No definite date set for Union reopening
Plans for the prompt reconstruction of the Kansas Union are now underway, but no definite reopening date has been set.
Frank Burge, Union director, said the actual reconstruction of the Union should begin very soon.
Up until now, the work has consisted mostly of temporary repairs to prevent further and more extensive damage during the actual reconstruction. The official damage figure was set at $1,029,099.19. The building, however, was insured at replacement cost, both of its structure and of its contents.
The repening of the Union will carry no new policies or restrictions. The use of the building and its facilities will continue as in the past.
"The Union as reconstructed, is essentially a fire resistant
building. It is necessary that its interior areas have a high accessibility to the thousands of students that use it." Burge said.
"Obviously, careful surveillance by both the staff and the public will tend to prevent the re-occurrence of such a fire."
Balfour said a contract for restoration would be negotiated with the B. A. Green Construction Co. of Lawrence.
The time factor in restoring the building to full use and the Green company's familiarity with the structure were the factors in this arrangement, he said.
The Green company built the original Union and subsequent additions and already had done the clean-up work, installed the temporary roof on the south portion of the building, and partitioned off the unusable sections.
NY Cardinal urges rejection of state's new abortion law
NEW YORK (UPI) — Cardinal Terence Cooke, calling the state's new abortion law the beginning of a "tragic chapter" in New York history, urged Catholics and non-Catholics to reject it and "uphold the sanctity of human life."
Cooke, speaking for the Roman Catholic bishops of New York, said abortion is an example of "a world filled with violence, malice and selfishness."
"We strongly affirm that the change of the civil law on abortion does not altar God's law," Cooke said. "The law of God and the law of our church remain unchanged.
"To take a human life is gravely wrong. This taking of human life is particularly heinous because the life is innocent and defenseless."
Cooke said he supports the doctors, nurses and other health professionals who refuse to participate in abortions and issued a
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LONDON (UPI) — A burglar robbed Cyril Wickham of 25 pounds ($60) and two watches and then escaped because Wickham didn't want to chase him into the street wearing only an undershirt.
Wickham ran after the burglar to his garden gate.
"But I was too embarrassed to go any further," he said.
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plea for hospitals to develop policies to "respect the conscience" of these health workers.
Cooke also said he was concerned that poor people will be pressured into having abortions "for the sake of lower welfare costs."
The new law, which takes effect Wednesday, permits a woman to have an abortion performed by a licensed physician during the first six months of pregnancy.
Cooke called Wednesday an "hour of sadness in New York state."
"We call upon all people of good will to join with us in a campaign to reverse the life destroying trends in society which abortion and euthanasia represent," Cooke said.
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