Attendance Rises as Boston Schools Mix More Racially
In Boston, overall attendance climbs to 68.4 percent as black and minority students outnumber whites for the first time. White students show growing absenteeism amid antibusing sentiment. most disruption occurs in Charlestown and South Boston with four arrests for property destruction.
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Boston
Atana
Llicesegregat
Charlestown
Bunker Hill
Concord
South Boston
Timent
Wednesdale
Iles Town
UPI
Bridgeport UB professors end three day strike with new contract
University of Bridgeport professors approved a three year contract 121 to 28 ending a three day strike. The deal provides salary increases and imposes no reprisals against about 200 of the 300 teachers who walked out. President Leland Miles welcomed the return to normal university life.
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Bridgeport, Conn
University of Bridgeport
Alfred Gerteiny
American Association of University Professors
Niversity
Leland Miles
Lynn
Connecticut
New Hampshire Hosts Ford Reagan Campaigns
In Keene and Manchester Ford and Reagan campaign for Louis C. Wyman in a tight special Senate race as New Hampshire eyes the 1976 presidential primary. Reagan urges the GOP to defend conservative principles while Ford woods a 120 mile southern New Hampshire tour to energize voters.
Ford To Boost Wyman Campaign In New Hampshire
Republican Louis C. Wyman aims to cement support as Ford heads a 120 mile motorcade across southern New Hampshire less than a day after Reagan’s Manchester appearance and five days before the September 16 special Senate election. Reagan’s stop drew over 2,000 Republicans and featured autographs.
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Concord
N.H
Louis C. Wyman
U.S. Senate
Ford
Wyman
New Hampshire
California
Ronald Reagan
Manchester
Senate
National Guard
Reagan
Meldrim Thomson
Lane Dwinnell
Richard Nixon
Umon
Keene
Portsmouth
John A. Durkin
Durkin
Nashua
Dover
George Young
America
Administrators Vote Amid Teacher Strike Fallout in Several Cities
About 85 New Bedford administrators faced dismissal threats as they prepared to vote on joining teachers off work. Lynn teachers refused to return despite an injunction, while strikes continued in Pawtucket and Woonsocket Rhode Island. Newport and Johnston settlements were reached midweek. A rally drew 500 to 600 teachers at New Bedford harbor.
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Associated Press
New Bedford
Mass
Lynn
Pawtucket
Woonsocket
R.I
Education Association
New Bedford High School
Salem
Dukakis Set to Sign Primary Date Bill in Boston
Gov. Michael Dukakis was expected to sign a bill changing Massachusetts presidential primary to March 2 1976 and shifting most convention delegates to regional caucuses. The measure, opposed by Republicans and many Democrats, barely passed both chambers amid maneuvering by Senate President Kevin Harrington.
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Massachusetts
Michael S. Dukakis
House
Senate
Kevin B. Harrington
Dsalem
David H. Locke
Wellesley
Locke
Harrington
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