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...issue in Florida, three of his Democratic opponents hurried back to Washington to soften the Senate's antibusing stance (TIME, March 6). Hubert Humphrey, Edmund Muskie and George McGovern-cast decisive votes as the Senate reversed its adoption of the extreme antibusing amendment pushed by Michigan Republican Robert Griffin. Carried by just three votes a week earlier-with all five Democratic presidential contenders absent -the Griffin amendment would have removed the courts' authority to order the busing of children...
Legal Appeals. Earlier in the tangled procedure, the Senate had adopted by a decisive margin a far milder antibusing amendment proposed by Republican Leader Hugh Scott and Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield. Offered primarily to stave off the harsh Griffin measure, and to close out the possibility of a constitutional amendment banning busing, it was supported by a number of civil rights liberals. The amendment prevents the use of any federal funds for racial busing unless local school districts request the money-but it would not affect court orders requiring districts to bus. The amendment also delays the execution...
...Both the Griffin and Scott-Mansfield amendments are, at least momentarily, part of the Senate bill. If the bill is finally approved, the provisions would have to be compromised in conference committee with the House bill, which includes a flat ban against the use of federal funds for busing. The final bill might well be of doubtful constitutionality requiring long litigation...
Captain Dave Fish came within one game of the "A" division championship round. Fish upset third-seeded Gordon Perry of Navy in the quarterfinals, 15-13, 15-7, 15-12, but lost to Griffin in a five game semifinal. Fish, unseeded, lost to second-seeded Griffin...
...championship match with William's Ty Griffin, Briggs suffered his only game setback. He won in four games, 15-9, 15-10, 10-15, 15-10, to achieve the highest honor in collegiate ranks...