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Timilty, however, demonstrated the depth of his support by winning in areas of the city with deep anti-busing sentiments, South Boston and Charlestown, in addition to carrying his home neighborhood, Hyde Park, and nearby Dorchester. Timilty was also helped by the rain, which probably held down turnout among elderly...
In fact, voter turnout was unusually low for a mayoral preliminary, with only 37 per cent of registered voters casting ballots. In a city where busing has been a prominent emotional issue for almost two years, such apathy is at first glance hard to understand. Voters may have stayed home...
Koblitz said that the demonstrators tried to get close enough to the school so that students would see the pro-busing signs. He added that they observed the minimum distance from the school set by Federal Judge W. Arthur Garrity Jr.
Koblitz said that CAR's interest in busing is "practical as well as moral."
The demonstration, which was organized by Committee Against Racism (CAR), was intended as "a peaceful demonstration to express visible pro-busing sentiment," Koblitz said yesterday.