The Wichita Eagle from Wichita, Kansas • 1

Drop in State Enrollment Expected to Continue Ponder Consolidation Schools Told must be related closely to district growth rates that Kansas birth rates declined each year from 1961 to 1967 then began rising again to 38215 in 1970 Kansas elementary and secondary school enrollment will continue to decrease for some time the Kansas Association of School Boards predicted in a study released last week Impact of the birth rate on future enrollments and Kansas economy is clouded the report stated because it is impossible to tell how many students will remain in the state The association proposes that the 311 unified school districts consolidation for more effective use of and warns that declining enrollments will result in higher operating costs per student Because of the decline the report recommends the state's unified school districts consolidation for more effective use of resources" Enrollment in special education fen the handicapped and gifted has increased from slightly more than one half of 1 of the I per cent of the total enrollment in 196M7 Kansas had 487500 students in kindergarten through high school in 1965-66 enrollment reached 502732 in 1968-69 and dropped to 486298 in fall 1971 But some unforeseen setback" a new wave of students from an anticipated 1973 1974 first grade increase will reach high school senior status by 1984-85 said George A Robinson KASB research director Topeka (2863) to 145 per cent of the total (7068) in 1971-72 according to KASB figures Wichita schools alone enrolled more than 4000 students through the special education division the past school year The state aid plan developed during the period of district unification and spiraling enrollments be carefully analyzed and revised" said KASB the "if the report adjustments teaching staff will be necessary" decline continues as expected the stated in THE ASSOCIATION cites national studies from News and World Report which indicate statisticians overestimated population of the nation during nine out of the past 12 years Robinson also noted the apparently high dropout rate among high school seniors There were 40106 seventh graders in 1966-67 the report stated but only 34488 were graduated last srping an apparent dropout rate of 14 per cent and departments of education on the numerous campuses should continue to assess the needs of the teaching profession for new teachers and adjust programs the association said and proposed school boaid building and remodeling programs There are three million fewer pre school children today than 10 years ago national reports indicate High school enrollments are still rising but the 14- to 17-year-old group is expected to decline after a peak of 168 million in 1974 Predicting is made uncomfortable for researchers in the report who observed ffitye Wicljita feate 32 Pages Price 10 Cents WICHITA KANSAS 67201 MONDAY JULY 17 1972 Heavy Rains Flood Streets Staff Photo by Jack Ridlay MERRILY SAILING ALONG IS A NO-NO Boaters! told it's against park regulations In Dodge City Assistant Senate aid victims of floods created by tropical storm Agnes Don't Go Near the Water Advises Ketch Crew City Democratic leader Robert By Hie Eagle's State Staff DODGE CITY Kan -Rains of three to five inches late Saturday and early Sunday caused flooding along city streets and on Ford County highways WASHINGTON (UPI) -The between convention session of Congress cranks up Monday with the Senate debating an proposal which may test Democratic presidential nominee George new political clout Byrd warned before the two-week recess started that his colleagues should be ready to come back and work long hours six days a week their presidential election candidates congressional leaders promised pressure to clean up a mountain of work before the Aug 18 recess when Republicans re-nominate President Nixon At least one member of Congress will not be on hand Monday Sen McGovern will be resting in the Black Hills of his native South Dakota In the House major development in the coming week was the possible appearance of Frank Sinatra before a committee investigating organized crime portion of the river was governed by park board regulations and ordered West to take the small sailboat out of the river West was sailing his ketch with two friends Mr and Mrs William Barr Wichita about 4:50 pm Sunday when they were motioned ashore by a park officer No no and now apparently no in the Arkansas River at least not in the portion flowing beside Century II Lightning struck at least two Dodge City homes in the thunderstorm which began shortly after midnight and continued several hours The Senate also was expected to act swiftly on an emergency relief measure to After a two-week recess to allow Democrats to nominate Byrd scheduled resumption of debate Monday of the foreign aid authorization bill which Sen Mike Mansfield D-Mont wants to amend so that funds would be cut off for US combat forces in Indochina after Aug 31 While Nixon McGovern Relax restrictions are so tight all you can do is just stand there and watch the water flow by" said Madison West Wichita told us we sail or boat above the Lincoln Street dam" West related in a telephone interview West added the guard told him that been sailing in that boat for about a year" West said no one has said anything about it before an ideal location for boating" An explosion believed to have been caused by accumulated gas destroyed a home owned by Cecil Denning Dodge City about 4 am Sunday officials said Party Heads Politick Byrd also planned a work arrangement for the Senate setting a certain number of hours per day for the foreign aid bill after which major measures would be taken up By The Associated Press Mandel Meets Inmates After End of Rebellion FIREMEN SAID the explosion lifted the roof bulged out the walls knocked out the foundation and blew out all windows at the borne located on Cottonwood Street the baptism of his new grandson Kevin McGovern Mead born to the senator's daughter and son-in-law Ann and Wilbur Mead West said he thinks the regulation Is In conflict with federal authority which has ruled the Arkansas'' River here navigable The classification allows tiie city to take advantage of lower freight rates assistant' Don Maxfield was scheduled to deliver the sermon Sunday but Vernon decided to do so instead He explained want to be a born President Nixon and Sen George McGovern spent a quiet Sunday on opposite sides of the country leaving the campaigning to others UNDER THIS arrangement a bill was waiting for consideration Monday to increase the $160 per hour minimum wage to $220 during the next two years The House has The baby was bom the day of the California primary that ave McGovern a big boost in lis successful quest for the Officers said the occupants Mr and Mrs Danny Schwein and their one-month-old daughter were not injured McGovern also was in church He went to St Episcopal church for Contacted at home Sunday Jay Setter director of the Wichita Park Board explained that the river as it flows through Wichita is considered part of city limits JESSUP Md (AP) Gov Marvin Mandel and a black congressman met with rebellious inmates at the Maryland House of Correction early Sunday after a night-long riot that brought 150 state troopers sweeping through the prison (Turn to Page 3A Col 1) (Turn to Page 3A CoL 4) On the Republican side Clark MacGregor chairman of the Committee for the Re-election of the President and Sen Bob Dole of Kansas GOP national chairman said their party was ready for any attempt to make the Vietnam war a campaign issue Sunday morning deep waters washed down city streets for several blocks At one intersection six cars were reported piled up By Sunday evening water had reced in most parts of the city TRY TO discourage boating for safety reasons" Setter said can imagine what it would be like if we allowed all kinds of boats in the river And if you allow one you have to allow them alL" were not going to have a repeat of what happened in New York" Mandel said following the meeting with some 20 inmates inside the prison He referred to last September's outbreak at Attica prison in which 43 persons died TRAFFIC was rerouted along highways leading into the city US 154 east of the city was reported completely underwater Speaking out for the Democrats on everything from draft dodgers to taxes to party reform were Sen Tom Eagleton of Missouri the vice presidential candidate Jean Miles Westwood chairman of the Democratic National Committee and Basil Patterson the committee vice chairman City Atty John Dekker also confirmed that there are rules restricting the type of boats allowed on the river He said special permission was given power boats canoes and bathtubs used in events at the May 27 Wichitennial River Festival and Trader's Day Many residents reported basements flooded and the official National Weather Service precipitation measurement was three and a'half inches for the storm with some county reports up to five inches NIXON WAS at the Western White House in San Clemente Calif McGovern was in Washington THE DISTURBANCE among 1500 inmates 75 per cent of whom are black lasted 10 hours It ended early Sunday morning when some 200 inmates who were surrounded by state police in the recreation yard of the maximum security prison went back to their cells after Mandel agreed to the GOV MARVIN MANDEL No replay of Attica Discriminatory Resident Says The President attended services at the First Christian church in San Clemente and heard the Rev Allen Vernon tell of how he missed a chance to deliver a sermon to another president City to Study Water Rates meeting The governor said his active participation with the prisoners did necessarily" end with the hour-long meeting were no demands" he said men had some grievances in the areas of medical service and the classification board The Wichita water rate has been labeled against the average home by a Wichita engineer made for all water used The rate should be the same for everyone in the city and a higher rate should be charged users outside the city As a Navy chaplain 20 years ago Vernon said he passed up a chance to deliver a sermon at a Rhode Island naval hospital Instead he went to Boston for the day mercial rates outside the city you will see that the rates go to as low as 17 cents It would be hard to convince me that Crestview or Wichita Country Club should be furnished water for as low as three times less than you or I can get it" The subject has been placed on city commission agenda for discussion AP Photo Complaints from other citizens probably will take up much of the time at commission meeting When he returned he discovered President Eisenhower had attended services at the hospital are going to look into some of he said ANIMATED AFTER-CHURCH DISCUSSION San Clemente minister meets President I Prompting the commission's attention was a letter to Mayor Jack Shanahan from John Gaddis an engineering consultant Gaddis proposes a revision in the water rate structure with the monthly service charge based on the size of the meter and a flat charge It is anticipated that many Crown Is Real (Tarn to Page SA Col 2) STATE ER patrolled the smoke-stained water-soaked halls of the sprawling facility guarding an estimated 400 inmates who could not be locked up because of damaged cells Miss Kansas Outgrows Complex IN THE LETTER Gaddis noted under the rate structure the rate for the first 25000 gallons is 50 cents per hundred cubic feet (100 cubic feet equals 750 gallons) By SCOTT SPRE1ER Eagle Staff Writer was the worst damage I've Mandel said Warden Ralph Williams chaperon who monitored the interview she said intend to work harder and be more determined and willing to work" PRATT Kan When Cindy Lee Sikes was in junior high school she had a When she wore a swimming suit the boys called her (Tore to Page 6A CoL 1) MISS KANSAS WHO has lived in Wichita six years sees one of her new roles as a communicator She thinks Miss Kansas can help bridge gaps between people Since very few home owners use 25000 gallons per month (or have a monthly Dill of $1667) the rate for all practical purposes for homes is 50 cents per 100 cubic feet They don't anymore Saturday night Cindy 18 was crowned Miss Kansas at the 1972 state pageant here A day earlier the 36-24-36 Wichitan took top honors in bathing suit competition Cardinals Fall To Cincinnati A 1972 graduate of Wichita Heights High School Cindy plans to attend Wichita State University this fall She will major in English and journalism and would like to travel and wile One reason for her choice of work is that she enjoys meeting people Youth Index on Page SA Christian Orthodox Church selects patriarch Page 2A Top Mafia figure found slain in Brooklyn Page 8A Fischer holds edge as third game of championship chess match adjourns Page 11A Three Kansans die in automobile wrecks Page 2B By comparison the commercial rate for water goes down to 10 cents per 100 cubic feet SUNDAY MORNING after excitement had subsided Cindy the Wichita entry in the pageant looked back on her Saturday night performance in which she appeared relaxed you don't make an effort to be friendly and meet people you're only hurting she said The streaking Cincinnati Reds whipped the St Louis Cardinals 4-1 Sunday and extended their National League West Division lead to five games over Houston which dropped a doubleheader to Pittsburgh Classified 282-4222 Circulation 268-6344 was in a good she said you're really yourself you don't have to worry about it some users in the city buy water for five times less than does the average home owner" states Gaddis you look at the com- Cindy doesn't smoke cigarettes or pot and opposes use of drugs She said a lot of changes need to be made in society and to make those changes a person needs to be alert Aerospace 4C Earlier in the week Cindy said she wished the pageant idv sa: could last longer but didn't think her nerves could stand it After it ended Saturday she had trouble sleeping and kept waking up and reaching over to touch her crown Today's Forecast The Wichita Aeros scored one run in the seventh and two in the eighth to down Denver 3-2 Home Town News IB Markets 12C Obituaries 7B People and Places 7B Radio-TV Logs 5C Sports 1C-4C State News 2B Women's News 4B Amusements 5C Billy Graham -3B Classified Ads 6C-11C Comics 6B Crossword Puzzle 5C Dear Abby 4B The daughter of Mr and Mrs Neil Sikes Cindy is the second oldest of five children At home she in a swimsuit" with her hair up and no makeup Unlike the current Miss America she owns a pair of jeans several in fact She also sleeps on a waterbed WICHITA Cloudy Chance of rain High 90 Low 70 But there won't be much time to admire her crown She must start immediately preparing for the Miss America pageant at Atlantic City in September Editorials 4A Jim Colbert won the Milwaukee Open Golf Tourney finishing one shot ahead of Grier Jones of Wichita and three others Cindy has no steady boyfriend and any would-be suitor will have to wait THIS WEEK SHE will remain in Pratt selecting her wardrobe posing for photos and preparing for the trip Vol 100 No 199 3 Parts KANSAS Partly cloudy with a chance few thunderstorms Highs 90s Lows 60s 4J ag5g3g5g-w feel you don't have time for a steady said Cindy who prefers the clean-cut athletic type Although she had been Miss Kansas less than a day Cindy already felt a big responsibility Flanked by a Details In Section Map Table on Page 7B i 1 i KMX 001.