Renewal Worker
A three-foot-thick stone wall of the records vault in the Douglas County Courthouse yelled Tuesday to the pounding of a workman's jackhammer. The enlargement of the wall was necessary because it was in the middle of the courtyard.
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From our wire services
Vocal general called home
WASHINGTON-A four-star U.S. general in Germany is under orders to report immediately to the Pentagon for saying publicly that the United States would probably get involved in a future war, an Army spokesman said yesterday.
The spokesman said that Army Secretary Clifford L. Alexander issued the order to LT. Gen. Donn A. Starry, who has been commander of the U.S. 5th Corps in Germany for 16 months. It was the second time in a month that
a high-ranking military official has been summoned to Washington for making controversial remarks.
It was the second time in a month that
president Carter had a personal showdown meeting May 21 with two-star Gen. John Singlaub and removed him as chief of staff of U.S. forces in Korea. Singlaub had predicted that the withdrawal of America troops from Korea would begin earlier this month. Penagon later resigned Singlaub to Ft. McPherson, Ga., where he will be chief of staff of the U.S. Army Forces Command.
Reporter held in Moscow
MOSCOW-American newman Robert Toth was interrogated for $6½ hours by Soviet security agents yesterday, but in Washington the State Department said that the Russians were not planning to bring charges against him.
Officials in Washington said they received the information from Toth, not from the Soviets. KGB interrogators previously told Toth, a correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, that he was being questioned as a witness, not as a suspect.
There was speculation in Moscow that Toth was being questioned to compile testimony against Shcharanaky, a former Soviet spy, who is reportedly charged with espionage.
B-1 construction under fire
HARTFORD, Conn.—An environmental group said only nine states, including Kansas, would benefit financially from proposed B-1 bomber construction program.
The Environmental Action Foundation, which opposes the construction program, released a study that revealed that 41 states would pay out more in taxes than they would receive in federal contracts and subcontracts.
for a large number of American cities, counties and states, already beaugrenanted and bleeding from budget cuts, but still having a substantial addition on the fabric of their communities," James Anderson, the study's director, concluded.
The foundation said that only two states in the economically depressed South have a job.
President Carter is currently considering whether to endorse the $24.8 billion program recommended by the Pentagon for the planes.
Ohio - would benefit if the federal government went ahead with its plans to build 944 of the controversial planes.
Gulf Oil charged with bribery
PITTSBURGH—The Gulf Oil Co. and two of its top officers were indicted on charges for paying for five vacations, including one in Las Vegas, that an Internal Revenue Service auditor took while investigating Gulf oil conspired, Gulf could be fined $00.00.
They were accused of giving former IRS tax auditor Cyrus Niederberger $3,294.92 worth of vacations to Pompano Beach, FL; and Abson, N.J. Beach, Call; and Abson, N.J.
and Joseph Fitzgerald, manager for federal tax compliance.
Named in the nine-count indictment were the corporation; Fred Standefer, vice president for tax administration;
Warm and humid today and tomorrow with temperatures in the 90s, according to the Topeka office of the National Service. Skies will be partly cloudy.
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One part of the indictment specifically charges Gulf with giving Nielsenberger junks to he was investigating. The other involved a valve in illegal campaign contributions.
Baseball
Renovation of county courthouse bears more expensive price tag
Staff Writer
By CHRISTOPHER COX
Some confusion apparently existed about the remodeling now in progress on the Douglas County Courthouse and its projected cost.
American League--Texas 6, Cleveland
0; Milwaukee 6, Baltimore 2.
National League—Montreal 2, Houston
0: New York 6, Atlanta 5.
The contusion stemmed from an apparent rise in cost of the building renovation from $800,000 in 1975 to almost $1.16
However, there never was a cost estimate of $600,000 given for the project, according to both Peters, Williams and Kubota, the Lawrence architectural firm working on the building Coleman, federal funding consultant for the county.
At the time the courthouse renovation was planned in early 1975, the county had only a possible $800,000 to spend on the project. Under the law, the county could appropriate construction contracts to commit it to the project by signing construction contracts.
Coleman said that the Kansas cash basis law stipulated that enough funds be available at the time a project was begun. He also noted that the project's cost is
When revenue sharing funds became available in January 1977, Coleman said the county was then able to go
to its architect for an estimated cost and begin contracting for the remodeling.
Jim Williams, of Peters, Williams and Kubota, the farm had always told the county the remodeling would cost and that it would take some years.
The July 1976 estimate supplied by the firm was indeed close, coming to $1.19 million. This figure was later trimmed by the county because they lacked the necessary funds.
However, late last month the commissioners indicated that enough money would be available to remit parts of the bill.
The current $1.16 million projection includes construction work of almost $253,000 that bank "barn" has bid on, as well as ongoing improvements to the building.
Part of the construction work is the replacement of plastering in the building. During the ripping out of wall paneling in the courthouse, it was discovered that the plastering of the 74-year-old structure had rotted.
Most of the unexpected costs of the project will probably be paid from contingency expenditures the county has available through revenue sharing funds that financed the remodeling project.
Williams said he wasn't sure how much the plastering would cost, but indicated it would probably be "more than it"
Unanticipated work like the plastering has already escalated the renovation cost somewhat. The replacement
Colleman said that $242,300 had been paid thus far with revenue sharing funds, and that almost 95 per cent of the renovation cost will be paid with them. The remaining 65 percent will be paid to the Douglas County general operating fund, he said.
of the building's slate roof, Williams added, between $30 and $90 million to the project's cost.
According to figures provided by Coleman, between now and the end of year the Douglas County is to receive $1,129,400 in revenue sharing funds, of which $811,300 can be used. An additional $150,743 can be used for the project next year.
In total revenue sharing funds, the figures show that the county will have up to 1,811,366 available for use to the end
Coleman said that bids on the remaining interior work, as well as other remodeling projects, could be taken as early as October, provided the county had unencumbered funds available to comply with the cash basis law.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
Vol. 87, No.145
Thursday, June 16, 1977
KU helps NASA explore Venus
By DIANE WOLKOW
Staff Writer
An experiment carried out over Ft. Riley yesterday may help scientists learn more about the naked Venus.
The experiment, headed by Vincent Muirhead, chairman of aerospace engineering at the University of Kansas, is part of a project with the NASA Ames Research Center of Applied Physics, and will conduct multiple mission that will be launched on Aug. 10, 2078.
An objective of the mission is to determine the nature and composition of VENUS' on-land cloud cover by using a remote sensing technique.
Scientists will analyze data to determine the composition and structure of the Venusian atmosphere and the planet's atmosphere.
According to Muirhead, the actual Pioneer mission will命名为 a "bus" with four probes on it that will be launched.
A large spherical entry probe will be released from the carrier vehicle on Nov. 15, 1978. The probe will carry out a detailed sounding of the lower Venusian atmosphere and clouds.
AT 88 KILOMETERS above Venus, Murhead said, the probe will deploy a parachute and enter the atmosphere. Then, at 44 kilometers above the planet, it will jettison the chute before hitting the planet's surface.
Three smaller, conically-shaped probes will be released on November 19, 1788. They will "bullet" into Vernus.
The three small probes will land in different areas on the planet and take measurements of those widely separated
"Basically, what we're doing," said Murhead, "is preparing for the mission."
Muirhead and his team began designing the probes in January and started assembling them in March. Other members of the team were Doug Carlson, May graduate of the School of Engineering; Steve Ericson, Lawrence junior; Howard Henry, Big Springs graduate student; and Trevor Sorensen, Munlind. S.C. graduate student
Muirhead said his research team was making tests that would simulate the conditions the probes would encounter.
IN YESTERDAY'S EXPERIMENT, a model of the small probes was dropped from an altitude of 10,000 ft. preparation for the drop took almost a day. The actual drop was not followed up by any additional scattered back to the ground, as it will be in the actual mission.
By simulating the multiprobe mission and studying the characteristics of the robe as it falls to the ground,
Muirhead said, scientists will be able to interpret the data from the mission to Venus.
100 said the experiment was conducted at FT. Lue, because normal aircraft are restricted from the area. The
sunlight is not sufficient for flight.
According to Muirhead, his team recovered all the instrumentation it expected and recorded all its data from the Ft. Rile experiment. He said it would take several weeks to evaluate all the information.
Muirhead he hoped that a simulation of the large probe could be dropped two weeks from now.
The test probes are a different size from the ones that will be used in the actual mission, Muirhead said. They are larger and less dense to match the less dense atmosphere of the Earth.
Muirhead said the test probes were assembled at Nichols Aircraft. The actual proble will be made by Hughes Aircraft C
THE MULTIPROBE PROJECT is one of several contracts members of the aerospace engineering department at Airbus Aviation.
The multiprobe mission is one of two pioneer missions that will be sent to Vernis in 1978. In May of that year, an aircraft carrying a satellite was launched.
"We've been working in this general area for over three years," Muirhead said.
Woodcrafters design antiques
Staff Writer
Rv LOU ANN THOMAS
The woodworker proudly ran his fingers over the solidly constructed chair as if he was smoothing the grain. This chair will last indefinitely and can sustain generations of people, but now it probably will still be used in someone's living room.
Guerter de Vries, a German-born cabinetmaker and architect, began the Woodcrafters Guild in August 1975 as a place where independent woodworkers could work in the same location and help each other out.
The furniture maker is a craftsmans committed to his work and dedicated to quality. The Woodcrafter's Guild, 401 Elm St., offers such craftsmans a place to work in the company of other woodworkers.
Will Ordeal, a craftsman, has been working at the Guild building since its inception and describes it as "a wood-woven tapestry."
There are now five craftsmen at the Guild building, who
work independently but occasionally subcontract their services to De Vries. Each worker wooder rents space in the Guild building and provides his own tools and much of his equipment.
"There is some sharing of equipment, but the feeling is that if a person is genuinely interested in becoming a good woodcrafter he will want his own tools and equipment." Orvelt said.
Wes Jackson, another craftsman working at the Guild,
builds furniture, carves and does wood turning. Jackson
has a long history of woodworking.
"You may have a high mechanical aptitude to begin with, but that won't get you anywhere if you don't learn the basic principles."
He said there were woodworking schools available to those who could afford them.
"The only way to really learn woodworking is to do it." Orvieda said. "You need to have a commitment to it and you should have a plan."
The craftsmen at the Guild generally do not accept apprentices.
unprincipal we are opposed to the idea of profitting from someone else's labor." Orvald exclaimed.
The woodcrafters have an approach to their work not present in today's mass production.
"When a problem of design or construction arises, we must figure out ways to work with it." Orvaled said.
The craftman is not concerned with appealing to the mass market, Ovredal said, but is more concerned with creating a product of lasting quality. Each craftman is a specialist and can meet the specific needs of the people who come to work.
The work is not inexpensive. A large special order cabinet can cost several thousand dollars, depending on the materials used and the design. However, a craftsman's work is more esthetically pleasing as well as functional, Oversaid we.
Coolin' off
Children from the Hilltop Day Care Center found the Chi Omega Mountain a refreshing relief from the high temperatures yesterday.