Miss WDIA Queen Contest Winner Visits Miami
Jacqueline Holmes of Lake Village Arkansas arrived at the Lord Calvert Hotel as Miss 1070 the WDIA queen chosen from 200 contestants. The Arkansas teacher and Arkansas A and M graduate will spend 11 days as the featured guest with WDIA Memphis broadcaster Martha Jean Steinberg, serving as the station’s glamor representative to its millions of listeners.
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WDIA
Miami
Jacqueline Holmes
Lake Village
Arkansas
Lord Calvert Hotel
Miss Holmes
Arkansas Public
Arkansas A and M and N College
Martha Jean Steinberg
Memphis
Lord Calvert
Lois Jean Dedeaux
Jackson College of Jackson
Pass Christian
Miss
Cannon Singer Receives One-Year Prison Term
Richard Cannon, 36, a popular night club singer, was sentenced to a year in prison by Judge Ben C. Willard after a prior suspended sentence. The case stemmed from an arrest for possessing obscene pictures and a May 12 incident with Lillian Uricho, a 45 year old wealthy white widow, at her home on 10939 NE Bayshore Dr in Miami.
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Richard Cannon
Ben C. Willard
Cannon
Willard
Brownsville
Lillian Uricho
Bayshore Dr
Miami
Neeigh
Court orders gradual integration in Summerton schools
The decree rights that supervision of any child qualified to enter such school from and after the time they arrange for a non discriminatory basis, with all deliberate efforts. The ruling follows Judge Parker's proposal and sets no fixed deadline for Clarendon to finish integration in Summerton district where 2559 Negroes attend and 2990 attend the white school. Attorneys Marshall and Figg reported satisfaction with the decision though no step-by-step plan was mandated.
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John J. Parker
Charlotte
N.C
Clarendon
Summerton
Clarendon County
Marshall
Laborers Strike Halts Biscayne Boulevard Apartment Project
Laborers halted work on a $2,000,000 Biscayne Boulevard apartment building as 35 men formed a picket line. Union agents claim wage disputes and an effort to organize laborers sparked the strike, while building superintendent Everett P Miles calls the picketing illegal.
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Biscayne Blvd
Parkleigh House
Homer Shipman
Charles Valois
AFL Construction Laborers Union
Everett P. Miles
Valois
Couple charged with illegal cohabitation face fines
The woman received a $500 fine and a suspended sentence from Judge Ray H. Pearson in the Court of Crimes, with the condition to leave. Cannon pled guilty, paid $500, and got a six month suspended sentence but later violated probation, appearing before Willard.
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Borhoods
Ray H. Pearson
Cannon
Willard
Showdown on Beach Segregation in Daytona Beach
In Daytona Beach a militant group of Negroes asserted access to Ocean Beach, prompting officials to form an interracial committee to study opening the beach to Black visitors. A three man panel will be chosen by Henry Coleman, Horace Riegle, and Dr. John T. Stocking to propose policies for harmonious relations, after 125 petitioners demanded clarity on city policy. The city mayor said whites from Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee might boycott tourism if segregation persisted.
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Daytona Beach
Ocean Beach
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Francis Morrison
Morrison
Mittee
Henry Coleman
Commercial Bank
Chamber of Commerce
Horace Riegle
John T. Stocking
Race Agents Star In Shine Raid
Two undercover agents were central to Georgia’s largest bootleg raid. Loaned from North Carolina, they posed as produce peddlers and worked under Georgia Revenue Commissioner T W Williams. The pre dawn roundup netted more than 150 arrests, with officials predicting up to 250. The operation targeted moonshine rings in Atlanta and surrounding counties. Also included is a society note announcing the engagement of Dorothy Elizabeth Johnson to Lt. Fred Douglas Williams, with bios of both families and wedding plans in El Paso and Alexandria. No wedding date set.
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Atlanta
Georgia
North Carolina
Georgia Revenue
T. W. Williams
Williams
Eggers
Peter J. Johnson
154Th St
North
Miami Beach
Dorothy Elizabeth
Fred Douglas Williams
Joseph Williams
Mason St
Alexandria
Spelman College
Dorsey
DCT
Allied Youth
Dorsey High
Dorothy
Women’s Army Corps
William
Lt. Williams
St. James High School
National and
90Th
Ft. Bliss
Texas
Jaycees Petition At Churches In Liberty City Area
A July 18 mass meeting of Northwest Miami Junior Chamber of Commerce urged residents to sign a petition for a playground and swimming pool in Liberty City. Jaycees plan July 24 church visits to collect signatures from churchgoers.
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Northwest
Miami
Jaycees
Liberty City
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Thursgood Marshall
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Robert M. Figg
Clarendon School
Miami Master Singers
Ira McCall
National Youth Congress
The
Church of God In Christ
Minneapolis
Minn
Chicago
Birmingham
Ala
Miles
Beaumont Wac
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