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What does Seattle want? In 1977 Seattle became the first major city to adopt busing to integrate its schools without being forced to do so by a court. On Nov. 7 it became the first city in the Northwest to elect a black mayor: Democratic Councilman Norm Rice, who campaigned strongly against an antibusing referendum proposal called Save Our Schools. Yet after absentee ballots were counted last week, it turned out that the voters had also approved the nonbinding S.O.S. measure by 1,135 votes...
Rice, whose victory stemmed from his image as a civic healer, has urged the N.A.A.C.P. and others not to challenge the busing ban in court. Instead, the mayor-elect wants the school board to continue busing until he can develop a more attractive system of improved "magnet" schools that could keep the Seattle classrooms integrated. Rice's healing powers may be tested sooner than he expected...
...lighter note, the council passed a resolution congratulating the Harvard football team for its 37-20 victory over Yale on Saturday. Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci, author of the order, invited all Cambridge citizens "to join in the cheering whether they like Harvard or whether they don't like Harvard...
...letter to Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci read to the council, Commissioner of Public Works William Sommers said the 25-year-old tree had come under attack recently, adding "it is not a pleasant sight...
...late Friday night, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) had reversed his position supporting aid to the Salvadoran government. By midday Saturday, Boston Mayor Ray Flynn had joined in the call for an end to military aid and assisted outraged citizens in organizing a Sunday protest that drew 3000 people. Activists also raised more than $10,000 in emergency medical aid over the weekend...