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Little pollution in area lakes and rivers
By KAREN KLINKBERG
Kansap Staff Writer
Potter Lake has a relatively safe level of pollution according to a single test of the water made by a professor in the biology department.
Kenneth Armitage, professor of biology, took samples of water in four area streams and lakes and tested them for their oxygen level. If the oxygen level is low, then the pollution level is considered low according to the test, Armitage said. The test was made last Thursday.
This was not a prolonged test,
KU-Y head announces resignation
Tom Moore, director of the KU-Y for over 10 years, resigned this week. The announcement was made Wednesday by Laura Friesen, Clay Center junior and KU-Y co-president.
Miss Friesen said the KU-Y recently eliminated the position of Program Director, formerly held by Michele Edwards, for financial reasons. She said Moore's resignation was a result of the consolidation of the two positions into a new position, Executive Director.
Moore's prepared resignation statement read: "The KU-Y has felt compelled by financial reasons to reduce its professional staff from one and one-half to one. The redefinition of the remaining staff position laid emphasis on the administrative functions of the Executive Director.
"When I look at myself I see a person who recognizes the value of good administration but who prefers to work in the fields of program development and the related interpersonal relations," Moore said. "I concluded that neither my own sense of fulfillment nor the best interests of the KU-Y would be served were I to accept the invitation of the Cabinet to apply for the newly defined position of Executive Director. Therefore I decided not to apply."
Moore also said only a few people were aware that the staff members of the KU-Y were hired on a yearly basis with an agreement that the relationships shall be aired each spring.
"One does not work for the KU-Y unless one believes in the vitality, desirability and possibility of responsible student control," Moore said.
Senate funds space budget
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Senate approved a $3.3 billion Space Agency budget Wednesday, rejecting liberal protests that it was spending more for astronaut "playthings" than for education and health needs.
The key vote defeated 56 to 29,
an amendment by Sen. Walter F.
Mondale, D-Minn., to eliminate
$110 million for the first steps in
a $14 billion program for the Nati-
onal Aeronautics and Space Adm-
ministration (NASA). That pro-
gram is the nation's main manned
space flight program for the 1970's
—a space station with shuttle
ships rocketing back and forth
from earth.
Final passage came on a 69-15 vote.
he said, and so they don't know the normal levels of oxygen for the specific waters. He hopes to get a more accurate testing of the water by continuing it on a scheduled basis this summer.
The bill, authorizing NASA's budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, also includes $565. million for the Apollo program, including money for two manned moon flights.
The oxygen level in a water body is important to the plant life and other life in the streams besides indicating the safeness of the water. Pollutants, such as nitrates and phosphates, that go in a lake or river "enrich" the water
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environmental health division of the State Department of Health. Right now the Kansas River has about 6.63 milligrams. The Kaw should not fall below 5 milligrams more than one day in ten years, according to Mel Gray, chief environmental health officer for the health department. Potter Lake measured 7.48 milligrams per liter of dissolved oxygen.
"One cause of pollution to Potter," Armitage said, "is the dyed or sudsed water that is drained from the Chi Omega fountain after soap has been poured into it.
allowing algae to grow. In the algae's life processes, it uses oxygen as do the fish that live there. When there is too much pollution the algae uses up the oxygen because it grows too fast, leaving a minimal amount for the fish.
The other places tested were the Wakarusa River, Lone Star Lake and the Kansas River. The Wakarusa River was found to be the most polluted and Lone Star Lake to be the least polluted.
polluted water drains down into the lake. Another cause is just the trash that people throw in the lake," Armitage said.
"When they clean it out, the
The measure of five milligrams per liter of dissolved oxygen has been set as the safe level by the
The Darling is Australia's longest river, running 1,702 miles.
Local district judge announces candidacy
Frank Gray, a local district judge, Tuesday announced his candidacy for re-election for another four-year term as judge of the Kansas Seventh Judicial District, Douglas County.
Gray said Tuesday that he intends to run on the basis of his experience and record on the bench.
As local district judge since 1955, Gray, 62, is a Republican and so far the only candidate of any party for the office.
With the exception of two years in which he served the Navy in
World War II, Gray was county probate judge for sixteen years prior to becoming district judge in 1955. He became district judge at the time Douglas County was designated the 41st Kansas Judicial District in 1955. The 41st District became the Seventh Judicial District about two years ago.
Judge Gray earned his law degree at the University of Kansas in 1934. He entered public service two years later when he was elected probate judge.
1970 Peace Corps Applicants Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Other Interested Parties
Special Peace Corps Applicants Conference
Saturday, May 9, 1-3 p.m. Council Room, 1st floor Kansas Union
P. S. Come discuss Peace Corps applicant status and rap with RPCV'S and representatives from Washington.