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Fourteen years after Federal Judge Arthur Garrity ordered crosstown busing to desegregate Boston's public schools, the city is embarking on another overhaul of its troubled educational system. Last week local experts hired by Mayor Ray Flynn proposed a new approach, called controlled choice, that seeks to foster competition while maintaining the painfully achieved racial balance. Next fall schools through Grade 8 would be divided among three equally funded zones, with 14,000 students apiece. Within each zone, parents would be allowed to choose a particular school for their child, and pupils would be assigned to available spots...
Laquidara won his biggest convert last week when Mayor Ray Flynn signed an order making Boston the first U.S. city to ban municipal purchases of Shell products. The move is largely symbolic: the city has done only $2,500 in business with Shell in two years. Calling the action "misguided," a Shell spokesman said the company has been a strong antiapartheid voice in South Africa. Boston was joined by Berkeley, whose city council ordered a similar boycott of Shell...
...second half, the Crimson kept Hartford off-balance. It suppressed Hartford's leading shooters, limiting Annette Flynn to only two points after she scored 12 in the first half...
HARTFORD [63]: Annette Flynn 7-0--14; Betsy Andersen 3-0--7; Patrice Ward 2-1--5; Trish Slocum 2-0--4; Pauline Frisind 6-0--13; Kerri Crimmins 4-2--10; Lisa Smith 0-1--1; Anne Sangiovanni 0-0--0; Cheryl Brooks 1-1--3; Dacid DeAngelis 2-0--4; Regina Ronan...
Three-pointers: Andersen, Frisina; Duncan 2. Rebounds: Hartford 45 (Flynn 7), Harvard 47 (Chandler 10). Assists: Hartford 16 (Slocum 6), Harvard 23 (Kosh 7). Steals: Hartford 4 (Flynn, Ward, Slocum, Frisina), Harvard 14 (Bluestone 4). Blocked Shots: Hartford 0, Harvard 8 (Duncan...