The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 64, No. 140, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 13, 1978 Page: 1 of 14
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T«esoey I'tba 'apiece* Thomas Brett
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•iu ba raieaaad today by Or Bob Mitchen
Fair skies stay
Oklahoma weather win be fair and mild through
tonight Ctouda wilt increase from the northwest
on Friday bringing cooler temperature* The
high today i* expected in the 70* with low*
tonight ranging from «2 to 52 Htgha Friday
ahouid be In the tow 70*
Sun flare occurs
Ntw »OR« (AR) — tt »r aatronaut had bean
work,ng outside hi* apace vehicle thi* week, a
aoiar her* early warning center would have toid
him to get back inside The condition* *t one
■egion of th* sola' surface — tunapot activity,
magnetic configuration other factor* — mad* a
toiar here tikety. according to a ’o'*ca*ta< at the
Spece environmental Service* Center in
Boulder Colo And on Tuesday the center *
parent organization the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration reported the moet
riotent solar hare in nearly four year* The hare
win produce a magnetic storm m the aerth a
magnetic f«ld starting Thursday an NOAA
apoeesmar t*,<j
There was a partial Israeli
"t Tuesday, and
revenge." apparently refen- another is scheduled Friday,
mg to the year’s first major but that will leave most of the
were claimed more than ISO lives control.
Vance trip begins
WASHINGTON (ARi — B'oad based black rule in
Rhodes* and a nuclear weapon* limitation traa
ty that can get through the Senate are th* goal*
of Secretary of State Cyrus R V»nca * trip to
Africa and Europe The mieaton which began
Wednesday night (* open-ended Vance hope*
It will lead to a Rhodesian conference in M*ita or
Geneva with th* militant Patriotic Front sitting
beside moderate black* and 'aprewntative* of
Prime Minister i*n 0 Smith leader of th* white
minority
Police face woes
HOUSTON (ap» — When Chief Harry Caidw*ii
toid a ponce award* luncheon thi* wee* that dit-
hcutt time* <ay ahead for the beleaguered
department in th* nation a fifth-iargeat city, one
o’ tho*e iiatemng was Aaeiaunt Chief Carrol
Lynn a tew hour* later Lynn was arreeted by
FBI agent* and arraigned before a federal
magiatrat* on charges of obstructing justice in
connection with an aueged MS 900 bribery
acheme The arrest was the latest problem of s
department already under fir* from the city's
biack and Mencan-Amencan communities over
alleged brutality
Gienn Snider, a Regent* professor of education
at OU examinee and analytes th* image of th*
university the Publish or perish philosophy
faculty member* are forced to deal with and
some other problems facing OU Snider offers
some interesting suggestions on how ad-
ministrator* and school supporters should
resolve tneee problem* on peg** to and 11
campus brief*
•ntertalnm*nt
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Public hearing
Norman resident* attend a public hearing on the • denmg of
Jenkins Avenu*
>♦ ANDY RIEGER
Approximately 75 persons turned out for
a public hearing Uednesdsy night concern-
ing the proposed widening of Jenkins
Avenue from Lindsey Street to State
Highway Nine to make their voices known
to the authorities
The hearing was conducted bv Al Dilts of
the Oklahoma State Department of
Transportation However. Dili* affirmed
that the project was proposed by the City of
Norman and that the state »as acting as the
banker and liason between the city and the
federal government.
Although the state official contended
that the preliminary studies of the project
show no resident relocation would be war-
ranted. many residents were emphatically
against the proposal
The specifications of the proposal in-
clude making Jenkins four-lane from State
Highway Nine to a point just north of
Lmdsey Street
The imp would include a median with
sod from the highway to Constitution
Street and then the road would remain
four-lane and a maximum of 52 feet wide
northward to Lindsey
The proposal also includes three
pedestrian crossings and the placing of a
traffic activated signal light at the intersec-
tune" closing any other dorms next fall besides those
two
“There’s a long range plan to eliminate Wilson
(center)," Sharp Mid But he added that W ilson Center
dormitories will be phased out gradually. one at a time
Sharp aid he was also pleased at Federal Aviation
Administration plans to occupy part of Cross Center,
which he Mid "remodels it for us at their cost "
Van Hauen said the estimated cost of preparing the
buildings fot the FAA i* S3 J 5.000 but added that rent
paid by the FAA “will allow us to more than recover the
cost" of remodeling If the FAA decided to move out,
they would leave excellent facilities behind for the
university, he Mid.
Student Congress Chairman Neal Martin and OU
Student Association President Tim Hightower were
among the students present when the Student Affairs
Committee discussed Student Congress' faculty evalua-
tion bill.
Martin told regents Charles Engleman and Dr
Ronald H W hite that the UOSA had tried to publish a
faculty evaluation handbook in the past While it pro-
vided useful information, about 75 per cent of OU’*
faculty refused to allow the results of student evalua-
tions to be published tn the handbook, he Mid, and the
person m charge of the handbook recommended at the
tune that faculty participation be increased or the pro-
ject be dropped
Martin said it was necessary to require that faculty
member > paiiKipate m> studeeis would nave ’ cuesuMer
information when they were planning which classes to
take.
Martin Mid it is necessary to ask at some point
whether the university operates for the benefit of the
faculty or of the students
ipeak mg for the administration, Provost Barbara
lehimg Mid she did not oppose faculty evaluations, and
(coatteeed *• page 2)
Almost 3.000 students voted in the OU Student Association
runoff election Wednesday. Election Board Chairman Warren
Leighton Mid late W ednesday night
Election results were not available at press time
The ballots were hand-counted “to cut cost,” Leighton Mid Elec-
tion results would not be released until the ballots had been counted
at least three times, Leighton Mid
Neal Martin, Chairman of Student Congress, made the decision to
hand-count the ballots because it would cost at least $120 to have it
done by computer The ballots cost four cents apiece to process
through the computer. Martin Mid
Because locks were missing on some of the ballot boxes, either of
the UOSA candidates could contest the election. Leighton Mid
The ballot boxes were not locked "because somehow the Election
Hoard lost the keys (to the locks)," Martin Mid
non of Jenkins and Highway Nine
The crosswalks which Dilis Mid will pro-
bably be pedestrian activated will be
located near the Lloyd Noble Center, adja-
cent to the University Apartments Center
and near the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
An added item on the proposal is the
construction of an arterial spur heading
west off of Jenkins at the point where Im
hoff Road would intersect if it was fully ex
’ended
A representative of the architectural firm
Russell. Gravlm, Douglas and Cornell
stated that the spur was drawn into the pro-
posal at the request of the city and the
university in anticipation of future expan-
sion
The project also includes provision* foe a
bike pathway to be constructed from the
Imhoff Road spur to Lindsey Street
Many resident* of the area voiced con-
cern about the problems caused when the
change is made from four-lane to two-lane
near the stadium
C E Springer, 161? $ Jenkins Av*.,
noted that his experience in driving on
Jenkins has shown that the moxt congested
area during normal traffic day* is the *ec-
tion between Lindsey and Boyd Avenue
Springer suggested routing traffic one
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{*’ ’ ications. the firm who make application with the
way amount of state business over the past five years
•’T be chosen
According to records at the State Board of Affairs. “
■I* i* A Spitz has more (state business in the last five
J*ar*i than two other firms considered," Dr William
u Thurman, HSC provost. Mid Wednesday.
Blevim A Spitz has filed a complaint with the Board
01 A am about how much business it ha* done for the
’ta'r m the past five years
'ey (Blevins A Spitz) have asked to talk to the
Board (of Affairs) and they are on the agenda for next
lueiday." Allie Isom, chief engineer for the Board of
Af am, Mid "I don’t know and probably won’t know
•hat evidence they have until next Tuesday "
The ( ommittee also discussed how selection of ar
chr rctaral firms in the future might be done
A-hur Tuttle, university architect. Mid hts office in
the past has "chosen the most qualified (firm) from a
group of highly qualified (firms) " Tuttle also Mid it
had been the practice of his department to recommend
to the regents the firm most qualified, but the final
judgment was left for the regents to make
Both state business and university business were
taken into consideration" in the selection process done
by his office. Tuttle Mid.
I think the regents should have more review of the
firms,. Richard Bell, a regent and Norman attorney,
said I think we (the regents) should come up with a list
of things to consider, like how much university work a
firm has done, how much state work and support for
the university."
At the suggestion of OU President Paul F Sharp, fur-
ther action on the future selection of architects was
delayed until a later date
By TOM JACKSON
Housing rates for dormitory rooms and food services
won’t be raised next year, delighted OU administrators
announced Wednesday during committee meeting* of
the OU regents
"In an age of rising rates for everything, I’m im-
mensely pleajed,” Mid OL President Paul F. Sharp
During the Mme afternoon, the regents’ Student Af-
fairs Committee upheld a veto by Sharp of a Student
Congress bill which would force faculty members to
cooperate in supplying information to a faculty evalua-
tion handbook
The vetoed bill would have required faculty members
to release information from student evaluations of their
classes
Steve Van Hauen, interim vice president for ad-
ministrative and financial services, listed several reasons
why it wouldn't be necesMry to raise the rent for
students living in housing.
Because Whitehand Hall and Worcester House
being transferred out of the housing system, operating
expenses will be reduced, he Mid.
Information supplied to the regents by Van Hauen
also cues Mvmgs in utility costs by using time clocks,
which turn off heating and air conditioning systems
when they are not being used
However. President Sharp does recommend that the
monthly rates for Kraettli and Yorkshire apartments be
increased Effective July I, rent* for Kraettli will have
to be increased S10 a month, with S10 and $15 a month
increases for Yorkshire.
The apartments are "a different operation." Sharp
Mid. "They 're not in the bond issues, fot example ”
Still, Sharp My* he is ven pleased that room and
board foe dorms won’t have to be increased
"I am surprised that wedoa t need to. 1 really think it
■ quite a remarkable feat," he said
Sharp, who referred to Whitehand and Worcester
as io*s leaders." said he did not anticipate "at this
Chicken anyone?
WASHINGTON (AR) — Mor* poultry and lea*
Owe* may soon show up in military mesa hen*
and school catetena* a* part pt President
Carter * new entl-inflatlon program edmintatre-
t'on oHiciai* sex] Wednesday Tom Joyce a
»po**«m*n »or m* Council on Wage and Price
Stability and Lester Fettig who i* in charge of
’ederai buying policy said meat i* a
hypothetical •■•mpi* o* where the govern-
ment might economize Th* pr<* of meat i* ex-
pected to rip* to per cent to U per cent this
year Th* Pentagon buy* a'g* quantiti** of
bee* for th* military snd the Agriculture Depart-
ment maxes purchase* for th* school lunch pro-
gram
TULSA. Okla (AR) — An attorney who sought
state permission io teat marijuana and other
drugs for herbicide contamination sharply
criticized Gov David Boren Wednesday after
Boren announced hi* opposition to th* plan -ft
appear* that Governor Boren i* attempting to
propel himaeit to the U S Senate over th* char-
red director of the Oklahoma chapter of the Na-
tional Organization for the Reform of Marijuana
Law* Martin said that by opposing drug testing.
Boren i* tailing marijuana smoker* to go to
hen " Boren has written a letter to the director
of th* Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotic* and
Dangerous Drug* Richard Hervey, in which he
My* it would be improper tor the slate to allow
the testing of illegal drug*
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — tent to end the fighting and last February
A Syrian Army captain,
whose unit was firing a
Rus»ian-made rocket into the
Architectural discussion postponed
By JANE DAVENPORT
The Facilities Planning Committee of the OU Board
of Regent* delayed until Thursday morning dttcuttion
of the controversial Health Science* Center parking
garage architectural contract
DiKUttton was postponed in order to get a ruling
from the State Board of Affair* on a complaint lodged
by Blevins A Spitz, the Shawnee based architectural
firm chosen in January by the regents to work on the
proposed HSC parking garage
The regents have come under criticism recently fot
swarding the contract to Blevins A Spitz over other
firms recommended for the contract An Oklahoma Ci-
ty architectural association ha* charged in a letter to
Gov David Boren that the regents did not follow state
statute* and "deviated" from state law m the selection
process
Slate law indicate* that, all the firm* are of equal
The Oklahoma Dail
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Syrian troops pumped cannon
and rocket fire into a crowded w „
Christian netghorhood here ed up at the Svnanv concen
fighting between’Chnit'iani Thousand* of Chritiian
35 live* in four day*. their apartment* or
The Syrian* were trying to ba*ement shelter*
blast Christian mihtMmen out
of sniper nests and machine-
gun position* in
sources of fire "
The Beirut fighting drew at-
the fire engines braved heavy fire where half of a 4.000-man
— p.------------ Lnited Nations force was fir-
Residents of the adjacent ordered their militia* not to PalAtmian* guerrilla?
Moslem district of Chiyah fire "except in extreme cases Israeli forces
Mid the Syruns were not fir- of seif defense " Calm return- F_
mg their way. but Mid they ed to the area by nightfall, by the end of'this'mon'th to
were receiving some fire from although there was no officml oversee the withdrawal of
the Christian sector cease-fire Israeli troops from the reg>on
The flare-up came on the Former President Camille and turn it back to Lebanese
eve of the third anniverury of Chamoun, leader of the ultra- control
the outbreak of the 19-month rightist National Liberal Par- TL-..
civil war between Moslems ty, accused Syna of "taking pullback
police the truce
Shooting from Chiyah eas
Wednesday, trying to quell trated fire on Em Rummaneh rightist *tronghold*. toid The
fighting between Christians Thousand* of Christian Assocmted Press his orders
and Moslems that has claimed civilians there were trapped m were to "*how no favoritism
hid in *e are only shooting at the
Hospitals iwued appeals for
blood, and ambulances and tention from south’Lebanon
neighborood of Em Rum m the embattled area. I' ' .... ...
maneh m east Beirut Christian leaders Mid they mmg up positions between
Residents of the adjacent ordered their militias not to Palestinian guerrillas and
Moslem district of Chiyah fire "except m extreme cases Israeli forces
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and Christian* that claimed
37,000 lives in 1975-76. The __
predominantly Syrian Arab Christian-Syrian clash that territory Mill under Israeli
apparently refen- another is scheduled Friday,
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