Maxim Knocks Out Sugar Ray In Heat Aids Victory
New York reports Joey Maxim defeats Sugar Ray Robinson in a 14 round TKO at Yankee Stadium amid extreme heat with 47,983 in attendance and a $421,696 gate. Robinson collapses in the 14th, is carried to his corner, and Sugar Ray plans Paris and Tel Aviv fights while Maxim rakes in $125,114.
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New York
Joey Maxim
Yankee Stadium
Sugar Ray
Robinson
Paris
Tel Aviv
Maxim
Ray
George Gainford
Jacks Kearns
Ruby Goldstein
Goldstein
Sugar Boy
Five Miamians Return Home From Korea To Seattle
On the way home from Korea five Miamians were in Seattle this week. They are Sfc. Willie Abrams of 140 NW 7th St, Cpl. James A. Dean of 2413 NW 47th St, John Glover Jr of 113 NW 18th St, Pfc. Horace Johnson of 1439 NW 74th St, and Cpl. Early Legget of 1720 NW 4th Ave.
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Navy
R. L. Howze
Seattle
Sfc
Willie Abrams
7Th St
James A. Dean
47Th St
John Glover, Jr
18Th St
Horace Johnson
74Th St
Cpl
Early Legget
4Th Ave
Prisoners Mutiny at Georgia State Work Camp
In Savannah 200 prisoners rioted overnight over food quality at a state work camp. By Tuesday morning authorities suppressed the mutiny, 16 leaders were moved to Rock Quarry jail in Buford, dormitories burned, beds torn, windows broken, five trustees injured, no fatalities. Warden L C Burns blamed a nationwide sickness rather than the food issue.
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Savannah
Solid Rock
Rock Quarry
Buford
L. C. Burns
Scottsboro Boy Victim of Cancer
Haywood Patterson, 39, known as the Scottsboro Boy, is dying of cancer in a Jackson State prison hospital. He is serving six to 15 years for manslaughter in a barroom knifing. Patterson was among nine men sentenced to death in 1931 for the rape of two women in an Alabama boxcar, later winning three new trials, fleeing to Michigan, and being refused extradition by Gov. G. Mennen Williams in 1950.
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Jackson — State
Haywood Patterson
Scottsboro
Patterson
Alabama
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Hit Run Driver Held In Longshoreman's Death
A 20 year old youth is jailed on manslaughter charges after Henry Thomas hit and killed 52 year old longshoreman Joseph Cr Tynes at the 66th street intersection. Thomas faces intoxicated driving charges and claimed he could not stop before striking Tynes who died at Jackson Memorial hospital. The suspect was captured after a deputy sheriff pursued him to 67th street and 12th avenue. Funeral services for Tynes were set for Saturday at 2 PM.
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Joseph
Tynes
67Th St
12Th Ave
Thomas
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Para Villa Residents Protest To Commission
More than 100 Para Villa Heights residents facing home losses due to a slum clearance project spoke to the county commission on Wednesday. The three hour meeting featured 31 speakers, with Dobbs and Adams opposing the Drive-In Theatre site and noting vacant areas elsewhere. The commission took the petition under advisement.
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Para Villa Heights
County Commission
The
Commission Lis
David Dobbs
Neal Adams
Check on Polio Urges Parents to Watch Children
Parents urged to watch youngsters this summer for polio symptoms and seek timely medical care. Nineteen cases are Negro children, twelve from the Miami area. Leaflets with instructions available at local churches on Sunday. Polio patients treated at Variety Children's Hospital. Obtain leaflets for study and protection of children.
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Miami
Variety Children's Hospital
Funeral Services for Kelly Siblings Held at Ebenezer Church
Ebenezer Methodist Church hosts funeral services for Mr John Kelly and his brother at the same time. Mr Kelly died Friday night at South Miami Convalescent Home. The two men were the son and brother of Mrs Mena Tynes. Francis Funeral Home handles arrangements.
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Ebenezer Methodist Church
John Kelly
Senators Propose FEPC Bill Amid Senate Hurdles
Senate labor committee introduces a new FEPC bill aimed at banning employer discrimination on race and other grounds. Despite support, passage before Congress recess seems unlikely as southern opposition has stalled similar measures. Lead sponsor Sen. Hubert Humphrey calls the move partly educational to build demand for action.
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Washington
FEPC
Senate Labor Committee
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
University of Miami Expands Courses at Carver High School
Dr Bowman T Ashe announced that the University of Miami will continue offering courses to Negroes at Carver high school. He said the program targets in service teachers and may include other courses, framing the plan as a rewrite under a new name FEOFE tied to federal equal opportunity aims.
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Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
FEOFE
Federal
Equal Opportunity For Employment” Commission
Bowman T. Ashe
University of Miami
Carver High School
Johnson Convicted of Perjury by Court After Eight Months
Hiram Johnson was found guilty of perjury after an eight month process following an October 1951 grand jury indictment. Judge Ben C. Willard sentenced him to one year in jail and he posted a 1500 appeal bond for temporary release. The six man jury deliberated about thirty minutes before returning with a guilty verdict and a leniency recommendation. The judge ordered a further jury-room session, after which they offered a one year prison term.
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Hiram Johnson
Johnson
Ben C. Willard
Committee to Seek Slum Clearance Department
At the July 2 city meeting at 9 30 a m the Citizens Committee for Slum Clearance will present an ordinance for first reading establishing a Department of Slum Clearance. Citizens with interest are urged to attend to stay informed and lend support.
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Miami
Mrs Hogan Visits Son in Tokyo During Orient Trip
Mrs Osceola Hogan of Miami left the city for San Francisco to board a Pan American World Airways clipper bound for Tokyo Japan. She plans to visit her son Lt James Hogan a doctor serving on the staff of the U S General Hospital in Tokyo, with travel arranged through North Travel Bureau at 1104 N W 8th Ave.
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Osceola Hogan
16Th Terrace
Miami
San Francisco
Tokyo
Japan
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Congress
U of M
Carver
Mrs. Hogan
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