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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1978
Page
2
Across the nation many districts faced classroom disruption as 400,000 pupils lacked teachers while New Orleans reached a settlement restoring regular staff for 91,000 students after a 142 week strike. Negotiations yielded a 7 percent wage increase for about 4,500 teachers.
Los Angeles launched a citywide school integration drive with about 2,000 yellow buses deployed after 4,000 protesters urged boycotts. Only a fraction of scheduled riders boarded, with late arrivals reported but no major incidents. The district serves 570,600 students with 62,000 assigned to two hour round trips, amid a 1976 state Supreme Court mandate.
Public schools in northern Delaware opened under a court order merging 11 districts into one system. Gov. du Pont praised the turnout as 93 percent attendance of about 65,000 expected students, with minimal incidents beyond a few bus delays and a minor fire.
The Bottom Line reports Mexico City's first try at separating sexes on rush hour trains to curb assaults on women. Men were moved to separate cars on one line, with delays and mixed reactions. Some praised the move as a solution to harassment, while others doubted its effectiveness and called it culturally ingrained.
Labor mediator Theodore W. Kheel joins unions as adviser in the standstill strike at Times Daily News and Post. About 10,000 workers are affected. four unions have walked out since Aug 9 over new working conditions. A 2 p.m. bargaining session aims to clarify issues rather than dictate settlements.
Federal radiation experts arrived to assist New York state researchers assessing possible low level contamination near a 93rd Street school. The probe was sparked by reports of black sludge and low radiation readings, with the unrelated Love Canal contamination nearby.
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