University Daily Kansan / Friday, January 16, 1987
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Local Briefs Regents posts to be filled today
Gov. Mike Hayden will announce his four appointments to the Kansas Board of Regents at a press conference at 9:30 a.m. today in the Governor's Office.
John G. Montgomery, a Junction City newspaper publisher, resigned his seat on the board last fall to run for lieutenant governor.
All four members were Democrats.
The other three members' terms ended Dec. 31. The three former members are Patricia W. Caruthers, Kansas City; Sandra Mcullen, Hutchinson and William R. Roy, a former state congressman from Topeka
Because no more than five of the nine regents may be from one political party, Hayden may only appoint one Republican. The other three must be either Democrats or unaffiliated candidates.
The Kansas Senate must approve Hayden's appointments.
Former governor John Carlin allowed Hayden to choose replacements for the positions instead of filling them before his term expired.
Art director resigns
Jay Gates, director of the Spencer Museum of Art, is resigning to become director of the Seattle Art Museum.
Gates has been director of the museum since January 1984. He came to the University from the University Museum of Art in Kansas City, Mo.
Douglas C. Tilghman, the museum's assistant director, will act as director until a permanent replacement is chosen. Gates' resignation and Tilghman's appointment will take effect March 1. As assistant director of the museum since 1976, Tilghman has been responsible for administrative operations. He served as acting director for four months in 1983 before Gates was hired.
Campus and Area
Art director to speak
The director of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu, Calif., will speak at 7 p.m. Monday at the Spencer Museum of Art.
The director, John Walsh, will discuss future plans of the Getty museum. A reception will be held after his talk.
Walsh has directed the Getty
Museum since 1983 and has been
involved in the institution's plans
and fine arts complex in Los
Angeles.
Ann El-Omami, education curator at Spencer Museum, said Walsh would discuss the Getty Museum's search for an architect to design the complex. He also will discuss design considerations for the building.
A listing in yesterday's Kansan quoted from preliminary, instead of updated court records. Updated court records show that Donald Bay, 27, a Lawrence resident, pleaded guilty to a charge of delivering cocaine. He will be sentenced Feb. 9.
Correction
Also, Brian Cross, 23, a Reeland Park resident, pleaded guilty to attempted sale of cocaine. Cross was charged and will be sentenced Feb. 6.
From staff and wire reports
KU alum announces 1988 presidential bid
By JENNIFER WYRICK
The University of Kansas can boast many famous graduates, but George Mauer, class of 1960, might top that list if he is successful in his bid to be president . . . of the United States, that is.
Staff writer
Mauer, 54, who lives in Orlando, Fla., said he considered running for president about 20 years ago but was too young.
"I have since realized the awesome responsibilities of the office," he said. "And I have decided that the time to run is here and now."
Mauer graduated from KU with a doctorate in public administration. He did not attend KU as an undergraduate.
Mauer has been a delegate to the Florida State Democratic convention, director of government research at three universities and a
professor of political science at Oklahoma City and Oklahoma State universities.
Mauer said his greatest concern was for the security of the nation and its economy.
"I think something has gone awry in our nation's welfare, and 'transcam' is just one example of that," he said. "I have no fear of an adversary, and I fear that we don't have effective arms control."
Economic security for the United States is another of Mauer's concerns. He said he thought the unemployment rate and the trade imbalance were making U.S. citizens insecure.
Mauer said he had a vested interest in the pursuit of excellence in education because of his experience as a professor.
"If I am elected president, I would support all manner of excellence in
College students should become involved in the election process because the campaign issues directly influence their adult lives. he said.
teaching." he said
"College is a special time because you just worry about (college), but the stark reality of 'the real world' is just around the corner and students need to be prepared for that," he said.
In his campaign, Mauer has employed the phrase, "The first Democrat to announce" on all of his promotional materials. He said that on Jan. 1 he announced his intention to try for the Democratic presidential nomination.
According to the Federal Elections Commission in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 29, 1986, Mauer filed his intent to run for president.
But Lyndon LaRoche, also a Democrat, filed a year and two months ahead of Mauer, federal elections officials said.
Persons who file with the Federal Elections Commission office are not considered official candidates until they have spent more than $5,000 in campaign funds.
According to an employee in the elections commission office, Mauer has not yet reported his spending, so it was not possible to determine whether Mauer would be considered a candidate for the presidency.
Mauer said other issues that were important to him included conservation of the environment, the need for stronger law enforcement and care for the elderly and homeless. In addition, Mauer said he would strive for an expanded job market.
"I'd like to see cooperation betweengovernment and business," he said. "This would provide for better job enhancement."
JRP house manager to run for city commission
By TODD COHEN
Staff writer
The house manager of Joseph R. Pearson Hall this week became the seventh declared candidate in this spring's Lawrence City Commission elections, virtually guaranteeing the need for a March 3 primary.
Dennis Constance, 817 Tennessee St., who has been JRP's house manager for eight years, said he was running because he thought the current commission was not adequately planning for the city's future
"We need to channel the flow of
"I think we need to adhere to planning principles." Constance said. "There are too many case-by-case exceptions.
commerce and growth where we want it, not where it wants to go," he said.
Constance said he was opposed to proposals to build a mall in downtown Lawrence.
Constance is a 1974 graduate of the University of Kansas. He is past president of the Old West Lawrence Association, a neighborhood organization, and now is a member of the KU Classified Senate.
A primary in the race will be necessary if all the declared candidates file for office by the Jan. 27 deadline. The final candidate documents had filed as of yesterday.
The top six candidates in the primary would advance to the April 7
general election, in which Lawrence voters will elect three
'We need to channel the flow of commerce and growth where we want it,not where it wants to go.'
Dennis Constance City commission candidate
- Dennis Constance
The other candidates are incumbents Ernest Angino, professor of geology; David Longhurst, 219 Park Ave.; and Howard Hill, 3117 Tomahawk Drive; and challengers Henry Johns, 1321 Monterey Way; Carol Brown, 614 Utah Court; and Ellen Hayden, 812 Stetson Drive.
The two candidates gaining the most votes in the general election will serve four-year terms on the commission. The third-place finisher will serve a two-year term. The terms of commissioners Sandra Praeger and Mike Amyx expire in 1989.
commissioners.
Hill, who is seeking his third term on the commission, said he wasn't surprised that there might be a primary.
Graffitti gaphics
The old Theta Chi fraternity house at a hill at Ninth Street and Emery Road was reordered Wednesday by the Lawrence City Commission so that it could be used for residential or apartment dwelling. The property had been zoned for residential-office use. Edward G. Collister, an attorney representing the owner of the property, Robert Moore of Lawrence, said the rezoning request was made because the location was inappropriate for office use. Collisher said Moore had no immediate plans to do anything with the property.
Officials call for changes in lottery bill
By TIM HAMILTON
Staff writer
TOPEKA — The Kansas House Committee on Federal and State Affairs yesterday listened to several speakers call for changes in the first draft of a bill to establish a state lottery.
After finishing its review of the first draft, the committee voted to remove the legislation from further consideration until after next week, when it will consider a bill to reinstitute the death penalty.
Among those who objected to parts of the lottery bill was the Rev. Richard Taylor, representing Kansans for Life at its Best!
He also said he objected to any advertising at the place of purchase.
Taylor said that some of the bill's language would provide loopholes allowing retailers to sell to minors or prohibited from buying lottery tickets.
A special committee drafted the Kansas Lottery Act during the break after Kansas voters approved a state lottery in November.
Taylor also said lotteries turned people into compulsive gamblers and called the lottery a criminal activity sponsored by the state of Kansas.
Another critic of the bill, Chuck Wright, state chairman for I Love Kansas Inc., objected to retailers purchasing and making money from the sale of tickets. He also said he wanted advertising limited to the places of purchase and direct mail.
Tom Kelly, director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, also voiced concern.
Kelly said the guidelines for checking prospective retailers were vague. He recommended that each prospective retailer be fingerprinted and checked for police records by both the KBI and FBI.
Staff writer
Students jailed for DUI spree
By LAURA BOSTROM
Two KU students were arrested early Wednesday after a short car chase with Lawrence police that ended when the car wrecked into a squad car.
Charles Dale Chaffin, 18, Dodge City freshman, and his passenger, Bradley Alan Wentling, 20, 1045 Emery Road, both spent Wednesday morning in Douglas County Jail. Chaffin was charged with driving intoxicated
Lawrence police officer Gary Sampson said he stopped a car that ran a red light at 23rd and Louisiana streets about 2:20 a.m. The driver, a 19-year-old female KU student, told him a car with two men in it had been chasing her.
Police then saw a charcoal Datsun 280-ZX heading west on 23rd Street. The woman identified it as the car that had been chasing her, Sgt. Don Dalquest said.
Police followed the car for several blocks until it made a U-turn in a culde-sac, and drove straight toward the police car, Dalquest said.
Chaffin also was charged with disobeying a traffic control, disobeying a stop sign, reckless driving, attempting to elude police, driving without lights and driving with no insurance.
Wentling was arrested for possession of marijuana, being party to or to elude police and party to reckless driving. He has not been formally charged.
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