School Busing Debate at Lawrence High School
Lawrence High School and community members discuss using busing to achieve racial integration. The dialogue centers on fairness, practicality, and impact on students and families as plans are considered.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1972
Page
5
Not much controversy on busing in local high school
Doreen Bourque a 15 year old sophomore and daughter of Lt Col Arch Bourque says there is little controversy about busing in the area. She notes rural students mainly ride buses and reflects on past views when she lived outside Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doreen Bourque
Arch Bourque
Yellowstone
Lawrence
Sally Fessler
Dawn
Lawrence High School
Still bad schools claim by student critic
Greg Hack, a 16 year old junior and son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hack, argues that busing alone cannot fix school quality. He states blacks attend poorer schools and improving all schools is the real solution, with bus programs not being the total answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greg Hack
John Hack
Bill McNary
W. H. McNary
Avalon Rd
Students share views on busing and integration
Four teenagers and a 27 year old student weigh in on school bussing, arguing for and against integration. Ronald Goolsby and Sheri Blank discuss fairness and inconvenience, Barbara Groves supports voluntary options, while Bill McNary opposes busing as unnecessary.
Lawrence High School Forms Women’s Liberation Club
At Lawrence High School a women’s liberation consciousness group formed last fall, growing into a recognized club with a sponsor, constitution, posters, announcements, and a library shelf project. About 10 students attend regularly, with mixed attitudes from administration and peers, as they pursue education over activism and push for broader women’s history teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence High School
Ruth Warriner
LHS
Sarah Forer
Alice Owens
Dawn Schaffer
Women's Liberation Movement
LHS Club
Women's Liberation
South Junior High to stage True Blue and Trusted
South Junior High will present its first production of the year, a one act melodrama titled True Blue and Trusted, in two Friday assemblies. The cast includes Lynn Leban Cindy Crain Marcia Bloom Clark Cropp Chris Mire Tom Brooks Jeff Willis Nancy Clough with student director Danny Katz and sponsor-directors Mrs. Ann Rhodus and Mrs. Yvonne Hawkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Junior High
True Blue
Lynn Leban
Mrs. Lackamoney
Cindy Crain
Lily Lackamoney
Marcia Bloom
Grandmama Lackamoney
Clark Cropp
J. Tamarack Gargle
Chris Mire
Maxine Mascarra
Tom Brooks
Colonel John Beauregard
Jeff Willis
Balderdash Trustworthy
Nancy Clough
Reverend
Susan Hadl
Tonia Salvini
Dale Dumpster
Danny Katz
Ann Rhodus
Yvonne Hawkins
Laurie Harrod
Central Junior High Students Recreate 1800s News
Mrs. Mary Ann Vickery's eighth grade classes finished a history unit by producing newscasts and newspapers. The Ox-Bowl Gazette covered the 1849 gold rush and a square dance ad announced Warhawks at Central on February 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Vickery
Central Junior High
Perry Pupils Are Honored By High School Honor Roll
Thirty eight Lecompton High School students earned honor roll recognition for last semester with GPAs from 3.0 to 4.0. Seniors Vickie Guy Jeanie Joy Jo Anne Mulvihill Joan Bryant Ellen Allen Betty Keating Ernie Reed Teresa McAfee Mary Orr Kathy Tyler Deann Inles. juniors Marcia Seetin Kathy Palmer Marla Weeks. sophomores Martha McClure Kathy King Pat Mulvihill Pam Cantrell Diane Mathe Drague Carver. freshmen include Jolynne Meyers Kathy Quancy Fred Gantz Debbie Stuaffer Colette Haas Mary Winter Rose Lambrecht Cathy Trude Rod Bigham Amy Brunton Deborah Hinton Cindy Leslie Cathleen Langton Debby Andrew Kendra Beems Doug Copeland Kirk McGeorge Treva Stebbins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vickie Guy
Jeanie Joy
Jo Anne Mulvihill
Joan Bryant
Ellen Allen
Betty Keating
Ernie Reed
Teresa McAfee
Mary Orr
Kathy Tyler
Deann Inles
Marcia Seetin
Kathy Palmer
Marla Weeks
Martha McClure
Kathy King
Pat Mulvihill
Pam Cantrell
Diane Mathe
Drague Carver
Jolynne Meyers
Kathy Quancy
Fred Gantz
Debbie Stuaffer
Colette Haas
Mary Winter
Rose Lambrecht
Cathy Trude
Rod Bigham
Amy Brunton
Deborah Hinton
Cindy Leslie
Cathleen Langton
Debby Andrew
Kendra Beems
Doug Copeland
Kirk McGeorge
Treva Stebbins
Top Records of Week Chart Highlights
Badfinger leads with Day After Day at number one while Al Green's Let's Stay Together sits at two and Betty Wright's Clean Up Woman remains third. New acts include Carpenters with Hurting Each Other and Osmond Brothers with Down By the Lazy River, plus Wilson Pickett Fire and Water and Carole King style entries in a crowded weekly chart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Greene
Betty Wright
The
Carpenters
Lazy River
Osmond Brothers
Apollo
Wilson Pickett
Sly & Family Stone
Badfinger
Sugar Daddy Jackson
Precious
Few Climax
Sunshine Jonathan Edwards
Spain
American Pie
Don McLean
Carley Simon
You Nilsson
Black Dog
Led Zeppelin
Levon Elton John
Joy Apollo
Melanie
Charley Pride
Jos Simon
Four Welch Youths Sweep Oklahoma Livestock Contests
Four Welch High School juniors and a self-financed team dominated livestock judging across Muskogee State Fair, the State Fair of Oklahoma, and Tulsa State Fair earning the national title in Denver on January 15. The champions were Larry Douglas Jarold Callahan Greg Highsmith and Roger Parker mentored by Troy Farmer. They traveled about 12000 miles over three years and plan agriscience majors in college while remaining unsure about staying as a unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
Okla
Oklahoma
Denver
Larry Douglas
Jarold Callahan
Greg Highsmith
Roger Parker
Muskogee
Tulsa
Hampshire
Troy Farmer
Welch High School
Fourman
Farmer
U S Steel Fined For Use of Bad Water
Pittsburgh AP reports U S Steel Corp faces a new fine of 300 plus costs after Clairton Works violations of Allegheny County air pollution code witnesses testified the coke cooling water contained phenol cyanide chloride and ammonia and its steam polluted the air the company had earlier been fined 15000 for smoke emissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
Hot Co
John Chandler i
Allegheny County
Clairton Works
Hearnes selects Swofford for Kansas City Court of Appeals
Missouri Governor Hearnes announced the appointment of Ben W. Swofford a 61 year old Kansas City lawyer to fill the vacancy on the Kansas City Court of Appeals created by the resignation of Commissioner David J. Dixon who left to become an appellate judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City, Mo
Goy, Warren &. Hearnes Today
Ben W. Swofford
Kansas City
Kansas City Court of Appeals
David J. Dixon
West Junior High Chorale Prepares Spring Festival
West Junior High choirs from all three schools rehearse for a May Spring Festival. If on par with last year, the program will draw strong audience interest and showcase student talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Junior High
Wheat price gap probed by Houston subcommittee
A congressional subcommittee from the House Small Business Committee will visit Houston on Friday to investigate the difference between wheat prices received by farmers and bread prices paid by consumers. Members include Rep. Hungate and Reps. Smith and Bergland. they will tour four grain elevators along the Houston Ship Channel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
U.S
Williams
Hungate
Dmo
Neal Smith
D-lown
Bob Bergland
D-Minn
House
Small Business Committee
Jchannel
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Sheri Blank
Robert Blank
Owenson
Barbara Groves
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McNary
Ruth
Sarah
Susan Cook
South
Pat Sublett
David Nordland
William Bradley
Buford Watson
John Shepard
Lawrence Police Department
Elaine Oruch
Sue Hack
Sam Miranda
Kansas University Athletic Department
Miranda
Bill Mayer
Journal- World
Bud Stallworth
Aubry Nash
Steve Aubry
Alison Calvahouse
Ann Drury
Susan Hanenkrat
Jamie Stevens
Paul White
Zingone House of
Rome
Winnie Pinet
Warhawks
Central
Mustang Chess Club
Delores Thomas
Karen Cramer
Laura Bassett
Roger Bonner
Mike Mackey
Perry
Lecompton High School
Nancy Gilbert
Day
U.S. Steel
Hearnes
WJH
Chris Maturo
Brent Wyatt
West
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