Schools anti-bias aid held
The Nixon administration said 82 percent of the 270.6 million ESAA funds will not be spent this year, with 223.6 million allocated for 1973-74 and 271 million for 1974 earmarked for the following year. Grants totaling 14.3 million were awarded to 48 districts and 20 nonprofits in 16 states, the first under ESAA. About 200 desegregation programs may collapse without federal support. OBG restricted ESAA outlays to 50 million for 1973. most applications were unsatisfactory or blocked by legal or allocation issues. The ESAA will fund reading and math and other anti-segregation activities, but not busing. In Ogden, Utah, a woman’s car parked at Weight Watchers was robbed of candy items valued at unspecified amount.