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Tuesday, March 4, 1975
University Daily Kansan
Second black joins cabinet
WASHINGTON - William T. Coleman was confirmed today by the U.S. cabinet to lead transportation. He is the second black in U.S. history to hold a Cabinet position.
A Philadelphia attorney, Coleman succeeds Claude S. Brinegar in the transposition trial, his resignation was resisted. Coleman was confirmed by vote, without debate.
Coleman is a former president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education fund and has served as a part-time official or consultant in
The nation's first black cabinet member was Robert Weaver, who was secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President John F. Kennedy.
Top penalty approved
TOPEKA -A bill to restore the death penalty in Kansas for four types of murder was approved Monday by a committee of the Kansas House.
of murder was approved Monday by a committee of the Kauai State. The Federal and State Affairs Committee voted 10-9 to approve the bill and send it to the floor of the House for consideration by its full membership.
An earlier motion to kill the bill was defeated 8-7 before the measure was approved.
It calls for the death penalty to be imposed for murder of a law enforcement officer or a fireman killed in the line of duty, the murder of a person who was not involved in the crime, and the murder of a child.
Dry bill confronts House
TOPEKA—a bill designed to dry up drinking in Kansas except in the privacy of a residence was approved Monday by the House Federal and
House Speaker Duane McGill appeared surprised when he was informed of the committee action.
"This bill will be debated in the House in the near future," he said. In response to a question, McGill said he didn't believe the "drying up" policy.
The bill was introduced by Rep. Whitaker R. Wichita, who told the committee last week that if his bill was enacted, "either we'll be dry forever, or we will have an army of people advancing to Topeka to get liquor by the drink."
Cambodia aid supported
WASHINGTON—Eight members of Congress who returned from a fact-finding trip to Indochina Monday reportedly reached majority agreement that U.S. military aid to Cambodia should continue through June and $75 million should be approved for emergency food aid.
Rep. Donald M. Fraser, D-Minn., said the majority of the members appeared to agree that the military aid for ammunition should be concentrated on the Army.
Grades rising . . .
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No decision was reached Monday night by the USD 407 school board concerning raises for school psychologists that allegedly are in violation of teachers' contracts.
Gridley said the unacceptability of a C grade was fostered early by the educational
Some students on the honor roll didn't
Carl Knox, superintendent, said a decision would be reached in the future and given to Millard Denny, president of the Lawrence Education Association (LEA). Denny represented over 270 teachers at a meeting with school board members. The
School board postpones decision on validity of salary increases for school psychologists
Aty. Gen. Curt Schmeier, who had urged Dewey to continue the fight for confirmation, said he would try to submit his nomination and this legislative session ends in six weeks.
He gave no hint who he might name but said he expects to nominate someone soon because Dewey doesn't want to continue very long as acting director. Dewey has agreed to remain until a successor can be found.
King Faisal of Saudi Arabia wasn't coming. This was interpreted as an expression of his displeasure with OPEC's rigidity on prices. Leaders of Indonesia, Libya, Nigeria and Iraq also were staying in the Middle East in confrontation with the West. Iraq has differences with Iran and Iran differs with less radical Arab states.
Schneider said the new nominee may or not be one of the other two persons recommended by a selection committee he has been assigned to screen 22 applicants for the job.
Steven Lewis, associate professor of social welfare, who is charged with the investigation of Parking Department patrolman, was granted a continuance of his preliminary hearing Friday at Douglas County Court. The hearing began at 11:15 a.m. at the county court
Leaders of the Senate committee which held a bearing on the nomination last Friday said it was unlikely Dewey could have won confirmation.
Nominee withdraws after hearing
Lewis was arrested and freed on bond after he allegedly hit Patrolman William Morrill with his car Feb. 5. Lewis reportedly argued with Morrill when he found him in his car in front of New Hall. Lewis then began to drive away, hitting Morrill.
Lewis hearing set for March
The others recommended are Thomas E. Kelly, Topeka, a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and Gerald O. Long, the Illinois Organized Crime Unit.
Among the heads of state were Presidents Carlos Andres Perez of Venezuela, Gullemuro Rodriguez Lara of Ecuador and Bernard Albert Bonge of Gabon, and Sheik Sabah Salem al Sabah of Kuwait, Shah Abbas Perea Pelahei of Iran was expected.
TOPEKA (AP)—Richard D. Dewey, calling opposition to his nomination "the filthiest and most unfair thing I've ever been witness to," withdrew Monday as a candidate for director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
teachers had filed individual grievances complaining that the board had no right to raise salary schedules from the master agreement without their consent.
Kelly reportedly was the top choice of the six-member selection committee. Dewey and Schneider have accused some members of pressuring to get Kelly named.
agree that good marks were easier to come by than before.
Heads of state began arriving Monday. They entered a city bedded with slogans saying, "OPEC is the shield of the Third World."
ALGIERS (AP)-Ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) appeared at odds Monday over how to keep prices high as surpluses accumulate as a result of declining consumption in the West.
Informed sources said the foreign among OPEC oil, finance and the discord ministers was over whether to seek a general agreement in the oil contract, pivot to be determined by market forces.
An influential member of the Senate
adjudicary Committee said, "If Schneider is
able to stay with the Senate, it will be a
good deal."
OPEC leaders debate tactics at first summit
Linda Polson, Lawrence senior, said she didn't think classes are any harder or easier.
Polson, who recently returned to college after a few years absence, attributed her grades to an increased interest in school and a better understanding of teachers better than when she first attended college.
The LEA questioned the legality of the board's action. The group said the board acted unilaterally on the master agreement salary salary schedules for certified staff.
The ministers, preparing for the first OPEC summit, which begins Tuesday, met for four hours. The discussion centered on oil production.
The school board voted 4-2, with one abstention, to grant the administration permission to exceed the salary schedule by $2,000. The base salary for a 10-month contract was increased to $11,000.
The contract problem began at a Dec. 9 school board meeting when Don Herbel, director of special services for USD 497 and four psychologists short, started serving USD 497 school psychologists are nearly $3,000 below the Kansas average he said.
On Jan. 13, Demy spoke to the board and requested that teachers be allowed to file a "class grievance." The request was denied because the board had no policy for group action.
Jack Rickerson, Lawrence senior, attribu- tured his honor roll grades to an attribu- tured teacher.
At the hearing, Dewey was quizzed mostly about his employment record and reports of his heavy drinking. The com-mment included witnesses from Wichita who testified that he had been a Dewey drunk in private clubs and that he became belligerent when intoxicated.
Rickerson, who said it was a treat to be on the honor roll, said he didn't think students were too smart.
Becky Hubbell, Lawrence third-year pharmacy student, said the grades depended on the classes a person was taking
Many people are just happy to learn and don't care about the grade, he said.
About 270 individual grievances were later filed. The US47 district employes 416 teachers. Nearly 360 of the teachers belong to the LEA.
A mass hearing procedure with Denny representing the LEA was scheduled.
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"It could be resolved by the court, but who has three years?" Denny asked.
Two requests for a bill of particulars, asking for specific information about charges against a defendant, were entered by Collister.
Tests...
A request for specific information concerning count 13 against Long was denied. The count charges possession of a firearm with a barrel less than 12 inches long by a convicted felon fewer than five years after his conviction.
A request for specific information concerning the first degree murder of Todd Storke, Winfield junior, was taken under advisement by Gray until Collier gave Gray a memorandum specifying his request.
The psychologist's salary increases weren't the reason for the grievances, he said. Instead, the contract validity question was the reason for the hearing, he said. The question was whether the matter to be agreed on whether the mother's agreement was mutually binding, he said.
“Our experience with grievances has not been good,” Darrell Ward, chief negotiator for the LEA, said. “We have no redress but to the board themselves. I’m hoping that the board reverses itself and let the LEA help the decision. Realistically, I don’t believe so.”
He blamed Maurice "Cork" Corcoran, director of the Wichita Crime Commission, a non-governmental agency which did a background investigation on Dewey for "submitting a report laced with lies and inmunones to the Judiciary Committee."
Dewey she did not blame the Judiciary Committee members. "I feel they were subjected to lies and innocuences and I don't want to force them into a position of voting information when the only type of information they have been given is of this nature."
The witnesses weren't under oath, but Sen. J. C. Tillesse, R-Norton, committee chairman, said the panel had no authority to put its witnesses on oath. Sen. Robert V. Talkington, R-Jola, vice chairman, said committee members could easily "tell whether these witnesses were telling the truth."
Ward refused to speculate on what would happen if the board reaffirmed its decision.
Dewey, in his statement, said he thought "there isn't any way to fight the type of character assassination I have been subjected to."
UNIVERSITY FLORAL
(The Dutch Barn just North of Auto Plaza)
K.U. SKI CLUB Meeting
March 4 7:30
Forum Room-Union Program on Cross Country Skiing Presented by Camp-fitters Sponsored by SUA
Sponsored by SUA
HURRY!
Tomorrow Is The Last Day To Enter K.U. Photography Contest
Entries must be turned in at the SUA office, Kansas Union, by 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, 1975
Thanks to those who donated the prizes; Zercher Photo for the Honeywell slide projector; Gibson's Discount for the Petri camera; Wolfe's Photo of Topeka for the Rollei camera; and Neckstra's Jersey jacket. Drugs for the leasped bicycle. The top winner has choice of prizes, second, their choice, etc. Neck straps will be given to the winners in each of the nine categories.