Hawkins Case to Be Appealed in Court
New York attorney Robert L. Carter indicated Hawkins plans to seek relief in Federal District Court after the Supreme Court refused immediate admission to the University of Florida Law School. The court left open the possibility of pursuing the same relief in a federal court, deferring to local desegregation implementations. Carter noted a decision would come after reviewing the latest Supreme Court transcript.
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Robert L. Carter
Hawkins
University of Florida Law School
Carter
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Florida Law School
High Court
U. S
NAACP to Seek Integration of National Guard Units
The NAACP plans to press for integration of Southern National Guard units. Thurgood Marshall, speaking at a Charlotte convention, said school desegregation is nearly complete and warned the other side is desperate, running out of delaying tactics.
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NAACP
Charlotte
N.C
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People’s
Southern National Guard
Thurgood Marshall
North Carolina
Kasper Jailed for Race Baiting in Clinton High Case
John Kasper, a segregationist, jailed in Washington DC for a year in federal prison over contempt of court tied to court-ordered racial integration at Clinton High School. He had been free on bond pending a Supreme Court appeal and was turned over to the Attorney General to designate his prison location.
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Dana Dorsey Chapman
Mr. Dorsey
Dorsey
First National Bank of
Fort Lauderdale
Dade County
Foster N. Ingalls
Hallandale
Knoxville
Tennessee
John Kasper
Washington
Kasper
U. S. Supreme Court
Herbert Brownell
Robert L. Taylor
Supreme Court
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Taylor
Ewd
Ere
Clinton
Huie
McCollum
Johnson
Slater
Asoe
Wild West in Fort Lauderdale School Duel at Homecoming
Florida move to end Ruby McCollum case fallout leads Gov Collins to secure author William Bradford Huie’s $750 contempt fine payment. Huie had resisted earlier, seeking a state pardon. Collins advised that board action would only prolong controversy and Huie agreed to drop plea and mail the check.
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Tallahassee
Florida
William Bradford Huie
LeRoy Collins
Huie
Suwannee County
Collins
Ruby McCollum
Clifford Adams
Live Oak
Houston Schools Ordered Integrated in 1957 Federal Ruling
Federal Court ordered Houston schools to integrate with all deliberate speed in a suit filed by two Negro girls refused admission to Houston public schools in September 1956. Judge Ben Connelly ruled after a three month case, outlining enforceable steps for desegregation. The report mixes other regional items and incident notes from Florida and Miami areas.
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Houston
Tex
Ben Connelly
Houston Public
United Fund Facts in Dade County Campaign
United Fund or Dade County operates as an autonomous nonprofit to consolidate multiple charity drives into a single annual campaign organized by the county’s leading citizens.
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The
United Fund
Dade County
Dade
Little Richard Hints At Quitting Rock Career
Sydney reports Little Richard plans a life change to join the Seventh Day Adventist Church and be baptized in Los Angeles. He reportedly threw $8,500 in diamond rings into the Hunter River as a faith challenge and says the end of the world is near ahead of a religious conversion and farewell tour.
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Little Richard
America
Sydney
Australia
Richard
Hunter River
Los Angeles
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Zent
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