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Newspaper
Miami Times
Location
Miami, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1950
Page
4
Chicago report on Dr. Benjamin E. Mays from Negro Digest outlines leadership flaws across groups. He cites fear of White scrutiny, jealousy among leaders, and complacency among socially secure figures as obstacles to unified progress and informed readership.
The UN General Assembly voted 38 to 7 to approve a package proposal to revamp the Human Rights Treaty. The plan broadens protections to include economic social and cultural freedoms such as the right to work social security and trade union provisions. The Human Rights Commission is tasked to revamp the treaty with top priority on a future covenant.
CHICAGO ANP A grateful 75 year old widow Ella Williams returns to her long lost home after a 19 year absence. The federal government first took the property in a 1932 bail bond suit then offered it for sale through the General Services Administration. After objections and a war time freeze on surplus property Assistant US Attorney Clarence Beatty urged President Truman to approve the widow's renewed ownership, ending the case in her favor this year.
Graduate students at Florida A and M College will feature a series of lectures and discussions. On December 7, 1950, Dr Milton Carrothers of Florida State University will share insights with the graduate students. Further talks are planned by Mrs Ruby F Johnson on February 8 1951 and by Dr Charles A Smith on March 8 1951 followed by group discussion. An April 5 session led by Dr W L Derricote will discuss integrating graduate study with the community.
Washington defense department casualty list reports eight more servicemen wounded in Korea last month. Names include Pfc. Charles Gillespie, 19, Cpl. Freddie E. Walker, 23, Cpl. Percy Jones Jr., 22, Cpl. Howard Brown, 20, and Cpl. Homer ee, 20, all linked to St. Louis or Washington.
In New York City a dinner with Prime Minister Nehru featured a rice pudding dessert beneath a hammered silver cover. Pepper, recalling Nehru’s remark that America is “a nation wallowing in gold,” ate the silver lid with the announcement.
A speaker revels in visiting a land famed for its wealth in silver, expressing amusement at having eaten silver wealth in a humorous boast. The remark emphasizes the country’s renowned abundance and the speaker’s lighthearted pride in the experience.
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