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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1963
Page
8
An executive order aims to hasten attitude change on racial issues but sparks attacks. Editors note questions if Americans want better homes for Negroes yet not next door. Critics say the White House action neither suffices nor overreaches and fear it could fuel a white political backlash.
President Kennedy's housing chief Dr. Robert C. Weaver predicts federal bias prohibitions will extend beyond government aided housing. He says laws can alter behavior even if attitudes lag, and cites open occupancy as accelerated by legal action while acknowledging voluntary segregation may persist.
In 1963 Congress lagged under Kennedy until two events emerged: a civil rights clash and a Soviet Britain pact to ban atmospheric nuclear tests. The Senate must approve the treaty, while civil rights demands sparked a special message to Congress. Discussions on housing discrimination and suburbs revealed mixed progress, with warnings that segregation remains costly and pervasive.
Mr and Mrs Keith Wallis of Wichita will escort Mrs Winnie Cunningham to Manhattan for the wedding of granddaughter Phyllis Cunningham to Dave Nelson. Dorothy Thomas visited Vera Cassity in St Josephs Hospital Kansas City. Frances Cassity stays in Kansas City near sisters Mrs John Roeckers and J R Smithheislar hosted St Therese Pinochle Club with twelve present.
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