Para Villa Residents Challenge County Zoning Move
Residents of Para Villa Heights near 75th St and 22nd Ave file suit to block county rezoning for a proposed low cost public housing project. The suit alleges the commission enacts zoning by color or race and seeks to invalidate the action.
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Para Villa
Para Villa Heights
County Planning Board
City Commission
75Th St
22Nd Ave
County Commission
E. F. P. Brigham
Negro boxers sweep five Olympic top spots in Helsinki
Five American Negro boxers led by Norvel Lee captured five finals and the team title, marking the first U S boxing victory. Nate Brooks Charley Adkins Floyd Patterson Eddie Sanders and Lee won their divisions. Lee received the outstanding boxer silver cup amid European press criticism of the U S team.
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Helsinki
Uncle Sam
Sugar
Norvel Lee
Washington, D. C
Nate Brooks
Cleveland
Charley Adkins
Floyd Patterson
New York
Eddie Sanders
Los Angeles
Lee
Quiet college town rocked by pistol slaying of doctor
Insiders say the full story behind the killing of White physician Dr. C. Leroy Adams by Ruby McCollum, wife of powerful local businessman Sam McCollum, remains untold. Ruby, 37, mother of three, is held in Raiford for safekeeping after admitting to fatally shooting Adams over a medical bill. Sam died of a heart attack while fleeing. Police guarded Live Oak streets as tensions cooled, while McCollum’s influence in local business and numbers game looms over the case.
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Live Oak
Ruby McCollum
Raiford
C. Leroy Adams
Senate
Sam McCollum
Ocala
McCollum
Central Life Insurance Co
Buck
Voc’s School Opponents Seek Board Recall
Opponents led by David Hawthorne of the Dade County Property Owners Association push petitions to Governor Fuller Warren to remove four school board members who supported the vocational school for Negroes on the Carver Village tract. The drive, tied to a price dispute, follows a circuit court injunction halting negotiations. Lucille Von Arx aids the board as attorneys prepare to seek dismissal.
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Carver Village
Dade County School Board
David Hawthorne
Dade County Property Owners Association
Fuller Warren
Hawthorne
Lucille von Arx
Board
Spaulding Dies in Durham Pioneer Financier’s Death
C C Spaulding a Durham born financier died on his 78th birthday August 1 at Lincoln hospital after a month long illness. Founder and president of North Carolina Mutual Insurance Co and Mechanics and Farmers Bank his enterprises span nine states with assets over 131 million and bank holdings over 5 million. Spaulding rose from Durham public schools 1898 to manage a Negro owned grocery firm before becoming general manager of a Negro life insurance venture later elevated after Merrick’s death in 1919 to lead both organizations.
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Durham
Nic
ANP
C. C. Spaulding
Lincoln Hospital
Columbus County
N.C
North Carolina Mutual Insurance Co
The
Mechanics and Farmers Bank
Mechanic and Farmers Bank
Spaulding
A. M. Moore
John Merrick
Life Insurance Co
Merrick
Moore
Laurel Wreath winner and fraternity leader obituary note
The text notes the advancement to president after Dr Moore's death in 1923 and that the subject held the post until last week. It mentions winning the Kappa Alpha Psi Laurel Wreath in 1946 and references continuation on page 6.
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Moore
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
Attorney Prepares Pleadings and Education Dept Approval Data
An attorney stated she was drafting the board's injunction pleadings and compiling data to seek approval from the state education department for the purchase.
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Torney
State Education Department
Powell Says Negroes Were Sold Out at Conventions
Three prisoners who escaped from St Johns county jail in St Augustine were recaptured in Lake Worth after being spotted at a filling station. Elmo Payne Joe Pitts and James Wilbur face charges including escape auto theft breaking and entering and more. In New York Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr told a Harlem mass meeting that Negroes were sold down the river by both major parties and urged a firm civil rights plank and turnout in November. He accused Rep William Dawson of selling out civil rights behind closed doors.
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Lake Worth
St. Johns County
St. Augustine
Elmo Payne
Metcalf
Joe Pitts
James Wilbur
Knowlton
Ala
Harry Weaver
Payne
Wilbur
Here
Pitts
New York
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr
Harlem
Powell
Rep
William Dawson
Illinois
National Democratic Committee
Dawson
Platform Committee
Chicago
Stevenson Calls Civil Rights Plank Excellent
Governor Adlai Stevenson endorsed the Democratic civil rights plank calling it excellent and predicting wins among Negro and southern voters. The plank commits to eradicating discrimination, federal anti discrimination legislation, mob violence protection, political freedom, and Senate rule changes to curb filibusters. Stevenson's remarks contrasted with anti fillibuster stance and praised running mate Sparkman while questioning Negro Republican refuge.
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Springfield
Ill
Adlai Stevenson
Senate
Stevenson
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