Bunche Named Father of the Year for Peace Efforts
Dr Ralph J Bunche 44 year old United Nations mediator for Palestine was named father of the year by Alvin Austin executive director of the National Fathers Day committee The announcement praises Bunche for mediation work as proof the UN is a path to peace Also listed as fathers of the year are John Garfield Alfred Drake Connie Mack Gabriel Heater Ed Sullivan Nelson Rockefeller Herbert Hoover Bernard Baruch and Arthur Miller
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New York
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations
Palestine
Alvin Austin
Bunche
Detroit
University of California
Harvard University
United Nations Trusteeship Division
John Garfield
Alfred Drake
Connie Mack
Gabriel Heater
Ed Sullivan
Nelson Rockefeller
Brotherhood
Herbert Hoover
Bernard Baruch
Arthur Miller
Caleb Hill Beaten Shot To Death In Georgia
The FBI and State investigators probe the slaying of 28 year old Caleb Hill who was taken from an unguarded jail by a mob and killed by gunfire and blows. Sheriff Hatcher suggests more than two suspects, possibly a lynching, while Hill’s death near Big Sandy creek prompts federal civil rights inquiries from Atlanta.
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Irwinton
FBI
Caleb Hill
George Hatcher
Hill
State Bureau of Investigation
Atlanta
Tom Clark
Washington
Hatcher
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
Tuskegee
Big Sandy Creek
Presbyterians oppose racial segregation within church
In Buffalo New York at least one church went on record opposing racial segregation in its ranks as the United States Presbyterian Assembly approved a report opposing segregation in final form. The Northern and Southern groups clashed over two paragraphs condemning segregated synods and presbyteries while a Seattle elder defended unity and urged action.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Presbyterian Church
Us. A
Division of Social Education and
Sarah Brown
Seattle
Wash
Defender's Editor Visits on Havana Trip
Lucius Harper executive editor of the Chicago Defender travels with his wife Mrs. Lillian Harper en route to Havana Cuba for a week vacation. They drove from Augusta Georgia where he delivered the commencement address at Haines Institute.
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Lucius Harper
Chicago Defender
Lillian Harper
Havana
Cuba
Harpers
Augusta
Haines Institute
Extortion Cops Ask For Jury Trial In Miami Case
Two white Miami patrolmen Wil lie Reddish and Cullen J. Thompson pleaded not guilty to extortion charges after allegedly demanding 300 dollars from a Liberty City man. Assistant Chief James A. Youell and Lt. E. B. Baldwin testified officers hid in a home to witness the payment. A June 14 docket sounding sets the trial date. A separate report notes Donald Teath, 28, died when crushed by a Seaboard Air Line switch engine near NW 20th Street early Friday.
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Miami
Willie Reddish
Cullen J. Thompson
Liberty City
Ben C. Willard
James A. Youell
EB. Baldwin
Youell
Baldwin
Donald Teath
Seaboard Air Line
NW 20Th St
John Cannon
U S Plans Four Rocket Tracking Bases in Bahamas
The United States, via the National Military Establishment, will build four radar and radio tracking stations on Grand Bahamas, Great Abaco, Eleuthera, and Cat Island as the first 500 mile leg of a guided missile testing program. Launch site remains Banana River, Florida. Construction will use U.S. materials with local labor, housing 125 personnel per site, on public land and under UK Bahamas government agreement.
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Washington
United States
Bahamas
United Kingdom
Grand Bahamas
Great Abaco
Elsathera
Cat Island
Islands
Iater
Virginia Key World Fair Site Proposed for Miami Measure
A six month window may decide if Virginia Key or Graves tract becomes the world fair site. Backers promise to return improvements within five years if funded. The Virginia Key area is a Dade County beach for Negroes.
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Virginia Key
Miami
Graves Tract
Grover Morrow
Morrow
Elob
Filipe
Pov
Erty
Virginia Beach
Dade County
Ax Slayer Jake Bird Granted Third Delay in Execution
Walla Walla authorities report Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted Jake Bird, convicted ax slayer, a 380 day stay of execution. The court will hold a hearing on the case in the coming months as a new review proceeds under appellate oversight.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Tom Smith
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Jake Bird
Ax Slayer
Joniinusdion Pageela
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Fla
Dr. Bunche
Curtis Washington
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Coral Gables
St. Francis Xavier
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Congress
Hoover Commission
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Army Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Hell’s Anyon
Idaho
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U. S
ST. Augustine
W. Howard Lee
St. Augustine, Fla
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North
Florida
Defender
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House
Senate
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