Engrase Wins Electrical Permit At Daytona
The Daytona Beach IBEW local faced a court suit for racial discrimination and denying Negroes union membership. The court ordered a temporary permit for a Negro contractor, George Engram head of Engram Electrical Co. The ruling noted no Negro was or has been a member of the local union though qualified.
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
AFL
Daytona Beach
George Engram
The
Engram Electrical Co., Inc
Slayer Bound Over For First Degree Murder Charge
Howard Ellis of 3340 Grand Ave Coconut Grove is bound over to the Dade County Grand Jury on a first degree murder charge following a combined preliminary hearing and coroner's inquest into the July 28 fatal shooting of Pauline Terry. Ellis, held without bond, did not testify. Mrs Terry, killed six times in a small grocery at 3547 Grand Ave, was identified as Leroy Terry's wife. Ellis surrendered to West Palm Beach police hours later and admitted the shooting. Prosector says store owner Normand Goldin reported the incident and noted only a girl and the clerk were inside. Mrs Terry’s body was shipped to Ocilla Georgia for funeral services.
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Howard Ellis
Grand Ave
Coconut Grove
Dade County Grand Jury
Justice of the Peace
Ruth Sutton
Pauline Terry
Leroy Terry
Hibiscus St
Ellis
Walter Gwinn
John Lloyd
Terry
West
Young Demos To Ail Stand On Desegregation
The Dade County Young Democratic Association met Tuesday August 9 at Solomon's Funeral Home to study desegregation in Dade County public schools. It plans to announce a formal position soon and will cooperate with the school board and support the local NAACP in pushing for integration with deliberate speed. Commissioner H Leslie Quigg attended, discussing campaign issues. The September meeting will focus on the November city commission race.
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Dade County
Young Democratic Association
B. Solomon
DCYDA
H. Leslie Quigg
City Commission
Quigg
First all Negro jury in Wichita Falls quietly acquits
In Wichita Falls Texas six Negro women were empaneled in the peace justice court to hear three Negro defendants charged with watching a dice game. After ten minutes deliberation they returned a not guilty verdict. The judge called the jury understanding and cooperative.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Peace Justice Court
Fire Destroys Eight Dorsey Classrooms Soon After Arson
A Sunday afternoon blaze at Dade County destroys eight classrooms at Dorsey, with investigators linking the fire to arson. Firefighters from Hialeah and Miami battled the flames as two nearby buildings suffered targeted fires. No deaths reported. two firefighters treated for injuries. Police and fire units reinforced crowd control as the incident drew spectators.
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Dorsey
Dade
C. I. Smith
Fire Dept
Kenneth Greer
Hialeah
Everglades Fire Control District
City of Miami
Greer
Miami
Jackson Russell L. Franz
First Ct
Harmon Kreis
E. 53Rd St
Oncevie Patrick
Obediah Barr
Paul Borden
1941 Alabama slaying fugitive arrested in Coral Gables
Albert L. Gainey, 49, of Montgomery, convicted of a 1941 Alabama killing, was captured in Coral Gables after fingerprints matched FBI records. He walked off a road gang in 1941, fled to Florida in 1945, and will be extradited. The article also notes Dr Louis Roy reporting 40,000 Haitians starving due to Hurricane Hazel and relief efforts including 2000 tons of aid from the U.S. government, with needs for shelter and medical care.
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Albert L. Gainey
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Coral Gables
Pearl Harbor
United States
Roy
Hindman resigns from Dade County school system
Baker M. Hindman, a prominent educator with 30 years of service in Dade County schools, resigned on Thursday. He will continue in education by joining the University of Miami.
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Baker M. Hindman
Dade County
Will
University of Miami
Pinder Found Guilty In Tax Evasion Case
Howard Pinder known as MM bolita king was found guilty by a federal jury on one count of tax evasion after a trial that began July 12. He faces a penalty of 89,130 dollars and five years in prison. A motion for a new trial will be filed by his defense.
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Howard Pinder
Bolita King
Fed
Tee
Pinder
Pinder's
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Daytona
Joyce Marie McCollay
Arnold Braham
Grayline
Mich
Miss McCollay
Moses L Perry
Carver Branch Ymca
Oakwood College
Huntsville
Palm Beach
Normand Goldin
Bain
Ocilla
Lovely Yvonne Reynolds
West Palm Beach
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Reynolds
Ruth Cartwright
Ladies
American Legion Unit
Nacirema
NAACP
Association
N.W
Vist St
Haiti
Gables
Washington
FBI
Delbert Edwards
B. G. Timands
Oes
Louis Roy
Red Cross
Grand Anse
Hindman
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