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On the day of school opening in Louisville, the three children of Al and Mildred McCauley-David, 15, Danny, 14, and Debbie, 10-remained in their brick home in Highview, a white middle-class suburb in Jefferson County. Debbie, who was not scheduled for busing and could have attended her...
McCauley, a dry-wall finisher from the Kentucky hill country, and his wife, an articulate spokeswoman for Save Our Community Schools, are keeping their children home to protest the busing plan. Their two boys would have had to get up at 6:35 a.m. and ride a bus for 50...
More broadly, the McCauleys feel put upon by Government. "We've been shoved," says Mrs. McCauley. "Unemployment is running wild; inflation is killing us. Now the Federal Government steps in and orders this busing. We're fighting for our freedom as Americans." Sadly she adds, "I get up...
So the boys sit idle, watching TV and helping their parents with various chores. Police had sealed off the nearby schools; thus Danny for a time could not play tennis there as he did this summer. Debbie plays with neighborhood youngsters but appears confused. "Busing-yech. It stinks," she says...
As the boycott seems to lose momentum, the McCauleys worry that truancy charges may be brought against the children. "We feel like there's a gun in our back," protests Mrs. McCauley. They say they would never resort to violence to block busing. But, predicts McCauley, "after the Guard...