Seven jailed in Montgomery bombings of Negro homes and churches
Police Commissioner Clyde Sellers said seven or eight men are held for dynamiting four churches and three dwellings after bus desegregation on December 21. Some signed statements. A young Black woman was shot in the legs by a sniper. Conspiracy charges possible. death penalty provision exists for dynamite near inhabited dwellings. max 10 years for bombing a church or public building.
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Montgomery
Clyde Sellers
Segregaton
Sellers
Alabama
Florida pupil assignment law test case delayed
Judge Ernett C. Choate postponed a decision on the Palm Beach School Board pupil assignment suit while he considered two main issues. He noted a novel claim that the black school is second rate by color and suggested waiting for appeals on similar laws to guide the case, which could be set for trial after June.
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Florida
Ernett C. Choate
Palm Beach
Choate
U. S
Woman Robbed Beaten Thrown In Rock Pit
Mrs Susan Rolle of 1143 C NW 5th Ave is hospitalized with head wound a broken leg and arm and loss of pocketbook after accepting a ride from a truck driver in the early hours of Jan 24 She was taken to a rock pit behind New Liberty City and later crawled out to seek help police were alerted by a passerby
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Susan Rolle
5Th Ave
Liberty Square
New Liberty City
Brownsville and Floral Park Annexation by Miami
Miami city commissioners move to a special election to annex a large unincorporated area northwest of the city. The tract includes Brownsville Floral Park and Old Liberty City with Hialeah also eyeing the 14 square mile zone between Hialeah and Miami Shores and Opa Locka. Officials estimate a tax boost of 200 to 250 million dollars offset by benefits to property owners.
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Miami
Brownsville
Floral Park
Dade County
Old Liberty City
Hialeah
Miami Shores
Opa Locka
Miami City
Methodist Women to Meet Here
The Central Jurisdiction Women's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church will hold its annual meeting at Ebenezer Church February 7-9 with leaders from many states, Bishop Bowen presiding, and at least three bishops present. Opening events will be at Masonic Hall and St John Baptist Church hosts a keynote talk by Dean X. S. Thomas. Miami police seek gunman in a double shooting at NW 74th Street and 19th Avenue, killing John C. Lawrence and Lulu Johnson, with funeral plans set for Saturday.
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Ebenezer M. Church
3Rd Ave
F. M. Hf Y
Masonic Hall
Aaron D. Hall
Ebenezer
X. S. Thomas
School of Engineering
Florida
A and M University
St. John Baptist
Thomas
Hampton Institute
Colorado A and M College
Florida State Devy of
National Technical Association
Engineers Council
School of Engineering and Mechanic Arts
Carver High Chorus
Miami
Sheriff's
John C. Lawrence
74Th St
Lulu Johnson
Lawrence
19Th Ave
Four New Principals Named for Dade County Schools
The Dade County School Board recommended four candidates for principalships: Anthony Gardiner at George W. Carver High, Charles D. Wyche at Booker T. Washington High, Mrs. Linnie Fannin at Dunbar Elementary, and Nelson Bethel to lead the new Naranja Elementary. All are veterans with master’s degrees. Gardiner earned an M A from Michigan in 1938, Wyche an M A from Northwestern in 1946, Fannin M A from Columbia last year, Bethel a University of Wisconsin graduate. Recommendations expected to be approved at the February 6 meeting.
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Board of Trustees
Dade County School Board
Anthony Gardiner
George W. Carver High
Charles D. Wyche
Booker T. Washington High
Linnie Fannin
Dunbar Elementary
Nelson Bethel
Naranja
Gardiner
Wyche
Fannin
Dade
University of Michigan
Northwestern University
Columbia University
Bethel
Investigation into Rebbie Rouser In White Neighborhood Clash
The Dade County NAACP asks Gov. LeRoy Collins to probe David Hawthorne a segregationist leading protests to force a Negro family from a white neighborhood. The governor’s office sent the request to Miami police and Jade County Sheriff. Hawthorne has held protest meetings after Frank Sezres a Negro entertainer and family moved into 1455 NW 55th St. Hawthorne who left Carver Village last year when Negroes moved in speaks at meetings calling out the Supreme Court United Nations and major parties as part of a One World political philosophy.
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Dade County Council
NAACP
LeRoy Collins
David Hawthorne
Miami
Jade County Sheriff's Dept
Hawthorne
Frank Sezres
Boand
55Th St
Carver Village
Supreme Coun
United Nations
Curfew Law Takes Effect Tonight in Miami
Miami enforces a new juvenile curfew starting tonight after midnight on Friday February 1. Anyone under 17 must be off streets from midnight to daylight or face court action. The ordinance bars minors from loitering on public places and from sitting in vehicles during curfew hours unless supervised by an adult caregiver.
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Miami
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Rolle
Jackson Memorial Hospital
William Holland
W. O. Mehrtens
J. W. E. Bowen
Atlantic Coast Area
Geo. W. Carter
Hte
University of Wisconsin
Rebbie Rouser
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