New York Student Wins National Phi Delta Kappa Scholarship
Miss Ann Louise Greenfield of Theta chapter New York topped 254 national entrants to win the $800 national Phi Delta Kappa scholarship from a $3,000 award pool for high school graduates pursuing teaching. Regional winners include Miss Maurice Fitts of Nu chapter Birmingham Alabama and Miss Barbara Lynn Morgan of Kappa chapter Youngstown Ohio.
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New York
Phi Delta Kappa
Women In Education
Ann Louise Greenfield
Theta
Maurice Fitts
Birmingham
Ala
Barbara Lynn Morgan
Kappa Chapter
Youngstown
ANP
Edison Center Whites Threaten Fight Over New Negro Vocational School
Dade County School Board voted to buy 17 acres at NW 10th Ave and 69th St for a new Negro vocational school. The tract, $312,000 from owners Michael Wisehart and John Bouvier, lies west of Carver Village apartments, a hotspot of white opposition led by David Hawthorne. Hawthorne vows legal fights and recalls to block the project, while chairman Angus Graham defends the site as the best available for Negro students, noting downtown land is too costly.
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Dade County School Board
10Th Ave
Michael Wisehart
John Bouvier
Carver Village
David Hawthorne
Dade County Property Owners Association
Edison Center
Liberty City Negro
Hawthorne
Miami
Angus Graham
Estion
Slum Clearance Bureau Forms To Tackle Substandard Housing
City commissioners set up a Slum Clearance Bureau within the department of public service to coordinate substandard housing efforts. A separate vocational school plan replaces an expanded Dorsey high. The committee led by Mrs. Elizabeth Virrick urges stricter building code enforcement amid opposition from Harvey Klein and Abe Schoenfeld.
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Dorsey
Department of Public Service
William Wolforth
Perrine Palmer
Palmer
Cen
Tral Negro
Harvey Klein
Abe Schoenfeld
Elizabeth Virrick
Commission
Surrency Guilty Of Manslaughter In Tragic Stabbing
Eugene Surrency, 44, was found guilty of manslaughter by a six man jury in Judge Ben C. Willard's court for the Feb 17, 1952 stabbing death of his wife Victoria, 38. The jury recommended mercy. he received three years hard labor. The violence occurred in a parked truck near the Surrency home. Victoria died en route to Jackson Memorial hospital. Surrency surrendered to Miami police Monday after fleeing.
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Eugene Surrency
Fifth Court
Ben C. Willard
Victoria Surrency
Willard
Surrency
20Th Street
B. J. Palmer
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Miami
Grand
Bannister Loses Plea for Liberty City Playground
Thomas Slim Bannister, head of the Liberty Home Owners Association, urged a city playground on the Carver Village site. The city commission backed Knox Eldredge’s view to allocate most of 195000 dollars for Negro recreation to downtown areas and sent Bannister’s request to the county commission since most Liberty City residents live in unincorporated areas.
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Thomas “Slim” Bannister
Liberty City
County Commission
Bannister
Liberty Home Owners Association
Carver Village
Knox Eldredge
Chelsie Senerchia
Perrine Palmer, Jr
WFEC to Air All Negro Programming In Miami
Station WFEC Miami announces immediate shift to all Negro programming led by General Manager Herb Schoor. Since 1949 the station has featured a major three hour Ebony Express disc show and will expand with Negro talent, sports, women’s homemaker programs, and a local drama group while maintaining news and music focus with Negro orchestras and artists.
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WFEC
Miami
Herb Schoor
Gram
Francis Gets Reprieve From Governor Warren
Harold Francis, local undertaker, secured a 60 day reprieve from Gov. Fuller Warren in the manslaughter death of Mrs. [name unreadable]. The case involvement and pardon timing are noted as the governor’s action.
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Harold Francis
Fuller Warren
First Negro NEA official from Florida A and M elected
DETROIT Mich ANP News: Dr George W Gore Jr president of F S t i l l e Jones 26 last Christmas Eve Francis earlier convicted in Sept 1949. Florida Supreme Court ordered new trial. State Attorney Glenn Mincer appealed. court reversed and upheld conviction two months ago. At the NEA 90th convention and 31st delegates assembly here Florida A and M College became the first Negro to hold office as vice president. Representatives from about 15 Negro state teacher associations attended the assembly, which ran June 29 to July 4, with states maintaining two organizations each.
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F Rancis
Florida Supreme Court
Glenn Mincer
Florida A and M College
National Education Association
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Miss Greenfield
Hunter High
Francis
Dr. Gore
NEA
Detroit, Mich
George W. Gore, Jr
Fstelle Jones
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