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NATION, Page 35American NotesSEATTLEStop Busing -- Some Day
What does Seattle want? In 1977 Seattle became the first major
city to adopt busing to integrate its schools without being forced
to do so by a court. On Nov. 7 it became the first city in the
Northwest to elect a black mayor: Democratic Councilman Norm Rice,
who campaigned strongly against an antibusing referendum proposal
called Save Our Schools. Yet after absentee ballots were counted
last week, it turned out that the voters had also approved the
nonbinding S.O.S. measure by 1,135 votes.
Rice, whose victory stemmed from his image as a civic healer,
has urged the N.A.A.C.P. and others not to challenge the busing ban
in court. Instead, the mayor-elect wants the school board to
continue busing until he can develop a more attractive system of
improved "magnet" schools that could keep the Seattle classrooms
integrated. Rice's healing powers may be tested sooner than he
expected.