Attractive Wife Slain By Irate Husband In Opa Locka
Anne ahetk, 22nd street resident and former Royce Jackson, was stabbed 23 times by her separated husband Samuel Herbert Kirby at a bus stop in Opa Locka. He dumped her body on NW 20th Ave and N Burlington St. Kirby, held on first degree murder charges, surrendered at a Miami police station after telling a friend he had “messed up everything.” Funeral services for Mrs. Kirby were held at Mt Zion AME Church.
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Anne Ahetk
Ope
Bee
Royce Kirby
9Th St
Samuel Herbert Kirby
Coronner
Edwin Lee Mason
Sheriff's
Kirby
Opa Locka
NW 20Th Ave
N. Burlington St
Salghus Spring
W. Va
Royce
Maurice
Edwin
Johnson
Charles McClennon
McClennon
Miami
Mt. Zion Ame
Eek
Williams
Dorsey Vocational School
Jackie Robinson sued for 40000 in Milwaukee incident
A $40,000 damage suit was filed in federal court against Jackie Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wolinski of Milwaukee claim they were struck on the head when Robinson, after being ejected, tossed his hat over the dugout into the box seats on June 2, 1954 at County Stadium.
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Milwaukee
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn Ball Club
Robinson
Peter Wolinski
County Stadium
Brooklyn
Gas jet accidental deaths in Liberty Square apartment
An open gas jet in the oven of a Liberty Square apartment caused the accidental deaths of Isabelle Solomon and Isaiah Wallace. Found Sunday morning, the two were last seen Friday night and died from gas after a biscuit-induced oven incident. Wallace to be buried at Range Funeral Home with service at New Bethel Church. Solomon to be buried at Range Funeral Home with service at Church of the Incarnation.
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Liberty Square
Isabelle Solomon
85Th Terrace
Isiah Wallace
70Th St
Deiven Neal Coston
Hotel proposed on Virginia Key for Negro patronage
Virginia Beach may host a 1.5 million dollar luxury hotel on a 10 acre tract past the cabana area. Developers led by John Bigman and G D Brossier asked the city commission for a 99 year lease. city engineers were ordered to map shore lines and suitable land. The project would include 150 rooms a dining hall and pools, serving exclusively African American patrons.
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City Commission
Virginia Beach
John Bigman
G. D. Brossier
Cabana
Bréssier
Bigman
Lord Calvert
Negro Section
Carnation Healthy Baby Contest Closes Saturday
The Carnation Healthy Baby Contest closes at midnight on Saturday May 14. Mail your baby's photo or snapshot with the blank on page 7 to enter, with a chance to win one of 20 cash prizes totaling 535 dollars.
Anti-Integration School Bill Fails By Four Votes
Florida legislators rejected a plan to create private schooling to sidestep the desegregation ruling. Rep. Prentis Pruitt led a failing effort, falling four votes short of the two thirds needed for a constitutional amendment. The motion drew 53 in favor and 32 against, with a new bid planned as lawmakers returned.
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Tallahassee
Florida
United States Supreme Court
Pruitt
Night Fracas Over Color and Morals Spreads in Town
Constable Yewt Hudson arrests a White singer at the Black Orchid Lounge and a Black nightclub singer on morals charges amid a neighbor complaint. Mrs. Lillian Uricho 45 and Cannon 36 face warrants for morals offenses. Cannon faces probation issues and a suspended sentence for obscene photos. Witnesses recount a mix of romance and social tension as legal actions unfold.
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Yewt Hudson
Lillian M. Uricho
Bayshore Drive
Cannon
Black Orchid Lounge
79Th St. Causeway
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Mrs. Royce Kirby
Archibald J. Carey, Jr
Quinn Chapel
AME
Chicago
Florida A and M University
Carey
United Nations General Assembly
Wallace
Francis Funeral Home
New
Mrs
Virginia Key
Prentis Pruitt
Jeffersonstitutional Amendments
Volfe Williams
Seminole
Fier- A and M University
Gov
Collins
Albertha Nelson
Ted David
House of Representatives
Julia Clark
Orlane
Coe
Oyy
Reg Re
Dil
Law
Uricho
Hudson
New York
Europe
Addoc Ae
R. B. Eavenson
Ben C. Willard
Willard
Richard Cannon
J. A. F. Finlayson
General Baptist State Convention of
Dr. G. W
NAACP
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