Kansas City Seeks Bi-State School Desegregation Plan
Kansas City Board of Education approved a modified desegregation plan aiming for at least 30 percent minority enrollment, and authorized lawsuits to enforce cross state desegregation in the metropolitan area while protecting federal funds. The plan realigns high school boundaries and closes several elementary schools, with potential HEW acceptance expected soon. Kari Kerr
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Kansas City Board of Education
School
Missouri
Kansas
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Lincoln
Central
Paseo
Southeast
Robert W. Wheeler
HEW Office For Civil Rights
HEW
HDC Board To Hold Annual Planning Meeting Tonight
The Audrain County Human Development Corporation will meet at 7 p.m. in the conference room of the HDC office at 207 N Washington. Director Richard Savage says the board will plan the next program year and assess needs for low income families in Audrain County. The public is invited to join.
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Audrain County Human Development Corporation Board
HDC
Washington
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Audrain County
Eight Die On Me Highways Across Missouri
Associated Press reports eight people died in Missouri traffic crashes over the weekend. Among them were two brothers from Arbela, Michail Varnold 6 and Greg Varnold 4, killed when their grandmother's car was struck by an Amtrak train at Wyaconda. The grandmother Ethel Bertram 79 was hospitalized. Other victims include Jennifer Lynn Heaney 16 of Brookfield in a pedestrian crash near Avalon, Darryl McCoy 3 of St. Louis in a hit and run, Mrs. James Rader 42 of rural Lamar in a two car crash near Jasper County Route T, Gerald Curran 18 of Des Peres in a suburban St Louis crash, Robert Fetterhoff 28 of rural Nixa in a crash between Nixa and Springfield, and Michael Hodges 22 of St Joseph in a rollover at speed in St Joseph.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Michail Varnold
Greg Varnold
Arbela
Ethel Bertram
Wyaconda
Amtrak
Bertram
Memphis
Clark County
Jennifer Lynn Heaney
Brookfield
Livingston
Avalon
Darryl McCoy
St. Louis
James Rader
Lamar
Gerald Curran
Des Peres
Robert Fetterhoff
Nixa
Springfield
Michael Hodges
St. Joseph
Silver Coin Turns To Gold In Australia Worth A Fortune
Norman Johnson of Melbourne received an 1804 U S silver dollar from his grandfather as a gift and had it appraised by Ted Cash a local coin dealer. Cash estimated the coin at 264000 dollars calling it the most valuable coin in Australia and among the world’s most valuable. Johnson, 30, a truck driver, said he does not yet know what he will do with the coin.
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United States
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Vail
Colo
Palm Springs
Calif
Ski Industries America
SIA
Desert Inn Country Club
Caesars Palace
Frank Sinatra
Fords
Sinatra
Melbourne
Australia
Norman Johnson
U.S
Ted Cash
Cash
Johnson
Mead rings in Earth Day at UN in snowing ceremony
Anthropologist Margaret Mead rang the Peace Bell at the United Nations to mark Earth Day. Mayor Abraham Beame and about 200 people joined in a brief ceremony as snow began to fall less than 30 minutes later. John McConnell, head of the Earth Society Foundation, urged a worldwide commitment to be caretakers of the planet.
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Margaret Mead
United Nations
Miss Mead
Abraham Beame
John McConnell
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Earth Society Foundation
Grandview man arrested in woman’s disappearance
Police in Kansas City resume probe into the 28 February disappearance of Lou Evitts, a 20 year old Overland Park secretary. A 34 year old Grandview man was arrested Friday night and detained on a fugitive warrant for passing bad checks in Kansas. Authorities expect charges in magistrate court. Evitts’ purse was found March 11 under a bridge in Southeast Kansas City as investigators expand the case. A phone tip led to a house search in Lee's Summit. investigators assess if suspect is connected or merely a prankster.
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Kansas City
Jackson County
Grandview
Lou Evitts
Overland Park
Kan
Kansas
Mary Hartman star Lasser plans to quit show
New York actress Louise Lasser who plays Mary Hartman announces plans to leave the soap next season. Columnist Liz Smith quotes Lasser as saying she has had it with the character and wants to pursue other projects.
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Louise Lasser
Mary Hartman
New York Daily News
Liz Smith
Miss Lasser
Miss Smith
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