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-- In towa M today mR 8 pan. Barber of Seville, Lyric Wk Theater, Boonville. BR Exhibits MS CoBttaulng: Ellis Library, mt Italian Baroque Drawings and l Textiles Through Two Millenia, 2 m to 5 pan. Public Library, Scenes am From Columbia, watercolors. by Lois Mikrut, and Twentieth Hg Century Doll Collection, loaned Kg byLouMiller. SeePageI5formovielistings. I Report fails ito answer questions ii Students learn S while on the job, hut does it help? Iff By David Vkial ', N. Y. Times Service M NEW YORK At one community J college in Michigan, student chefs M prepare a gourmet meal that they offer H m the cafeteria for just 50 cents more M man the regular lunch price of 75 cents Ja At a high school in Illinois, handicapped M and other vocational students operate a H combined motel, restaurant and gas M station entirely on their own These are among the examples of If how schools are using vocational J education one of the causes that has produced most debate among educators in recent years in an -- iS attempt to link the classroom to the m work place. Over the last few years, the efforts in this Geld have so expanded - that where there were almost four - million vocational students in 1960, in " jj 1974 there were 13 4 million students enrolled m vocational education v programs in schools and colleges across the United States Now a new study by the National ' Research Council has determined that, ' Insight i despite a federal government - ezpftaditnreof ope quarter of a wlhcn dollars for studies designed to improve and determine the effectiveness of vocational education programs, the effort " has had little impact on vocational education." Indeed, some of the main questions in the debate such as whether these programs have, in fact, brought the schools closer to the needs of their students or of the labor market, or if they have reduced the gap between nch and poor have remained basically unanswered, the report asserts. " The costs and benefits of vocational education and the distribution to the public and private sectors of costs and benefits has not been investigated," said the report, prepared for the Ui Office of Education by a committee formed in 1974 " The $ 250 million spent by the United States Office of Education on vocational education research and development during the last 10 years has not had documented, widespread impact The available data do not indicate that findings have had an influence on the knowledge, skills, or employability of large numbers of students," the report said The 131- pa- ge report, which will be available through the National Academy of Sciences about Oct 1, was prepared by a committee whose tasks were to review and assess the research and development activities in vocational education sponsored by the federal government, as well as to recommend changes in policies and programs for the coming decade Citing a widespread problem of a lack of coordination, the, committee said there was unanimous agreement on " the need for important changes m the management and structure of the program." But, it added, " We were able to recommend strategies for change but unable to recommend a solution for every important problem " The federal government, through its funding and policies that broadened the scope of vocational education programs, has been largely responsible for the rapid increase in enrollment in these programs. The Vocational Education Act of 1963, and another act in 1968 that proposed' major amendments, were the prune sources of change However, the report said, " There are no hard data to substantiate the belief ( See BUREAUCRATS, Page 13) Homes need water too, experts say ByRh& Stoff Missourian staff writer The drought that has hit mid- Misso- uri this summer has caused countless homeowners to water their lawns and gardens in hopes of saving their greenery. Many probably should be watering their houses as well as their lawns. Walter Strange of Strange Concrete Contracting, Inc., said he receives calls daily from persons who have discovered cracks in their house foundations. " A lot of people who haven't had this problem before are finding cracks in their basements because moisture is disappearing from the soil," he said TonyBonderer of the B D Simon Construction Co said, " The hot, dry weather is hard on foundations because the dirt shrinks and pulls away When it rains again, it expands." A way to prevent the problem, said Frank Oncken of Meyer Foundation Co, is to keep the soil around a foundation hosed down to keep the dirt from drying out and contracting " But it would probably take quite a bit " Oncken said the amount of water required to keep the soil moist depends on the shrubbery and trees that grow on it " I've heard a good- size- d tree can take 250 gallons ( 950 liters) of water out of the ground a day," he said Ray Rothenburger, assistant professor of horticulture at the ' University, said the problems caused by shrinking soil could be worsened if the homeowner takes the wrong action " People have told me that if the sod cracks away from the foundation and , people fill it in, when the sod swells there is no place to go back again and ( See LONG, Page 18) C7ATS HIVr: RICL SOCIETY HI.? & '-',- V. 3Y ST. C3LU': 3IA, Mi. 65201 ST. 12- 5-- 74 68th Year - No. 286 Good Morning! It's Friday, Aug. 27, 1976 16 Pages - 15 Cents, BBW - . . Parents protest bus system By Ginny Hilton Mfesoorian staff writer More than 100 angry parents crowded into a protest meeting Thursday night to complain bitterly of danger, delay and expense in the school system's new busing program. Sixty persons signed a petition calling for a referendum on restoring free bus transportation for all students living more than one- ha- lf mile ( 0.8 kilometers) from school. Only 10 signatures are required. Thirty- fiv- e pstttftons were takm oct to circulate in the affected neighborhoods. They wjll be presented to the school board Sept 13 Board member Patsy Garner, who attended the meeting, said she does not think the district has the money to pay for free busing. The board, she said, would work first on cutting the budget before again seeking a tax increase to meet the additional costs. The failure of tax referendums led to the contracting out of bus service this year for the first time. The private firm is charging students living less than 3 miles ( 5.6 kilometers) from school. Marsha Conner, 1301 Fairview Drive, said she wished the education system were second to the safety of her children " You don't need all these special programs if thp kids don't show up" Pat Strong, 1117 Elleta Blvd said her three children affected by the change are not going to school She said it is too far and too dangerous for them to walk and they are not allowed to ride any buses though she had tried to secure bus transportation Ed Bartolacci, 4610 Mexico Gravel Road, one of the organizers of the petition drive, said children affected by the new mileage requirements must walk, be driven or pay $ 12 50 per month per student to ride the buses operated by Harmon & Sons Even then, he said, the scheduling is bad and sometimes the buses do not come into the neighborhood Anna Lee Tucker, 1005 Elletta Blvd , has six children affected by the school board's action She said her children walk approximately 3 miles ( 5 6 kilometers) to school because there is no city bus that could get them there at the time school starts She said the buses are too late or much too early Some parents expressed concern that they eventually would not be able to pay for city or Harmon & Sons bus transportation A resolution, also passed by those at the meeting that will be presented to the school board, will ask the board to request a profit statement from Harmon & Sons The company is being paid 65 cents per student per day by the district The angry parents also lashed out at ( See PARENTS, Page 16) Students from the Rock Bridge area spilled into the aisle of a school bus headed home Thursday. DgAte Overflowing buses add to problem By Jon Peck and Martha Polkey Missourian staff writers Some Columbia public school children again were forced to nde overcrowded buses Thursday, and several kindergarten buses ran from 10 minutes to more than 1M; hours behind schedule About 80 elementary, junior high and high school students were crowded into a bus to take them home from school in the Rock Bridge area The maximum legal capacity for the bus is 66 Russell Thompson, interim superintendent of schools, said Thursday that school officials are working with representatives of R W Harmon and Sons to solve the problem Harmon and Sons, Kansas City , won the contract to bus Columbia school children this year after the school board decided it no longer could afford to run its own bases Thompson said the company has brought in a manager from St Louis to help resolve the problems " I think they'll modify routes, " he said Thompson said some of the problems may not be eliminated until next week, although he said certain troubled areas, including the Rock Bridge and Blue Ridge areas, probably will receive more immediate help Meanwhile, Boone County Sheriff Jack Meyer told the County Court Thursday morning that his department may begin cracking down on ( See MOTHER, Page 16) Piigh compromise helps social services By David Firestone Missoorian staff writer Defecting from the conservative ranks, Mayor Bob Pugh gave the City Council a lesson ip political compromise Thursday night at the council's fourth budget hearing The result of the lesson was that the council agreed to consider appropriating $ 35,000 more for social services in Columbia. In May, the council agreed to place a $ 155,000 ceiling on all social services spending in the aty budget The Community Development Commission, which was assigned the task of suggesting how to spend a $ 945,000 federal grant, recently recommended that the council spend $ 68,000 of that grant above the ceiling The question that Thursday's debate centered on was whether that ceiling placed a limit on just social services spending out of the city treasury, or whether it meant all such spending, including outside money from the federal grant The council appeared to be split on the question along its normal conservative- liber- al lines The " liberals" Second Ward Councilman David Lindstrom, Sixth Ward Councilman Clyde Wilson and Fifth Ward Concilwoman Fran Frueh favored spending the federal grant money above the original ceding, thus having more social services spending The conservtive wing Mayor Pugh, First Ward Councilman Pat Barnes, Fourth Ward Councilman Les Proctor and Third Ward Councilman Phil Hanson favored imposing the ceiling on all spending and thus not appropriating the extra $ 68,000 Battle comes to end See story, Page 16 Then Pugh, realizing there might be a fight over the commission's recommendation, stepped in with a compromise The council should cut the recommendation to $ 35,000, and have Dwight Collins, acting director of the Community Services Council, consult with City Manager Terry Novak and come back at the next City Council meeting Sept 7 with a suggestion on how to spend it Despite Pugh's stated opposition to any additional spending, he joined the three " liberals," and the council voted 4 to 3 in favor of the suggestion Proctor, Barnes and Hanson were opposed " I don't want to debate this issue for 24 hours," Pugh said " Personally, I'd like to see us stay at $ 155,000, but I can see points on both sides So let's take ( the commission's) recommendation, compare it with our priorities, and make a decision I want to get it out of the way " Pugh said the council had bobbed and weaved on the spending issue for too leng " What's 35 or 40,000 bucks to avoid a whole bunch of hassle'" he asked ' Here's a chance to get it out of the way If nobody's pleased, it's a good deal" Hanson disagreed " I think the original resolution says social services spending be limited to $ 155,000," he said " It doesn't say spending out of the General Fund, or on the recommendation of councils, just out of the total budget of the city " But Wilson said he saw the federal funds as belonging to a different program, unrelated to the council's original ceiling " My vote would be to go beyond $ 155,000," he said " I think we could justify it" Harper asks High Court to remove Brown ByTomWard Missourian staff writer Prosecuting Attorney Milt Harper - asked the Missouri Supreme Court Thursday to remove Boone County Presiding Judge Bob Brown from office, in a petition charging that Brown sought a $ 10,000 bribe in a zoning case earlier this year. The petition, which also asks that a $ 10,000 fine be levied against Brown, is the first official detailing of the alleged bribe. Brown faces three criminal charges related to the incident The Supreme Court will act on the petition in the " very near future," said public information officer, Nancy Dunn She said before the Supreme Court holds a hearing on the petition, Chief Justice Robert Seder probably will issue a summons or a show cause order against Brown A summons would require that Brown respond to the petition; a show cause order would require that Brown show why he should not be removed from office. If Brown does not contest Harper's petition, there probably will be no need for a hearing, she said Brown's attorney, Everett Van Matre of Mexico, said he has not seen the petition and had no comment on it Brown could not be reached for comment A Boone County grand jury indicted Brown m June on three counts of perjury, one count of attempted subornation of perjury and one count of attempting to induce a witness to withhold evidence in the alleged bribery scheme and coverup The petition accuses Brown of misconduct, abuse, neglect and fraud, in violation of Missouri statutes Brown sought $ 10,000 from Columbia attorney David Bear III, who represented a firm seeking a zoning change, the petition states Brown allegedly told Bear the money was for then Northern District Judge Clarence Drew Drew, who resigned as county judge in June and later pleaded guilty to an unrelated charge of misconduct in office, told the Columbia Missourian he never had talked about bribery with Brown or anyone else. On April 15, the Boone County Planning and Zoning Commission denied a rezomng request by J M Morns Co , which appealed to the county court for a heating on April 22 The petition states that on or about April 16, Brown told Bear that Southern District Judge Carolyn Lathrop and Drew probably would vote to deny the rezomng application According to the petition Brown told Bear he had heard Drew had " taken things" in the past to vote favorably on issues before the court " Respondent stated that Drew ' liked to play' and that Clarence might vote for it if he got paid and that Drew had some ' bag men' through whom people convey things to Drew, that they ' take' some money for him," the petition states Brown told Bear that Drew had a bad heart and needed an operation For $ 10,000, Brown said, Drew would not attend the April 22 County Court meeting, the petition states Brown allegedly said that at County ( See PETITION, Page 16) Find next week's Area School lunch Menu in Today's Classified Section
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Item.Transcript | -- In towa M today mR 8 pan. Barber of Seville, Lyric Wk Theater, Boonville. BR Exhibits MS CoBttaulng: Ellis Library, mt Italian Baroque Drawings and l Textiles Through Two Millenia, 2 m to 5 pan. Public Library, Scenes am From Columbia, watercolors. by Lois Mikrut, and Twentieth Hg Century Doll Collection, loaned Kg byLouMiller. SeePageI5formovielistings. I Report fails ito answer questions ii Students learn S while on the job, hut does it help? Iff By David Vkial ', N. Y. Times Service M NEW YORK At one community J college in Michigan, student chefs M prepare a gourmet meal that they offer H m the cafeteria for just 50 cents more M man the regular lunch price of 75 cents Ja At a high school in Illinois, handicapped M and other vocational students operate a H combined motel, restaurant and gas M station entirely on their own These are among the examples of If how schools are using vocational J education one of the causes that has produced most debate among educators in recent years in an -- iS attempt to link the classroom to the m work place. Over the last few years, the efforts in this Geld have so expanded - that where there were almost four - million vocational students in 1960, in " jj 1974 there were 13 4 million students enrolled m vocational education v programs in schools and colleges across the United States Now a new study by the National ' Research Council has determined that, ' Insight i despite a federal government - ezpftaditnreof ope quarter of a wlhcn dollars for studies designed to improve and determine the effectiveness of vocational education programs, the effort " has had little impact on vocational education." Indeed, some of the main questions in the debate such as whether these programs have, in fact, brought the schools closer to the needs of their students or of the labor market, or if they have reduced the gap between nch and poor have remained basically unanswered, the report asserts. " The costs and benefits of vocational education and the distribution to the public and private sectors of costs and benefits has not been investigated," said the report, prepared for the Ui Office of Education by a committee formed in 1974 " The $ 250 million spent by the United States Office of Education on vocational education research and development during the last 10 years has not had documented, widespread impact The available data do not indicate that findings have had an influence on the knowledge, skills, or employability of large numbers of students," the report said The 131- pa- ge report, which will be available through the National Academy of Sciences about Oct 1, was prepared by a committee whose tasks were to review and assess the research and development activities in vocational education sponsored by the federal government, as well as to recommend changes in policies and programs for the coming decade Citing a widespread problem of a lack of coordination, the, committee said there was unanimous agreement on " the need for important changes m the management and structure of the program." But, it added, " We were able to recommend strategies for change but unable to recommend a solution for every important problem " The federal government, through its funding and policies that broadened the scope of vocational education programs, has been largely responsible for the rapid increase in enrollment in these programs. The Vocational Education Act of 1963, and another act in 1968 that proposed' major amendments, were the prune sources of change However, the report said, " There are no hard data to substantiate the belief ( See BUREAUCRATS, Page 13) Homes need water too, experts say ByRh& Stoff Missourian staff writer The drought that has hit mid- Misso- uri this summer has caused countless homeowners to water their lawns and gardens in hopes of saving their greenery. Many probably should be watering their houses as well as their lawns. Walter Strange of Strange Concrete Contracting, Inc., said he receives calls daily from persons who have discovered cracks in their house foundations. " A lot of people who haven't had this problem before are finding cracks in their basements because moisture is disappearing from the soil," he said TonyBonderer of the B D Simon Construction Co said, " The hot, dry weather is hard on foundations because the dirt shrinks and pulls away When it rains again, it expands." A way to prevent the problem, said Frank Oncken of Meyer Foundation Co, is to keep the soil around a foundation hosed down to keep the dirt from drying out and contracting " But it would probably take quite a bit " Oncken said the amount of water required to keep the soil moist depends on the shrubbery and trees that grow on it " I've heard a good- size- d tree can take 250 gallons ( 950 liters) of water out of the ground a day," he said Ray Rothenburger, assistant professor of horticulture at the ' University, said the problems caused by shrinking soil could be worsened if the homeowner takes the wrong action " People have told me that if the sod cracks away from the foundation and , people fill it in, when the sod swells there is no place to go back again and ( See LONG, Page 18) C7ATS HIVr: RICL SOCIETY HI.? & '-',- V. 3Y ST. C3LU': 3IA, Mi. 65201 ST. 12- 5-- 74 68th Year - No. 286 Good Morning! It's Friday, Aug. 27, 1976 16 Pages - 15 Cents, BBW - . . Parents protest bus system By Ginny Hilton Mfesoorian staff writer More than 100 angry parents crowded into a protest meeting Thursday night to complain bitterly of danger, delay and expense in the school system's new busing program. Sixty persons signed a petition calling for a referendum on restoring free bus transportation for all students living more than one- ha- lf mile ( 0.8 kilometers) from school. Only 10 signatures are required. Thirty- fiv- e pstttftons were takm oct to circulate in the affected neighborhoods. They wjll be presented to the school board Sept 13 Board member Patsy Garner, who attended the meeting, said she does not think the district has the money to pay for free busing. The board, she said, would work first on cutting the budget before again seeking a tax increase to meet the additional costs. The failure of tax referendums led to the contracting out of bus service this year for the first time. The private firm is charging students living less than 3 miles ( 5.6 kilometers) from school. Marsha Conner, 1301 Fairview Drive, said she wished the education system were second to the safety of her children " You don't need all these special programs if thp kids don't show up" Pat Strong, 1117 Elleta Blvd said her three children affected by the change are not going to school She said it is too far and too dangerous for them to walk and they are not allowed to ride any buses though she had tried to secure bus transportation Ed Bartolacci, 4610 Mexico Gravel Road, one of the organizers of the petition drive, said children affected by the new mileage requirements must walk, be driven or pay $ 12 50 per month per student to ride the buses operated by Harmon & Sons Even then, he said, the scheduling is bad and sometimes the buses do not come into the neighborhood Anna Lee Tucker, 1005 Elletta Blvd , has six children affected by the school board's action She said her children walk approximately 3 miles ( 5 6 kilometers) to school because there is no city bus that could get them there at the time school starts She said the buses are too late or much too early Some parents expressed concern that they eventually would not be able to pay for city or Harmon & Sons bus transportation A resolution, also passed by those at the meeting that will be presented to the school board, will ask the board to request a profit statement from Harmon & Sons The company is being paid 65 cents per student per day by the district The angry parents also lashed out at ( See PARENTS, Page 16) Students from the Rock Bridge area spilled into the aisle of a school bus headed home Thursday. DgAte Overflowing buses add to problem By Jon Peck and Martha Polkey Missourian staff writers Some Columbia public school children again were forced to nde overcrowded buses Thursday, and several kindergarten buses ran from 10 minutes to more than 1M; hours behind schedule About 80 elementary, junior high and high school students were crowded into a bus to take them home from school in the Rock Bridge area The maximum legal capacity for the bus is 66 Russell Thompson, interim superintendent of schools, said Thursday that school officials are working with representatives of R W Harmon and Sons to solve the problem Harmon and Sons, Kansas City , won the contract to bus Columbia school children this year after the school board decided it no longer could afford to run its own bases Thompson said the company has brought in a manager from St Louis to help resolve the problems " I think they'll modify routes, " he said Thompson said some of the problems may not be eliminated until next week, although he said certain troubled areas, including the Rock Bridge and Blue Ridge areas, probably will receive more immediate help Meanwhile, Boone County Sheriff Jack Meyer told the County Court Thursday morning that his department may begin cracking down on ( See MOTHER, Page 16) Piigh compromise helps social services By David Firestone Missoorian staff writer Defecting from the conservative ranks, Mayor Bob Pugh gave the City Council a lesson ip political compromise Thursday night at the council's fourth budget hearing The result of the lesson was that the council agreed to consider appropriating $ 35,000 more for social services in Columbia. In May, the council agreed to place a $ 155,000 ceiling on all social services spending in the aty budget The Community Development Commission, which was assigned the task of suggesting how to spend a $ 945,000 federal grant, recently recommended that the council spend $ 68,000 of that grant above the ceiling The question that Thursday's debate centered on was whether that ceiling placed a limit on just social services spending out of the city treasury, or whether it meant all such spending, including outside money from the federal grant The council appeared to be split on the question along its normal conservative- liber- al lines The " liberals" Second Ward Councilman David Lindstrom, Sixth Ward Councilman Clyde Wilson and Fifth Ward Concilwoman Fran Frueh favored spending the federal grant money above the original ceding, thus having more social services spending The conservtive wing Mayor Pugh, First Ward Councilman Pat Barnes, Fourth Ward Councilman Les Proctor and Third Ward Councilman Phil Hanson favored imposing the ceiling on all spending and thus not appropriating the extra $ 68,000 Battle comes to end See story, Page 16 Then Pugh, realizing there might be a fight over the commission's recommendation, stepped in with a compromise The council should cut the recommendation to $ 35,000, and have Dwight Collins, acting director of the Community Services Council, consult with City Manager Terry Novak and come back at the next City Council meeting Sept 7 with a suggestion on how to spend it Despite Pugh's stated opposition to any additional spending, he joined the three " liberals," and the council voted 4 to 3 in favor of the suggestion Proctor, Barnes and Hanson were opposed " I don't want to debate this issue for 24 hours," Pugh said " Personally, I'd like to see us stay at $ 155,000, but I can see points on both sides So let's take ( the commission's) recommendation, compare it with our priorities, and make a decision I want to get it out of the way " Pugh said the council had bobbed and weaved on the spending issue for too leng " What's 35 or 40,000 bucks to avoid a whole bunch of hassle'" he asked ' Here's a chance to get it out of the way If nobody's pleased, it's a good deal" Hanson disagreed " I think the original resolution says social services spending be limited to $ 155,000," he said " It doesn't say spending out of the General Fund, or on the recommendation of councils, just out of the total budget of the city " But Wilson said he saw the federal funds as belonging to a different program, unrelated to the council's original ceiling " My vote would be to go beyond $ 155,000," he said " I think we could justify it" Harper asks High Court to remove Brown ByTomWard Missourian staff writer Prosecuting Attorney Milt Harper - asked the Missouri Supreme Court Thursday to remove Boone County Presiding Judge Bob Brown from office, in a petition charging that Brown sought a $ 10,000 bribe in a zoning case earlier this year. The petition, which also asks that a $ 10,000 fine be levied against Brown, is the first official detailing of the alleged bribe. Brown faces three criminal charges related to the incident The Supreme Court will act on the petition in the " very near future," said public information officer, Nancy Dunn She said before the Supreme Court holds a hearing on the petition, Chief Justice Robert Seder probably will issue a summons or a show cause order against Brown A summons would require that Brown respond to the petition; a show cause order would require that Brown show why he should not be removed from office. If Brown does not contest Harper's petition, there probably will be no need for a hearing, she said Brown's attorney, Everett Van Matre of Mexico, said he has not seen the petition and had no comment on it Brown could not be reached for comment A Boone County grand jury indicted Brown m June on three counts of perjury, one count of attempted subornation of perjury and one count of attempting to induce a witness to withhold evidence in the alleged bribery scheme and coverup The petition accuses Brown of misconduct, abuse, neglect and fraud, in violation of Missouri statutes Brown sought $ 10,000 from Columbia attorney David Bear III, who represented a firm seeking a zoning change, the petition states Brown allegedly told Bear the money was for then Northern District Judge Clarence Drew Drew, who resigned as county judge in June and later pleaded guilty to an unrelated charge of misconduct in office, told the Columbia Missourian he never had talked about bribery with Brown or anyone else. On April 15, the Boone County Planning and Zoning Commission denied a rezomng request by J M Morns Co , which appealed to the county court for a heating on April 22 The petition states that on or about April 16, Brown told Bear that Southern District Judge Carolyn Lathrop and Drew probably would vote to deny the rezomng application According to the petition Brown told Bear he had heard Drew had " taken things" in the past to vote favorably on issues before the court " Respondent stated that Drew ' liked to play' and that Clarence might vote for it if he got paid and that Drew had some ' bag men' through whom people convey things to Drew, that they ' take' some money for him," the petition states Brown told Bear that Drew had a bad heart and needed an operation For $ 10,000, Brown said, Drew would not attend the April 22 County Court meeting, the petition states Brown allegedly said that at County ( See PETITION, Page 16) Find next week's Area School lunch Menu in Today's Classified Section |