Tallahassee Bus Boycott Probe Sparks Debate
Florida legislative panel authorized a probe into NAACP activities and Tallahassee civic groups. The Tallahassee City Commission urged the committee to examine organizations opposing state law, while Sen. Dewey Johnson and Rep. Henry Land pressed for a precise target. Rev. C. K. Steele and NAACP leaders attended, with Mark Hawes named chief counsel for the probe. In Coconut Grove, Fred Abner Jr. is charged with first degree murder after a Sunday shooting that killed his wife Helen Abner. the body is under care of Bethel Williams Funeral Home and burial will occur in Valdosta, Georgia.
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Tallahassee
Miami
Coconut Grove
Fred Abner Jr
Thomas Are
Helen
Robinson to Manage Royals After World Series
Jackie Robinson expected to be offered player-manager role with Montreal of the International League by the Brooklyn Dodgers after the World Series. If he accepts, the $25,000 position would make him baseballs first Negro manager. Robinson would return to the city where he began his organized baseball career 11 years ago.
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New York
Jackie Robinson
Montreal
Brooklyn Dodgers
Robinson
Shadows of Emmett Till Wolf Whistles in Mississipp i Miss
In Tupelo Mississippi James Darden 30 was fined 100 dollars and jailed 30 days for whistling at a White high school music teacher. The judge ordered Darden to leave town by midnight Tuesday after his guilty plea to conduct calculated to cause breach of the peace. He had been jailed but released to make moving arrangements.
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Tupelo
Miss
James Darden
Darden
Therman A. Ricks
North Carolina
Florida
Ben C. Willard
Ricks
Chattahooche State Hospital
Virginia State Hospital
Henry Williams
7Th St
Teen-Ager Stabbed During Family Argument
An 18-year-old youth, Herman Solomon of 124 NW 3rd Court, was in critical condition after two shoulder wounds and a chest wound near his heart from a stabbing at a Washmobile Corp location. Albert Covington, 17, of 420 NW 14th Terrace, faces assault and battery charges after the confrontation at 1529 Alton Rd, where Covington was also severely slashed in the face.
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Herman Solomon
3Rd Court
Mt. Sinai Hospital
James Siegendorf
Miami Beach
Supreme Court blocks Virginia park lease that could discriminate
The Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling barring Virginia from leasing a state park under any plan that might discriminate against Negroes. Judge Walter E. Hoffman of Norfolk had decided the seashore park must be open to all races, a decision upheld on appeal.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Virginia
U. S
Walter E. Hoffman
Norfolk
High Tribunal
Hoffman
Seashore State Park
Perry's Florist Moves to New Location
Perry's Florist relocates from 1210 NW Third Ave to 11 NW Third Ave this week. Grand opening set for Sunday at 4 PM with a live tape recording to feature Castlerock, Elliott J. Pieze and Mrs. Dorothy Sanford on WMBM. Free carnations and roses will be given to guests.
Wife shoots husband at Miami Carver Hotel
Robert Loftin manager of the Miami Carver Hotel was shot by his wife Jackie Loftin during a domestic argument. He was treated at Jackson Memorial and discharged. Mrs Loftin faced multiple charges including aggravated assault but all charges were dismissed after a municipal court hearing.
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Bu‘au
Miami Police
Robert
Bob” Loftin
Manger
Miami Carver Hotel
Third Ave
Jackie
Carer Hotel
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Tallahasse
NAACP
Zations
Henry Land
Legislative Committee
Dewey M. Johnson
Quincy
Tallahassee City
Mark Hawes
Tama
Hawes
Atty
Richard Ervin
Abner
Helen Ward Sands
17Th Sts
Ira P. Davis
Second Ave
Robbie
Royals
Charles Hutchinson
FAMU
Edwin T. Demeritte
Florida A and M University
A&m
Horace Jones Jr
Perry's Florist
Hubby
Loftin
Jacksonr Tremorial Hospital
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