Teens Arrested In Armed Robbery Spree Near NW 7th Ave
Police say two teenage boys confessed to two holdups and named a third suspect. Joe Lee Houston, 17, of 185 Washington St, Opa-locka, and a 15-year-old were arrested at the intersection. a 16-year-old was later taken into custody. A loaded .25 caliber pistol was found on Houston. The youths were questioned after victims’ descriptions matched.
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NW 7Th Ave
14Th St
Michael Zarowny
Joe Lee Houston
Washington St
Opa-locka
Houston
Housing Authority Taxes Paid In Lieu Of Taxes
The Miami Housing Authority reported total in lieu of tax payments to city and county taxing bodies reaching 288,682.41 as of Tuesday after distributing checks of 16,382.82. Knight noted the checks cover 1,075 housing units for the year ended June 30, 1948, with 64,881 anticipated for 1949 and 1950, pushing the grand total since 1943 to 353,563.41.
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Housing Authority
Miami Housing Authority
J. T. Knight
The
Knight
Whites Threaten Block On Million Dollar Orlando School
A small group of White residents in Orange County threatens race riots to halt a planned 1 million dollar junior senior high school for Negroes. J E Cousins Jr chairs the South Side Vigilance Committee and 14 others sign the letter, which the school board will forward to law enforcement. The board aims to place the school west of the Orange Blossom Trail to serve Negro communities in Orlando and Washington Shores with minimal transport costs.
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Orlando
Orange County
Orange Blossom Trail
J. E. Cousins, Jr
South Side Vigilance Committee
Cousins
Orange ,Blossom Trail
Washington Shores
Killed In Coin Machine Robbery at NW 27th Ave Station
Roosevelt Bingham aged 25 was killed in a coin machine burglary at a filling station on 4101 NW 27th Ave after being shot by Richard J. Trantham during a 3 a.m. break‑in. Bingham's body shipped to Lakeland. two other nearby stations reportedly entered. Survived by wife Agnes. Road patrolmen noted loose change and a knife with dice at the scene.
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Roosevelt Bingham
14Th Terr
27Th Ave
Bingham
Richard J. Trantham
White
Agnes
Lakeland
B. Solomon Funeral Home
Woman Gives Birth to Centaur Rumor Stirs Bombay Crowd
In Bombay a rumor that a woman had given birth to a horse prompted ten thousand people to rush a central tenement. They carried the claimed infant in a basket to Nagpada police station as crowds besieged the area. Police displayed what they called the infant, eight inches long, to newsmen.
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Bombay
India
Nagpada
Texas asks court to reconsider Negro law school case
Washington June 20 The state of Texas asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its order admitting a Negro to the state's law school for White students Attorney General Price Daniel pleaded for a review of the June 4 sign on the grounds that facts showing Texas new Negro law school is equal to the White college were never aired in court
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Washington
State of
Texas
Supreme Court Today
Price Daniel
Equine Head Description In Vivid Poem Fragment
A fragment describes an animal with a hoof on the end of a limb a tail and an unmistakably equine head. The line hints at a hybrid form blending horse features in a concise visual note.
Court Injunction Protects Vet Home From Demolition
Pacific war veteran Charles Russell defied a landlord demand to vacate by Tuesday. A temporary Circuit Court injunction filed Tuesday blocked demolition of his $111-a-week frame house at 1013 NW First Ct and 14 nearby homes. Russell contends Brooks did not provide the seven day written eviction notice required by law and argues he offered a one room apartment at $16 weekly plus utilities. Judge Stanley Milledge set no hearing date.
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Charles Russell
L. L. Brooks
First Ct
Brooks
Russell
Stanley Milledge
Youth Drowns in Rockpit at Homestead
An 18 year old named Smith drowned Wednesday in a rockpit on Red Eugene Maines Street in Homestead. He entered deep water and could not swim. Chief Frank Brant and officers recovered the body some time later.
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Smith
Red Eugene Maines
Frank Brante
Night Swimming at Dixie Park Opens New Feature
The Dixie Park swimming pool adds a new feature to attract locals. The pool will be open Tuesday and Thursday nights from 7 to 10 p.m. Admission costs 25 cents for adults and 20 cents for youths under 18.
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Dixie Park
Lie detector clears Willie Cushion in Miami Beach assault
A lie detector test cleared Willie Cushion of hitting Ida Levine, a 30 year old Miami Beach cafeteria bookkeeper, who was bludgeoned with a two inch pipe. Levine, receiving treatment at Mount Sinai hospital with a satisfactory prognosis, identified Cushion as the assailant, but the polygraph indicated truthfulness on Cushion’s denial. Cushion remains held on suspicion of felonious assault.
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Willie Cushion
Miami Beach
Collins Ave
Ida Levine
Mount Sinai Hospital
Cushion
Miss Levine
Miami Housing Referendum Divides City Over Slum Cleanup
Miamians prepare to vote Tuesday on a housing referendum pitting private builders against civic groups and slum residents. The debate centers on using federal funds and private investment to eliminate slums, with concerns about rents for low income families and the role of public money in urban renewal.
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Miami
Herald
Jack Kofoed
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jitney Passenger Dies En Route to Beach
An autopsy was ordered on Ruth Pierce 45 of 1317 NW Second Ave after she died while riding a jitney between Miami Beach where she worked as a maid and Miami. Her nephew Jimmy Alexander could not provide deputies with a coherent account of the incident.
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Ruth Pierce
Second Ave
Miami Beach
Miami
Jimmy Alexander
Bahamian Held for Illegal Entry
Roy Jones also known as Walter Bain, 29, a Bahamian, was ordered held on $1,000 bond by US Commissioner Roger Edward Davis on illegal entry charges. Immigration director Joseph Savoretti said this was Jones second attempt to enter the United States from Nassau by stowing away on the SS Nueva Dominiana.
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Roy Jones
Walter Bain
United States
Roger Edward Davis
Joseph Savoretti
District Immigration and Naturalization
Jones
Nassau
Nueva Dominiana
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Porter
St. Alban’s
Washington Heights Liquor Bar Owner’s Association
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