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University Daily Kansan
Campus/Area
Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1986
Kodak recall offers customers a rebate
By Lori Polson
Staff writer
The recent loss by the Eastman Kodak Co. has created many thrifty shoppers in Lawrence.
A few weeks ago Kodak announced it was discontinuing its entire line of instant photography products and it would provide refunds to those customers who owned instant cameras.
Bob Evans, photography department salesman for Gibson's Discount Center, 2525 Iowa St., said he had seen customers buy a cheaper version of Kodak's instant camera in the shops of exchanging it for more than it was worth.
"They'll come in and buy a $20 camera," he said, "and if they exchange it for $50 in rebates, that's smart business."
A judge ruled in October that Kodak had infringed on seven U.S. patents owned by the Polaroid Corporation when Kodak began manufacturing instant cameras in 1976.
Law halts extraction of asbestos
Removal stops at Med Center
Staff writer
Companies and people who remove asbestos from buildings in Kansas have to heed a new law that took effect Jan. 1.
By Russell Gray
The law requires the licensing of companies involved in the removal or incapulation of asbestos and the certification of their employees, according to Howard Sager, environmental engineer at the state Department of Health and Environment.
Sager said the law authorized his department to adopt rules for enforcement, regulations to protect public health and training programs. The department also may establish criminal penalties and levy fines.
Asbestos is thought to cause cancer and other lung-related diseases, which may not show up for 10 to 40 years after exposure.
The law will stop asbestos removal at the University of Kansas Medical Center by its employees until the department can document that they are certified, said Randy Porter, industrial hygienist at the Med Center.
Porter said he did not foresee any services at the Med Center being drastically reduced or that any harm would be done to patients.
He said the Med Center still did not remove all asbestos, would cost to remove all asbestos.
Certification consists of formal health and safety training in removing asbestos and requires a minimum of six hours for employees and 18 hours for supervisors, Sager said.
The University sometimes handles removal of small amounts of asbestos itself, Porter said.
However, the law will not require the University to be licensed, but it must meet the same requirements as a private firm and certify any of its employees involved in asbestos removal. Sager said.
David Hall, president of D & D Services, an asbestos removal company in Kansas City, Kan., that has contracted most of the removal projects at the University, said he saw the law stalling asbestos removal in two ways.
The law mandates 16 working days notice be given to the state Department of Health and Environment before beginning an asbestos removal project. Hall said this would stall removal if asbestos was discovered during renovations and would require a time-consuming waiver from the state.
The law also is stricter in governing the use of glove bags, that is, removing small quantities in a totally sealed off area. It prohibits any activity within 100 feet of the work area.
A bicycle valued at $200 was stolen sometime between Oct. 6 and Dec. 6 from a bicycle rack in front of Hashinger Hall, KU police said.
On the Record
A KU student lost his parking permit while enrolling in the Kansas Union on Monday. The student told KU police the permit was worth $18.50.
Bahman Pakravan, another Gibson's salesman, said he also had sold Kodak instant cameras to customers after the discontinuation was announced.
A student's car was pushed from its parking spot east of Templin Hall on Saturday. The car was rolled into some bushes. KU police did not know the amount of damage done to the car.
About 16 million people own Kodak instant cameras.
"I've had people come in to buy a camera just because they are not going to be sold anymore," he said. "In several years, these cameras will be collectors items."
"People get kind of panicky when they think they are going to lose their money," he said. "The main thing is to be patient. We won't know the real story until we've heard from Kodak.
Kodak had announced that camera owners had a choice of trading their instant cameras for Kodak's newest disc camera and two film cartridges, a coupon book worth $50 in rebates of Kodak products or one share of Kodak stock.
Alan Cornelius, manager of Zercher Photo Inc., 1107 Massachusetts St., and Zercher Photo Hillcrest, 919 Iowa St., recently said the two stores had received numerous calls from customers wanting to exchange their cameras.
There will be a meeting of the KU Kempo Karate Club at 5:30 p.m. today in the Multi-purpose Room in Robinson Center.
Evans also said many people had asked him for refunds.
Dennis Moore, Johnson County district attorney and Jim Flory, Douglas County district attorney, will speak about careers in law and politics at 7 p.m. today in Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
On Campus
Each of the five protesters, who were arrested November in Chancellor Gene A. Budig's office, pleaded no contest to the charge of interference with the conduct of public business in a public building.
By Peggy Kramer Staff writer
Protesters plead no contest
Staff writer
Douglas County District Court
Edward Jackson, Topeka sophomore; Ruth Lighttardt,
Lawrence junior; Lisa Rasor,
Topeka sophomore; and Jane Ungerman, Lawrence senior; all pleaded no contest Jan. 2 in
Michael Maher, Roeland Park junior, entered his plea Jan. 13. His sentencing was postponed because he was in California.
Pleading no contest means one isn't admitting guilt, but at the same time doesn't intend to prove innocence.
The defendants were ordered to split the $86 court cost, with each one paying $17.20 by Feb. 3. They also were sentenced to 10 hours of community service
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