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'' ' f "" s il. HIC1L . , CIETY J uiu d. LO'ARY 1T. M CLUVBIA, BO. 65201 B ST. 12- 5-- 74 Tigers knock off Huskers 62- 5- 7 I See story, Page 6 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 1 ( See PROFS, Page 12) 1 Scb ThepLov V orLovy I y Inmikmyi'i J OiTIie Classified Paps 68th Year No. HO Cowl Morning! It's Sunday, February 1 , 1 976 4 Sections - 46 Pages - 35 Cents Burglars' pace quickens in Columbia jshif ivLxt c." j ..--- T! r saaVHiaHi MtitSKm& HlBS - ow. pBBaBaUaBaBSjSpa8aSaSsHsBHSBHHBSaSH9BjHHiHBHCBwS. aB innBi BsSBBBiBSBafl& BBTSBBBafDiKBBBBHEHP 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 See BURGLARY, Page 12) f 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)
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Item.Transcript | '' ' f "" s il. HIC1L . , CIETY J uiu d. LO'ARY 1T. M CLUVBIA, BO. 65201 B ST. 12- 5-- 74 Tigers knock off Huskers 62- 5- 7 I See story, Page 6 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 1 ( See PROFS, Page 12) 1 Scb ThepLov V orLovy I y Inmikmyi'i J OiTIie Classified Paps 68th Year No. HO Cowl Morning! It's Sunday, February 1 , 1 976 4 Sections - 46 Pages - 35 Cents Burglars' pace quickens in Columbia jshif ivLxt c." j ..--- T! r saaVHiaHi MtitSKm& HlBS - ow. pBBaBaUaBaBSjSpa8aSaSsHsBHSBHHBSaSH9BjHHiHBHCBwS. aB innBi BsSBBBiBSBafl& BBTSBBBafDiKBBBBHEHP 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 See BURGLARY, Page 12) f 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) |