Miami family lauds Hampton graduate Joseph Clark
Miami couple Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clark Sr celebrated their youngest son Joseph Clark graduating from Hampton Institute on June 4 with scholastic honors. He served as Student Council President and an exchange student. The family was honored June 8 by the Hampton Alumni Association for five children graduating from Hampton and one from Tuskegee.
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Goa
Miami
Robert Clark
Joseph Clark
Hampton Institute
Joseph
Clark
Killer of Three Gets Life in Florida Trial
Edward Bubba Roberts 26 was found guilty on three counts of first degree murder for the April 2 killings of his wife Blanche 28 and in-laws James Smith 67 and Miriam Smith 66 at 6930 NW 18th Ave. The jury's verdict avoids the death penalty, sentencing to life in prison with Judge Robert L. Floyd to impose the formal sentence Friday at 1 45 PM. The three day trial in Dade County Circuit Court featured testimony from 16 witnesses, a near capacity crowd, and a largely Black spectator presence.
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Edward “Bubba” Roberts
Blanche
James Smith
Miriam Smith
Robert L. Floyd
Florida
Roberts
The
Smiths
18Th Ave
Floyd
Two Miami Cops Resign Over Dope Bribery Charges
Two Miami patrolmen, Reggie Sandilands and Roy Hines, resigned after last week end and faced charges for taking 90 dollars in protection money from Gabriel Limarto, a Puerto Rican dope peddler. They were jailed last Thursday night and remain free on 2500 dollar bail awaiting trial. Each man, veteran officers, could face five to ten years in prison or a five thousand dollar fine if convicted.
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Miami
Force
Reggie Sandilands
Roy Hines
Gabriel Jose Limarto
Limarto
Atty. Henry Arrington
Mizell Asks New Trial In Libel Suit
Dr. Von D. Mizell seeks a new trial in a Leon County Circuit Court libel case filed by Rep. Prentice Pruitt of Monticello. A May 31 jury ordered Mizell to pay Pruitt 15000 for a protest telegram about segregation legislation that damaged Pruitt professionally and socially.
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Mizell
Tallahassee
von D. Mizell
Leon County
Civic Leader
Prentice Pruitt
Monticello
Pruitt
Fort Lauderdale
And
Bus Segregation Suit Planned In Federal Court
G E Graves NAACP attorney says a federal suit will challenge Miami segregation after Rudolph Reid 19 refused a seat behind whites on a 27th Ave bus. Judge Sobieski fined Reid 50 or 24 days. sentence suspended. NAACP to seek repeal or court remedy. boycott urged as last resort.
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Miami
G. E. Graves
Militan Naacp
Graves
Rudolph Reid
Francis Sobieski
Reid
Grave
Sobieski
Iseally
NAACP
Negro Citizen's League
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AEE
Merson
Cabinet Board of Education
Florida Normal and Industrial College
St. Augustine
State Department of Education
J. T. Kelley
Educatation Department
Cred
Frank Wilson
Wilson
St. Johns A
Kelley
R. W. Puryear
Board of Education
By Elliott J. Pieze
Sue Harris
John Griffin
Americanism Commission of the
American Legion
Booker T. W School
Vivian Rutherford
Harry Prebish
William Meadows
Don McKenzie
Fred J. Hicks
NW 49Th St
Hicks
Oscar Range
Wolfe
Paul Morgan
James DeCoursey
Sherifff
Criminal Bureau of Investigation
Joseph H. Davis
Dade County
Hugh du Val
Edward Whittacker
CBI
Delia Sawyer
E. B. Dennis
Clifford Lowrie
Lucius Reeves
B. T. W. Studentouncil
National Association of Student Councils
Allied Youth, Sr. Honor Society
World Brotherhood of the
Sandilands
Ne Force
Hines
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