Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1976-02-01

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I Insight;
Record act
for schools
has faults
HEW to clarify
bewildering law
for educators
By Edward R. Flake
N. Y. Times Service
NEW YORK One year efterit went
into effect, the so- call- ed Buckley Amen-dment
apparently has achieved its
basic purpose of assuring parents and
students the right to view academic
records.
The legislation, however, is almost as
controversial now as it was when it
went into effect last January.
Educators at the secondary and ooBege
levels complain that it has added sub-stantially
to their administrative bur-dens
while eliminating relatively few
injustices.
University officials also say that
giving students the opportunity to view
certain previouab confidential letters
of recommendation has led to an
epidemic of " Hand" and " useless"
references and has forced them into an
unhealthy reliance on grades, College
Board scores and other imperscnal
standards in making admissions
derisions,
" The gay ( Sen. James L. Buckley)
had good intentions, but it's a lousy
piece of legislation," said Earl Knorr,
principal of Springfield High School
outside Pbiladdphtt. " It's going to for-ce
the colleges more and more deeply
into a numbers game. It's very unfair to
the youngsters."
Numerous practical problesm also
have arisen in implementing the
legislation, and both critics and
backers of the legislation have ex-pressed
irritation that, after more than
a year, the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare ( HEW) has yet
to issue final regulations.
" Many schools and universities seem
to have dadded whether in good faith
or otherwise that they need not obey
the law uiitaHEW's final implementing
regulations are published," said Aryeh
Neler, executive director of the
American Civil liberties Union.
The Buckley Amendment, formally
known as the Family Educahonl Rights
and Privacy Act, is a section of the
Elementary and Secondary School Act
of 1975, which was introduced by
Buckley, ON. Y.
The legislation bars federal funds
from any educational institution that
denies parents or students over the age
of 18 the right to review their
educational records. It also bars in-stitutions
from releasing foe documen-ts
to other parties without the consent of
parents or the student
Shortly after its passage, the
legislation was amended, because of
protests from college officials, to per-mit
students to waive their rights of ac-cess
to specific confidential letters of
A spot check of schools and colleges
around the country by the Mew York
Times found that relatively few studen-ts
and parents bad sought out the recor-ds
towhich they have access.
" It really hasn't had much of an ef-fect,"
said William Wright, principal of
Albuquerque, ( NJtf.) High School
Robert W. Tobin, vice president of
Boston University, said Us office had
had up to 309 requests. Thomas H.
Hoover, registrar at the University of
Wisconsin, reported " No more than 10
inoiiries during the whole year."
Supporters of me legislation say that
even ifrelatively few students or paren-ts
do ask to see their files, the law has
been worthwhile nevertheless.
A relatively small number of in-cidents
have been reported. The law led
to the suspension of a Harvard Univer-sity
student who was accused of forging
his letters of recommendation. In Los
Angeles, a Judge ruled that the Buckley
Amendment prohibited school officials
- from turning certain records of
I Mexican- America- n children to the U. S.
Immigration and Naturalization Ser-
S vices.
Reports varied as to how many
students were taking advantage of the
I possibility to waive their right of access
to designated letters of recom-- l
mendation. In general this seemedto be
I more prevalent among students ap
I plying to graduate schools than to those
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The Columbia Police Department provides engraving
tools free of charge for citizens wishing to mark
property. Police say property should be marked with
the owner's driver's license number, not Social
Security number. ( Missourian photo by Kevin Smyth)
ByJimVogel
Missourian staff writer
Once every 18 hours in 1975, someone
broke into a house in Columbia Citizens
lost more than twice as much to those
burglars last year than in 1974
In 1975, Columbians lost $ 276,234 wor-th
of property in 574 house burglaries
In 1974, $ 115,533 worth of property was
stolen in 376 house burglaries
The rate is not slowing in 1976
On Jan 21, University student Glen
Weaner returned to his trailer at the
Columns IV Trailer Court about 3pm
The door was open and stereo equip-ment
valued at $ 1,450 was missing
None of his neighbors had noticed
anything, and the police could find no
evidence of who the burglars were
Weaner is waiting for the insurance
payment to cover the loss
Police solved only 16 per cent of the
burglaries in 1975, says Major Bill Mc- Nea- r,
head of the police investigation
division Even that clearance rate is
slightly better than in 1974 In the
burglaries that were solved, however,
much of the stolen property was not
recovered
Burglary is a difficult crime to work,
McNear says There are seldom wit-nesses,
and much of the stolen property
is difficult to identify. Some of the items
are stolen for the burglar's personal
use, and this property never may sur-face
again Police estimate that one- ha- lf
the city's burglaries are com-mitted
by juveniles
Three detectives are assigned to
work primarily on burglaries The
other five detectives in the department
are assigned to other crimes " It would
be nice to put eight detectives on house
burglaries," but the division also has to
work other crimes," McNear says
" You can only do so much with so many
people "
The most popular items stolen in
residential burglaries are stereos,
television sets and guns, McNear says
These are easy to seU and are found in
most homes
Burglars usually take items that are
easy to transport, McNear says They
do not often take enough items that they
Burglary
An alarming increase
need a truck to carry them away
But the size of a burglary can range
from a transistor radio to all the fur
rature ma house
Police recently investigated a report
of suspicious activity in a vacant house
at 901 Jefferson St When they arrived,
they found the carpets and padding in
two bedrooms had been stolen The car-pet
tacks were still in the floor
Professionals like to take stamp and
coin collections, antiques and jewelry,
says Columbia Police Chief David
Walsh These Items have to be taken out
of town to be sold, but they often bring
the burglar more money
Most major burglaries are com-mitted
by professionals, says Major
Wilham Morgan, head of the patrol
division In large burglaries, " the
burglar knows what he is doing He
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Someone
yelled help,
and they did
1
CINCINNATI ( UPI) Who says
bystanders are apathetic to crimes
they see committed' 7
Twice in less than a week here,
citizens have come rushing to the
rescue and have helped apprehend
suspects
Last Friday, Catherine Cowdery,
76, yelled, " Hey, stop that man'"
after a husky thug snatched her
purse on a street corner.
Just a few seconds later, four
passersby surrounded the man,
fought off his struggles to escape
and held him until police arrived
1 was realty suipiihed, said
Mrs Cowdery of the four men who
caught the 27- year--
old man accused
of snatching her purse " I didn't
think anybody was going to catch
him"
An eyewitness said, " Somebody
tripped him as he ran down the
street Then three or four other guys
pounced on him The man got up, but
they backed him up against a wall "
They held the suspect until police
arrived and arrested him
Lisa Botterell is the city's latest
heroine
' Stop him, he'& a thief," she heard
a man yell as she drove past an
apartment building Wednesday
Though it took some doing, Mrs
Botterell stopped the man suspected
of stealing a $ 31,000 certificate of
deposit
Seeing that the suspect was
headed for a car, she blocked its
path with her own vehicle
' He told me to get the car out of
there twice and then reached in his
coat like he had a gun," said Mrs
Botterell, who then moved her car
However, the susperl had to make
a run for it when his companions
drove away without him
The man ran down side streets and
through yards Mrs Botterell
pursued. Three tunes the man
emerged from a temporary hiding
place, only to see Mrs Botterell stul
on his trail
" You could see him saying, Well,
there you are again'," she said
Finally, a police car caught up
with the suspect and officers
arrested him
Soviets fail to meet
many 5- y- ear goals
N. Y. Times Service
MOSCOW The Soviet Union's final
economic figures for 1975 disclose a
serious decline in agricultural output
and a failure to meet many of the goals
of the last five- ye- ar plan.
With the statistics issued Saturday,
the economic picture of the last five- ye- ar
period was complete. It showed
continuing economic growth in most
key sectors except agriculture Inmost
cases, though the rates of increase did
not keep pace with the targets of the
original plan.
Nor were the planners' priorities for
consumer goods realized. Contrary to
the objectives put forth five years ago,
heavy industry continued to grow more
quickly than the light industry
categories that include household and
retail commodities
The most dramtaic failure was
agriculture, which dropped in output by
6 per cent below 1974, which in turn was
3.7 per cent below the extremely good
year of 1973.
Most of the 1975 shortfall was at-tributable
to the bad grain harvest,
which Saturday's figures put at 126
million tonnes ( 140 million tons), above
earlier estimates but still less than
two- thir- ds of the planned 194 1 million
tonnes ( 215.7 million tons).
The grain failure has forced the
Soviet Union to buy about 22 5 million
tonnes ( 25 million tons) abroad, mostly
from the United States, Canada and
Australia, and to cut the sizes of some
livestock herds by increased slaughter-ing
The figures show that labor produc-tivity,
a key element of industrial
growth, grew by 5 9 per cent last year,
down from 6 5 per cent in 1974 Overall
industrial output was up 7.5 per cent.
The report compared this with a plan-ned
increase of 6 7 per cent, but did not
mention that the target had been revis-ed
downward The original five- ye- ar
plan called for industrial growth of 42 to
46 per cent, while the actual total for the
five years was 37.2 per cent
Under the plan, heavy industry was
scheduled to grow by 41 to 45 per cent,
and light industry including con-sumer
goods by 44 to 48 per cent be-tween
1971 and 1975 The actual growth
rates were 38 9 per cent for heavy in-dustry
and 33 5 per cent for light
manufacturing. The production in both
categories rose more slowly in 1975
than during the previous year.
The 1975 figures showed strong in-creases
in the traditional, key indices
that the Russians use to measure the
performance of their heaviest industry
The figures, issued by the Soviet
Union's Central Statistical Board,
showed an average industrial wage of
146 rubles, or $ 192 72, a month
Per capita income, the report said,
rose by 4 2 per cent last year over the
previous year, and by a total of 21 6 per
cent over the five years, considerably
less than the 30 per cent originally plan-ned.
Liquor law
PTor vote
by council
By Stephen W. Flowers
Missourian staff writer
An ordinance to reduce the zone
within which a church or school can
block the granting of a city liquor licen-se
an issue that stirred controversy
four years ago is scheduled for final
vote at Monday's City Council meeting
The council will meet at 7 pm. in the
Council Chambers in the Municipal
Building.
The liquor ordinance was introduced
by Mayor Bob Pugh, who said it will
make the city law on the subject the
same as the state law
At present, a business within 90
meters ( 300 feet) of a church or school
must get approval from the church or
school to obtain a city liquor license.
Pugh's proposal would reduce the
distance requirement to 39 meters ( 100
feet)
The issue caused controversy in 1971
and 1972 Sixth Ward Councilman Clyde
Wilson introduced an identical proposal
in September 1971, but it was defeated
by the council
Wilson introduced the same measure
in May 1972, this tune including a
provision to let the city manager grant
licenses instead of the council The
council gave up its license- grantin- g
power to the manager, but kept the
church and school distance
requirement at 90 meters ( 390 feet).
Wilson gave up at that point and has
not raised the issue since He said
Saturday he thought then, and still
thinks, the provision allowing churches
and schools, in effect, to veto liquor
licenses gives outside institutions a
power that belongs to the city.
In other business, the council is
scheduled to discuss the results of an
audit management report at its dinner
meeting at 5 10 p m Monday in the
( See COUNCIL, Page 14)
Most children probably would rather bowl than learn to read. The
next best thing of course is to do both at the same time That's what
these first grade pupils are doing at Field Elementary School. Each
pin knocked down allows the bowler to read a word out loud to the
class. ( Missourian photo by Joann Bratkowski)
Pupils find
word skills
child's play
By Jaae Kennedy
Missoorian staff writer
With classmates looking on, the 6- year-
- old
bowler steps up and carefully
aims his bright yellow ball at the
plastic, multicolored puis He knocks
seven of them down A round of ap-plause
follows as he walks to a nearby
table and picks up seven vocabulary
cards to read aloud one for each pin
knocked down
Bowling may not sound like con-ventional
classroom fare, but for 26
first graders at Field Elementary
See related story, Page 4
School, baseball, hopscotch and bowl
mg are three of their most exciting
reading exercises
Under the supervision of their
teacher, Cee Palmquist, the first
graders play hopscotch on a board
covered with various words As they
jump from square to square, they read
the words as they land on them
Baseball is played with a game board,
words are used instead of balls Each
child takes a turn " at bat," and if he
succeeds m reading the words, he takes
3 hasp
Mrs Palmquist, who has taught first
grade for three years, says there is a lot
of " gaming" going on in education
today She says that " the schoolroom
( See GAMES, Page 12)