College student Betty Sutton to return home from FAMU
Betty Jean Sutton of Miami, a 1954 graduate of Booker T. Washington High, is among Florida A and M University students ending term and returning to Miami. She held roles in Beta Alpha sorority, ROTC, and public relations along with honors and a part in golf. The piece also notes a separate local government probe into the Civil Service Board and misconduct allegations involving Eldredge and McDowell.
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Betty Jean Sutton
Miami
Florida A and M University
FAMU
Betty
Booker T. Washington High School
John H. Dennis
Opa Locka
Officers Training Corps
Beta Alpha Rostry
Anh Sor Omelets Authority
Office of Public Relations
Haiti military seizes power amid curfew and censorship
In Port au Prince Brig Gen Leon Cantave dismissed seven Governing Executive Council members and established military rule with a nightly curfew and news censorship. Amid the upheaval, normal life in provinces began returning as police are ordered to halt looting and arson.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Severnment
Leon Cantave
Cantave
Atlanta alderman race ends in runoff for first Negro since Reconstruction
In Atlanta the first Black candidate since Reconstruction for an alderman post was defeated in a Wednesday runoff. T. M. Alexander, 47, trailed by 392 votes from the May primary, finishing with 22,455 to White businessman Jack Summers's 32,170. The campaign drew an endorsement from the governor.
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Atlanta
T. M. Alexander
Jack Summers
Alexander
A Griffin
Summers
Klan Rally Beatings Reported in Prattville Alabama
Three African Americans were beaten by robed Ku Klux Klan members during a rally at a Prattville baseball park after they shouted during a speaker’s address. Police said the victims required medical care but were not seriously hurt. no arrests were made.
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Prattville
Ala
O. C. Burton
Burton
Roosevelt Edward Green
David W
Golson
West Palm Beach Golf Rights Ruling in Civil Rights Case
Federal Judge Ernett Choate voided the color bar and allowed equal access to a public golf course in West Palm Beach. Four Negro plaintiffs led by Dr. Warren H. Collie and Arthur Davis charged denial of use on May 24, 1956. The judge delayed a written decision and noted no expected violence if the course is integrated.
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West Palm Beach
Ernett Choate
South Florida
Warren H. Collie
Arthur Davis
Carney Green
G. J. Gaines
Choate
Dandridge Settles Suit For Confidential Magazine
Los Angeles actress Dorothy Dandridge settled her million dollar damage suit against Confidential Magazine. Her attorney Leo Branton withheld the settlement amount but called it pretty terrific. She is currently filming in Europe.
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Los Angeles
Dorothy Dandridge
Confidential Magazine
Europe
Confidential
Leo Branton
Boy Rescuers Awarded Hometown Hero Honors
Manorville New York Sam Wood, a Riverhead Negro foreman, and four other men were honored with Hometown Hero awards for rescuing seven year old Beniny Hooper from a 24 foot well. Each rescuer received 300 dollars to aid their children's education or another needy child.
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Manorville
N.Y
Sam Woodson
Riverhead
Beniny Hooper
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