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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1963
Page
1
Police arrested 41 people as mostly teen demonstrators clashed with officers over three Negro families in a South Side neighborhood. Stones damaged vehicles and a public meeting in Englewood sought a quieting plan amid fears of neighborhood shifts.
President Kennedy says his push for civil rights legislation may hurt his prestige but he will press on. He calls the racial issue a national crisis and expects both parties to seek equality of opportunity while he opposes excluding white leadership. He cites biracial progress and notes Congress may pursue legal remedies.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk departs for Moscow to sign the limited nuclear test ban pact and to discuss further East West understanding. The ceremonial signing is set for Monday with the United States Britain and the Soviet Union agreeing to no atmospheric, outer space, or underwater tests.
AP dispatch notes high anti Soviet sentiment in Red China cited by Lowell D. Skinner an Akron Ohio native and former prisoner who refused repatriation in 1953 He links Moscow aid withdrawal and failures of the Great Leap Forward to Chinese Communist setbacks and lack of personal freedom Skinner is en route to the United States after Hong Kong arrival prior to potential testimony or resettlement.
Police estimate that between 500 and 1,000 crowded Midtown as Krazy Days began. Shoppers browsed sidewalk counters for one of a kind bargains while clerks wore crazy outfits and the weather man joined in. The city-wide sale runs until 9 p.m. with similar scenes in other shopping centers.
Gov. Karl Rolvaag told Washington hearings Minnesota has one of the nation's top civil rights records. He appeared with other witnesses at the final hearings on civil rights legislation.
An in depth report shows how real estate agents and landlords profit from housing discrimination, with blockbusting practices driving panicked sales and inflated prices for buyers, while Negro communities face higher costs and fewer opportunities. The piece notes wide profiteering through substandard housing, price gouging, and limited job access, citing CORE actions and Urban League experts.
Washington AP report on Kennedy saying underground nuclear tests will continue beyond the treaty scope. Senators Jackson Mansfield Dirksen Hickenlooper debate how underground testing affects ratification while Kennedy argues for eventual approval and timing before Labor Day with committee hearings to follow.
United Nations announced it will ban by year end 1963 the sale of all weapons and military equipment to South Africa due to racial segregation policies. Panama Ambassador Resigns in Dispute with Alliance for Progress Agency. Marshall Announces Three Year Highway Plan Worth 314 Million Dollars. Minnesota Welfare Chief Says State Near Top in Aid Grants, Surprised by Lead in ADC Support.
Former Harvard Law School dean James M. Landis pleaded guilty in federal court to income tax charges. The case highlights a notable figure in academia facing financial wrongdoing charges in New York.
Tokyo dispatch reports Red China labeling Soviet leaders freaks and monsters for backing the nuclear test ban treaty. Albania defends Khrushchev amid accusations of concessions to imperialists. Moscow and Beijing trade sharp criticisms as Chou En-lai faces alleged bad faith.
Hollis W. Johanneser, 50, of Enderlin, North Dakota, the conductor of a Soo Line freight train, was killed at about 4 30 a m when his train was rammed by a Soo Line passenger train in Hoffman Minnesota. The caboose was demolished and the eastbound N 14 passenger engine was disabled. An engine from the freight moved the passenger cars this morning.
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