In the aftermath of President Nixon's slashing attack on busing, the nation continued to slip away from its intention to integrate its schools. Amid a growing but still ineffective counterattack by Nixon's critics, there were these major developments:
>Officials of HEW, the arm of the Government that had for years pressured Southern school districts to desegregate, announced that they had lifted their threat to cut off federal funds from school districts that have not yet complied with civil rights laws—at least until Congress decides what to do about the President's antibusing legislation....
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