Busing Desegregation Protests Reported Isolated
The Associated Press notes that court ordered desegregation through busing is active in southern and midwestern districts with isolated protests. Savannah elementary classes began under the plan, while notable boycotts accompanied earlier secondary desegregation. Attendance estimates range around 27,000 to 30,000 of 38,000. Nashville saw a large rally and calls to keep children home.
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Savannah
Indianapolis
Crispus Attucks High School
U.S. District
Nashville
Tenn
Casey Jenkins
Mobile
Alabama
Pontiac
Mich
Dana Whitmer
Pontiac Central High School
Jackson
Miss
R. B. Layton
Atendance
Portsmouth
Save Our Neighborhood Schools
Hampton Roads
Capitol
Washington
Teacher jobs also in slump
Washington AP reports elementary school positions will drop for the second year due to the baby bust, with 8,000 fewer teaching roles. Secondary and higher education rise, while 5 percent of physics PhDs and higher science doctorates remain unemployed or underemployed.
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Washington
U.S. Office of Education
Office of Education
Education Office
Washington Center For Metropolitan Studies
National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council
Diefenbaker Admitted to Hospital in Wales
Former Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker aged 75 was admitted to a hospital in Wales for observation. His Ottawa office said the condition is comfortable and that he arrived Thursday during a visit to friends in Wales on August 25.
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John Diefenbaker
Wrexham Wales
Ottawa
Diefenbaker
Wales
Austin School Plan Appealed
The Justice Department appealed the Austin Texas school desegregation plan arguing busing should be selective to remove segregation but not district wide. It seeks reversal of a district court ruling and a plan to eliminate discrimination against Mexican-American students while Nixon defended his view against busing for its own sake.
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New Orleans
Austin, Tex
Nixon
Justice Department
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Appeals Court
U.S. District Court
Austin School Board
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Ihe
U.S. Supreme Court
Austin
Statewide Tax Eyed For California Schools
Gov Reagan and Assembly Speaker Moretti support new taxes to equalize school funding after California Supreme Court ruling that local property tax discriminates against poorer districts. Court hints that per pupil spending may measure education quality and calls for a Superior Court review of wealth related disparities.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
California Assembly
Bob Moretti
California Supreme Court
Los Angeles
Sanford Gruskin
California
Reagan
Moretti
Supreme Court
John E. Coons
University of California
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