Open Schools Aim For Peaceful Start Desegregation Plan
Dallas schools begin the new year under a desegregation plan that buses about 18 000 students in grades four through eight to neighboring campuses while nearly 10 000 others transfer to magnet schools. The district serves 140 000 with a 44 percent Anglo 44 percent black and 12 percent Mexican American population. In Eudora Arkansas officials vow strict discipline after last springs racial clashes closed schools. Local labor issues also hinder start up as schools open nationwide with most students not returning until after Labor Day.
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Eudora High
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Jacksonville
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Philadelphia
Soweto Strike Flares Police Fire Kills One
Thousands of Soweto blacks stay home as a three day boycott unfolds with reports of police firing on agitators near Orlando station. Up to 40 percent of black workers absent in Johannesburg as latecomers trickle in amid intimidation efforts and tear gas. Officials say one man killed and several wounded in the unrest.
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Soweto
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Bible Ownership Among U.S. Families in 1974
A survey finds 18 percent of American families bought new Bibles while 25 percent purchased other religious books. Overall 80 percent of U.S. families own at least one Bible.
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Parma police sickout ends temporarily
Parma AP report says the Parma Police Department was fully manned all day after three days of short staffing due to a wage dispute and blue flu protests. An unnamed officer hinted the sickout may resume if needed and warned of possible legal action by Mayor Petruska if protests continue.
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