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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:
- The rise of local resistance to new integration plans (see EDUCATION) was dramatized by the school board of Buffalo, which refused by a 4-3 vote to comply with an order by New York Education Commissioner Ewald Nyquist to present a plan for a better racial balance in its 98...
- The fate of the President's busing moratorium and proposals for improving inferior schools remained in doubt in Congress. Although they probably enjoy strong support, they are opposed by some key committee chairmen, including the House Education Committee's Carl Perkins of Kentucky. As hearings opened in a...
In Washington the controversy over busing inspires rhetoric about a constitutional crisis. At the local level, segregated schools are a way of life. Boston provides a clear example:
Boston's record of de facto school segregation is as bad as any in the nation, and President Nixon's call for a moratorium on new busing will undoubtedly strengthen the resistance. Boston's school committee has used several means to avoid integration. One of its favorites...