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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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daily damage the very expensive computers themselves. A list of the damaged equipment is attached, with the estimated cost of repair or replacement. The estimated cost of repairing the building is $27,000, exclusive of damage to the addition to the building which is under construction and, hence, is covered by builders' risk insurance. One of the W I L L radio towers was among the many towers and antennas in the Urbana-Champaign area that fell during the heavy ice storm on January 27. As indicated in Director F r a n k E. Schooley's memorandum, the cost of constructing two guyed towers at $28,140 is less than replacing the self-supporting tower with one which would be identical with the standing tower. The Vice-President and Comptroller recommends that the University administration be authorized to request an emergency appropriation of $228,840 from the General Assembly to cover these casualty losses. I concur and further recommend that the concurrence of the Illinois Board of Higher Education be requested. O n m o t i o n of M r . C l e m e n t , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d . CONTRACT FOR RESEARCH ON APPLICATION OF SEWAGE SLUDGE TO FIELD CROPS T h e Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago has offered the University of Illinois a research contract in the amount of $600,000 to perform a study of the agricultural benefits and environmental changes resulting from the use of digested sewage sludge on field crops over a three-year period beginning in April, 1967. T h e project will involve the Departments of Agronomy and Civil Engineering initially and might require participation of other departments at a later date. Specifically, the study will seek to determine feasibility of using digested sewage that comes from the city's sewage treatment plants on agricultural lands. It will involve studying whether this can be done without harmful contamination of surface and ground waters and without adverse effects on soils and crops. Chemical, physical, and biological studies will be made. The aim of the project is to solve problems encountered by Chicago and other large metropolitan areas in disposing of sludge from treatment plants as well as to find cheap sources of plant nutrients for agricultural crops. The only similar project known to be operating is one sponsored by the United States Public Health Service in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area. T h e cost for the first year of operation will be $273,000. The University expects to recover all costs of research involved under the contract. The Dean of the College of Agriculture, the Executive Vice-President and Provost, and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend acceptance of this contract. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . C l e m e n t , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d . T h e b u s i n e s s of t h e E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e h a v i n g b e e n c o n c l u d e d , o n m o t i o n of M r . C l e m e n t , t h e C o m m i t t e e a d j o u r n e d . T h e E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e of T h e B o a r d of T r u s t e e s of t h e U n i v e r s i t y of I l l i n o i s

HOWARD W. EARL W. PORTER TIMOTHY W. CLEMENT SWAIN

Secretary

and Clerk

W A Y N E A. JOHNSTON,

Chairman