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Thursday, June 26, 1975
University Daily Kansan
Kaw span to be built in fall
By MARK PENNINGTON
Kansan Staff Reporter
One of the real terrors of crossing any bridge is wondering how long it has been since the structure was inspected. And perhaps it wasn't inspected in time that proved it wasn't inspected in time.
Douglas County residents soon won't have to harbor any such worries.
Construction will begin this fall on two new steel girder bridges to span the Kansas River north of the Massachusetts and 6th St. intersection.
The oranges are among 50 that will be replaced as a result of the $11.75 million bridge replacement program approved by county voters last November.
The new spans will be two-landed and will support only one-way traffic.
Dean Sanderson, county engineer, said yesterday the present Massachusetts street bridge was suffering from old age, and currently had a weight limit of eight tons.
Entrances to both bridges, on the north side of the river, will start at about the intersection of Elm and 2nd streets. At that point, you can walk along the west and connect with Vermont Street.
Two-lane traffic will be routed over that span while construction begins on the road.
When the spans are completed, traffic on the Massachusetts street bridge will be one-way going north. Traffic on the Vermont bridge will be southbound.
"The city hasn't yet decided whether Vermont will become a one-way street.
Book shortage expected in fall
Cases of textbook shortages were few for University of Kansas summer courses, but Mike Beahon, textbook manager at the Kansas Union Bookstore, said last week that he anticipated more difficulties in stocking books for fall courses.
"It's the economic condition of the country," Beahon said. "Publishers are not keeping the inventories they have in the past."
Behan said KU shouldn't experience as much stress in college because KU oplaced its orders early.
The bookstore had requested that professors' estimates on needed textbooks be in by April 25, he said. But most of the students weren't in until the middle of April.
Beahon said this was a good average, however.
"the faculty of KU is really easy to work with." he said.
All orders for fall semester books went out last week.
going south and New Hampshire St. one-way going north, "Sanderson said. 'We're still working on it and we have a number of alternatives.'
He said all utility lines crossing the present bridge would be moved to the new Vermont bridge. The dam below the bridge couldn't be changed by the construction.
Sanderson said the project wasn't behind schedule at this time.
"However, we could have been behind," he said. "The Second District U.S. Coast Guard office in St. Louis, that issues the license plates of the small piece of Robinson Park, on the south end of the current bridge, would be destroyed in construction. They were going to have us file a 4-F Environmental Impact Report that could have cost us six months."
Sanderson said a small contingent of people from the city government, including Buford Watson, went to Washington, D.C., early this year and explained to officials that the park would essentially remain the same and the environment wouldn't be changed.
What the Coast Guard office has done instead, Sanderson said, is to accept reactions to public notices of the project through July 1.
Environmental assessments were sent by Sanderson to a number of federal agencies and other groups. They will have until mid July to respond.
Stanley Thoroughman, chief of the St. Louis Coast Guard office's bridge section, said the only reaction to the project so far was from Kansas state highway engineer John McNeal, whose office had no objections.
Once the deadline has passed, Thoroughman said, his office would prepare a report with a "finding of facts" that he would present to the congressional committee to the commandant in Washington, D.C.
The commandant will determine whether to grant a permit for the bridges, Thoroughman said. The permit is required because the bridge is not navigable river for administrative purposes.
In cases where no objections were received by his office. Thoroughman said, a favorable recommendation was usually sent to washington, DC.
Sanderson said most of the other 50
bridges that will be replaced in Douglas County will be made of reinforced concrete.
"Most of the bridges being replaced are on school bus routes," Sanderson said. "They're heavy vehicles and they really give the bridges a beating."
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DENVER (AP) — The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a finding of contempt of court and a 15-day jail sentence against the newspaper reporter-photographer.
Reporter loses court appeal
persuaded and the guard arrested him. Mazetti later was found in contempt of court and was sentenced to a 15-day jail sentence.
The reporter, Michael Mazzetti, was cited last year for disobeying a federal law that requires representatives from taking pictures in the environs of the Leavenworth U.S. Post Office, including its parking lot. The federal agency are located on the second floor of the building.
Mazetti had attempted to take pictures
of the park at 10 a.m. on Wednesday,
the board is busy in the parking lot.
He was told by a guard that the court forbids him to enter the detention center (zetzii) police and the guard arrested him.
Mazzetti appealed the constitutionality of the court rule, claiming his status as a newsman "should carry a special First Amendment impact."
The First Amendment guarantees freedom of the press.
The court ruled that a news media worker who violates a court rule and who is held in contempt for that violation has no more defendant protection than any other citizen.
The search for a planning consultant to compile a comprehensive plan for the unincorporated rural area in Douglas county has netted four responses so far, and the county-county planning director, said yesterday. The deadline for applications is Monday.
Consultant job attracts 4 bids
McMclain said that the City-County Planning Commission would review the applicants previous work and interview applicants before coming to a final decision.
"I hope that at the commission's July 23 meeting he comes to a final decision," McMackenan said.
Compiling a comprehensive plan will take two to three years and will include broad coverage of the requirements.
After a contract is signed, it will take another two to four weeks to get state approval before the project can get under way. he said.
McClanahan said that the plan would serve as a guide to determine the best land use, the most efficient use of public facilities and projected needs in the areas of public services, public facilities and land use.
He said that one of the most important goals for Douglas County's unincorporated communities is to build a safe community.
"We've already lost a large amount of agricultural land under water in the Clinton Reservoir," he said. "We want to put the rest to good use."
McClanathan said that his own planning staff couldn't prepare a comprehensive plan because of the time and specialization required to do an adequate job.
"We just don't have enough staff members to assign six on seven planners to work on the project."
He said that when a governmental unit contracts with a consultant, the unit also receives the services of the consultant's firm.
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