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Lawrence Journal World (Newspaper) - March 08, 1980, Lawrence, KansasLocal regional Lawrence journal world March 19uo Page 3 controversy still surrounds meeting family session coming up its time for the family but More than Money is at stake and there is no Jovial Host with All the right involved is a trip to los Angeles As one of seven Kansas delegates to the National White House conference on families in also at stake Are issues that will be decided during the Kansas conference on families next Friday and saturday at Wichita state Rosalynn Carter will make the keynote address at 11 and John Carlin will speak Friday workshops and Small group sessions also Are planned during the today Alita Kansas University assistant professor of human develop ment and representative for the Kansas association for the education of Young children to the said the event would provide ample Opportunity for those who wish to express their con Cerns on family a conference like this covers everything from prenatal care to death and Cooper anyone has an Opportunity to express his or her were still encouraging people to she but added that persons considering attending should Check with conference organizers before going because More than half the vacancies were filled As of two weeks a controversy Between the state com Mittee coordinating the conference and the Kansas chapter of the pro family coalition centers on How delegates and issues will be selected for the National its going to be a very interesting said Jan 2200 member of the pro family there is going to be conflict the people of Kansas Are not be ing represented in any meaningful Barbara the chairman of the Kansas chapter of the said the group would have a press conference to publicize How much the conference is costing the state and How Little representation kansans Are the group is arguing that because Only 800 persons Are Able to attend the state conference because of the size of the facilities and because the delegates will not be voting on what issues they want presented at the National the event is a More or less Hanna said that delegates would Only be Able to rank the priority of the issues presented and would have no real input in the report to the National which is to be written by the state conferences steering committee following the Wichita she 14 of Kansas 21 delegates to the National conference will be appointed by John and the other seven will be selected at ran Dom from self nomination forms that were supposed to be published in newspapers throughout the but As far As we can not even 10 papers ran the nomination forms which int their the newspapers Hoover what kind of Way is that to pick random delegates at least six area residents will be in Wichita for the in addition to Cooper and Gayle 147 23rd for rest associate professor of social welfare and representative for Kansas action for children and Warren representative of the state department of will birthing room backed hospitals continued from Page 1 will be Given by the medical staffs depart ment of obstetrics and gynaecology in that department had swayed the rest of the medical staff to put a halt to the birthing room at a staff meeting last although the petition indicates that Many people Are leaving Lawrence for outside obstetrical Robert Lmh executive said that the Hospital had delivered More babies in january 1980 88 than in january 1979 he said that although february figures Haven yet been they were com parable to last i think that the people who Are leaving town Are probably the ones who were going Ohlen i dont know if the Bir thing room has that much to do with Ohlen said that the Board was continuing to hold an interest in the birthing room and was waiting for the june report from the obstetrical and gynaecological according to Hospital about 125 deliveries per year would be made in a Bir thing room at the which is about percent of women who give birth at the Hospital each Ohlen Elkins said that number would be closer to 65 according to studies her group compiled last week of 17 hospitals in Kansas and California that have birthing according to the the More a Hospital staff encourages the use of a birthing the More women use Elkins it depends on whether the doctors were enthusiastic about she if the doctors in a Hospital were halfhearted about the numbers were we came up with an in credible variety of for at suburban Hospital in Kan Sas where the staff is very supportive of the birthing 50 percent of the eligible women Are using the she at three other Kansas City area hospitals Bethany and Shawnee which have just put in their birthing Only 4 to 5 percent of the eligible women Are using she one Wichita has a nearly 100 percent rate of use by the eligible while another Wichita has an 8 percent Elkins she said her group believes that Lawrence would fall into the higher percentage category because of the High interest shown Here by family practice physicians and admissions Lois Baldwin Saundra Baldwin Dean 1145 Cynthia 826 Avalon Mark 1645 Debra Perry Leonard dismissals Brenda Baldwin Dolly 1925 Kyle 2630 Andrea King and baby 500 Deborah Taul and baby Baldwin Janice 1610 fourth Laurian Topeka Belle Eudora Joel births and Donald 255 a and Terrance in a and Danny 448 Grandview a homeward bound staff photo by Suzanne Burdick Carolyn a Kansas University freshman from Overland wheels suitcases and other materials from her room in Lewis Hall to Load her car for a trip Home during Kus Spring in the background is Leah another Kun freshman from Overland school Board will consider goals for year Lawrence District 497 school Board members will hear monday night what the districts administrators have decided should be the goals of the 198081 school the Board will meet at Mon Day at the administration 2017 prior to the the Board will tour the new auditorium at West Junior High administrators have listed four goals they want the Board to adopt for the coming school year provide a program of parenthood develop More meaningful and consistent criteria for the retention or failure of students at each Grade develop More programs for unmotivated or underachieving students who do not qualify for place ment in special education programs but who Arent performing Well in regular develop a plan to improve the mechanical and creative writing skills for All students in the three goals that were suggested by a Large number of administrators and teachers in the District were turned Down by the administrative staff for various reasons to close some elementary to provide salary increases to All District personnel equal to the change in the Cost of to provide clerical assistance to All teachers in the in other action the Board will decide whether to make a policy change on transfers of students Between schools in the the revised policy in assist the Board in keeping students from transferring away from Central Junior where the Board is trying to increase the Board also will consider whether it will spend Money to make plans to build a track at Central is the Only Junior High school in the City without a plans for a 1980 summer school pro Gram also will be considered at the the which includes classes for both primary and secondary would be supported mostly by fees and partially by state and Federal included in the program would be classes in Driver motorcycle special education and the Board also will extend the con tracts of administrators for the 198081 school act on a bus transportation contract and act on Purchase contracts for student desks and plea of guilty entered in slaying George was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to five to 20 years in prison for his role in the kill David Lee was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated robbery last he was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison for aggravated robbery and a concurrent term of one to five years for involuntary in an agreement with the District attorneys office last a 28yearold Tulsa Man pleaded guilty Friday in Douglas county District court to a charge of voluntary manslaughter in connection with the death of Herl Wilson Housworth last the Louis Levi will be sentenced april Cumnings is the third Man convicted in the beating death of 65yearold whose body was found 7 under the Vermont Street Bridge Over the Kansas burglars take guns and coins deaths Lawrence police Are investigating an residential burglary that occurred thursday night in the 2500 Block of Lazy Brook the burglary occurred sometime Between 7 and 9 thursday while the resident was police adding that there was no sign of forced entry to the missing were a Coin collection valued at various firearms valued at a television set and Worth of miscellaneous household police police said they have a suspect in the but no arrests have been correction due to a reporting a speech by Lionel an american in Dian was listed in fridays journal world to be at Baker University the talk will be at b sunday at the Stu Dent Union of Haskell in Dian Junior Young memorial services for Young 601 Are pending at Rumsey funeral Young died Friday at Lawrence memorial he was born in he was executive Secretary of the Academy International of Medicine and dentistry until when he he graduated from Kansas University in and had joined the acacia fraternity at he was a member of the masonic Lodge and the first presbyterian survivors include his and a John both of the friends May Call from 9 to 9 sunday at the funeral Cummings and Mahkuk pleaded guilty to the Volun tary manslaughter charges and testified against Knox in aggravated robbery charges against them were after Cummings pleaded guilty at fridays Douglas county District judge Ralph King ordered a pre sentence investigation and remanded Cummings to Douglas county Dillon stores joining freeze Hutchinson a Dillon companies Kansas division announced Friday it will freeze prices on 130 of its private Brand Dairy and produce items for 30 Days beginning the Price which follows similar freezes at other nationwide food store is in response to the governments recent Appeal to grocers to help restrain inflation by limiting retail Price said Everett president of Dillon companies in the Price freeze will affect All 56 Dillon food stores in loan greases Way for class cookie continued from Page 1 Siehndel their findings chocolate Oatmeal and Peanut in that using multiplication and the 10yearolds then computed How Many cookies they wanted to make and How Many ingredients they would need to pro Duce the students figured out they wanted to sell 90 dozen cookies and Price them at two cookies for 25 but to buy the the students had to borrow just like most starting so three corporate officers went to Douglas county state Bank to get a loan for like Many people borrowing the pupils were surprised at the 18 percent interest rate on the 30day Siehndel it freaked them out to sign the she if we sell All of our Well make about and we have to pay Back so weve got several dollars to play you always have to leave a margin of she a purchasing committee will go to a grocery store to buy the cookie in the students Are Advertis ing their products with posters and billboards around the Well be baking our cookies at the Homes of six mothers who volunteered for the she the students will do All of the mixing and the cookie jars big bake Sale will be March Siehndel it will be limited to the students at the the kids Are really excited about it and Are willing to spend a lot of time on she with the Well give Flowers to the mothers who donated their time and have a in Louis Napoleon was elected president of 3 Days including left to Register for the april 1 presidential primary the county clerks office will be open for registration until 9 monday and a registration Booth at Rusty super Market in North Lawrence will be open from 10 to 6 probe of Sunflower explosion continuing Desoto a army official said Friday that investigators think they know what probably caused an explosion at the Sunflower army ammunition Plant Here the will not be released until the investigating Board has sent its report to the army armament material readiness command Arr com in Rock the official of chairman of the five member investigating we cant say what happened until Headquarters has reviewed the evidence and seen our the explosion killed one Man and injured another when a Threeman Crew from a Topeka Nursery was dismantling storage tanks at an abandoned still House once used to produce alcohol for Cannon Friant declined say whether the tanks had stored anything other than the Board Hopes to finish the investigation by next Fri he but complexities might come to Light that could delay the reports completion by two or three weve pretty Well finished with interviews of people who observed the area or were connected with its a mat Ter of putting information Friant said Fri the Board has examined the explosion site and acquired 16 to 24 hours of testimony that still must be he George part owner of the Garden was killed in the Tom an was he was reported in Good condition Friday at suburban medical Center in Overland he was admitted to the Hospital with lacerations and a broken the third member of the Crew was Call 8431000 s journal world moving Call toll ks1 Call us for information on housing in any area we Are members 73941 please use the free parking lot at the rear of our store it gives every part of your body a Good nights by Simmons More people sleep on Beauty rest than any other mattress in the nows the time to consider economical transportation a recreational products become a part of our exciting Industry join team Kawasaki today with the currant Energy crisis you pick better Ilief to invest in Kawasaki this is a Good time to offer in alternative to Gas shortages and higher fuel become a part of our Success and enjoy the profitable benefits that the future can you too can be a member of the most aggressive team in the Industry opening now 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