Real success story of a Floridian insurance salesman
Bartow native Joseph Blossom rose from teacher and appliance salesman to top regional winner with National Union Life Insurance. He credits hard work, integrity, and belief in the product for a rapid six week income surge, praising family support and the company’s non discrimination in coverage.
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National Union Life Insurance Company
Bartow
Blossom
Florida A and M University
Tallahassee
Nancy Prime
Lampodas
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Roosevelt High School
Lake Wales
Jacksonville
Duval County Board of Public Instruction
Kelvinator
Joseph Bryan
National Union
Bryan
South
Mr. Blossom
Married Students Policy Set by Dade County Board
The Dade County school board voted Wednesday to classify married or parent students as not children and bar them from school programs. Deans from multiple high schools requested the policy, which assigns married students to the Dorsey Vocational School if they wish to continue education. The action, though rare, aims to handle such cases consistently.
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Dade County
Aan
Dorsey Vocational School
Miamian Admitted To Supreme Court Practice
Fred G. Minnis of Florida A and M University college of law has been admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court on the motion of Senator Spessard L. Holland. Minnis previously joined the Tax Court in 1951 and the Court of Military Appeals in 1952, and is now authorized to practice before all federal tribunals as well as the DC and Florida bars. He has taught at FAMU since 1953.
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Tallahassee
Fred G. Minnis
Florida A and M University College of Law
United States Supreme Court
Spessard L. Holland
Florida
Baisaesien
Ft. Lauderdale Prisoner Hangs Self in Cell
A 22-year-old Ft. Lauderdale man named Robert Wilbur Taylor, arrested last Friday for incompetency, hanged himself in a Broward county jail padded cell Sunday afternoon. Deputies report he used a belt and undershirt tied to a trap door in the ceiling, and was heard beating on the cell wall minutes before being found. The county physician was summoned immediately.
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Ft. Lauderdale
Broward County
Sheriff's
Robert Wilbur Taylor
Hall
Cab Calloway Breaks Beach Room Box Office Record
Cab Calloway headlined solo at the Sansouci Hotel Blue Sails Room on Beach Street delivering scat and blues in a hi de hi performance. The Tuesday night show drew the venue’s largest gross in four years, with reservations at 3.50 per person.
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Cab Calloway
I Beach
Cab
Texas Tells School to Solve Own Problems
Texas school districts were told by the state board of education that they must solve their own segregation issues but will receive state funds regardless of their compliance. The board adopted the policy unanimously, marking its first firm stance since the Supreme Court's ban on segregated public schools.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
State Board of Education
Supreme Court
Anthony Twine Dies After 30 Years in Miami
Anthony Twine, special representative of the Afro-American Insurance Co. and a Miami resident for 30 years, died at Christian Hospital Wednesday afternoon. Funeral services will be held Monday at 10 AM from St Francis Xavier Catholic Church.
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Anthony Twine
The
Afro-American Insurance Co
Miami
Christian Hospital
St Francis Xavier Catholic Church
Jazz crowd cheers for classic blues numbers at show
The audience reacted strongly to "Minnie The Moocher" "St James Infirmary" and "It Ain t Necessarily So" during the performance, signaling a warm reception for the featured tunes and performers.
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Minnie the Moocher
St. James Infirmary
Intruder Attacks Miami Teacher Miss Hudson
Miss Annie J. Hudson a Liberty City Elementary School fourth grade teacher was stabbed in her home by an unknown intruder. She was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital in serious condition as police hunt a neighbor seen in the area. no arrest has been made.
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Annie J. Hudson
52Nd St
Liberty City
Hudson
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Charles McDowell
Miss Hudson
Gary
Indiana
Miami
Dade County
Harold Pieze
Elliott J. Pieze
Times
WFEC
50Th St
Brownsville
Maude Brown
Couple Wins Appeal To Adopt White Baby
A federal appeals court rejected an adoption petition by a mixed race couple seeking to adopt a white child. The decision cited the best interests of the child and noted concerns about race and social status within housing and family dynamics. Named parties include Judge Holtzoff and Judge Bazelon, the adoptive parents, and the child's natural father.
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Howard University
Holtzoff
David L. Bazelon
Slum Clearance in Grove Studied
The Coconut Grove slum clearance program is being studied for a book on slum rehabilitation and community impact. Gus Breckenfeld advances a grant from the Fund for the Advancement of Education while collecting material and consulting former tenants, city officials, and Grove leaders.
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Coconut Grove
House and Home
Gus Breckenfeld
Fund For the Advancement of Education
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Ira B. T. Blossom
W. B. Roux
Dorsey
St. Paul Ame
Mr. Roux
Miamian
Fred Hudson
Chicago
Calvin Hudson
New York
McDowell
Johnny H. Sherrod
S. C
Juredeestabe
Meee
Grove
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