Integration picture reversed sparks busing debates across states
The piece traces changing views on school desegregation from the 1960s to present. Mary Peabody and civil rights activists aided integration, while experts like Hays Mizell note dismantling dual systems in South Carolina. Boston faces busing tensions ahead of a September start with 26 000 students, police on watch as protests erupt. Opinions from Capt John Kenneally and attorney Banks frame busing as transportation amid broader push to end racial separation.
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Dixie
Hays Mizell
American Friends Service Committee
South Carolina
Boston
John Kenneally
Board of Education
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
N.C
U.S. Supreme Court
Banks
Jackson
Miss
Little Rock
Ark
Karl Karp
Indianapolis
Refugees Still Headed to Guam for Repatriation
Vietnamese refugees seeking repatriation will continue toward Guam via Camp Pendleton in California, despite no Saigon accord. Officials say flights from Chaffee to Pendleton and onward to Guam have not been halted, with 2 051 Vietnamese on Guam awaiting repatriation and UN negotiations ongoing.
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FT. Chaffee, Ark
UPI
Guam
Pendleton
Calif
Donald MacDonald
Chaffee
South Vietnam
United Nations High Commission For Refugees
UN High
Saigon
Vietnam
Joshua Eilberg
D-Pa
House
United States
China
Camp Pendleton
MacDonald
Aeronautics Maintenance Weekend Attracts 600 Pilots
Omaha Eppley Airfield hosts its fourth annual Aeronautics Maintenance Weekend August 23-24 with over 600 pilots and light aircraft owners from 20 states expected. Ronald B. Grear calls it a key Midwest aviation event. Henry W. Ryan notes emphasis on safety and maintenance with lectures on fuel economy electronics engine operation and flight insurance. A separate study finds autos dominate week long vacations at nearly three quarters, with air travel second at one in five trips.
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Omaha
API
Eppley
Ronald B. Grear
Airport Authority
Midwest
Henry W. Ryan
Air Kaman
Chevette in debut at GM plant
The Chevette, a sub 2000 pound, four seat GM minicar, rolled off the Wilmington Delaware assembly line as Detroit targets a early October launch around 2850 dollars. GM aims to hit 40 mpg highway and compete with foreign minicars while industry layoffs improve across 1976 model year plants.
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Edward S. Lechtzin
UPI Auto Writers
Detroit
UPI
U.S
General Motors
Wilmington
Del
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
Research launched on nerve illness at northern Britain
A $1.155 million probe by American and British scientists begins at Britain's northern tip to find the cause of multiple sclerosis, a central nervous system disease.
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Britain
Economy Faces Mixed Signals from Key Indicators
Washington reports a likely GNP gain next quarter but another jump in consumer prices. Officials foresee double digit inflation aided by higher food and gasoline costs, with revisions to food-price forecasts tied to grain sales to Russia.
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Washington
UPI
Andal
Russia
Earl Butz
Rain Douses Iowa Fields and Florida Tornado Alerts
Wide areas of western and central Iowa received beneficial rain easing drought impact on corn yields. Rain totals exceeded one inch in Sioux City and two inches in Clarion while showers and thunder storms moved through the Missouri River Valley and Gulf Coast regions. No injuries reported from funnel clouds near St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale as cold air cools the Dakotas and Minnesota.
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United Press International
Iowa
Des Moines
Ford
National Weather Service
Sioux City
Clarion
Council
Missouri River Valley
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
New England
Missouri
Pacific Coast
Rockies
Kansas
St. Petersburg
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Great Lakes
Dakotas
Minnesota
Guide dog saves owner from drowning in Torquay bay
Ruby a Labrador guide dog rescued her blind mistress Mary Davies by nudging her toward two women who pulled them to safety with a rope. Davies fell 20 feet into icy water after ignoring the dog’s urging, and Ruby jumped in to push her toward harbor steps where rescuers helped them aboard.
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Torquay
England
Ruby
Torquay Bay
Mary Davies
Miss Davies
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Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Ft. Knox
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