett confirmed the decision. Also fired were pitching coach Art Fowler and
"I recognize this will cause a trauma with the fans . . . the fan reaction will be tough." Corbett said.
"As a student of the game, Billy was one of the finest," Corbett said, "but there are causes for his firing beyond his won-loss record."
Film developing is taxable
TOPEKA—The developing of film is a service that is subject to the Kansas sales tax. Atty. Gen. Curt Schneider said.
He said that when film is developed outside the state and returned to a Kansas user, the transaction is subject to the Kansas commensal tax.
Schneider said his opinion was prompted by an inquiry from State Sen. Edward F. Reilly. R-Leavemworth.
He said Reilly had made the inquiry after a constituent questioned the legality of an amount equal to the Kansas sales tax being charged to him on film developed in
Scheiner said that under the circumstances outlined by Reilly, the retailer "not only may collect the compensating tax from the consumer, but he must collect it where the consumer is using the company's photographic developing services outside this state."
Lunchtime bus scheduled
The Lunch Bunch Express, a bus service to bring the Hawklet lunch crowd up to the Kansas Union during lunchtime each day, will be available this fall, Steve McMurry, transportation committee chairman, said yesterday.
"This is one of the things the Senate feels to alleviate the problem caused by the Hawks."
The bus service, which is part of KU on Wheels, will follow a circular path along Nalismh Drive, Sunyside Avenue, the Inn and Jayhawk Drive, McMurry said.
Ed Rolfs, student body president, said, "The Senate is more or less responding to the need to preserve energy on campus. The closing of the Hawklet would have caused more people to go home for lunch, thus using more gas."
More than 800 people bought food from the hot food service counter in the Hawket each day during the school year. The Union can handle the new traffic. McMurry said.
Frank Burge, director of the Union,
agreed. "I have the assurance of the food
supply," he said.
Mayberry's homers slay Tigers royally
DETROIT (AP) - John Mayberry blasted a pair of home runs last night to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers.
Mayberry bower in the first and third innings, giving him 11 in the month of July.
Mayberry hit his first horner off loser Mickey Lolich, with two out in the first iming. His third-inning blast scored Frank White, who had singled.
The bus will leave Robinson for the Union four times an hour between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and will follow one route. the fare will be 20 cents, as it is on regular bus routes, and bus passes can be used, McMurry said.
Dennis Leonard hurried a seven-hitter for the Rangers with last-out relief from Steve Mitrigoris.
accommodations to handle these people," Burge said. "I think the crowd will spread itself out, if you've got one basaloid of people who want to eat in your restaurants. It is a pretty good idea."
"We want to enable people to get on the bus, get to the Union within seven or eight minutes and get back to their work, within the lunch hour," he said.
The service will cost the Senate about $17 million to cut down service along existing roads but be
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John Derrick, director of the Douglas County Welfare Office, said yesterday,"I understand that the program—maybe a few occasionally, but there are abuses in all federal-state agencies due to the massiveness of the operations. There's no way to get around
Jerry Rogers, director of financial aid at the University of Kansas, said whether a student received food stamps wasn't taken into consideration by his office.
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There are a small number of people on any program, be it food stamps, public welfare, social security or whatever, Derrick said, who will make a study and beat the system. He said that student abuse was virtually nonexistent.
"They come here to go to school," Dennis pointed to chisel on the food stamp program.
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The Department of Health, Education and Welfare said this spring that financial aid figures were based upon expected family contributions and other resources but that food stamps weren't to be considered a resource.
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students on financial aid qualified to purchase food stamps, they had only a small amount of money.
Rogers said he thought this policy was unfair, because once a student purchased food stamps, it improved his economic standing; such students should receive less aid, he said.
Rogers also said any decrease in a student's mental aid would result in an increase in the need for psychotherapy.
Derrick said he thought the legislators had gotten involved in a controversy between the U. S. Department of Agriculture and HEW over which department should have jurisdiction over the food stamp program and had confused the issue.
Rogers said that although he didn't have any statistics to back up it, he thought that the situation was not life-threatening.
The proposed legislation he has heard about, Derrick said, such as a policy requiring students to verify that they aren't receiving more than half of their incomes from households ineligible for food stamps, is impractical.
"Who's going to determine what half that support is?" Derrick said.
It appears impossible to determine what 50 per cent of a person's income is because of such difficulties as deciding whether a certain problem be considered as part of incipence, he said.
Derrick said that three or four years ago the policy had been to declare a student ineligible from school.
supported him and claimed him as an income tax deduction. That policy was struck down by the courts as unconstitutional after six months of enforcement, he said.
New proposals appear to be heading that direction again, he said.
"I think there is going to be an overhang in the good stamp program whether it is good or bad."
In January of this year, the Department of Agriculture announced a policy that parents were not allowed to leave the parents weren't, but Derrick was the central office in Topeka had never received word from Washington to effect the policy. The new policy had never been initiated.
Under the Kansas welfare programs administered by his office, Derrick said, a person who can adult at age 18 and be candidate for drawing benefits of all types.
"It it's entirely feasible that his parents could be multimillionaires, and this 18-year-old, and I'm not necessarily talking about a student, could be in here for direct aid if he didn't have income of his own," Derrick said.
Presently, a student applying for foodamps is not different from anyone else, he maps.
Students must meet the same income requirements as nonstudents but are required to have a 2-year job.
income—whether parental aid, salaries,
when determining eligibility for stamps.
Students are required, however, to have an affidavit or note from the parents to aid in determination of income. Derrick said, "I am always kept in the case files for auditing purposes."
"The letter helps determine income, the amount of tuition and how it is paid. It doesn't penalize the student, but just shows any income from the parents."
A bill that would appropriate $10 million for projects like Clinton Parkway will be discussed by the Senate Appropriations Committee today and will probably reach on the Thursday, an assistant for Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., said yesterday.
Clinton funding bill approaches decision
Derrick said the number of students receiving food stamps increased considerably each year, but added that this was the case with all recipients.
Although the food stamp program is administered through the welfare department, Derrick said, stamps are available to anyone who is qualified.
Suel Starr, supervisor of the nonpublic assistance food stamps, said eligibility requirements set a $1,500 resource level for a single person. This level, she said, is not sufficient to cover all deductions for such things as working expenses and medical expenses.
Once qualified, a single person can purchase $4 of food stamps with the purchase price proportionate to income. In other words, a single person making $200 a month will pay more for his stamps than someone making $125 a month.
The bill, reported to the transportation subcommittee last Friday, appropriates $10 million for the construction of lake access but doesn't mention any specific projects.
if it becomes law, the final decision on funding for Clinton Parkway will be made by the Federal Highway Administration, which funds the funds, said Dale's assistant, Bob Dowen.
Dowen said discussion in the transportation subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee indicated that senators regard Clinton Parawas as the lake access highway project that has priority over similar projects in other states.
The reason the parkway project had priority was that it was in a later stage of planning and would be able to use federal money sooner. he said.
County Commissioner Pete Whitenight said that if preliminary engineering is not done, the county will lose money.
the right-of-way would begin in the fall of 1977 to be awarded during the first half of 1977.
The county is eligible to receive federal funding for construction, but whether right-of-way acquisition will also be federally authorized is unclear. The administration after the bill becomes law,
The bill states that funds appropriated for lake access highways must be spent by Sept. 30, 1978. Local officials requested $4.13 million, which is 70 per cent of the estimated cost of the project, including the right-of-way acquisition.
Downen said Karsas senators Dole and James Pearson and Sen. Birch Bayh, D-Ind., chairman of the transportation subcommittee, would hold a colloquy on the Senate floor when the bill was discussed this Thursday.
The colloquy will become part of the Congressional Record and will indicate that the Senate considers Clinton Parkway a project with priority. Downe said.
The House version of the bill was passed July 10. Downeen said the bill would be sent to a conference committee after it passed in February and some parts of the two versions conflicted.
Golf scholars move into former fraternity house
The Evans Scholars Foundation has purchased the Theta Tau fraternity house, 1942 Stewart Ave. for, use as a scholarship hall, Cape Shelden, vice-president of the university (WGA), said Friday. The association provides scholarships to golf caddies.
Mike Graham, corresponding secretary for the fraternity, said the house was sold to the association because plans for building a new house were under way.
The Evares Scholars Foundation is sup-
ported entirely by individual contribution.
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It was established in 1831 when noted amateur golfer Chick Evans won the National Open, a professional tournament. As an amateur golfer, Evans didn't accidentally find funding. He used it to start a scholarship fund to encourage golf caddies to go to college.
The former fraternity house will house 34 men this year, Shelden said. The foundation, which has been associated with KU since 1854 when the Kansas City Golf WGA, became affiliated with the WGA, has grown 44 students from KU on the Evans Scholarship.
University in Chicago. Today, approximately 850 men attend college in 21 universities throughout the country on the Evans Scholarship. If the student attends school for four years, maintaining a 2.5 grade point average, the scholarship amounts to from $4,500 to $5,000, Shelden said.
In 1831, the first two students on Evans scholarships were sent to Northwestern
Telephone survey to poll drug abuse views in state
By STEVE McMURRY Kansan Staff Reporter
Telephones in about 2,300 homes throughout Kansas will ring in the next few weeks in an effort to discover the views of Kansas residents on drug use and abuse.
The callers will be University of Kansas graduate students in counseling who are working on a project funded by a grant from the Kansas Drug Abuse Commission. Diane McDermott, assistant professor of cognition, is director of the three-month study.
The homes called will be selected from telephone books. The number of people called in a particular area will be based on the size of the area. Calls were to have started today.
The telephone survey is the first step in a three-part study to be conducted under the grant. The second phase calls for researchers to ask questions about staffing to drug abuse and to compile data about the numbers and kind of drugs cage treated each year.
The third phase will be intensive personal interviews with 500 drug users from across the state. The interviews will be conducted by private citizens in the community where the drug users are found. Police agencies won't be used.
Private citizens who are familiar with drug users and their problems will be more effective in obtaining the kind of information desired, McDermott said.
"There are a lot of myths and a lot of realities concerning the drug picture," she said, "and we want to see what it's really like."
"Some of the misconceptions people have about drugs need to be explained away," she says. "Everyone who uses drugs is a habitual, sloppy-looking addict. The truth is, some people are only weekend users and hold down to 5 job during the rest of week."
She said the purpose of the third phase was to develop a profile of drug users—when and why they started using drugs, whether they moved on to harder drugs and what the extent of any resulting disability was.
McDermott said the overall purpose of the study was to determine public attitudes toward drugs and whether adequate help was available for drug users. The study will also show whether the state is spending enough money to combat the problem.
The results of the study will be used by the state legislature in making decisions during the state budget process.
"The legislature needs this kind of information to make fiscal decisions like how much money will be spent on drug treatment, and how much money will be spent on rehabilitation of drug offenders," she said.
"This is a chance for people to have input in the policy making of the state. It's their chance to say something that might mean something."
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