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Yesterday, he backed Florida's Republican Governor Reubin Askew in the latter's contentions that opposition to busing is camoflagued opposition to integration...
...gain." New York's Mayor John Lindsay further endangered his remote presidential chances by telling Florida legislators: "I am for busing because it is often the only way to integrate our schools -and because the alternative, perpetual racial segregation, is far worse." Florida's bold Governor Reubin Askew freely conceded that 90% of his state's voters may favor a state antibusing referendum on the March 14 ballot, but that he would oppose it "as forcefully as I know how. It's time we told the rest of the nation that we aren't caught...
...white boycott of Augusta, Ga., schools last week left classrooms virtually empty, and Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter endorsed a one-day, statewide boycott to be held next week in sympathy. The Florida legislature drafted an antibusing proposition to be voted on in the March 14 primary. Governor Reubin Askew countered by adding to the ballot a question asking Floridians, however they feel about busing, to assert their commitment to equal opportunity for all races. Thus a presidential primary will incorporate a referendum on busing and civil rights...
...your readers are urged to send ideas on what The Declaration of 1976 should say, to Senator Brooke, Congressman Donohue, or to Mr. Jack LeVant, Director, American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, Box 1976, Washington, D.C. 20276. Mare Askew...
...Glasses Askew. Maudling tried to continue, but Bernadette was up again, yelling, "Nobody shot at the paratroopers, but somebody will shortly." She also called Maudling "that murdering hypocrite." Suddenly, as the Speaker of the House struggled to maintain order, Bernadette stalked to the center of the chamber and threw herself bodily on the Home Secretary. Arms and legs flailing, she punched, scratched and spit at Maudling, knocking his glasses askew and tearing at his hair. For a few seconds, the stunned House sat and watched. Then Tory M.P.s pulled Bernadette away from the embattled Home Secretary. As she was escorted...