Tragic stabbing death of Harcord Johnson Jr in Miami area
Harcord Johnson Jr a dying 18 year old son of Mr and Mrs Harcord Johnson Sr was found stabbed multiple times on NW 69th street between 17th and 117th avenues near 5 am Sunday. He died at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Police have leads but no arrest. Funeral set for Saturday 1 pm at Church of God of Prophecy NW 62nd St and 20th Ave with Bishop J D Williams. Body to remain at Range Funeral Home Friday 12:30 pm until service.
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Harcord Johnson, Jr
Harcord Johnson
68Th Terrace
69Th Street
17Th
117Th Avenues
Sheriff's Homicide Bureau
Johnson
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Dorsey High School
Range Funeral Home
Church of God of Proppecy
62Nd St
20Th Ave
J. D. Williams
Opa Locka Homeowners Protest Zoning Change
Opa Locka and Bunche Park homeowners attend a meeting Sunday February 19 to organize opposition to a zoning change from agricultural and special business to light manufacturing along NW 17th Ave between Golden Glades Road and Biscayne Canal. The plan could bring odors and truck traffic, lowering home values and impacting children. A Miami city lawsuit seeks unlimited use of Miami Springs Country Club by five residents led by Dr. E A Ward and Garth Reeves. The suit may seek declaratory relief or a mandamus with Neal Johnson coordinating the effort.
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Oa Locka Youth Foundation
Opa Locka
Bunche Park
Seaboard Airline Railroad
17Th Ave
Golden Glades Road
Biscayne Canal
Miami
Miami Springs Country Club
G. E. Graves
Edwin L. Davis
Dr. E. A Ward
Garth C. Reeves
Georgy O’dell
Nat Bethune
Roe Cambridge
Limpy-Wassie To Die In Chair Monday In Florida Death Row
Federal probe targets West Florida counties with long histories of voter suppression. NAACP seeks protection after cross burnings and a shotgun attack near registered Black voters in Liberty County. In Raiford, George Limpy Anderson and Percy Wassie Ambrister face execution for the 1953 murder of Patrolman Edward Fritz Jr after the Pardon Board declined to intervene.
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Wassie
Florida
Liberty County
NAACP
Robert
George
Limpy
Anderson
Percy
Wassie Blue
Ambrister
Raiford
Dade County
State Pardon Board
Richard
Fatback) Floyd
Floyd
Univ of Ala Proxy Begs For Peace
Dr. O C Carmichael president of the University of Alabama urged students to end campus violence and show peaceful spirit after three days of campus clashes and stone throwing directed at Lucy, the first Negro student admitted by court order. He framed the issue as law and order versus anarchy and called for personal dedication to American ideals to erase unhappy impressions.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
O. C. Carmichael
University of Alabama
Carmichael
Beally
Dr Clinchy to Speak at KC Forum Sunday
Dr Everett R Clinchy president of the National Council of Christians and Jews will be guest speaker at the seventh program of the Winter Forum series. He holds multiple degrees and has authored several works including The World We Want to Live In and Hand Book on Human Relations. The council began in 1928 and now operates 62 offices in the United States.
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Everett R. Clinchy
National Council of Christians and Jews
Clinchy
Columbia
Drew
Missouri Valley
D.C
Wesleyan
God
The
National Council
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Jabberwock Pageant and Skits Win Top Prizes
Barbara Ross crowned Miss Jabberwock and Juanita Johnson named Jabberwock princess from Dorsey Junior High. Bunche Park Elementary won first in small fry skit Your Childhood Days. Dorsey Junior High claimed first in I Remember When. Zeta Phi Beta skit Treasure Chest of Memories won adult division. Photos by Johnson of Miami.
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Dorsey Junior High
Bunche Park
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
Johnson
Miami
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Veath
Golfetx Ag@in
City of
Neal Johnson
FBI
West Florida
Gov
LeRoy Collins
Edward F. Fritz, Jr
Ambristér
Ani Anderson
Pardon Board
State Supreme Court
Gov. Collins
Amand Anderson
Law and Aide
Lucy
Dr. Clinchy
KC Forum
Barbara Ross
BTW
Juanita Johnson
Ie Aews Pet
Booker T. Washington School
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
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