Car Crash Kills Three In Oxford On State Highway 16
A head on collision at 2 30 a m burst the car into flames trapping four occupants. Two were thrown free and the survivor Howard Willing ham 20 of Taylor Mississippi is in an Oxford hospital. Skid marks show Whitson Willingham 25 of Oxford drove in the wrong lane. Olive Wood 24 of Taylor also died in the crash on a straight stretch with good visibility.
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Howard Willingham
Taylor
Miss
Oxford
Whitson Willingham
Willingham
Olive Wood
Prosecutor Quits Bishop Nichols Case Over NAACP Ties
Tampa lawyer Francisco Rodriguez withdraws from prosecuting Bishop D W Nichols in the July 30 Mt Zion AME trial in Jacksonville. He cites conflict of interest due to shared NAACP roles with Nichols and notes Nichols funded part of the Tallahassee segregation fight. The resignation leaves the case without its initial prosecutor.
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D. Werd Nichols
Mt. Zion Ame
Jacksonville
Bisop S. L. Greene
Rodriguez
Bishop Nichols
NAACP
Nichols
Tallahassee
Mr. Rodriguez
Four Million Dollar Mangrove Hotel Proposed for Virginia Key
A 4 million dollar plan seeks a 10 acre city site on Virginia Key for The Mangrove Hotel. The project includes an 8 deck building with 300 rooms, a 60 unit apartment house, and 20 private villas. Backers include Robert E. Kizer, Frank Teller, and notable entertainment figures with Mitchell Singany and John P. Booth handling deals.
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Virginia Key
Virginia
Mitchell Singany
Robert E. Kizer
Frank Teller
New York City
Miami
Common law wife shoots husband caught with 15 year old
A Miami man, George Wilder, 37, was killed in a scuffle after his common-law wife, Georgia Ann Green, 33, discovered him with a 15 year old girl in a Liberty City house. Green, held on suspicion of murder, fired two shots, one striking Wilder in the heart. The case, pending a coroner's inquest, notes the girl's identity is being withheld.
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Miami
Liberty City
Dade County Sheriff's Dept
George Wilder
15Th St
Apt
Georgia Ann Green
64Th St
Homicide Bureau
Wilder
Metaphysical Society retitles star in Boston recital
David Joseph, famed baritone, was presented by Boston’s Metaphysical Society at Boylston Street headquarters. Introduced by Edith Fleming Bowles, he performed with pianist Jeans Taylor in a varied program of English French Italian and spirituals.
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David Joseph
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Tampa
Yeee King
Willie Maze Houston
Tom Hamilton
Dollius Young
Junior Atwaits
Eddie Austin
Abbele
Reese Watley
Chigo
Til
John P. Booth
Cab Calloway
Lena Horne
Marshall Miles
Wayman Evans
Carnegie Hall
Ae Laudoes
Southand
South Broward
Ben W. Grigsby
Cub
Sheriffs Office
J. B
Willie) Gates
Willie
Bill) Samuels
Eal
Fifth Ave
Hallandale
Gates
Freedom's Road
Richmond Heights
Church
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