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University Daily Kansan
Second Section
Wednesdav. Jan. 15, 1986
Update
Professor receives J.L. Constant award
K. Sam Shanmugu, professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been named the J.L. Constant distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering.
Chancellor Gene A. Budig announced the appointment Jan. 8.
Shanmugan, who was nominated for the award by 13 of his colleagues, is director of the Telecommunications Laboratory at the Center for Research, Inc. Also, he is president of ST*A Corp. 600 Lawrence Ave., a software development company.
The professorship was established in 1975 from the estate of John L. Constant, a Lawrence contractor. Constant, who was a KU engineering student from 1919 to 1922, left provisions in his will to establish several distinguished professorships in engineering and architecture through the Kansas University Endowment Association.
After several delays, construction was completed in December on the five-room, $220,000 annex at Battenfeld Hall, John Corvin, Battenfeld proctor, said Monday.
Hall annex finished
With the addition of four new study rooms, three residents instead of four will share each room, he said. The annex also has a laundry room so residents won't have to use washer and dryers in other scholarship halls.
Squad places 11th
The University of Kansas varsity cheerleading squad placed 11th in the National Cheerleading Association's competition, Jan. 3-6, in Orlando, Fla.
Cheerleader Ellen Suga, Woodland Hills, Calif., senior, said 20 squads from universities across the country performed three-minute routines for a team of professional judges. The KU squad performed chants, pyramids, stunts and a dance routine to the song "Dangerous," by Natalie Cole. she said.
The squads that participated were selected in November from more than 300 squads that submitted a videotaped routine.
The squad from the University of Louisville won the competition for the second year in a row and was awarded scholarship money, a trophy and rings.
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TOPEKA — Kansas senators and representatives convened the 1966 Legislature Monday in Topeka and were greeted with the governor's 1987 budget and talk of an early vote on a 1-cent increase in the state sales tax.
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Gov. John Carlin's proposed tax would increase the state's general fund budget by $190 million. About 35 percent of the increase, $65.6 million, would go to education. Of that amount, $3.39 million would be earmarked for the University of Kansas and the University of Kansas Medical Center.
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The 71st Legislature started with all 165 members retaining their seats, 125 in the House and 40 in the Senate, for the first time since records were kept in 1923. With no new members to swear in, both houses spent less than a half hour in session.
Rep. John Solbach, D-Lawrence, said the key issue this session would be the increase of the general fund budget.
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"Sixty-four percent of the general fund budget is spent on education," he said. "When the general fund is cut, the money usually comes from education."
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Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Lawrence, said she expected a bloody battle over revenue for the general fund. Branson, suffering complications from the flu, was in Lawrence Memorial Hospital Monday and unable to attend the first session. She said she planned to return next week
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but feared that her vote would be too late.
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"I'm very worried my vote won't make a difference," she said.
She said the revenue increase included in the 1987 budget, sometimes called Carlin's investment budget, might be killed this week.
Solbach said he would hate to see political games this session but also expected the bill to be defeated in the house early.
If Carlin's sales tax increase meets an early legislative death, Branson said, both the House and Senate will probably work on their versions of the budget.
In a press conference after the distribution of the budget, Carlin said that he was surprised when he heard his budget might be killed in the Republican-controlled House. He said he still expected the bill to pass.
Carlin submitted two budgets for the first time as governor. One is a "bare bones" budget that does not include the revenue from the 1 cent sales tax increase. The second budget, the investment budget, includes the increase.
the governor said he would not comment on compromising the budget, such as settling for a one-half cent sales tax increase.
"My responsibility is to sell my program," he said.
Contrary to previous years, at least
one legislative leader plans to take on the tax hike problem immediately.
Ed Rolfs, R-Junction City and house tax committee chairman, has scheduled a hearing on Carlin's tax increase proposal for 9 a.m. today. He has scheduled final committee action for the same session, in what could be record-breaking speed for consideration of such a controversial issue.
Even if the tax increase wins approval, getting it to the House floor during the first week of the session does not ensure speedy floor debate. House Speaker Mike Hayden, R-Atwood, who controls the House debate calendar, has been critical of Carlin's proposal Hayden said he was running for governor.
Hayden said the state would need about $75 million in additional revenue but emphasized that was much less than the amount Carlin's tax hike would raise. He has said all options would be reviewed before the tax increase option.
Each city raised $2,500, which was matched by $7,500 in federal grant money.
Since the 1985 Legislature went home, state fiscal experts decided the state general fund would receive $133 million less through fiscal 1987 than had been estimated a year ago. Carlin has said that without a tax increase, the state must cut general funding by $35 million.
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State and federal money also will be used to buy a $45,000 transmitter for the Lawrence station, he said.
KANU awaits word to make new waves by adding antennas
By Juli Warren Staff writer
The cities where construction permits have been approved are Emporia, Manhattan, Independence, Junction City, Bartlesville, Okla., and Parsons.
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Seven towns in Kansas and Oklahoma should soon be closer to the moment when they can hear the strains of KANU/FM, the director of the station said Monday.
Howard Hill, the director, said the only roadblock hindering construction of seven translators that would rebroadcast the station's signal was a Federal Communications Commission permit for the Pittsburgh site.
Hill, who is on the City Commission, said he had heard the permit had been granted but was trying to get official notification from the FCC field office in Kansas City, Mo. He said notification had been delayed because that office was behind in paperwork.
The signals from the translators will expand the coverage of the station in some places and strengthen the signal in others, such as Emporia and Manhattan, Hill said.
The specifications for the translators have been drawn, Hill said, and bids for the equipment are being accepted pending approval of the Pittsburg site.
/ Translator sites will be on tall buildings, such as a hotel in Parsons, as well as towers, he said.
federal funds as well as contributions from the cities that will have translator sites.
The signals from the translators should cover about an 18-mile radius. Hill said, but the actual reception depends on variables ranging from the topography of the area to the receiving antenna.
The transmitter will replace the present one, which is at least 15 years old, Hill said.
If they buy the translators one at a time, they may not be able to afford all seven. Hill said.
Hill said the station management had decided to wait until all the sites were approved before accepting a bid. This way they probably would get a cheaper rate for each translator.