Vanderbilt professor says integration busing has backfired
Vanderbilt University sociology professor Ernest Q Campbell, codirector of the 1966 Coleman Report, now says large scale busing produced greater segregation and only small learning gains. He cites home environment as the main driver and notes the costs to families and informal contact, while Coleman warned of white flight.
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Indictment Charges Hunts associates in wiretap case
A federal grand jury in Dallas indicted seven men including Percy Foreman and two sons of oilman H. L. Hunt on conspiracy and obstruction of justice. The nine count indictment says witnesses were paid to prison and to stay silent about Hunts wiretapping of Hunt employees.
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Douglas County gains in-state population shift noted
Kansas research by Cornelia Flora shows Douglas County one of 11 of 105 counties with net in migration from 1960 to 1974. Statewide births exceed deaths slightly, slowing overall rural outflow. decentralization boosts migration to counties around urban areas. Data for Douglas County figures unavailable.
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Deaths Hallie Harris and Belle Welter Obituaries Placed
Graveside services for Hallie Harris 91 of Minneapolis Kan formerly Lawrence resident set for 11 a.m. Wednesday Memorial Park Cemetery Lawrence with Rev Benton Roy Hanan officiating Harris died Monday in a Minneapolis hospital after four years at Rock City Manor Nursing Home He was born April 7 1884 in Platte County Mo head custodian at Kansas University for over 20 years retiring in the early 1940s He moved to Salina in 1965 and was a First Christian Church member He is survived by a son Jay of Salina two grandchildren and three great grandchildren Services for Belle Francise Welter 77 of 1511 A N will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the First Christian Church Rev Benton Roy Hanan will officiate Burial will be in Grantville Cemetery Friends may call Rumsey Funeral Home until 11 a.m. Thursday.
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Senate confirms Mathews as HEW secretary
The Senate approved President Ford’s nomination of Dr Forrest David Mathews, 39, president of the University of Alabama, to be secretary of Health Education and Welfare by voice vote. He will succeed Caspar Weinberger in the cabinet.
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Exiled Solzhenitsyn Questions Ford Helsinki Summit Visit
Exiled Soviet writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn, visiting Aleksandra Tolstoy in Valley Cottage, says Ford attending the 35 nation European summit in Helsinki amounts to backing Eastern Europe’s betrayal. He fears a signed document will cement Europe division between Communist and non-Communist states.
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Missouri Mayor Declares Candidacy For VP Nomination
Charles B Wheeler Jr of Kansas City says he is a candidate for the Democratic vice presidential nomination. He notes mayors are the coming thing and claims he is the only Missourian running for vice president. He adds the city council should be willing to sacrifice him for higher office.
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Northeast Kansas Weather Forecast Shows Heat and Thunderstorms
The forecast calls for hot conditions with a chance of showers in Northeast Kansas. Partly cloudy through Wednesday with scattered thundershowers and a chance of isolated heavy thunderstorms tonight. Lows tonight in the upper 60s to low 70s and easterly winds at 5 to 15 mph.
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Meat quality probe targets military beef supply
Senator Lawton Chiles leads a nationwide study of Defense Department meat buying and inspection to root out substandard beef. The inquiry follows discoveries of flies hair hide bits and metal in Norfolk Virginia shipments and a shortweight finding in Jacksonville Florida. The Defense Department GAO cooperate.
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