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...came to Boston in 1961 and I saw this place and I told people. You know something? This place is going to go sky high one day the way people are cramped together.' People said, That would never happen in Boston--that's something for Selma, Alabama.' There's a lot of resentment going down now because there's a failure in this state to give the people the services they pay for especially with regard to education...
...busing cause, state representative Raymond Flynn; compares the situation in Boston today to that facing the revolutionaries 200 years ago, students and left-wing politicians formulate their own plans to "fight the racist offensive" and to "keep the buses rolling." For them Boston '74 is to be compared to Selma '64 and Little Rock '54. They have a different vision of the "freedom trail" but in the long run, it appears almost as narrow as Flynn's and the South Boston...
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...obvious agony of decision that Flowers showed at the Judiciary Committee debates has led many to express respect for his pro-impeachment stand. "I don't think his vote reflects the sentiment of his constituency," says Selma mayor Joe Smitherman, "[but] I do understand how he came to the conclusion to vote the way he did." The feeling that he did what he thought was right, combined with his overall popularity, will probably enable him to survive in the coming congressional election. For the moment, in fact, Flowers has no opposition for reelection...
...immigrant Pennsylvania coal miner, Father Baroni was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1956, served in working-class parishes in Altoona and Johnstown, Pa. Transferred to Washington, D.C., he became active in civil rights and in 1965 was among the first priests to go to Alabama for the Selma-Montgomery march. He helped launch Washington's Head Start program, and a decade of his community action programs culminated in the establishment of the Urban Ethnic Center...