Ed. School Grad Commits Suicide

In a bizarre incident that has drawn nationwide attention, Cleveland's school superintendant, a 1970 Ed School graduate, shot himself in the chest Saturday after leaving an open note saying he was "sickened" by the school system's "petty politics."

The body of Frederick D. Holiday, the first Black head of the 78,000-pupil public school system, was found by a student Monday morning in a school stairwell. His note complained of school board members who planned to boot him from his 80,000-a-year job when his contract came up for renewal February 14.