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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1963
Page
9
EDITORS NOTE Is it true that Americans want better homes for Negroes but not next door The President's White House order to solve race housing issues has been attacked It hasn't worked far enough or too far and may hurt homebuilding Some say it could spawn a white man's party The man who gives his views in this exclusive interview
Washington AP Kennedy housing chief Dr. Robert Weaver says the federal ban on racial bias in housing will likely extend to other housing markets. He argues laws can change behavior even if attitudes stay the same, and notes white flight to suburbs continues while attitudes may lag. Weaver, administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, defends open occupancy policy and cites equal employment laws as an example of law changing behavior.
French President Charles de Gaulle spoke for 80 minutes at a news conference in Washington brushing off questions about a successor. He aims to secure lasting French stability and a role for France in a new Europe, despite postwar political chaos and questions about NATO ties.
A new contract signed by United Steel Workers and five major aluminum companies will affect about 2,600 workers in Saline County. The accord promises six to eight percent more hiring, extended vacations with pay, and redesigned overtime and retirement terms, aiming to reduce unemployment while maintaining current staffing. Representatives from Benton, including Allen Bryant and local presidents Val Richards and Warren Parsons, attended the New York negotiation session.
Mrs. Orville Stobaugh 55 of Morriston died in a Little Rock hospital after a two car head-on collision on Highway 10 about 20 miles west of the city. Her husband hospitalised in satisfactory condition. Mrs Fay Wallace 66 and Joyce Richardson 9 of Little Rock were seriously injured. State Police Capt Melvin De Long reported details including local union figures Billy Bishop president Local 40 and Cary Ball president Local 23.
In Vicksburg Mississippi the Imperial Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan for Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana urged mass demonstrations to oppose civil rights activity. The unidentified leader claimed strong Klan presence in Louisiana and growing power in Mississippi and Arkansas, asserting whites can retaliate for equal rights. The text also notes a separate vehicle collision involving a Stobaugh car.
The Arkansas School Administrators Association summer meeting, a department of the Arkansas Education Association, is expected to draw about 300 people to Little Rock Thursday and Friday. Richard Morgan, counsel for the National Education Association, spoke to the group Thursday night.
A meeting was proposed to occur within 15 to 30 days with Robert W. Shelton Jr, Imperial Wizard of the Klan, in Alabama and Georgia to discuss organizing activities.
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