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Newspaper
Miami Times
Location
Miami, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1956
Page
5
Delegates to the 85th Quadrennial AMEZ session in Pittsburgh pose for a group photo as bishops sit front and center. The gathering elected three new bishops and announced assignments for all 12 bishops while approving a resolution urging states to comply with racial integration rulings.
Dr. H Milton Mickens of New York City collapsed at Dinner Key Auditorium during the African Methodist Episcopal Church conference and died shortly after outside the building as first aid was given. Earlier Rev A D Watson of Fort Valley Ga was found dead in his hotel room in Miami Beach.
Miami city commissioners approved on first reading a new water tax and higher utility taxes, and did not oppose a proposed 3.50 increase in real estate and personal property tax rate. The vote was 4 to 0 with Mayor Randall N. Christmas absent.
A letter to the editor pays tribute to deceased church leaders Rev L A Thompson Rev N F Clark Rev E A Culmer and Rev J H Johnson and urges continued faith and service. The piece closes with a vow to labor in the Lord and quotes Psalm 17 15. A separate tax notice states water bills face a 10 percent levy while electric gas and telephone bills up to 25 dollars rise to 10 percent provisional on second reading June 6 with a one year water levy limit to take effect July 6.
The Paradise Bowling Team from Gary Indiana, praised for their Florida trip, competes in the Women’s International Bowling Tournament at Miami Bowlarama. After a Gary city championship upset, the group enjoyed a sightseeing tour of Miami and Miami Beach, staying at the Sir John Hotel before departing to Nassau via Pan American Airways. Front row includes Mesdames Buenice Hotchkins and Lillian Walton.
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