Photo by Rick Daughenbaugh
Thou shalt shut up, verily
For those inspired by silence, this portrait hangs in Spooner Art Museum. The stately-looking gentleman seems to be urging the museum visitors to respect the solitude of the gallery.
Isotope contaminates researcher, family
ALBANY, N.Y. (UPI) - A researcher contaminated himself, members of his family and parts of the Health Department facility in Albany through a radioactive device he was working on at his home.
The contamination was caused by Americium, a man-made isotope which has an atomic half-life of 458 years and which emits alpha radiation.
Authorities said Harris worked for RMD Laboratory in Totowa, N.J., several years ago. He was developing a device which used Americium to help detect counterfeit money.
He moved to New York in 1965 and brought his electronic gadget with him. The Americium used in the machine, however, was returned to Cambridge Nuclear Co., of Boston, Mass., under license and regulation of the Atomic Energy Commission.
Harris Levine, a senior research scientist, was identified Tuesday as the carrier of the contamination by a Health Department statement.
But the machine itself somehow became contaminated and as Levine worked on it at his Albany home, he became contami-
Authorities said there was no health danger to the general public, and that the contamination has been isolated.
Safety on Iowa questioned
Danny J. Jennings may face possible legal action in connection with the car wreck in which David L. Gore died. The decision about Jennings will come when County Attorney Dan Young reviews the accident report from Chief of Police Richard Stanwix. Jennings was the driver of the car which hit Gore's Volkswagon from behind on Feb. 5 at 19th and Iowa.
The Gore accident, the third traffic fatality on Iowa street in the last 13 months, brings up the question of safety conditions on Iowa Street. An important issue related to the Gore accident is whether any type of traffic control will be constructed at 19th and Iowa Streets to prevent an accident of this type in the future.
According to George Williams, director of public works in Lawrence, a proposal has been issued to the state concerning Iowa Street.
The city has passed this proposal, but since Iowa is a state
highway the State Highway Commission must also pass it. The city has asked the state to investigate three possibilities of improvement on Iowa:
- Additional speed zoning
- Possibility of a light
- Any other suggestions of the state after inspection.
Concerning the additional speed zoning, the state has expressed that since Iowa is a highway the chance of speed reduction is slim.
"My personal suggestion would be to put a flashing beacon at the brink of the hill," said Williams. This beacon would be on the north side of the intersection of
There are regulations of the state to be considered before a light may be installed. For example, to warrant a stop light at the intersection of 19th and Iowa, a 600 car average per hour over an eight hour period must pass over Iowa, and in the same eight hours an average of 150 cars must pass over 19th Street intersection with Iowa.
Tax bill given nod by Kansas Senate
TOPEKA (UPI)—The Kansas Senate passed Wednesday a major part of a tax package that would boost state aid to schools by $26 million and provide $4 million in property tax credits for elderly Kansas homeowners.
On a 29-9 vote, the Senate passed a proposal that would broaden extensively the base for the 3 per cent sales tax. The tax would be extended to prescription drugs, repairs, maintenance and cleaning services, component parts of manufactured or produced items, food and drinks served at private clubs and club and organizational fees for sports, recreation and entertainment.
Opposition to the measure centered on extending the tax to services, such as shoe repair, house painting, and club sports, recreational and entertainment activities.
If enacted, new revenue totaling more than $7 million would go into the state's coffers.
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19th and Iowa, where Gore was killed.
Williams figured that it would take the state approximately 90 days to decide whether any safety measures would be taken. He also said that it would take the city an additional 90 days to complete construction of a stop light if the state gives them permission.
The senate gave tentative approval to a $2\frac{1}{4}$ per cent surtax on incomes above $25,000 of corporations operating in Kansas. The measure would produce an estimated $7.2 million in additional tax revenue.
Preliminary approval was also given an amendment to state individual income tax requirements. It would disallow dividends from banks, businesses, savings and loan associations and trust companies to be deducted from the federal adjusted gross income tax. It is estimated that an additional $738,000 would go to the state as a result of the measure.
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A measure increasing the privilege tax on banks, savings and loan firms and trust companies by $1/2 per cent, plus a 2 1/4 per cent surtax on net income above $25,000, will raise an additional $720,000.
A floor amendment to the measure that would produce an additional $17 million by imposing a graduated income tax on incomes in excess of $7,000 was defeated by voice vote.
nated. The contamination was carried to the Health Department facility on his clothes and personal effects.
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