Minister Drowns During Baptism in Anacostia River
Elder William Henry Morgan, 49, leader of the Church of God, drowned at Buzzard's Point in the Anacostia River while attempting to baptize new members. About 20 congregants watched as he stepped into a river hole, with rescue divers and harbor police draining the water for two hours before recovering the body amid concerns a trench for a power line had caused the depression.
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Washington
Morgan
Electric Company
Call Trumbull Park Tension Record
Former Olympic hurdler Gritz Pollard told a City Club Forum that racial tension at Trumbull Park housing ranks among the nation’s longest lasting. He cited transport favoritism for negro tenants, police details dropping from 1200 to 773, and urged merit over color to maintain community standards.
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ANP
University of North Dakota
Trumbull Park
Frederick D. “Gritz
Pollard
Brown University
Chicago Commission
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Hair trends at Florida A and M University workshop
Women will wear shorter hair with more puffs curls and tints this fall. More than 40 beauticians attended a cosmetology workshop at Florida A and M University while a modeling show in the auditorium attracted nearly 1000 spectators. Charles L. Journee, Detroit hair stylist, was a visiting instructor. Mrs. Thelma Siedel presented certificates for tinting and styling with other awards noted.
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Florida A and M University
Charles L. Journee
Detroit
Thelma Siedel
Kinfer Threatens To Elade Defendant In Courtroom
In Birmingham last week a knife carrying spectator Johnnie Reese 22 threatened to kill defendant Joseph Anderson 24 awaiting a screening hearing in Judge Wallace Bisson’s courtroom. Deputies restrained him as he fumbled a long bladed fish knife from his pack. The incident stemmed from Ishkeeda violence over a girl. Reese had been released on charges of shooting Robert O Neal Davis and faces a knife murder charge in Ruthe Phillips case.
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Wallace Bigson
Johnnie Reese
Joseph Anderson
Reese
Robert O’ Neal Davis
Ruthe Phillips
Interracial Team Warned To Stay Out Of Dixie
Fresno report says an interracial evangelistic team planned to tour Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas this month has been warned to avoid the Deep South. A Baton Rouge police telegram urged not including Baton Rouge on the itinerary due to unsettled conditions. Ed P. York a Pacific Bible student and team member noted many pastors welcomed the tour but urged postponement until circumstances improve.
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Calif
ANP
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Interracial Missionary Society
Deep South
Shirley S. Arright
Baton Rouge
Ed P. York
Pacific Bible
Move to solve New York housing bias
New York City responded to NAACP and State Commission on Discrimination in Housing demands by outlining plans to curb segregation. The proposal calls for public housing in slum areas with racial quota tenanting, aiming to prevent perpetuation of segregation in the city.
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NEW York
ANP
NAACP
The
State Commission On Discrimination In Housing
New York City
Wagner
Wife seeks divorce from Frank Yerby in Alabama
Mrs. Flora Yerby files divorce action against noted Negro novelist Frank Yerby in Mobile accusing abandonment in February 1955. The couple wed in 1941 in New Orleans and have four children. No hearing date set.
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Mobile
Ala
ANP
Flora Yerby
Frank Yerby
New Orleans
Mayor forms committee to push racial integration in housing
The Mayor named a three man committee to help the city advance racial integration in public housing. They will consider suggestions that more public housing be located in vacant areas, preferably Queens.
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Queens
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