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After three worsening years of acrimony and litigation, the five moderate members of the Little Rock school board-segregationists who believe in complying with Federal law-last week resigned in a mood of "utter hopelessness, helplessness and frustration." Left as the board's sole remaining member: Supreme Court-flouting Segregationist Dr. Dale Alford, who won a larger triumph a fortnight ago, when he captured the House of Representatives' seat of Moderate Congressman Brooks Hays on a write-in vote...
...campaign caught Hays by surprise; in last July's primary he handily defeated a segregationist opponent, seemed sure of a ninth term. But then Dr. Dale Alford, 42, a Little Rock ophthalmologist and school-board member, announced against him as "Your Democratic Write-in." Public Service Commissioner and onetime Faubus Executive Secretary Claude Carpenter Jr. took over Alford's campaign. And Governor Faubus made discreet phone calls on behalf of Alford...
...mother of five children, Mrs. White startled Houston citizens when she announced her candidacy ten weeks ago. She was written off as a crusading eccentric when she ignored a vacant seat on the school board, decided instead to run against Board Member Dr. John K. Glen, a staunch segregationist...
Last week Moderate White won a handy victory over Segregationist Glen. That she outpulled her opponent in a surprising number of white districts holds real hope for Houston; almost inevitably during her four-year term, the city will have to choose between integration and the educational atrophy of a Little Rock...
Progress in Integration. There is another reason for North Carolina's popularity among Northern-based industries: it has kept integration troubles at a minimum. A strong Stevensonite in '52 and '56, Hodges is an avowed segregationist, but he has pledged that North Carolina will not defy any federal court rulings. The state legislature adopted legislation that provides for token integration now, more later; five schools in three cities now have a total of eleven Negro pupils...