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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1978
Page
6
Lori Helm and fellow JOURNAL-WORLD students weigh in on penalties for truancy and runaway behavior. Opinions vary from favoring fewer sanctions to preferring counseling and family involvement over detention centers.
West Junior High clubs hosted a Fasching style costume party with clowns jungle women cowboys and two wild and crazy guys winning top prizes. West won a Jan. 30 chess meet 6 2 2 to 2 . The school announced poster contest winners pep rally skit and Blue Day winners as ninth grade reprs and alternates were named along with eighth and seventh grade reps.
Rose Marie Lansing of Houston filed a 1.25 million dollar federal suit in Wichita against Bede Aircraft Co and president James Bede over the Feb 11, 1976 death of Walter Lansing Jr. The complaint alleges plane defects and negligence after the BD51 crashed on its first flight. Lansing’s plane had been test flown by a Bede representative before the accident. Bede Aircraft was recently evicted from Newton’s airport for nonpayment of rent, assets sold for 21,105 dollars, amid a 28,000 dollar judgment. The firm seeks a federal loan to build an assembly plant in Petersburg, Virginia.
Rev. Jesse Jackson's Operation PUSH board issued resolutions at a Kansas City news conference urging full black voter registration. The group, People United to Save Humanity, broadened its focus to national and international issues, backing Panama Canal treaties and a world conference against racism while calling for an investigation into why most inmates are Black. Jackson cited 9 million of 16 million eligible Black Americans registered to vote.
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