Wilkins To Withhold NAACP Alabama Names At Whatever Cost
New York NAACP officials vow further legal action to avoid turning member lists over to Alabama authorities after the Alabama Supreme Court refused a stay on a $100,000 contempt fine. Roy Wilkins says withholding names protects members from retaliation, while executive counsel Carter plans certiorari to review the lower court ruling and explores stays.
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Naacp Alabama
New York
Alabama Supreme Court
Association
Circuit Court
Walter B. Jones
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Robert L. Carter
NAACP
Alabama
National Board of Directors
Roy Wilkins
Alabama Court For
Mer. Wilkins
Schoolteacher Mrs Albert Jones and wartime veteran husband wed
Mrs. Albert Jones formerly Mattie Gibson, daughter of Mrs Maggie Gibson, married July 18. She is a Booker T Washington alum, Shaw University AB, NYU advanced study, and Holmes Elementary School faculty member. She is Zeta Phi Beta, active at St John Institutional Baptist Church. Her sisters Pauline Dunn, Melvis Mikell, and Willie Evelyn Griglin are noted. Mr. Jones, son of O J Jones of Sebring, Florida, served in World War II and Korea, works at Coral Gables Veterans Hospital. They will live at 1610 NW 5th Ave.
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Albert Jones
Mattie Gibson
Maggie Gibson
M. Jones
Booker T. Washington High School
Shaw University
Raleigh
N. C
Shaw Glee Club
Jones
New York University
Holmes Elementary School
St. John Institutional Baptist Church
Pauline Dunn
Melvis Mikell
Miami
Willie Evelyn Griglin
Cleveland
Ohio
Mr. Jones
O. J. Jones
Sebring
Florida
Florida A and M
Korea
Coral Gables Veterans Hospital
Civil Service
Joneses
5Th Ave
Bunche Named to Science and Art Committee
Dr. Ralph J. Bunche Nobel Peace Prize winner and under secretary of the United Nations was named to a 200 member committee organizing the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Herbert Hoover serves as honorary chairman. the group plans programs for Cooper Union’s 100th birthday in 1959.
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New York
Edwin S. Burdell
The
Cooper Union
Grand Jury Indicts Reputed Policy King in St. Louis
Robert Harris Jr., a known St. Louis taxi fleet owner, was indicted by a circuit court grand jury on charges tied to a policy racket. Police tied him to establishing a lottery after a June 22 raid. a package containing policy slips was recovered as he tossed it atop a garage. Harris has more than 22 prior arrests since 1944.
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ST. Louis
RNP
Robert Harris Jr
Harris
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Miami Times
Peoples
Dr. Bunche
Science and Art Committee
Cc. M. Jollivette, SR
Prop
Dupont
N.W
3Rd Avenue
Farran
Born With Power
27Th Ave
Agency
L. L. Brooks
3Rd Ave
Miami, Fla
Moses
Levael
Vane of
Madam Hunter
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