Auto man kills over moonshine in Miami home area
Ernest Taylor, 45, of 1927 NW 4th Ave, shot Harry Evans, 43, in the stomach with a .38 revolver during a late night argument near Evans home. Evans died June 16 after hospital treatment. Taylor was arrested at NW 5th Ave and 19th St, charged with open murder pending inquest. Evans survived by wife Ruth and brother Eugene. body to be shipped to Dover, Georgia. Ronnie Humes, 8, struck by car and killed while crossing 3rd Ave near bus stop. funeral set for Mt. Tabor Baptist Church June 20 with Rev. J. N. Byrd officiating.
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Harry Evans
NW 4Th Ave
Ernest Taylor
4Th Ave
Homicide Bureau
Miami
Evans
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Taylor
NW 5Th Ave
19Th St
Sheriff’s Department
Coronier
Justice of Peace
Thomas L. Ferguson
Ruth Evans
Ronald Humes, Jr
Ronnie
Deloris
7Th St
3Rd Ave
Albert Bellamy
Lord Calvert Coffee Shop
Bellamy
14Th Ct
Mt. Tabor Baptist Church
J. N. Byrd
Francis Funeral Home
Vocational School Plan Proposed for Negro Students
A citizen advisory committee presented to the school board its vocational program recommendations. The plan calls for a separate vocational high school for Negro youth and adults, located centrally with access for all, on at least 20 acres, and funded near 2 million dollars. The board pledged swift action. site determination and a Dorsey High School separation are emphasized.
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Melvin R. Jackson
Walter Pinkston
L. E. Thomas
Young Wife Held For Stabbing Husband In Opa Locka
Susan Morgan aged 21 of 2520 NW 162nd Street Opa Locka is held on murder charges after admitting to stabbing her husband William aged 22 during a domestic dispute in their backyard. A combined coroner inquest and preliminary hearing set for Justice of the Peace Edwin Lee Mason's court Thursday night. Funeral services for William Morgan directed by Francis Funeral Home will be at Ebenezer M. Church Saturday June 21 at 2 p.m. Rev G F Ponder to officiate.
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Susan Morgan
162Nd
Opa Locka
William
Sheriff’s Department
Sheriff's Deputies
Justice of the Peace
Edwin Lee Mason
Morgan
Francis Funeral Home
Ebenezer M. Church
G. F. Ponder
Para Villa Heights Residents Protest Commission Zoning
Sixty Para Villa Heights homeowners have petitioned the county commission to rescind its rezoning decision enabling the city’s first public housing units under the slum clearance program. Attorney Edward Brigham leads the Para Villa Heights Improvement Association and vows to seek a supreme court ruling if the action isn’t reversed. A public hearing is set for June 25.
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Para Villa Heights
County Commission
Edward Brigham
Para Villa Heights Improvement Association
Brigham
Supreme Court
Commission
Para Villa
Veteran Carver School Teacher Dies
Mrs. Bertie Baldwin a George Washington Carver high school teacher for 25 years died at Christian hospital after illness. She lived at 3643 Thomas Ave and was admitted Friday. A civic and religious leader, she left a husband and several relatives. Funeral services were held at Macedonia Baptist under Allen Funeral home.
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Bertie Baldwin
George Washington Carver High School
The
Christian Hospital
Baldwin
Thomas Ave
Polio Victim 4 Year Old Dies After Hospital Blood Run
A four year old boy Charlies Davis dies at Variety Children’s Hospital from bulbar polio. Hospital says speeding blood to the Davis child in a station wagon involved in a collision at NW 20th St and 17th Ave. The truck rolled three times after hitting a car driven by a 15 year old. No injuries or arrests reported.
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Variety Children’s Hospital
Charlies Davis
Julia Mae Davis
Davis
20Th St
17Th Ave
Thomas P. Steinwachs
Ponce de Leonave
Richard Lewis Mackey
DeLido Island
Church service led by visiting pastors in pastor's absence
In the absence of the pastor Rev. J. A. F. Finlayson, Rev. Edward T. Graham pastor of Mt Zion Baptist church officiated the service.
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J. A. F. Finlayson
Edward T. Graham
Mt Zion Baptist Church
Ex-Marine Is Hero As 7 Die In Brooklyn Fire
New York Brooklyn blaze claims seven lives including four children and a grandmother. Leroy Fredericks, a 28 year old Marine veteran, directs rescue from an 18 inch ledge aiding a family to safety as flames swallow a four story tenement.
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Brooklyn
New York
Leroy Fredericks
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