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Monday, February 20, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
Local gas line safety suspect
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Darrell Norris, president of Quality Electric and Plumbing 1011 East 31st St., said that while repairing frozen water pipes during the recent cold spell, his crews found many dangerous gas line problems.
"People will take regular copper tubing and try to use it for a gas line," Norris said. "They think that if it will hold water, it will hold gas."
But Norris said this was false. He said the copper tubing did not seal tightly, which allowed for gas leaks around joints and fittings.
City code dictates that only black steel pipe or six feet or less of flexible tubing for stoves and clothes dryers is legal for gas lines.
Other restrictions limit running lines through walls and demand that shut-valves be regularly placed along the line.
Thomas said that all gas line installations were subject to the same city codes, whether they were for commercial buildings, multiple-family, or single-family dwellings. He said he was going to be applying a permit for the gas line work, and subsequent inspection of the finished work by his office.
"The only time an individual can do his own work is for his own residence." Thomas said.
And still that means applying for a permit, and signing a letter stating that it is the owner's place of residence, not inclusive of rental property, Thomas said.
All other buildings, whether rental houses, multiple family, or commercial, must have a licensed plumber do the gas line work.
Still, the codes are violated, and often go unnoticed until someone stumbles across the hazardous installations, Thomas said.
Norris said his company told customers when it discovered a potentially dangerous gas line installation.
"Usually we take care of it," Norris said. "But if not, we turn it over to the proper authorities."
The proper authority for gas installations inside the building is the city plumbing inspector. However, Thomas said that absentee laborers' warnings were turned directly over to KPS, which supplies Lawrence's natural gas.
"We encourage people to call us if there is a problem." Burger said.
Burger said that KPS regularly checked all lines for leaks and corrected any problems. However, he that gas lines inside private buildings were technically out of its jurisdiction.
"We supply service up to where it enters the wall," Burger said.
Burger said KPS rarely saw gas lines installed inside the home or business.
But if KPS discovers a gas line hazard within the building during routine service, such as lighting a pilot light or inspecting a leak, they try to fix smaller problems right on the spot, he said. So customers often problem arise off of service areas of a building or in extreme cases, service to the building itself would be halted until problems could be corrected.
Correction falls under city codes and under the jurisdiction of the city plumbing inspector.
"We send out a form letter informing the owner that they have 14 days to alleviate the problem," Thomas said. "Most people aren't aware that there is a problem."
Thomas said the owner of such property usually contacted a plumber to have the necessary work done, so compliance with the law was generally not a problem.
He said most people wanted to get the potential danger fixed as soon as they were told of the problem.
Duke insists he's not racist, despite past Klan leadership
NEW ORLEANS — David Ernest Duke insists that he is not a racist, but the ex-imperial wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klu Klan and the "Nazi of LSU" has had a difficult time convincing his detractors.
The Associated Press
His successful campaign for a seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives, representing a nearly all-white district in suburban New Orleans, drew cries of outrage and support from around the country.
Republicans showed no alarm at his decision to join the GOP two days before qualifying to run for the House seat until it looked as if he might win. The heavyweights, President Bush and former President Reagan, endorsed his opponent, Metairie homebuilder John Treen.
moments after Duke was narrowly elected Saturday, Republican Chairman Lee Atwater moved to bar the man from bearing the party's name.
It didn't matter to the jubilant state representative. "Who does he think he is? The people have spoken," Duke said.
Duke, 38, started courting controversy early when he joined the Kv
Klux Klan as a teen-ager. In college, he was known as the "Nazi of LSU" and was photographed wearing a shirt that read "Gas the Chicago 7."
He sharpened his oratory at Louisiana State University's Free Speech Alley, a public forum where he expressed his anti-black, anti-Jewish views, and evolved from his 28s into a state spokesman for the Ku Klux Klan.
But in 1890, Duke split with Klan leader Bill Wilkinson, who accused him of trying to sell secret membership lists. He staircase his own organization for the first time and called the National Association for the advancement of White People.
It was a new, unmasked Klan and he was the leader, engaged in family activities, wearing salon haircuts and exhibiting outspokenness about topics that were once approached only by hooded night riders.
last week, he said he had some remorse about his time with the KKK
"I regret it . . . because people might think I'm racially or religiously intolerant." Duke said.
Treen called the charismatic candidate "a master of deception" who was "spreading his Nazi venom across the United States."
gogusly minder than that he still is
And many think that he still is
Duke ran for president in 1988 and didn't make a ripple on election graphs. He tried first as a Democrat, and the party barred him from their headquarters. He then made a move to the Populist Party. The American Nazi leader Ralph Forbes of Arkansas as his campaign manager.
His name was on 15 state ballots,
and he polled 48,000 votes, about one-
half of 1 percent of the nationwide
tally.
His bid for the state House started off much better. On Jan. 21, he shocked observers by leading a seven-candidate field with 33 percent of the vote. Word spread quickly that Louisiana just might send a man who once presided over cross burnings to its Legislature.
As to the international spotlight turned to Metairie, articles related to Duke reappeared, such as the NAM News piece that suggested that the university would enter into different countries for citizens of certain ethnic backgrounds.
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