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Typically, John Paul was thinking of others. He ordered flowers sent to the two American tourists, Rose Hall and Ann Odre, who had been shot with him in that appalling moment in St. Peter's Square. When a group of 52 schoolchildren gathered below to serenade him with a folk song and offer prayers for his speedy recovery, the Pope sent a messenger bustling down with a fond reply: "I bless you, and I would like to kiss you all, one by one." John Paul even celebrated a birthday; he was an increasingly hearty, if not yet hale...
...Douglas were not inclined to become Frankfurter's happy hot dogs. In Frankfurter's first year on the court, Black and Douglas went along with a Frankfurter opinion that allowed public schools to require a morning "flag salute," even if salutations violated the religious principles of some schoolchildren. But four years later, they reversed their decision. Frankfurter was furious. "One who belongs to the most vilified and persecuted minority in history is not likely to be insensible to the freedoms guaranteed by our Constitution," he began his emotional dissent. Even so, Frankfurter scolded, a Justice's "duty...
...largley thanks to state voters and Proposition 2 1/2. Like every other city in the Commonwealth, Boston desperately needs large increases in state aid and the quick establishment of a new tax code that will fairly apportion the cost of running a city humanely. Until they come, Boston schoolchildren will receive an all-too-realistic lesson in how not to run a city...
...rely on public transit took to bicycles to get to work. The strike, sparked by union protests over the hiring of part-time help and a decision to require maintenance workers to pass proficiency tests, is costing the city $3 million a day in business and keeping 15% of schoolchildren at home...
Until the shutdown, the 201 buses of the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority served the city and seven municipalities. The buses were also the vehicle of desegregation for 1,300 of some 5,000 schoolchildren who take them every day. Last October the transit authority tried to close the yearly $1 million deficit by cutting back weekday service and eliminating Sunday service. In addition, it raised the fare from 35? to 80? in just one year. Then it turned to the Alabama legislature, but the lawmakers were not quick enough in finding new solutions. With funds dwindling, the transit authority...