Grove Woman Shot To Death In Market
A 26 year old Coconut Grove woman, Pauline Terry, was shot six times in a small grocery at 3547 Grand Ave by a 40 year old man identified as Howard Ellis. Ellis surrendered later and faced first degree murder charges as investigators noted possible triangular relationship motives.
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Grove
Coconut Grove
Grand Ave
Howard Ellis
West Palm Beach
Terry
Ellis
Miami
Charles Sapp
Homicide Bureau
Tragedy in Perrine as Toddler Dies in Refrigerator
In Perrine a 3% year old boy locked himself inside a working refrigerator and suffocated as his 19 year old mother searched for work. Robert Norman Benn died in the 18422 Homestead Ave apartment after the unit’s power was off for unpaid electric bills. Iram Ferguson, a friend of Leola Benn, discovered the scene, noting shelves scattered in the kitchen. The mother, separated from her husband, left the 3% year old with a neighbor while she looked for employment.
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Perrine
Robert Norman Benn
Leola Benn
Iram Ferguson
Benn
Homestead Ave
Suspect Seen After Shooting Says He Killed Mrs Terry
After the Thursday shooting, Ellis was spotted in the City area. He allegedly told several people he killed Mrs. Terry. Authorities say he tried to borrow money to flee the area. He recently bought a 1955 Ford and was seen driving the Grove community regularly.
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Terry
Ellis
Grove
Baptist President to Visit Russia News Item
The Rev. Joseph H. Jackson of Chicago’s Olivet Baptist Church, National Baptist Convention president, will visit Soviet Russia with three other white Baptist ministers. They were invited by Russian Baptist leaders and will travel from London on August 4 for two weeks. Jackson’s expenses will be covered by the National Baptist Convention.
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J. E. Carter, Sr
August
National Mental Association
NDA
Chicago
Charles M. Thompson
ANP
London
Joseph H. Jackson
National Baptist Convention of the
Theodore T. Adam
First Baptist Church
Richmond
Arnold Tohrn
Washington, D.C
Baptis World Alliance
W Carney Hargroves
Second Baptist Church
Philadelphia
Yakov Zhidkov
All-Union Council of Evangelical Christian Baptists of
Russia
Poage
World Alliance
Lonn
Baptist World Alliance
Jackson
National Baptist Convention
Schlitz prize winner Johnson rewards for top sales rise
Neal Johnson, shown receiving a 700 prize check from Bob Goodman, tops among 14 White salesmen in a Schlitz promotion by Henry E. Mangels Co. Howard Christman looks on. Johnson picks gifts for home with wife and three kids at 15931 NW 17th St, Opa Locka.
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Neal Johnson
Bob Goodman
Greater Miami
Schlitz
Howard Christman
Henry E. Mangels Co
Schlitz Beer
Johnson
Theresa
17Th St
Opa Locka
Joseph
Marsha
Cornelius, Jr
Christman
Drank and talked too much after a $21,000 find
A poverty stricken man in Jacksonville claimed a lump sum of cash fallen from an armored truck hatch. David Muller, 45, and four relatives are jailed on grand larceny charges after $15,000 was recovered. Muller allegedly hid the money, spent some at a party, and handed portions to his sisters Rachel Brown and Emma Pinckney while police pursue remaining funds.
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Jacksonville
David Muller
Muller
Rachel Brown
Emma Pinckney
Court Upholds Dorsey Estate Settlement In Probate Ruling
The high court affirms a probate decision granting Zeke Campbell Dorsey a share and allowing Dana Dorsey, adopted daughter of D A Dorsey and Rose Becca, a final settlement of the estate. It criticizes Fort Lauderdale attorney O S Miller for filing suits since 1954 deemed imprudent and wasteful.
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Circuit Court
Zeke Campbell Dorsey
Dana Dorsey
D. A. Dorsey
Rosebecca
O. S. Miller
Fort Lauderdale
First Negro owned brokerage opens on Wall Street
New York The first Negro owned investment brokerage firm in the Wall Street district opened this week. Led by Philip M Jenkins, a veteran of high finance, the firm marks a pioneering entry in finance. Jenkins previously served as advertising manager for the Amsterdam Star-News and led his own ad agency. He also sold stocks for Baruch Brothers and headed Mutual Fund Sales at Balch and Co.
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NEW York
ANP
Wall Street
Philip M. Jenkins
Amsterdam Star-News
Jenkins
Baruch Brothers
Balch and Co
Little League Runaround Trips Up South Carolina Team
The Charleston Negro Little League team that won the South Carolina title by default faces bar from the regional meet in Rome Georgia. Region 5 director John P Brand says there is no 1955 South Carolina Little League champion and the state will not be represented in the regional tournament.
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Atlanta
Charleston
S. C
South Carolina
Rome
John P. Brand
Opa Locka Youth Drowns In Canal Near 155th Street
A 16-year-old Opa Locka youth, Nathaniel Finley, drowned Monday in the county canal near a dam at NW 155th St and 17th Ave while swimming with Charles Rhodes. Finley, from 15801 NW 18th Place, was swept from shallow water as Rhodes, 17, of 2330 NW 165th Terrace, tried to assist. Finley disappeared for over three hours until diver Robert Berthelson and officers F. M. Woodard and Huron Braxton recovered the body.
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155Th St
17Th Ave
Opa Locka
Nathaniel Finley
Charles G. Rhodes
Finley
Rhodes
Robert Berthelson
The
F. M. Woodard
Huron Braxton
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Pauline Terry
Leroy Terry
Hibiscus St
Mrs. Terry
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Bain Funeral Home
Norman Goldin
Goldin
Paulette Parks
Eunice Parks
13Th St
Billy Parks
Paulette
Baptist Pres
Dorsey Estate High Court
Der
Real Ene
Pran
Supreme Court
Dorsey
Wall St
Opa Locka Bay
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