September 5, 1972

article notes threats of teachers strikes are imminent in almost dozen schools dists in NY Met Area on eve of fall term in many pss

article finds issue of racial balance busing has become major controversy in cts, Cong and in nation's cities; finds some cities are trying to cut back on extensive busing ordered last yr, while in others, fear and opposition have arisen from busing that may be required rather than from busing already in effect; strongest integration advocates are worried about regression in civil rights movement in ct rulings and Cong legis; some civil rights leaders have voiced concern that Nixon's Sup Ct nominees might break what has traditionally been unanimity in favor of further school integration; antibusing legis passed this summer that forbids busing orders to take effect until all ct appeals of order are exhausted runs counter to Sup Ct ‘69 ruling requiring communities to implement plans as soon as ct orders it to do so; civil rights lawyers say law is unconst but, as yet, various ct actions on law are inconclusive; Sup Ct is scheduled to hear arguments early in fall on desegregation case from Denver, 1st discrimination case in Northern school dist to reach Sup Ct; Ct's decision could have broad implications for Northern communities with de facto segregation; action in Cong over latest antibusing legis is expected to reach climax this wk when Sen is expected to act on HR‐passed bill; Sen experts believe there are not yet enough votes to pass bill, but warn that Sen has been known to pass bills it does not favor in its rush to adjourn; if Sen does not act on bill, HR is expected to take up proposed Const amendment to prohibit busing; HR members say chances are even that bill will pass HR but both Sens and Reprs are certain that there is no possibility that Sen would pass such bill this yr; nationwide opposition to busing is not lessened by fact there will be new busing in only 6 cities this yr; HEW Sec Richardson has said that only about 3% of nearly 20‐million ps pupils in country who are bused were bused because of desegregation and that figure should not change appreciably this yr; busing is seen to be major pol issue this fall, with Dems favoring busing as 1 method of achieving racial balance and Repubs completely opposed to it

100 travelers on Teheran‐London‐NY flight are stranded on Sept 4 in Moscow by Aeroflot, Soviet airline, because of overbooking; reptdly were denied permission by carrier to shift to other airlines although flights were departing with empty seats; incident detailed

Sept 5: S Vietnamese troops, Sept 4, lose base camp at Leminh in heavy enemy attack; US helicopter, hit by enemy fire, crashes 25 mi SW of Pleiku; 6 US soldiers aboard are wounded but are rescued; step‐up in fighting reptd S of Anloc; fighting continues at Quangtri; heavy US bombing in N Vietnam tapers to 60 strikes; map

NYS Dept of Educ, which licenses professions, to close down NYC shop of acupuncturists Huan Lam Ng and wife Fook Kuan Lo on ground that acupuncture is practice of med and can only be performed by med drs; Amer Med Assn concurs; dept is faced with many violations of law since resurgence of US interest in Chinese needle technique; dept reprs meet with Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Assn to ask them to warn practitioners to close their shops within 2 wks or be subject to heavy fines; Ng says he will not conduct underground business; several patients comment on proposed closings; illus