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Caption: (NY20 - Feb. 17)RESIGNS -- Leon E. Panetta, above, has resigned as the principal official charged with enforcing school desegregation for the Health Education and Welfare Department, the White House reported Tuesday. Amid published reports that President Nixon was attempting to fire Panetta, press secretary Ronald Ziegler said he could only say that the official has submitted his resignation.
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