LA Unified Faces Summer Shutdowns and Busing Clash
Los Angeles Unified School District ends summer programs affecting about 200000 students as Proposition 13 budget cuts threaten teacher layoffs. Court-ordered desegregation busing for roughly 60000 students sparks parental lawsuits and protests amid fights over integration and travel times.
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Board of Education
Jerry Halverson
Granada Hills
Harriet Oppenheim
Frost
Foshay Junior High
Santa Monica Mountains
Supreme Court
Halverson
King Junior High
Valley
ERA supporters face deadline in Illinois
In Springfield Illinois supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment face a July 1 deadline to push a pro ERA resolution through the Senate after the House failed again to approve. The latest vote was 105 to 71 against the amendment, two votes shy of the required three fifths. President Carter had appealed for ERA approval during a joint session.
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State Senate
House
Illinois
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Astronomer finds second black hole in space
Princeton astronomer Ronald Polidan announced at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific meeting in Park City Utah the discovery of a second black hole. The object OAO 1653-40 was detected by the Copernicus satellite and linked to the Scorpio constellation, supporting black hole theory and aspects of relativity.
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Utah
Princeton University
Ronald Polidan
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Park City Resort Center
Salt Lake
Polidan
Copernicus
Oberser
Vatory
OAO
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