THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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No. 142
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Tuesday, June 19. 1975
Staff photo by DON PIERCI
Take off
Damian Wright, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wright, 1006 Mississippi, lets fly a new rubber band powered model airplane on Campanile Hill yesterday.
Kickback case taken by state high court
TOPEKA (AP) —The politically explosive case of an alleged kickback on architectural and engineering contracts for the University of Kansas Medical Center was taken under advisement yesterday by the Kansas Supreme Court.
The Court will decide whether a special district court judge Yaj Sillivan was correct in dismissing indictments charging 17 individuals and five firms with bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery in connection with the award of the contracts.
Sullivan tossed out the indictments on grounds that the five district court judges of Shawnee County didn't follow the letter of conviction, and the grand jury that returned the indictments.
Among those indicted were George R. "Dick" Docking, brother of former Gov. Robert Docking, and Richard L. Hennessey, governor for a office who handles patronage matters.
engineering and architectural contracts in return for receiving those contracts, and that the money was to be used to defray radio and television advertising expenses of the 1972 Democratic gubernatorial campaign.
Mark Bennett Jr., special prosecutor, argued the appeal for the state while a battery of attorneys contributed arguments in accusations and firms named in the indictments.
Judge Sullivan ruled that under state law the Shawnee County district court judges should have used both voter registration lists and census lists in selection of the grand jury. Only the voter registration lists were used.
John Shamberg, Kansas City, Kan., attorney representing some of the defendants named in the indictments, said defendants were entitled to a jury selected at random during the trial. He argued that it was mandatory that both census and voter registration lists be used.
Regent staff looks at KU budget
By JACK MCNEELY Kansas Staff Reporter
No sooner do University of Kansas ad-
sessment programs for one year than they start thinking about
implementation.
But while most of us are still worrying about money to pay the bills in 1975, KU administrators are already looking for money to set them through 1977.
So KU administrators met with the staff of the Board of Regents in closed session for about seven hours yesterday to explain the KU budget request for fiscal year 1977, which will run from July 1, 1976, to June 30, 1977.
Members of the regents staff talked about the fiscal 1977 budget request with KU administrators to be certain they understood what KU was asking for in fiscal 1977, not to question the value of items in the Chancellor Archie R. Dykes said yesterday.
The fiscal 1977 budget request for the Lawrence campus is about $83 million, compared to a request of about $71 million for fiscal 1976.
"Some people might say that this meeting was unnecessary, but we want to take every opportunity to be sure the reqents understand what we're asking for." Dykes
The fiscal 1977 budget is still in its infancy. The University's request will be examined and a regular update on the requests are likely to make in the request and will eventually tell the
University which of the items in the request it may represent to the Kragen Laboratory.
In September the governor, the state budget office and the legislature will receive the request as amended by the regents. They may reinstate items cut by the regents and make cuts of their own. The legislature will also version of the budget sometime next spring.
The $83 million requested for fiscal 1977 comprises about $11 million for auxiliary enterprises, which are student services such as dormitories and student health services, and $72,134,154 in general operating expenses.
The approximately $72 million in general operating expenses is about $10 million more than the fiscal 1976 operating budget request; the $11 million for auxiliary enterprises is an increase of about $2 million under the fiscal 1976 request for auxiliary enterprises.
Of the fiscal 1977 operating budget, about $56.6 million is requested from state general use funds and about $15.5 million is requested from restricted use funds.
General use funds are mostly student fees and state general revenue funds, which are mostly taxes. Restricted use funds are fees such as tuition, university, such as parking, and library fund.
The regents usually let the University spend restricted use funds as it wishes, Dykes said. They look more closely at expenditures from general use funds, he said.
If the University's budget request goes
through the entire budgeting process in its present form—an admittedly unlikely occurrence—the University will take 21 per cent of its budget in fiscal 1977 than it will in fiscal 1978.
The University's fiscal 1977 request includes salary increases of 10 per cent for unclassified employees and 5 per cent for classified employees. Unclassified employees, as well as administrators, and classified employees Civil service workers, such as secretaries.
The salary increases are the third step of a three-year program to make KU's salaries competitive with salaries at other universities. The future are expected to improve the above.
Although the University as a whole is likely to receive 10 per cent more salary money for unclassified employees in fiscal 1977 than it did in fiscal 1976, individual teachers will not necessarily receive 10 per cent pay increases. Some teachers may receive more than 10 per cent while others receive less than 10 per cent.
"The salary increases are given pretty much on a merit basis," said Martin Jones.
associate vice chancellor for business affairs.
The University is asking for about $3 million to pay for twenty-six new or expanded programs in fiscal 1977. It asked for about the same amount for new or expanded themes for fiscal 1976, and the regents and the signature cut the request by more than half.
Among the requests for expanded programs is $88,171 for the library system. The request granted the library system will receive $196 million in fiscal 1977 than it will in fiscal 1976.
"If there is any extra money in the budget it might wind up in the libraries," said Keith Nitcher, vice chancellor for business affairs.
In its section on new programs the budget asks that tuition for graduate teaching assistants and assistant instructors be based on a student's grade according to the amount of time they work.
Dykes said the request was made because most universities comparable to KU waive tuition for their teaching assistants and assistant instructors.
Ford to release report on CIA
He said he would under procedures "that will be in the national interest," make the findings available to Senate and House select committees that are probing the CIA.
"I gave them 60 days. Then in early May,
the commission decided it wanted to
move."
He also expressed his "deep personal conviction" that the CIA and other units of the intelligence community "are vital to the survival of this country." It is necessary that the United States "maintains the intelligence capability necessary for the full protection of our national interests," he said.
Memorial fund planned
Ford said other materials being gathered in house also would be made available to the university.
WASHINGTON (AP)—President Ford said Monday he would make public the Rockefeller Commission report on domestic Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) activities, including findings on alleged assassination plots to the Justice Department for possible prosecution.
Ford wouldn't lay out the specific comin the back of the head with a small caliber weapon.
Ford told a nationally broadcast news conference he believed the report would restore the credibility of the spy agency, but suggested that he could internal improvement in the CIA."
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"I am opposed to political assassinations," Ford said. "This administration has not and will not use such means as instruments of national policy."
Answering questions at a session in the White House Rose Garden, Ford refused to second-guess any of his presidential predecessors about decisions that may have been linked with possible assassination plans.
Ford said he wouldn't yet make public the commission's findings on the assassination plot reports, which named such foreign leaders as Fidel Castro of Cuba and Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic as targets.
Hesser
Med Center wants larger budget
Plans are underway to establish a memorial scholarship fund in the University of Kansas School of Journalism for Fred Hauser, a KU student and station manager of KUOK during the spring semester, Bruce Linton, director of the department of radio-TV-film, said yesterday.
Hessler was killed Saturday afternoon in Kansas City, Mo., during an apparent terrorist attack.
A woman entered the store shortly before 3:30 and could find no one to help her. She reported this to a man waiting at a bus stop in front of the store who alerted the beat patrolman.
The cash drawer was empty, and police said more than $100 was missing. There were no witnesses and police have no suspects. Police said the robbery and homicides apparently occurred between 3 and 3:30.
Funeral services for Hesser were to be held at 11 a.m. today at All Saints Latharan Jesse's family suggested contributions to the church or to the memorial scholarship fund.
Hesser had worked at Radio Shack for five years.
Hesser and a coworker, Robert Robertson were discovered lying face down in a pool of blood in a small room in the rear of the building. The suspect was a police man. Both had apparently been shot
Hesser was pronounced dead at the scene, and Robertson died at 4:58 p.m. Saturday at the same location.
"The unique contribution he has made to KUOK," Linton said, "was his working with Elizabeth Czech, associate professor of journalism, on the KUOK to FM. Fred, more than any other student, was instrumental in this."
By JACK MCNEELY
By JACK MCNEELY Kansan Staff Reporter
mission recommendations in advance of their release Tuesday. But he said.
The University of Kansas Medical Center will ask for an 18.1 per cent increase in its operating budget for fiscal year 1977 at a Board of Resents meeting Thursday.
Another reason for the increase is to add staff members so that the Med Center will be able to handle more patients when its $25 million building addition is finished, Nichter said. Bids for the addition will be taken in July.
"There will be certain recommendations for legislative and administrative action that ought to be taken to make certain and correct decisions, and defend the rights of Americans are protected."
The increase is needed primarily because the Med Center has enlarged its entering class from 163 students to 200, an 18.5 per cent rise in the number of students for business affairs said yesterday.
The $2.1 million increase breaks into the categories: new or expanded programs; technology
Of the $3.2 million increase for new or expanded programs, about $2 million is to improve hospital services, including additions of 50 graduate nurses 20 practical nurses 12 persons in the X-Ray department and 80 nurses in the records eight of whom will be charged with paying that patient doesn't have to pay for a longer hospital stay than is necessary.
The Med Center's fiscal 1977 operating budget request is $78,777,281, an increase of about $12.1 million over its fiscal 1976 operating budget.
enrollment and new buildings—$2.3 million; and salaries and other operating expenses—$1.4 million.
The budget asks for salary increases of 10 per cent for unclassified employees and 5 per cent for classified employees.
The request asks for an expansion of the Med Center's Wichita branch including the addition of 17 classified and 22.2 unclassified positions.
In addition it asks that 12 classified and 52.5 unclassified positions be added. The 52.5 unclassified positions are mostly women, and the increased enrollment, Nicher said.
By MARCY CAMPBELL
Girls State primary elections held today
Primary elections for state offices will be the highlight today of the 33rd Annual Sunflower Girls State. The 411 girls will vote before lunch in their respective precincts at Temple Hill. The election results are on Thursday at 3 p.m., Crane, Grynn State director said Sunday.
Girls State is a week-long exercise in the works of American government. Crane said the purpose of Girls State was to promote good citizenship, to increase interest in girls' education and increased understanding of the works of city, county and state government.
Girls are selected during their junior year of high school to attend Girls State, each girl being sponsored by the local unit of the American Legion Auxiliary.
Today at 1 p.m. Elwil Shanahan,
Secretary of State, will address the general
assembly. County party meetings, political rallies and a white step tour to all the places of interest.
Other scheduled activities include an address by Attorney General Curt Schneider at 9 a.m. Wednesday and the general election of state officers.
State Sen. Jack Steinerger, D-Kansas City, minority leader, will address the assembly Thursday at 9:45 a.m. Lawrence Mayor Barkley Clark will speak at 1 a.m.
The Staters will travel to Topeka Friday to visit the Capitol. Each house of the Girls State legislature will meet in the chambers of their respective Kansas state counterpart. That evening, U.S. Rep. Martha Keys, D-Kan., will speak at a banquet. The week will culminate in a candlight service on the Girls State Alumnae Saturday evening.
Girls State was created in 1939 to provide girls with the same opportunity as boys to
The American Legion set up boys State in 1937 during the Depression when Americans were disillusioned with American government. Flank said. The Legion felt that by instilling ideas of good government in the Americans, they attituded to the American people. Flank said.
Girls State was held at Washburn University the first two years. In 1941 Girls State was moved to Lawrence, where the girls play basketball in the stadium at the university. Flank said,
participate in mock government, according to Plank. secretary-treasurer of the impo- tunity committee.
Row said all ten buses used by Girl Staters while they are in Lawrence are Continental Trailways or Greyhound buses. They pick up girls from as far away as Bird City, the airport near Bird City, are the two Girl Staters who traveled the furthest distance, Row said.
Campaian Concern
Staff photo
Katie Decker, Burr Oak, expresses frustration over a Girl's Helping at left is Francesca Thompson, Wetr. Nancy Cox, State campaign sign that won't stay in the wind Monday. Coldwater, right, watches the ceremonies.