Little House authorship dispute roils Wilder legacy
Kansas City AP report notes University of Missouri professor William Woltz argues Laura Ingalls Wilder’s daughter Rose Lane ghostwrote the Little House books. Colleagues dispute claim, saying collaboration occurred with Lane as editor. HarperCollins says no co author credit. The family’s frontier memoirs inspired a TV series Life on the Prairie.
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Judge upholds Topeka school desegregation ruling
A federal appeals court in Denver reaffirmed that Topeka schools remain racially segregated and ordered a lower court to devise a plan to increase integration. The decision, stemming from Brown v Board of Education, leaves time for the district to consider desegregation steps while housing patterns and white flight are noted factors. Parole denied for Lucanne Hobson in the 1980 Topeka murder case. she remains in prison with eligibility for parole again in November 1995.
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