4 Wednesday, July 20, 1977 University Daily Kansan Program gives hangover to drunken drivers The old, silent film character of the drunk was funny. He stumbled around, fell down, drove his car in circles and made people laugh. But he never hurt anyone. That isn't an accurate picture of the drunken driver, according to Bruce Beale. director of the Douglas County Citizens Committee on Alcoholism. In Kansas, 53 per cent of all fatal accidents last year were alcohol-related. That, Beale says, isn't To combat the drinking driver, the Staff Photo Breathe deeply moon Moore, Lawrence Police Department probationary officer, demonstrates the use of the department's "breathalizer." The device is used to detect the presence of alcohol. Firms get KU advice For the past four months, the University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. on West Campus has been giving small businesses a helpline hand. That help has been in the form of the Technology Assistance Program, administered by the center and funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Dale Rummer, associate professor of electrical engineering and co-investigator for the program, said the project was designed to provide small businesses in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa with technological information from experts. "BASICALLY WE'RE" SUPPLYING them with information," he said. "We make use of the University of Kansas Libraries, a university library in Kansas City and interlibrary loan." Rummer, who is working on the project with Bill Barr, professor of mechanical engineering, will teach three and three undergraduate students, said the program used various libraries and an online computer data base to find answers to questions that a small business might have. The data base used in the project is the Lockheed tape index, a computer-programmed index of technological information related to engineering, manufacturing and other areas, Runmer said. On Campus TONIGHT; A MUSICAL MYSTERY BICYCLE TOUR, sponsored by the Mt. Oread Bicycle Club, will start at 6 in Southampton and end at 8 in Aberdeen, "will be shown" in Sedarwood Auditorium, Kansas Union Admission is $1. A play that is sponsored by the Kansas Repertory Theatre, "INHERIT THEATRE," will begin at 8 in the University Theatre, Murphy Hall TOMORROW: A SHORT, SLOW DISTANCE BICYCLE TOUR, sponsored by the M. Oral Bicycle Club, will start at 5 p.m. in the Kansas State University only. The KU SAILING CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. in the Kansas Union. A STAGE BAND JAZZ CONCERT will be at 7:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall. A play presented by the Kansas Repertory Theater will be a DARK ON THE MOON" will be at 8 p.m. in the University Theatre, Murphy Hall. J.Watson's FRI. JULY 22 SAT. JULY 23 ON TAP 52.00 cover rack and to, 19.15 D15C0 Tues.-Thurs., with 19.15 D15C0 Tues.-Thurs., with 19.15 Pool pinball, fussball, backgammon, dominos, Michelob on tap, giant screen TV the Pearl Gallery. Open 7 days. The subject to be researched is fed into a terminal at the center. Then it goes to Lockheed in California, which sends back a print-out bibliography. The investigators then order microfiche copies of various journals and publications through normal channels if the information is not published in thepusus or at the other libraries. Rummer said. The compiled information is read and digested to provide information to the small business. Rummer said each business requested information on a specific topic. *THE THING WE'RE RETRYING to do is* to provide answers to people's questions as opposed to finding them a book to read," he问. "What approach to the type of question beinf asked?" HILLCREST SHOPPING CENTER 841-BEER The areas of technology that have already been researched are diverse. They include ink drying, photo composition, modular housing and wall panels. Rummer said most of the requests were for information on techniques used in types of insulation, energy conservation and biogas—a gas made from biological materials such as sewage and croon waste. Over 100 of the requests have been torrified on information solar energy for residential heating and cooling, Summer said. The people who request this type of information, either contractors or associated with heating, and air conditioning businesses. THE FUNDING that the assistance program received from the U.S. Small Business Administration was a $32,000 grant. Rummer said this money was used to cover the costs of each small business using the program. The business pays for additional searches. Alcohol Safety Action Project (ASAP) was formed in Lawrence last October. In Kansas, there are 40 such units; however, only three are as large as Lawrence. THE PROGRAM TREATS drinking drivers in three stages, Beale said. They are enforcement and detection, judicial and evaluation, training and education. Twenty police officers are employed on overtime duty. They work 16 to 14 hours a month and have been trained in gathering evidence that would convict a drunken driver. They are shown how to spot a driver that has been drinking. The police officers work on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. and on Sunday from 4 p.m. to midnight for the project. They only purchased for the project. Their only objective is to look for drinking drivers. Beaal said, "We always other call unless it is an emergency, he said." The project was funded for a 12-month period and for approximately 300 requests. Rummer said he and his staff had received requests since the program began last March. MOST PEOPLE, BEALED, think that drunken drivers drive their cars recklessly. However, he said that instead of being reckless, the driver is often overly cautious. For example, he may go 15 miles an hour, stow at green lights and stop ierkly. The Lawrence police department's policy is that an officer must have probable cause to pull a car over, he said. However, Lawrence officials are nothing from speeding to impudent driving. “One of the biggest indicators of driving after drinking is driving without any headlights on after dark.” Beale said. This could have been overed for this reason have been drinking.” IF THE OFFICERS decide to stop a car because they pressure the driver is drunk, they should be penalized. "Thetypical response of a driver, if a police officer asks if he has been drinking, is "You only have a couple of beers," Beale said. "And we have been drinking vodka or anvine else." The officers will also test for alcohol on the driver's breath and look around for open windows. Several tests are performed if the officers then want to determine whether the driver has been drinking. These are called field sobriety tests and are made up of performance activities, such as making the driver walk a straight line or pickup up different coins. The officers may also ask the driver to say the abbreviation. is piling over. This enables them to see how the driver is driving the car. Beaks aid "YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE how many people learned to say the alphabet by hand." If the officers observe from the test that the driver has been drinking, he is charged with operating under the influence of alcohol (OUI). This is slightly different, legally, from driving while intoxicated or drunk. It would be better to have see the driver actually drive the car. "We aren't trying to railroad anybody," Beaulie said. OUI is one of the most serious municipal offenses, Beale said. The officers are there extremely careful about gathering the proper evidence, he said. The person charged is taken to the police department and given a blood test. The person can refuse to submit to this test, but if he does so, it will be in the defense for a time and can still be prosecuted. THE LEGAL LIMIT of alcohol in the bloodstream to be declared drunk is 10 per ceent, he said. This is equivalent to seven beers in two hours for a person who weighs 170 pounds and has eaten no food. Various amounts of alcohol make each case different. The next stage of the project deals with the judicial part. The person charged is scheduled for trial and is usually involved in a case. Since a bail sentence is involved, Beale said. If the amount of alcohol was found to be just under, or just over, the legal limit, the prosecutor may do some plea bargaining. Beale said. However, the second of all these types of prosecutors is naturally prosecuted. IF FOUND GULTY, he is evaluated to determine whether he is a problem drinker, Beale said. Fifteen per cent do have alcohol or are classified as alcohols he said. All those found guilty are then sent to the Alcohol Information School. People found guilty of reckless driving are also sent there. The school consists of four 2-hour sessions held on Wednesday evenings. One-third of the school's curriculum deals with general information about alcohol, another third with drinking and driving and the remainder of the school with alcohol abuse. "We get a pretty good response from the people who attend," he said. BEALE SAID THAT finding an average offender would be difficult. Many people, he said, think the project was set up just to catch KU students. However, out of the 111 arrests made since December, he said, only 13 to 14 per cent have been KU students. SEDUCED AND ABANDONED (1964) MIDDLE OF THE WORLD (1974) Written and directed by PIETRO GERMI (Divorce Italian Style), (Italy/subtitles). Perhaps the funniest of Germini satires of sex novels. For $10, Festival Best Actor. Wednesday. July 20, 7:30 p.m. Color $1.00 RUSH TO JUDGEMENT (1967) DIR, ALAIN TANNER, (Switzerland-French/subtitles). An erotic and occasionally funny film of the life of a teenage individual from different social positions told from a feminist persecutor. Day, July 22, 7:30 p.m. $1.25 DIR. EMILE E DANTONIO , the EMILE E DANTONIO the Warren Report and its investigation into the Kennedy assassination. Monday, July 25, 7:30 FILMS Woodruff Auditorium Kansas Union KU student employe loans possible at KU credit union Some University of Kansas students who need money to pay tuition, room and board or books expenses this fall may be able to borrow funds from the Kansas University Federal Credit Union. Part-time students who work 20 hours or less in a University job and who are paid monthly can apply for loans, according to the manager-treasurer of the credit union. Being able to borrow from the credit union may be a financial lifesaver for some students because University funds for the fall are exhausted, according to Jerry Rogers, director of the Office of Student Affairs at St. Michael's College, allocated to applicants who had applied and had necessary forms on file before the Feb. 15, 1977, deadline. She said that a $$ deposit enabled students to borrow money but that the amounts borrowed would depend upon what the student earned in his University job. Price said that loans carried a simple one per cent interest charge on the unpaid balance from the date of the loan and that it must be repaid in monthly installments. "Any money from loans comes back to the credit union members on their savings in the form of dividends," she said. "The monthly payments make quarterly dividends, six per cent paid day in and day out on earnings." "We've got $1 million in surplus, ready to buy," said Baldwin. "We'd get about $3 million in assets." A student could borrow money on a parent's signature, Price said, or borrow up AS MUCH HEAD AND LEG ROOM AS SOME MEDIUM-SIZED CARS. Bob Hopkins' Volkswagen Inc. 2562 IOWA The Transcendental Meditation Program Create an Ideal Society The progress of society is founded upon the growth of consciousness of each individual Maharashtra: Yashwant Youi Governor's Room Kansas Union Free Introductory Lecture Wednesday, July 20, 7:30 p.m. ©1976 World Plant Executive Council - all rights reserved Transcontinental Management is a service of WFC-C, a tuteau educational organization For Information: 842-1225 to his own net worth on his own signature. Students can also buy shares in the credit union at $$ a share and can borrow against what they have in savings in the credit union. But if a student has savings and collateral, he can borrow more. Price said. "If a student has $200 in the credit union and a car that's paid for and worth $2,000, for example, he could borrow, $2,200," she said. The credit union began in January 1962 A nonprofit corporation, the credit union is owned and operated by faculty, staff and students. Faculty and staff can also buy shares and borrow money, she said. "We started out really small," Price said. "We would never come when we thought we wouldn't make it." But from July 1973 to July 1977, she said, assets increased from $200,000 to $3 million. SPECIAL B-B-Q LOIN BACK RIBS 5 Mini Rib Slabs Coleslaw, fries, toast or bread $3.95 TUES. & WED. NITE 5:00 p.m. to close 719 Mass. All our meats are Slow-Roasted over a Hickory-Fire to give you the finest in Deep Pit Barbeque Flavor. Open Mon.-Thurs. 11-9 Fri. & Sat. 11-11, Sun. 5-10 WILLIE NELSON RED HEADED STRANGER including Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain Bandanna Time Of The Preacher On the Wheel Red Head Shred If you've got the money, honey, we've got the hits! 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