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Newspaper
Miami Times
Location
Miami, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1952
Page
1
In Miami a 32 caliber bullet killed Dora Pinder wife of a major numbers racketeer. Police seek motive tying her murder to tax evasion indictments and racketeer investigations. City hearings and grand jury probes loom as officials pursue witnesses under oath.
The board voted to condemn a 26.9 acre tract at NW 10th Ave and 69th St for a new vocational school. It will let the circuit court set the price after attorneys file a condemnation suit against owners John Bouvier Jr. and Malcolm Wisehart, despite earlier plans to pay $313,200. Authorities and owners clash over value while white opponents try to block integration.
A doctor is shot by the wife of a Central Life Insurance executive in Live Oak. The accused, Ruby McCollum, was rushed to Raiford Prison as the case sparked rumors of reprisals and a political aftermath involving a state senate nominee. A separate New York report notes the Florida Supreme Court ruling on Negro student admission to the university system and the NAACP legal team involvement.
A colored Constable Precinct and Justice of Peace court began operating in central Miami. Constable George F. Rogers of district 2 oversees the precinct with Justice of the Peace Thomas S. Ferguson, soon to be Francis J. Christie, presiding. Opened August 11, the precinct is led by deputy Enoch Powell and special deputy Mack Hardy, functioning like downtown offices with court sessions and inquests held at the new site.
Miami senior Alkin Hepburn, a highly touted Florida A and M quarterback who completed 10 of 11 passes in the Orange Blossom Classic, visited Coach Jake Gaither to borrow a ball. The A and M squad reports August 18 for physicals and begins drills August 20, one month before the Gator Bowl clash with Texas College in Jacksonville.
State beverage agents arrested Lonnie Boles 62 sitting in a car with two gallons of untaxed liquor near NW 19th Ave and 69th St. Frances Martin 50 and Lucius Taylor 18, both of Brownsville, were charged with transportation of untaxed liquor and released on 500 dollar bond. A new precinct site at 218 NW Eighth St. will host duties in the area after remodeling.
William Courtney a seven year old boy from Dade City drowned after jumping into a clay pit here on Wednesday. He could not swim and did not realize the water was too deep for him.
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