Med Center strike ends
By GLORIA VOBEJDA Kansan Staff Writer
KANSAS CITY-Non-professional employees at the University of Kansas Medical Center forced to break their strike and return to work yesterday were doing "as little as possible," said Russell H. Miller Medical Center director.
All but 40 of the striking Public Service Employees Local 1132 turned out between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m. yesterday, Miller said, but "unfortunately, they are not happy and some of them are sullen."
Operations at the Medical Center are still restricted, Miller said.
"We've tried to advise the local police and ambulance service that emergency service is
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Back to work
available but we still cannot do very much," he said. "The situation is far from normal as far as basic services are concerned, particularly food service."
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Employes annoyed
Food service employees are particularly annoyed, a union member said. They dislike working long hours in the hot kitchens, especially in the summer, although five fans were installed recently, she said.
"A beginning cook in the metropolitan Kansas City area makes $2.35 an hour with top pay of $3 an hour" she said.
"The same cook here makes $1.38 with a top pay of $1.76."
One of the dietary workers, a cook, makes only $1.94 after 11 years, she explained.
Milton Bledsoe, president of the union, said. "The workers are not happy but they are doing the best they can under the conditions."
The strike began at 9 p.m. Sunday, and involved 437 workers in the housekeeping, dietary, sterile supply, laundry and other maintenance and hospital attendant services.
Emergency room closed
As a result, the Medical Center had to close the emergency room service and the outpatient clinic and suspend all
Bullet fired at KU Med Center
A bullet was fired through the plate glass window of the out-patient clinic at the University of Kansas Medical Center last night.
Patrolman George Trzok of the Kansas City police department said the incident occurred at 8:20 p.m.
admissions.
Asst. Atty. Gen. J. Richard Foth said that if the union intends to go to work and wait for the legislature to act, there may be no need for a hearing, originally scheduled for tomorrow. He also added that there may be no need for an injunction.
Foth said the case was on the motion docket for tomorrow, when the judge will decide if there should be a hearing, and set a date. Since the restraining order is limited by statute to five days, the hearing will have to be set by Monday or Tuesday, he said.
If the hearing is not held
Chalmers visits KU
programs at KU such as the College-Within-the-College and the small ratio of faculty to students. He warned that KU also had problems such as outdated and crowded facilities.
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Chalmers said his most important task as Chancellor of the University was "to effectively represent the students, faculty and other interested constituents of the University."
Chalmers said he always liked "to be where the action was," and he accepted the job at KU because, "KU is a better university than Florida State."
He added, "Besides Chancellor was the only job that KU had open."
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KU Chancellor-elect, E. Laurence Chalmers, Jr., and his wife arrived on a TWA flight from Miami at 8:45 last night at the Kansas City airport. Chalmers is scheduled to spend three days at KU, meeting with administrators, faculty and students.
Provost James R. Surface arranged Chalmers schedule. His first meeting was a 9:30 a.m. press conference this morning which was requested by Chalmers.
At noon today, Chalmers met with members of the student-faculty committee instrumental in his selection. Tomorrow he will have lunch with Gov. Robert B. Docking at Cedar Crest, the governor's home in Topeka. The new Chancellor will also meet
members of the Kansas Board of Regents tomorrow.
Tomorrow night Chalmers plans to meet with members of Sachem and Mortar Board at a dinner. Sunday noon he will have lunch with the Dean's Advisory Board.
Besides his list of deans and faculty members, Chalmers will also talk with representatives of the Endowment Association.
Chalmers and his wife will be the guests of Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe and his wife and will stay in the KU guest house until they leave here Sunday.
A native of Wildwood, N.J., Chalmers is now vice-president for academic affairs at Florida State University. He will replace retiring Chancellor Wescoe next July 1.
within five days, the restraining order will cease to be in effect, he added.
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