Busing to Achieve Race Balance Stirs National Debate
A UPI report surveys the volatile push for desegregation busing in the United States. It traces origins in the rural South to Berkeley California’s pioneering plan and explains how federal policy, court rulings, and local resistance shape plans to move students to achieve racial balance.
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U.S
United Press
Washington
Nixon
Charlotte
N.C
Agnew
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Oter
Wallace
Department of Health, Education
HEW
Local Man Serves With 101st Airborne
Radio Operator Craig Mowrey, son of Mrs. Maude Mowrey, 86 Johnson Street, serves with the 101st Airborne Division at DaNang, Republic of South Vietnam. A 1967 graduate of Naugatuck High School, he is expected home in January for discharge.
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Craig Mowrey
Maude Mowrey
Johnson Sr
Fred Mowrey Jr
101St Airborne Division
DaNang
Republic of South Vietnam
Naugatuck Hnigh School
Mowrey
Rotterdam Port Leads World in Cargo Handling
The article notes Rotterdam along the Rhine as the world’s busiest ocean port by cargo volume while mentioning radar time measurements and urban debates on school integration. It highlights ongoing tensions in cities over busing as a path to integration and notes some black families seeking improved black controlled schools.
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Supreme Court
Congress
Sholce
South
Paul M. Billing
U.S. Office For Civil Rights
Atlanta
Pacific West
Berkeley
Calif
Nell v. Sullivan
University of California
John K. Debonis
George Gaebler
PTA
Thousand Oaks
Sullivan
Massachusetts
Lince
Boston
Rotterdam
Inflation Chief Woe To Business In 1970
A survey of more than 300 business executives conducted by A. W. Chesterton Co. of Everett finds inflation and tight money as the chief business woes for 1970. The poll, aiming to guide its sales forecast, notes concerns over rising costs, high interest rates, manpower shortages, and the Vietnam War, with some predicting a mild recession next year.
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Everett, Masc
UPD
A. W. Chesterton Co
Everett
Chesterton
Richard T. McDermott
R. A. King
William H. Taylor Co
Allenstown
Luther Barstow
Industri
FCC Orders Survey of Broadcast Media
The FCC will survey six broadcast firms including Travelers Insurance Co. to examine parent company influence and potential pre clearance for programs. Three of seven members opposed the move citing possible adverse effects on licenses. Avco Corp E W Scripps Cox and Fuqua also named for diversified non broadcast interests. Avco owns Lycoming in Stratford Connecticut.
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Fcc
Inesurance
Tas
E, W. Scripps’ Co
Cox Enterprises Inc
Avco Corp
Chris Craft Industries Inc
Fuqua Industries
Reduced Prison Term Granted to Gang Member in CT Case
In New Haven UPI reports Superior Court Chief Judge Louis Shapiro reduced Julius Ardito’s term to 14% to 25 years after citing his heroism during a jail escape involving fellow gang members Vincent Esposito and Louis Della Camera. Ardito and two deputies were taken hostage as the escape unfolded. Esposito threatened a deputy with a knife and seized a pistol. Ardito had earlier faced sentences for participating in sexual assaults in Wallingford involving two teens and a youth. The two other escapees remain at large.
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New Haven
UPI
Superior Court
Lous Shapiro
Julius Atleto
North Haven
Ardito
Ardits
Vincent Esposito
West Haven
Louis Dalla Camera
Markle
Wallingford
Esposito
Connecticut
Bernardo
North Branford
Connecticut Shore
Worth Haven
Della Camera
North
Branford
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James Allen Jr
West Virginia
Freedom of
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Brown Lumber
Elm ST. Naugatuck
Stanley Tools
Lifeguard
MYLAR
Sava Ad
101St Airborne
Craig E. Mowrey
Maraden & Wasserman Co. Inc
Hartford
Conny M. C. Kenny
Ships Supply Inc
Jacksonville
Fla
OPI
Travelers Insurance Co
WTIC
Broadcast Media
Federal Communications Commission
California
Arizona
Irving’s Wayside Restaurant
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Naugatuck
Zill
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Naugotuck
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