UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, January 26, 1996
5A
Treasurer seeks Senate
By Scott MacWilliams Kansan staff writer
Kansas State Treasurer Sally Thompson told KU students last night of her intention to run for the U.S. Senate.
Thompson, a Democrat, told about 30 people at a meeting of KU Young Democrats at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union that she planned to run for the seat presently held by Republican Sen. Nancy Kassebaum. Thompson said she would formally announce her candidacy Feb. 17 at her 56th birthday party in Topeka.
Thompson, who is a certified public accountant and has been a bank president, characterized herself as a nontraditional student. She said she had come from a working-family background.
"I didn't finish my degree until I was 35," Thompson said. "I am a firm believer in education for life."
Thompson is fighting with the Republican leadership of the Kansas Legislature concerning her work as State Treasurer.
The Republicans claimed that Thompson cost the state $20 million in bad investments in 1994.
Thompson answered the charge last night by holding up an audit that she said indicated her office netted $210 million in 1994. She also said her office generated another $300 million in the three years since she initiated the state Municipal Investment Pool in 1992.
Brian Flink / KANSAN
Thompson said those results were better than Pat Roberts', the Kansas Republican congressman who also is running for the Senate spot.
"What has Pat Roberts done in Washington?" Thompson asked. "He's accumulated a $4 million pension and help run up a $4 trillion debt."
State Treasurer Sally Thompson announces to KU Democrats, her candidacy for the United States Senate.
When asked about her positions regarding social issues, Thompson characterized herself as an abortion-rights advocate and a member of the National Organization for Women.
"Obviously, I am a strong believer in education, and I also believe children need to be given enough self esteem to deal with the difficult choices they face," she said.
State House OKs speed increase
Kansan staff report
A higher speed limit cleared its first roadblock yesterday in the Kansas House of Representatives.
On Wednesday, legislators tried introducing amendments to maintain the current speed limits and others that would have raised it even further. However, the amendments were defeated. The bill now will proceed to the Senate.
By a vote of 72-51, the House passed a bill that would raise speed limits to 70 mph on rural interstates and 65 mph on all other highways. In the bill, the secretary of transportation could lower the speed limit on certain roads depending on road specifications and traffic flow.
State Sen. Sandy Praeger, R-Lawrence, said the Senate likely would try to change the interstate limits in the bill.
"My guess is that there will be attempts to raise it from 70 to 75." Praeger said.
She said she did not support such an increase.
"We know that the lower speed limit has had an impact on highway deaths," she said. "We need a speed limit that's rational."
In other legislative activity this week, the House Judiciary Committee heard testimony on a zero-tolerance measure that would bring stricter blood alcohol measures for drivers less than 21 years old.
David Adkins, R-Leawood, who is vice chairman of the committee, said he strongly supported the measure. Adkins predicted that the legislation would be passed by the committee, but that its fate was less certain in the full House.
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