Miami student model chosen for state housing project
Tallahassee The Division of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanic Arts at Florida A and M College announced a faculty housing project on campus in a ceremony on February 28. President George W. Gore praised housing needs for Negro citizens as the Board of Control approved yearly construction of a duplex at 678 Gamble St and student labor involvement. Sophomore John Swilley from Tallahassee produced the first model while junior Charles Herout of Miami designed a second model, both picked by the Board. Pre planning in the Mechanical Drawing department supported the unit’s early design work.
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Division of Mechanical Engineering and
Mechanic Arts
Florida A and M College
George W. Gore
A and M’s
M .S. Thomas
Board of Control
Gamble St
John Swilley
Charles Herout
Booker T. Washington High School
Miami
Herout
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Press Week Founder Commends Negro Press
Moss H Kendrick, originator of National Negro Newspaper Week, praises the Negro press as a traditional tool of democracy. The piece notes Freedom's Journal 1827 in New York with editors John Russworm and Samuel Cornish and outlines Delta Phi-Delta Journalists Society at Morehouse College roles in starting Press Week.
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Moss H. Kendrick
Week
Kendrick
Freedom’s Journal
United States
Warich St
New York City
John B. Russworth
Samuel Cornish
Russworm
Liberia
West Africa
Kendrix
Negro Press
Delta Phi- Delta Journalists Society
Morehouse College
Atlanta
Top Dentists Plan 1952 NDA National Meeting in Chicago
National dental leaders gathered in Houston to map plans for the 1952 National Dental Association meeting set for August 13 to 15 in Chicago. The NDA executive board called the session. Attending board members included officers Dr. C. L. Thomas of Louisville as vice president Dr. A. M. Mackey of Natchez as president elect and Dr. W. M. Springer of Cincinnati as president.
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Houston
National Dental Association
Chicago
NDA
South
C. L. Thomas
Louisville
Youth Tries Death by Action on 47th Floor
Cincinnati viewers watched a troubled 24 year old, Robert M Jones Jr, cling to the ledge of a 47 story skyscraper as three stations carried live video for about two hours. A priest and the man's father finally pulled him to safety.
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Cincinnati
ANP
Robert M. Jones Jr
Quist Attends London House of Commons Opening
Speaker Quist, long time Gold Coast official, participated in the 1950 opening of the newly constructed House of Commons in London alongside other speakers from the British Commonwealth. ANP.
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Gold Coast
House of Commons
London
British Commonwealth
ANP
House of the Gold Coast
E. C. Quist, Obe
Gold Coast Legislative Assembly
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