10 Tuesday, February 2, 1988 / University Daily Kansan County caucuses under way GOP selection process will take about a month By Elaine Woodford Kansan staff writer Republicans in Kansas will be able to vote for their favorite candidates this week as the Republican caucus gets under way. The first round of caucuses was Sunday afternoon, and the last will close next Sunday. Each county will conduct a caucus in which all registered Republicans will be eligible to vote. The entire delegate selection process will be completed on March 5, when Kansas Republicans elect 34 delegates to the national GOP convention. The Douglas county caucus will be at the Lawrence High School cafeteria. Kevin Yowell, communication manager for the Kansas Republican Party in Topeka, said the caucus was necessary because the State Legislature did not provide for a state primary this year. GOP presidential hopefuls who registered for the Kansas caucus are 1 I $ If a candidate is behind once the county caucuses are over, it will be impossible for him to catch up on any other level of the caucus.' Republican Party - Kevin Yowell --congressional district meeting. Each delegate sent to the county caucuses and beyond is bound to vote according to the results of the caucus votes. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, Vice President George Bush, Pat Robertson, Rep. Jack Kemp of New York, and former Delaware governor Pierre DuPont. Alexander Haig has not filed for the caucus. The GOP caucus system is a three-step process, working on the county, congressional district and state levels. The first step is this week. First, each county will tally Republican votes for presidential candidates and send three delegates to the Yowell said the county caucuses would help to set the tone for the entire caucus. "If a candidate is behind once the county caucuses are over, it will be impossible for him to catch up on any other level of the caucus," he said. After the county votes are all tabulated, each of the five congressional districts will elect three delegates to the state caucus and five alternate delegates. Next, those 15 delegates will travel to Topeka on March 5 to elect an additional 19 at-large delegates for the GOP convention. Kansas will send 34 delegates. Yowell said Dole was expected to win the caucus and eventually gain all of the state's 34 national delegates. "He may lose a county here or there, but we expect that he will win all 34 delegates," he said. But supporters for Pat Robertson are hot on the campaign trail, posing a potential threat to Dole, said Janice Hardenburger, state campaign coordinator for the Dole campaign. "The Robertson supporters are very organized, and what this caucus will boil down to is which campaign is able to get the most voters out to the polls," she said. KU students also are out campaigning for Dole, trying to round up students who are registered Republicans in Douglas County. Hardenburger said Dole supporters had established a campaign chairman in each county who would be responsible for reaching Republicans who would vote for Dole. Brenda Eisele, president of College Republicans, said students involved in the Dole campaign would be out today driving registered students to the caucus center at the Lawrence High School cafeteria. "We've been calling all the students who have expressed an interest in the Dole campaign," she said. Breast cancer fatality rate grows WASHINGTON — The breast cancer detection rate among U.S. women is the highest on record, but death rates have increased slightly instead of improving from early treatment as experts had hoped, according to a federal study released yesterday. The study, compiled by the National Cancer Institute to reflect rates of incidence and death from all types of cancer, said breast cancer was still The Associated Press the leading cause of death from malignancy among women. It said this finding suggests women were not taking advantage of screening techniques that could detect breast cancer at a stage when cure was more likely, although detection cancer is at the highest rate in history. The study also said that although lung cancer remained the leading cause of cancer deaths, the death rate decreased among males in 1987. but continues to increase in women. NCI used various studies to compile a report generally reflecting cancer statistics for 1950 to 1985, with some cancer estimates for 1987. It said the report was a general picture of cancer incidence, mortality and survival. The rate of cancer-caused deaths is declining for the general population although some specific types of cancer have shown increases in deaths and incidence, the report said. For young cancer patients, the future looks brighter. Mortality rates among patients under 15 was about 3.5 in 100,000 in 1985 — a decrease of about 33 percent over 35 years. But the results of breast cancer detection and treatment are not as good as experts had hoped, the report said. Death rates from breast cancer have increased slightly for women both above and below age 50 in the last two years of the study. Bill Durrant, parking services employee, removes a parking meter in preparation for the installation of new electronic meters. Durrant said yesterday that installation of the meters should be completed today. Addition of meters goes on by stadium By a Kansan reporter KU Parking Services is halfway through installing parking meters in lot 10, the assistant director of parking services said recently. Currently, there are 124 double-headed meters in lot 91, south of the football stadium, and installmenters are expected to begin this week. from lot 90, by Robinson Center, because students complained about a lack of non-metered parking spaces. Donna Hultine, assistant director of parking services, said that 62 meters were installed in mid February and 80 meters were installed in December. "When we're done, there will be 244 meters in lot 91." Hultine said. "All the posts and housings are installed and we hope to have the electronics by next week." Hultine said that fewer students were parking by Robinson than last semester, but that she did not know why. There still are about 300 meters in the Robinson parking lot, Hultine said. Tower operator to take tests She said the meters were taken The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The control tower operator who fled his post when an Amtrak train and a maintenance vehicle collided last week said yesterday that he felt very bad about the accident and would submit to drug tests. Tom Connor and his attorney spoke briefly to reporters after a closed meeting with federal investigators about the accident that derailed the passenger train and left 25 people injured early Friday. Lawyer Arthur Donato called federal officials 16 hours after the collision to say Connor would meet with them to cooperate in the investigation. Donato defended the time lapse and said Connor was not hiding from National Transportation Safety Board investigators. "I think that it's pretty obvious that Mr. Connor was in a situation where he knew from the radio report that a train had derailed . . . and when he did go down to see the accident it scared him and panicked and he ran," said Donato. "I feel very bad about all this," said Connor, who looked bewerled and frightened by the crush of reporters and photographers. Donato said Connor would undergo alcohol and toxicology tests at the request of the NTSB. "As I understand it, other witnesses who have already given testimony before this committee have indicated that Tom looked appropriate and acted appropriately under all the circumstances." Donato said. "I have no reason and Mr. Connor has no reason to fear such a test." All members of the train crew and the two employees working on the track already have been tested for drug and alcohol abuse, as required Amtra spokesman matt Clarkfield Black The meeting with federal officials would continue after Connor's tests, Donato said. The Amtrak Night Owl, traveling from Washington to Boston, smashed into a 30-foot-long, 17-ton ballast regulator at 12:34 a.m. Friday in Chester, about 15 miles south of Philadelphia. The 10-car train was traveling nearly 90 mph. Two men jumped to safety from the ballast regulator, which is used to keep the railbed's gravel evenly distributed. An investigator has quoted Connor as saying, "My God, I put him on track No. 2," which had been closed for the maintenance work, moments before the wreck. Connor, 26, of Aldan, paced back and forth before gathering his belongings and fleeing the tower, co-workers told officials. "We don't know if there's one critical element there," said William C. Pugh, chief investigator for the NTSB. Officials say Conrail fined for safety faults The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Conrail, the freight railroad sold by the government last year, has significant safety problems and faces up to $2 million in fines stemming from a highly critical safety study, the Federal Railroad Administration said yesterday. The railroad administration said in the 800-page assessment that Conrail underreported injuries and incidents, and that the railroad's "well-conceived safety programs are not being adequately implemented." The problems are not serious enough to shut down the railroad, said John Riley, railroad administrator. "Our conclusion is that while the problems are serious, they can be addressed by management initiatives immediately and thus do not Those violations, uncovered during the groundwork for the report, are expected to yield between $1.5 million and $2 million in fines, he said. justify the grounding of the railroad," Riley said. 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