South fights desegregation
MOBILE, Ala. (UPI)—Four Deep South governors conferred about the "chaotic school conditions" in their states Sunday and decided to meet with their congressional delegations in an effort to fight federal desegregation policies.
Govs. Albert Brewer of Alabama, Lester Maddox of Georgia, John Bell Williams of Mississippi and John McKeithen of Louisiana met for nearly three hours in the International Trade Center, then released a terse statement restating their opposition to some federal policies, especially busing.
They did not elaborate on their plans to meet the congressmen, but said the meetings would be held as soon as possible "to seek a unified course of action to obtain relief from the chaotic conditions now facing our schools.
"We affirm our determination that no child in any state or any school system shall be mandatorally bused for the sole purpose of achieving racial balance in our public schools," the statement said.
"We believe that the same standards for the operation of schools applied in other states should be applied in the Southern states. We resent the fact that we have been singled out in our respective states for punitive treatment," the statement added.
The statement also urged the people of the South to try to solve their problems through "orderly democratic processes and not through violence."
In Charlotte, N.C., about 1,500 white parents and their children crowded onto the lawn of the federal building to protest a desegregation plan that would mean busing of more than 10,000 children. Organizers of the rally urged parents to boycott schools, cancell newspaper subscriptions, and launch letter-writing campaigns to public officials.
In Miami, some 243,000 Dade County school children will return to classes Monday after a court-ordered week's vacation to give administrators time to desegregate school faculties.
About 2,000 teachers were shifted around Dade County's
240 schools on orders by U.S. District Court Judge C. Clyde Atkins to achieve a racially balanced faculty.
School officials said the transfers were made without difficulty and no problems were anticipated when classes resume Monday.
KU students have until Wednesday to pay their school fees. Payment must be made at the Business Office in Carruth-0'Leary or mailed to the Business Office. The IBM computer card must accompany the fee payment.
"We will go to the courts with all the resources we can marshall to gain reliief." Brewer said;
After Wednesday a late fee fine of $10 will be added to a student's bill.
Williams said the governors had made "certain plans for future action" which he could not reveal at the present time. Brewer said the meeting would result in "something tangible and concrete."
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80th Year, No. 74 The University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Monday,Feb.9,1970
UDK News Roundup
By United Press International
WASHINGTON—President Nixon dispatched Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird to Vietnam today for a top-to-bottom look at how well the South Vietnamese are taking over the war—and how fast the United States can continue to pull out.
Laird begins Viet tour
Pancake race set to begin
LIBERAL—Liberal's "fastest girls" in town readied Sunday for the big race, their annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake derby against the lasses of Oney, England.
Winning times are compared by transAtlantic telephone following the Liberal leg of the race, run over a 415-yard, S-shaped course with the participants flipping hotcakes on a griddle as they go.
Medical fee fix proposed
WASHINGTON—A Senate staff study, sharply critical of the fees doctors collect for treating Medicare patients, says the government's health insurance program has driven up medical costs for all Americans.
Its chief proposal for overcoming the problem—a fixed schedule of fees participating doctors can receive for the Medicare practice—struck a sensitive nerve. The medical profession has always opposed government-set fees.
Demos answer Nixon with nation-wide film
WASHINGTON (UPI)— The Democratic Party replied Sunday to President Nixon's State of the Union address with a televised film intended to show "a not-so-silent majority" blaming the administration for inflation, unemployment, urban decay, pollution and poverty.
This year the party turned to its best-looking young legislators, found a supporting cast of angry shoppers and unemployed workers and put them in a variety of settings including a supermarket, an abandoned housing development, a smog-covered valley and an outdoor coffee shop.
But the professionally produced one-hour film, beamed across the nation free of charge by the three major television networks, represented an obvious departure from past presentations in which portly politicians followed one another to the microphone with long-winded speeches.
Initial Republican reaction came from Rep. Bob Wilson, chairman of the GOP Congressional Committee, Who said: "The Democrats pinpointed many of the problems facing the country on their TV show—residual problems left over from eight years of Democratic administration—and they sounded just like a group of disgruntled heirs arguing over their meager inheritance."
This theme was supported by House Republican Leader Gerald R. Ford, who said the program "was a lot of talking about long-standing problems that have gone unsolved while
The best-known Democratic figures, with the exception of Sen. Edmund S. Muskie, D-Maine, were not shown or were relegated to minor roles. The stars were attractive newcomers like Reps. Patsy Mink, D-Hawaii, and William Clay, D-Mo., or candidates facing tough re-election contests.
A typical scene went something like this;
"Good morning," Mrs. Mink said to a woman who had just paid a food bill of $60.52 in a supermarket checkout line. "We hear a great deal about inflation and about the rising cost of prices. As a housewife and person who is responsible for shopping each week, I wonder if you could tell us what inflation means to you?"
"Well," the woman answered, "it means that I don't often buy a luxury item like sugar-coated cereal which the children love, or ice cream, and that orange juice we have to really ration. And I have to think about these things now and I used to consider these just quantity items you had to buy and keep up with and they're no longer necessity items."
The Democrats did manage to squeeze in a minute for a traditional behind-the-desk-with-the-flag message from 78-year-old Speaker John W. McCormack, Mass., who praised "young Democrats" and "emerging leaders." The film's producers spliced in shots of young people while McCormack spoke.
Alone...
Photo by Greg Gorman
"Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each of us be alone,"—Kahil Gibran A student pauses on the hill behind Flint Hall.