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Thursday, July 19. 1979
Summer Session Kansan
State politicians say speech election move
BY JEFF KIOUS Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Some Kansas politicians said yesterday that President Carter's speech Sunday night was given partly to boost his re-election campaign, but that they supported almost all of the program that the president proposed.
Morris Kay, chairman of the Republican Party in Kansas, said he thought the president spent all of the time at Camp David before the speech planning a campaign strategy against Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy. Kay said he thought the president had already involved Camp David who had been involved in the 1975 presidential election.
"Most of the people at Camp David were Democrats," Kay said. "If the president were concerned with solid solutions to the problem, they would have had more bipartisan representation."
Bill Kats, assistant press secretary for
Bob Dole, R-Kan, said, "The speech was
great."
Rep. Dan Glickman, D-Kan., said the speech was given partly to improve the nation's energy situation and partly to correct the condition of the president's administration.
"IT WAS a comeback from despair," he
told the other. "I was in a negative response, but
reflection was a factor."
Three other politicians, State Rep. Donald Mainey, D-Topeka; State Rep. John Vogel, R-Lawrence, and State Rep. John Solbach, D-Lawrence, said that the president made the speech because the country was faced with an energy problem, but they agreed
that re-election was also a concern of the president.
Mainey, House minority whip and member of the Kansas Energy Advisory Board, said, "The president used the speech to help solve an energy problem, but recognized he would gain from the situation concerning re-election."
Although these politicians said the president was partly concerned with self-serving re-election efforts, they favored almost all of Carter's program.
ALL OF THEM they favored nuclear power, which Carter said was needed, but some had reservations about the safety of nuclear power.
Kats said that Dole favored nuclear power as the best energy source, but that the government should exercise caution of the accident at Three Mile Island, Pa.
Vogel said that in light of the accident, the government should not have been so cost-conscious when it came to research on nuclear study.
"Pinching pennies at the beginning of nuclear study led to safety and control problems at nuclear power plants," he said. Glickman he favored the use of nuclear power.
SYNTHETIC FUELS, another point in the president's program, was supported by the politicians, but some said they questioned the influential impact of synthetic fuel production.
Mainey said he favored synthetic fuel use in automobiles but not in home heatie oils.
Another point in the president's program concerned the establishment of an Energy Ministry.
promote the development of energy alternatives by cutting short the lengthy application process that energy plants go through, or by sometimes relaxing pollution rules.
VOGEL HAD RESERVATIONS about the creation of more federal agencies.
He said, "I do not favor more regulatory boards, but the government should exercise him" (21).
Kats said that Dole favored this allowance, especially for senior citizens who live in retirement communities.
all of the politicians said they favored
alief payments for low-income families for
their benefit.
AS FOR MASS transportation, which Carter is calling for all of the politicians agreed that it was needed in the country, but not in federal support on it as much as another part of the country.
Some of the six men thought Carter's plan might be inflationary.
Glickman said that the tax would promote infiltration initially, but that over the long run
But, Mainey said that inflation would be minimal at first, but would increase later.
Vogel said that the plan would not be inflationary, and that the increased production would help to reduce unemployment.
Most KU buildings follow Carlin's energy guidelines
Most thermostats at the University of Kansas already comply with Gov. John Carlin's executive order regulating temperature settings in state buildings, the KU director of facilities operations said yesterday.
"By and large, the state regulations are in line with what we have been following for years," Rodger Oroke, director of facilities operations, said.
Carlin's order, in accord with President Carter's temperature adjustments edict, requires that thermostats in state buildings be set no lower than 78 degrees in summer and no higher than 65 degrees in winter beginning Aug.1.
Vickie Thomas, associate University general counsel, said the idea of thermostat-setting restrictions was confusing and inaccurate. The regulations are based on room temperatures.
"IT'S MISLEADING. The thermostat must set be the so actual room temperature will not be under 78 degrees in summer," she said.
The order exempts the same areas spelled out in the federal regulations, including hospitals, residential buildings, research areas, day-care centers, schools and buildings that contain equipment that must be housed at lower temperatures.
Orek estimated that facilities operations would need at least two weeks to determine the cost of the job.
Certain buildings, like the Computer Center and those that house research areas, may qualify as exemptions to maintain lower temperatures.
Facilities operations also will consider that certain campus buildings use terminal cabins.
"We will also be making a case for buildings where we have terminal reheat systems that operate even in summer," he said.
OROKE SAID SUCH systems were installed for individual room controls.
The system distributes air with an original temperature of about 55 degrees throughout the building, he said. When the air is heated in a hotmostat set bigger, heating coils heat the air.
Although the terminal reheat system allows temperatures to be set individually, it is not as convenient.
Some KU buildings with terminal reheat systems include Nunemaker Center, Spencer Library, Haworth Hall and parts of Helen Horesman Spencer Museum of Art.
The systems also are costly. Oroke said.
To reset thermostats in accordance with Carlin's order, Oroke said facilities operations would have to contact deans of the schools and department chairman.
Buildings not using terminal heat systems are regulated by thermostats that control sections of the buildings. Strong heaters, as has 100 thermostats controls, Thomas said.
SHE SAID HER office in Strong Hall was controlled by a thermostat in an adjoining office, a system that did not always keep the temperatures the same in both offices.
Oroke also said temperatures often varied between rooms in buildings where the heat is strong.
The Kansas Union thermostats, however, have not yet been set to comply with the regulations, according to Pat Beard, building maintenance engineer.
"We are waiting for a directive to come from the Chancellor to us," he said.
Although the Kansas Union is a privately owned building governed by the Memorial Corporation Board, Beard said, the Union will voluntarily with University regulations.
"The Union is independent from the University, but we abide by its regulations," he said. "If the University does it, we will too."
Sheriff sees few patrol changes
Despite spiraling gasoline prices, the Douglas County sheriff's department is not planning any changes in its patrol methods. The department's new vehicles may help save fuel.
"We can't get out and walk the county on foot," Riff Rex Johnson said yesterday. "We have to keep our cars running to cover the county properly."
But Johnson said he thought his department would use less fuel because it had been built with the latest technology.
He said that since Jarnay, the county's 10 patrol cars had conventional-sized V-8
engines, instead of the larger engines that had been used.
"We cut down the horseperson quite a bit," he said. "I think this will help us save gas compared to what we have used in the past."
"We have increased the amount of time that our patrol officers turn off their cars' engines to observe intersections," he said. "We can move to protect the county as it should be."
Johnson said he did not know exactly how much the new cars had saved.
Johnson also said his department would continue to send patrols to respond to calls.
"They're normally out in the country where it's cooler, and they also drive at higher speeds than do the police." Johnson said that usually don't run the air conditioners.
Johnson said the county kept three cars on patrol most of the time. There are no plans to increase the number.
He also said he had not ordered his officers to cut down on air-conditioner use in
The Lawrence police started a new program last week to cut down on the number of firearms in the area.
President Jimmy Carter
Points to cut oil imports listed
The president's program would:
- Create an Energy Security corporation to direct the development of 2.5 million barrels a day of oil substitutes (i.e., petroleum) in biomass, and unconventional gas by 1990.
- Establish a three-member Energy Mobilization Board empowered to expedite permitting and construction of critical energy facilities.
The following are the main points of President Carter's plan to reduce U.S. oil imports by 4.5 million barrels a day by 1990. Carrier unveiled the plan to a National Association of Counties Convention in Kansas City, Mo., Monday.
- Establish a major new residential and commercial conservation program designed to save 500,000 barrels of oil a day by 1990.
- Require utilities to cut current oil consumption by 50 percent, saving 750,000 bushels.
- Provide new incentives for development of heavy oil resources, uncompressed gas
- Provide $2.4 billion annually in assistance to low-income families.
- Provide a total of $16.5 billion over the coming decade for improvements in the nation's mass transportation system and in automobile fuel efficiency.
- Allow nuclear power to play an important role in the country's energy future.
- Offer incentives to convert homes that are coal-based into gas-fired or help oil-heated homes with conservation.
- Negotiate a new agreement to purchase the natural gas Mexico will have to pay for.
Govern John Carlin signed an executive order Monday which will require that temperatures in state buildings be set at 78 degrees Fahrenheit and enforcement of the 55 mph speed limit.
Kansas to cut fuel usage; Carlin orders conservation
In a speech given in Kansas City, Mo., on Monday, Carter urged Congress to give him the pow to set state conservation goals, and to be prepared for conservation plans if a state falls to meet its target.
Although President Carter has not issued his state-by-state plan for mandatory energy conservation, Kansas has already taken steps toward cutting back on its fuel uses.
"I'm not aware of a specific target for motor gasoline conservation," Joe King, state energy director, said yesterday. "We have to wait until we have some specific guidelines before we can implement any plans."
King said he did not know what Carter's plan would entail, but that gas rationing was a priority.
State Rep. Mike Glover, D-Lawrence, said he thought one of Carter's main points for a
"IT'S REALLY HARD to say how Carter is going to approach the problem." King said. "There's a chance he will decide to close down gas stations on weekends."
mandatory conservation plan for Kansas would be to get enough fuel to farmers.
"I think Carter will be primarily concerned with getting enough fuel to Kansas farmers so that they will be able to finish the harvest season," Glover said.
Until Carter issues the mandate, Carlin's executive order will provide the main fuel source for the nation.
Allen Rush, superintendent of the State highway Patrol, said there would be no motorized vehicles on the road.
"IN THE PAST, people have sometimes gotten away with going a little bit over the limit," he said. "We are going to be cracking down on that now."
grant application for 100 additional radar units, which should go into operation next month. He also said a new plane had been added to the patrol three weeks ago, bringing the number of aircraft on the force to three.
Rush said he was currently writing up a
He said the planes were effective in catching speeders even when they were not flying.
The other order issued by Carlin states that thermostats in most state buildings will be set no lower than 78 degrees for the rest and raised to only 65 degrees next winter.
"We've issued 11,589 speeding tickets so far this year," he said. "If people exceed the speed limit by even a couple miles per hour, they might as well expect to get caught."
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