Public housing sites zoning status update noted
The Miami Negro Jaycees presented The Keys to The City to honor Raymond E. Jackson Imperial Potentate of the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order of Mystic Shrine during his visit to Kazah Temple of Miami. Acting President William McBride spoke at Mt Zion Baptist Church as Dr G W Hawkins and the Miami Master Singers appeared. Noble Booker T. Alexander accompanied Jackson on tour. Illustrious Potentate Rudolph Bradley and Noble Wiley Jackson arranged rooms for guests.
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Miami Negro Jaycees
Raymond E. Jackson
Order of Mystic Shrine of
North and South America
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
G. W. Hawkins
Miami
Noble Booker T. Alexander
Imperial Field
Dr. Jackson
Rudolph Bradley
Noble Wiley Jackson
Kazah Temple
Lord Calvert Hotel
Imerial Potentate
Cliff Headley
Capt. Brock
Police Department
Judge Thomas
Marie White
Mahi Temple
Noble B. J. Guilford
Police Dept
Dept
District
L. L. Bibb
32Nd Ave
Noble Bradley
Daniel R. Francis
Everett Butler
B. J. Guilford
Booker T. Dunn
Francis
County veto blocks plea to rescind housing rezoning
Homeowners in Para Villa Heights and Brownsville, selected for public housing, lost a key battle as the county commission denied an application to rescind the rezoning from single to multi family dwellings. They argued the change would cause undue hardship by forcing moves to accommodate Negro housing projects. The commission further modified its initial position by removing part of its prior stance.
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Para Villa Heights
Brownsville
Fisherman Drowns When Boat Upsets Off Government Cut
Oscar Jessie, 46, of Coconut Grove, drowned south of Government Cut when heavy ground swells capsized the skiff in which he fished with two companions. The two men clung to the hull for over two hours before rescue. His body was recovered in Biscayne Bay Friday morning near Norris Cut by harbor patrolmen after two fishermen sighted it. autopsy attributed drowning with a neck wound caused by a needle fish rather than a stab.
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Oscar Jessie
Coconut Grove
Government Cut
Jessie
Biscayne Bay
Norris Cut
E. F. Lasseter
Rezoning plan imposes lot width rule for single family homes
The commission added a rule requiring single family residences in the area to sit on 50-foot frontages and 5,000 square foot lots, applying to the rezoned district. Several existing houses now sit on 25-foot wide lots, below the new standard, raising questions about compliance and grandfathering.
U S Decorates Ethiopian Soldier For Meritorious Services
Maj. Tadesse Aggegnehu, commanding officer of the Ethiopian battalion in Korea, received the United States Bronze Star in Addis Ababa. The award, presented by U S Charges d Affaires Richard Gatewood, was in the name of President Truman for meritorious services.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
United States
Tadesse Aggegnehu
Korea
Richard Gatewood
Truman
Three Die in Accidents Near Lord Calvert Hotel
The report details a fatal crash nine miles east of Tallahassee involving Fred Bassie 35 and his wife Mary 26 from Delray Beach. A Greyhound bus carried 19 passengers with four sustaining minor injuries. Vannie Leonard survived uninjured.
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Willie Fred Bassie
Mary
Delray c
Les
Tallahassee
Greyhound
Vannie Leonard
Bassie
West Palm Beach weekend crash claims Willie Evans and others
A holiday weekend two car crash nine miles south of West Palm Beach killed Willie Evans 50 and injured five others. Evans died when his car lost control and swerved into the path of another vehicle.
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West Palm Beach
Willie Evans
Evans
Georgia Board Rejects Ward Request For Law School Test Waiver
Horace Ward, an African American applicant seeking entry to the University of Georgia law school, was refused exemption from new intelligence and aptitude tests. The Georgia Board of Regents, following the education committee, said waiving the tests would discriminate against other applicants. Ward has filed suit to gain admission, contending the tests were instituted after his application.
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Atlanta
University of Georgia Law School
Board of Regents of the
University System of Georgia
Education Committee
Horace Ward
Ward
Committee of 100 Urges $25,000 for NAACP Supreme Court Appeal
The Committee of 100 in New York appeals to Americans to raise $25,000 within two months to fund printing and briefs for the NAACP's two school desegregation cases before the U.S. Supreme Court this fall. The cases from Clarendon County South Carolina and Topeka Kansas challenge public school segregation. The committee at 20 W 40th Street says it cannot meet the goal alone.
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New York
W. 40Th St
N. Y
Gov Driscoll appoints first Negro to state education board
From Red Bank New Jersey comes news that Dr James W Parker aged 64 has been named to the New Jersey State Board of Education by Governor Alfred E Driscoll. A native of Aiken South Carolina Parker studied at Cookman Institute and Howard University before building a prominent medical practice serving all races. He serves on Howard University trustees YMCA community group and county medical society. His son James W Jr is serving in Korea with the army medical corps.
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Red Bank
N.J
James W. Parker
Board of Education
Alfred E. Driscoll
State Board of Education
Parker
Aiken
S.C
Jacksonville
Cookman Institute
Howard University
Community Ymca
County Medical Society
James W., Jr
Howard
Korea
Army Medical Corps
Dade Teacher Marie Pate Dies Sudden
Marie Pate, Carver High School business education teacher, died suddenly at 1:40 a.m. Thursday after a stroke. She lived at 266 NW 9th St with her ill mother who had been cared for by Mrs Pate. Survived by husband Charles, daughter Charlene, mother, sisters Wilian Ingraham and Wilhelmena Jennings, and many relatives. Richardson's Funeral Home handles arrangements.
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Marie Pate
Carver High School
Pate
Opa Locka
NW 9Th St
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Charles Pate
Charlene
Willan Ingraham
Wilhelmena Jennings
Richardson
DAV To Hold Installation Meeting At Brownsville Lodge
The Daniel W. Mullins Chapter No 39 of the Disabled American Veterans will hold a special meeting on Saturday July 12 at the Masonic Hall 4821 NW 27th Ave Brownsville. The agenda includes colors presentation officer installation and information from Florida Department Commander Edward J. Cooper National Service officer William Henry and other veterans affairs authorities. Guests from Coral Gables Miami Miami Beach Miami Springs Hialeah and their auxiliaries will attend.
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Daniel W. Mullins
Masonic Hall
27Th Ave
Brown Sab
State of Florida Department
Edward J. Cooper
William Henry
Polio claims sixth Miami victim of 1952
A 5 month old boy died from polio last Saturday, marking Miami's sixth polio fatality of 1952. Variety Children's Hospital announced the death. overall polio cases in the city reached 73 according to the report.
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Miami
Variety Children’s Hospital
Sands Is Times Star Newsboy on Vacation Flight to Nassau
Arlington Sands Jr. son of Mr and Mrs Arlington Sands from 1918 NW 3rd St leads Times newsboys in weekly sales selling over 300 papers each Friday. He saves regularly and plans a month long vacation by Pan American Airways to Nassau Bahamas starting Sunday.
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Arlington Sands Jr
Arlington Sands
All Times
Sands
Pan American Airways
Nassau
Bahamas
Yearly case totals Compared to Earlier Years
Reported so far this year compared with a total of 47 cases for 1951 and 77 in 1950.
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U.S
Lawton Strong
White
Holly Hills
Lose Appeal Inc. of
Albert M. Bethune Sr
Florida
The
Elks
Elks Educational Department
Driscoll
DADE
DAV
Coral Gables
Miami Beach
Miami Springs
Hialeah
POLIO
Times Star
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