State Board Proposes Stall To Integration
Collins and his Cabinet oppose emergency legislation to bar Virgil Hawkins from the University of Florida Law School. The State Board of Education should adopt two regulations to minimize integration impact. Hawkins admitted to the Law School. A rule would require appeals to the Board of Education before court review of admission decisions.
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Hawkins
Law School
Board of Control
Board of Education
Petitions Push Tampa Bus Integration Effort
Tampa petitions calling for racial integration on city buses circulate with the NAACP Tampa chapter drawing them up. President Ma Gregory declined comment as no formal protests or meetings have occurred. a transit manager said he had not been contacted. Some residents reportedly refuse to sign while NAACP official Robert Saunders comments.
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Tampa
NAACP
Ma Gregory
Been
Halve Ene Pel
Tampa Transit Lines, Inc
Two Miamians Win Top Grants for Medical Study
Morris-Brown College biologist W F Payne receives a National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis fellowship to study neuroembryology at the University of Iowa under Dr Jerry Kollins with a 2700 stipend. James Alvin Johnson of Miami earns a 600 March of Dimes fellowship for two months of public health study at Cambridge Public Health Department in Massachusetts.
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W. F. Payne
Morris-Brown College
Atlanta
National Foundation For
March of Dimes
James Alvin Johnson
Miami
Meharry Medical College
Johnson
Cambridge, Mass
Special Trains to Bring National Clubwomen to Miami
Two special trains carry most delegates to the 30th Biennial Convention of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs in Miami next week. Eastern region plus Cincinnati contingents arrive for open meetings at the Sir John Hotel and Bayfront Municipal Auditorium. The convention opens July 30 with National President Irene McCoy Gaines presiding, followed by Florida Night led by Mrs. Myrtle M. Davis. Public reception to follow after the Florida session.
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Miami
National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs
Vention
Sir John Hotel
Bayfront Municial Aucion
Pubc
Bayfront Auditorium
W National
Irene McCoy Gaines
H. M. Gibbs
Sylvia Turner
Florida
Myrtle M. Davis
Florida State Organization
Fire damages Bunche Park Pharmacy in Opa Locka
Fire gutted Bunche Park Pharmacy at 2280 Bunche Park Drive in Opa Locka early Tuesday. Estimated damage around $25,000 with explosions from volatile chemicals and bottled drugs as flames spread to the prescription department. Dade County firefighters investigate the blaze.
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Bunche Park
Bunche Park Drive
Opa Locka
Dade County
Police Crack Down On Tallahassee Boycotters
In Tallahassee city actions target Negro car pool drivers as buses resume Aug 2 after a May 28 boycott. Police gather evidence to arrest for hire vehicle violations while white neighborhoods get service focus and Rep Ballinger pushes a bill to shield white citizens from "imported leaders." The Inter civic Council seeks state funds to buy new station wagons for carpool use.
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Tallahassee
City Commission
Kenneth Ballinger
Inter = civic Council
Striking City Workers Rally For Higher Pay In Miami
City of Miami laborers pictured on strike for higher wages and better conditions enter the fourth week. Evans cites 358 strikers as of Thursday, threatens firing if not back by Monday. Workers across incinerator, water, street, and parks departments seek $1.20 hourly from $1.10, while some gains cited as 2 1/2 cents. Community groups plan aid, and talks of Teamsters absorption surface amid tense labor relations.
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Miami
Evans
Street and Parks Division
Cone Grove
Teamsters Union
Central Labor Union
Fred Alden
City Employees Union
Sammie Taylor Admits Murder Faces Twenty Years
Sammie Lee Taylor pleaded not guilty to second degree murder before Circuit Judge Grady L. Crawford for the fatal stabbing of 38 year old Grady Clark last April 27. Taylor, 24, will be sentenced this week. the penalty ranges from 20 years to life in prison. Police said the incident occurred at the Redtop Bar located at 1 NW Street.
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Sammie Lee Taylor
Grady L. Crawford
Grady Clark
Taylor
Redtop
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