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Newspaper
Miami Times
Location
Miami, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1957
Page
7
The Miami Times editorial greets 1957 with hopes for a prosperous new year and continued community coverage. It condemns segregation and praises the NAACP while urging readers to support civil rights efforts and uphold the pledge of liberty and justice for all.
A warm week of reunions and visits fills the season with cheer as families and friends reconnect. Alumni groups form Gulf State ties while local church events, travels, and holiday meals highlight community bonds across Florida, Alabama, and beyond.
A speaker asserted the color line on buses is a dead issue, referencing a Montgomery Alabama case and the Supreme Court ruling as proof that segregated seating on buses is unconstitutional.
The January population estimate stands at 169000000 for the United States. The 1957 March of Dimes drive begins on Wednesday. Dade County sets a fundraising goal of 225000 dollars with the slogan Lets finish the job.
The Federal Communications Commission reports that four of five city homes and half of the nation’s farm houses now have television sets, signaling broad but uneven adoption across regions and housing types.
In Mulberry Florida on Sunday the Ku Klux Klan attended the Fast Side Baptist Church robed leader accepted an invitation to pray and prayed from the pulpit revealing a hostile religious display in a local setting.
The first quintuplets in Indian history were born on a Saturday in Pondicherry. Five girls, each weighing five pounds, are reported healthy and thriving.
This week 150 tickets were issued for jaywalking and 17 offenders fined five dollars. The text contrasts crossing at intersections with street midpoints, noting the high cost of improper crossing versus hospital and funeral expenses.
State Sheriff Bureau urges citizens to report Terrible William sons door to door rug and fur sellers. Beware door bell ringers offering roof spraying and house painting to fleece residents. Stay vigilant regarding these doorstep salesmen to avoid being gypped.
Sugar Ray Robinson, 35, loses middleweight crown to Gene Fullmer, 25, in a 15 round bout in Utah. Fullmer becomes champion as Robinson notes the best man won. Robinson earned $130,000 from the fight.
The new curfew ordinance starts on February first requiring all persons under the age to be off the streets at midnight. Parents will be held responsible for their child's activities after midnight under the new law.
A four foot cross was burned Wednesday night on the lawn of Rev. C. K. Steele a leader in desegregation of buses in Tallahassee. Mrs. Steele and friends put out the blaze with a tub of water.
Representative Clayton Powell returns to the party after backing Eisenhower in the prior election. As a mild rebuke, his office space is reassigned to Representative Frank Chelf of Kentucky.
The Ministers National Civil Rights Conference in Washington on Wednesday urged President Shower to speak out in a positive manner against the violence now occurring in Florida and Alabama in the bus integration controversies.
Barbados is recommended as the capital for a proposed Caribbean federation. Five British colonies Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago Barbados and Windward and Leeward Islands have agreed to establish a federal government plan.
Ethel Waters, famed actress, confronts income tax claims totaling fifteen thousand dollars. The star seeks a resolution to square the Uncle Sam's demands and resolve the tax dispute.
Judge Emnett C. Choate stated clearly that segregation on Miami buses is ended. She urged the State capital to take interest and Miami to lead in such cases, stressing that the city is the largest and foremost in the state.
Friday friends express concern for Irene Newman of 1577 Northwest 70th Street after illness and wish her a speedy recovery.
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