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Askew himself made headlines yesterday when he announced that the percentage of students bussed in Florida has risen only three points--from 32 to 35--in the last twenty years. Askew--currently leading in his battle against an anti-busing straw vote on Tuesday's ballot--was immediately accused of falsifying statistics by members of his own party...
...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 up in the mania to stop busing at any cost, that we're trying to mature politically down here...
...approximately 100 names on yesterday's GSD ballot consisted of 45 names from a n original list of June 11, 1971, with approximately an additional 50 names submitted last month by Hartman. Under the ad hoc procedures, the names were required to be Harvard faculty from any school outside...
...faculty sources said yesterday that there was no discussion of the 20-person limit at yesterday's meeting. The Crimson obtained a copy of yesterday's ballot--marked "Confidential"--and the ballot instructions similarly contained no mention of the 20-person limit...
...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...