Friday, Feb. 21, 1986
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Carlin
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need for universities not to duplicate each other, but that other strong universities within the Regents system made KU stronger.
"We would naturally support a system that would complement and not compete," Ambler said.
The master plan envisioned by Carlin should be based on the premise that the University of Kansas is the flagship university in comprehensive research.
"Until we have a master plan for higher education, we will continue to have a patchwork quilt of universities and programs built on self-interest and distrust rather than a system of higher education with cooperation among the members," he said.
Takf of long-range planning brought up discussion of adding Washburn, currently one of the few municipally owned universities in the nation, to the current list of six state-funded universities.
Several Topeka lawmakers are trying to bring Washburn into the Regents system to alleviate the property tax burden on city residents. Opponents say there aren't enough state funds now for six schools, much less a seventh.
"The question needs to be asked: Do we need another free-standing university in the Regents system?" asked Carlin, who teaches governmental administration at Washburn.
Kansan reporter Mark Siebert contributed information to this story.
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University heads who were present at the meeting declined an opportunity by the board to discuss or defend their school's policy on season tickets sales.
The board discussed the request less than 10 minutes before informally deciding not to take a position, and to continue allowing each school to set its own policy.
The question of preferential treatment of financial contributors surfaced in the 1985 legislative session after one lawmaker received complaints about a 5-year-old policy at Wichita State University requiring contributions from people seeking to buy season tickets.
In other action, the board on a 5-0 vote, with four members abstaining, agreed to accept any decision the Legislature made on a bill that would place the state's 19 community colleges under the jurisdiction of the Regents.
Currently, the state Board of Education monitors the community colleges, although each is governed by a local board of trustees. State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R-Lawrence, asked the Regents to take a position on his bill to place community colleges in the Regents system.
Winter said the Regents would have no more governing power over the community colleges than the state board of education had but would be in a better position to coordinate all of post-secondary education in Kansas.
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However, Talkington, R-Iola, said he had no immediate plans to rush the pari-mutual measure through the upper chamber. Reilly, chairman of the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee, said his panel was booked for at least 10 days.
Racing
Best!, admitted he was discouraged by the vote but said, "I'd rather be defeated for less human suffering than to be a winner working to put more dollars in the pockets of gambling promoters."
Both houses of the Kansas Legislature must give two-thirds approval to proposed constitutional amendments, such as the pari-mutuel or lottery measures, before they can be submitted to voters. The pari-mutual measure cleared the House with six votes more than the 84 necessary for a two-thirds majority.
The Rev. Richard Taylor, director of Kansans For Life at Its
Taylor said he hoped to stop pari-mutuel in the Senate while holding the lottery in the House. He said if he had to choose between the two, he would rather see parimutuel go to the voters.
"With pari-mutuel you have to go to the track to lose your paycheck or look up the illegal bookie," he said. "But with the lottery, you lose your paycheck at the local grocery store, where everybody has to go."
During the House debate, Rep. Bob Ott, R-Salina, who promoted the resolution on the floor, said pari-mutuel would help Kansas preserve or improve its standing as the fifth-leading producer of quarter horses in the country and as the greyhound capital of the world. He also said polls had shown as much as 80 percent of all Kansans wanted to vote
The current proposal would impose a tax of between 3 percent and 6 percent on all pari-mutuelle wagers and only non-profit groups would be allowed to operate parimutuel tracks.
In addition, the measure would allow pari-mutuel gambling on a county-option basis.
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yesterday. "It's getting next to impossible to get the education and take care of a family so I can find a better job."
She said she found out about the cuts a month ago by reading a Navy publication her husband received. They have been planning for the decrease in benefits by tightening their budget.
Despite the advance notice, Vickers said she was frustrated by the reductions coming in the middle of the year and was concerned that fewer federal dollars would endanger her ability to strive for a better job.
"If they cut any more, I may have to quit school altogether," she said.
Another Vietnam veteran, Janie Clayton, Lawrence junior, said he might be forced to take a part-time job to replace the lost income.
"When you're living on a fixed income, you budget down to the last penny," Clayton said. "I'll just have to find another way to get the money."
The Grammar-Rudman cut probably would not keep him from attending the University, but he would have to make some adjustments. he said.
About 2,700 Kansans receive educational benefits from the Veterans' Administration.
According to Donald Hibler,
Veterans' Service Representative at the Topeka office of the Veterans' Commission of Kansas, about 200 veterans and dependents of veterans who attend the University would be affected by the reductions.
Gary Thompson, director of student records and KU veteran services, said veterans probably would not be informed by the VA of the cuts before they occurred because the resources to send out the letters were not available.
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Present law prohibits officers from conducting a urine test without first conducting a blood or breath test, he said.
Daily said the breath test did not indicate the presence of drugs and the blood test only indicated the presence of alcohol.
"It just doesn't make sense when you're dealing with someone with narcotics in their system," Daily said.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hear testimony on the issue Monday.
Lawrence police officer Richard Jump said he had seen accidents from people who overdosed on heroin in the 1970s, but saw it less today.
"I think it's good," Jump said of the measure. "Our hands are tied in so many ways. I would be upset if I was further restricted."
Officers normally stop those who drive erratically. They must first determine whether the driver is on medication or has some medical problem, Daily said. If there is no obvious indication that the driver has been drinking, such as open containers or the smell of alcohol, officers often conduct breath or blood tests if they still suspect some type of substance abuse.
The amendment also would save time for the officers, he said.
"This stems from convenience for officers and eliminating a step that is unnecessary," Daily said. "We're eliminating a 30 to 40 minute process."
Jump said officers needed the extra time to better protect the people.
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