Riots Erupt Near Boston High Schools as Desegregation Opens
Police clash with rock and bottle throwers as 62 protesters are arrested near South Boston High while 67 total arrests are reported in the morning. National guardsmen kept in reserve as 1,650 officers enforce safety zones around schools during the opening of the second year of desegregation.
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Boston
UPI
Charlestown High School
South Boston High
Charlestown High
Robert J. diGrazia
Charlestown
U.S
Committee Against Racism
Progressive Labor Party
Roxbury
Hyde Park High School
National Guardsmen
Fromme Squeaky seeks attention after Ford attempt
Lynette Fromme, 26, alias Squeaky from Manson circle, told a Sacramento jailer she aimed at President Ford because no one paid attention to her. Held on $1 million bail in isolation, she remained in good spirits on a vegetarian diet. Federal charges to be presented to a grand jury. Manson not answering questions. Bugliosi calls Fromme an executive officer of the family during their peak.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Lynette Alice Fromme
Ford
Miss Fromme
Charles Manson
Secret Service
State Capitol
Manson
San Quentin
U.S
Vincent Bugliosi
Tate-LaBianca
Los Angeles
Bugliosi
Charlie
Lee Fromme
Kansas City chosen for 1976 GOP convention site
The seven member site selection committee unanimously recommended Kansas City Missouri as the site for the August 16 20 1976 GOP nominating convention. The decision favors the Midwest heartland and Ford era party rebuilding amid strong regional GOP support.
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Heartland of
GOP
Washington
UPI
Kansas City, Mo
Republican National Committee
Kansas City
Cleveland
Ohio
Missouri
Kansas
National Committee
Mary Louise Smith
White House
Ford
City
Bicentennial Steamtrain Adventure Through Vermont Spectacle
A two day bicentennial train run from Bennington to Burlington draws crowds and VIPs including John W. Warner and Gov. Thomas P. Salmon. The VT2 loop plans firmed, with rail service envisioned from Bellows Falls to Burlington Rutland, while a Whitehall NY steamboat link remains under study.
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Manchester
Vermont
Burlington
Gov
Thomas P. Salmon
Railroad
Bennington
Warner
Boston and Maine Railroad
Alan Dustin
Steamtown Foundation
Bellows Falls
Steamtown
Robert Burley
Burlington Rutland
Whitehall
N.Y
Hausner
Northeast Kingdom
Robert Barbera
North Bennington
Vermont Bicentennial
James Hormel
John R. Stuart
Manchester Chamber of Commerce
Rutland
Worldwide wave of teacher strikes disrupts students
Across major cities including Lynn Boston Louisville New York Chicago and Wilmington teachers walk out. Desegregation busing protests prompt security measures while unions push for better pay and benefits. In Illinois Michigan and Pennsylvania many districts end or continue closures with student counts in tens of thousands.
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New York City
National
Boston
Louisville
Pennsylvania
New York
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Death toll rises in Turkish earthquake and Rockefeller note
Inside reports death toll climbs after the Turkey quake while commentary touches on the Rockefeller bed. Mrs. Ford remains silent as editors flag a shifting political tone. Local Vermont health note links longer life to better dental care.
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Turkey
David McCallum
Vermont
Hawks
Pownal
Orantes
Connors
Ms. Navratilova
California
Cincinnati
L.S. Rams
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South Boston
Hyde Park
Charleston
Bunker Hill
Lee Boston
Steamtown Foundation of
Andy Barbera
Harry S. Truman
Iowa
Senate
Russ Garland
John W. Warner
Steamtown Last
Long Island Railroad
Chester
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Montreal
Lynn
Mass
United Press International
Chicago
Chicago Teachers Union
CTU
Richard Daley
Joseph Hannon
Daley
New York Board of Education
United Federation of Teachers
Albert Shanker
UFT
U.S. District Court
James Gordon
Wilmington
Del
Taylor, Mich
Lakeshore
Elgin
Ill
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