Wassie Blue Says Trial Was Unfair
Stanley Spieler, attorney for Percy Ambrister known as Wassie Blue, told the state pardon board that his client did not receive a fair trial before his death sentence for the February 1953 murder of Eddie Fritz during a robbery. Ambrister, George Anderson and Richard Floyd were condemned to die. Floyd seeks mercy, Ambrister and Floyd pursue commutation. The board acts next Wednesday.
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Tallahassee
Stanley Spieler
Percy
Wassie Blue” Armbrister
Dade County
State Pardon Board
Ambrister
George “Limpy” Anderson
Richard “Fatback
Floyd
Eddie Fritz
Benner
Anderson
State Supreme Court
Spieler
George Brautigam
Pardon Board
Groveland
Cought
Walter Lee Irvin
Do. A. Irvin
LeRoy Collins
Homestead Ball Park Gets Lights
Homestead city council on Monday night ordered the erection of lights at the ballpark. General Electric was awarded the contract as the low bidder at 11383 dollars.
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Homestead
General Electric
Start Toward Ending School Segregation in the Deep South
Eight southern states show signs of varying compliance with Supreme Court rulings banning segregation while six resist. In Alabama Georgia Louisiana Mississippi South Carolina and Virginia officials cling to sidestepping methods. Florida moves toward biracial study committees though a new law grants local boards pupil assignment power.
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Atlanta
United States Supreme Court
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Virania
Florida
Kentucky
Maryland
Sklasoma
National Association For the Advancement F Colored People
TAACP
Anderson Gets Life In Solomon Slaying
Willie D. Anderson, 52, a Florida East Coast Railroad employee and church deacon, was sentenced to life with hard labor for murdering King Solomon, 37, during a January domestic dispute in Solomons apartment. A 12 juror panel deliberated six hours before the verdict, with attorney Henry Carr promising a new trial motion and possible appeal to the state Supreme Court.
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Willie D. Anderson
First Ave
Florida East Coast Railroad
Robert L. Floyd
Anderson
King Solomon
17Th St
SoloMon
Henry Carr
State Supreme Court
Dorsey Librarian as FAMU Guest Professor
Mrs Pauline Styles Willis librarian at Dorsey Senior High School will serve as guest professor in Library Service at Florida A and M University for the summer session. She holds BA degrees from Florida A and M and Atlanta University library school, an MA in library service from the University of Michigan, and has years of service in Dade County schools and South Atlantic College Orangeburg.
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Pauline Styles Willis
Dorsey Senior High School
Fla. A and M University
Willis
Florida A and M
Atlanta University School of Library Services
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
Dade County
Southae — College
Orangeburg
Shivers Speech Echoes Amid Beverly Hills Commencement
At the Beverly Hills event Gov. Shivers addressed student protesters while USC UCLA Valley Junior College and LA City College participants objected to his selection as commencement speaker. He received an honorary doctor of laws as the university marked its 75th founding anniversary. Two women were attacked and two others robbed after a bus ride, with a knife used and seven dollars taken before release.
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Gov. Shivers
Laws
Burn
Rosa Carr
Damages Awarded in Florida Train Collision Suit
Mr and Mrs Willie B Franklin of 2990 NW 48th St win a 50000 dollar verdict from a Circuit court jury against the Florida East Coast Railroad. Attorney Henry W Kristen says Mrs Daisy Franklin sustained permanent back injuries when a train backed into a Pullman car at Buena Vista yards last year. She received 45000 dollars with her attorney J Fritz Gordon.
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Willie B.franklin
48Th St
Florida East Coast
Henry W. Kristen
Daisy Aranklin
Buena Vista
Ty Ag J. Fritz
Gordon
White Students Seek To Enter Texas Negro Schools
SAN ANTONIO Applications for special courses at a Negro junior college here have been received from 28 White students. President J. O. Loftin said the two junior colleges are no longer segregated and two Negro students have been admitted to San Antonio College. Both colleges are tax supported. He stated applications from White and Negro students would be processed on merit as Texas moves toward desegregation.
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Texas Negro Schools
San Antonio
San Antonio College
J. O. Lottin
St. Re College
Dor ‘Mneana
Seegre
San Fata College
Texas
Supreme Court
Loftin
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Wassie Blue
Miami
Iood
Bethune-Cookman
Color
Mary McLeod Bethune
Thomas
Akansas
Tennessee
North Carolina
Asheville
Dorsey
FAMU
SAY
Walter Irvin
C. A. Irvin
Interstate Press
Tampa Bulletin
Tampa
Irvin
Grovelard
Collins
Parole Commission
Francis Bridges
Gov. Collins
Beverly Hills Tel
Gov
Shivers
Angeles
USC
UCLA
Valley Junior College
Los Angeles City College
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