Escaped Convict Shot Dead in Florida City Grocer
Freddie Judge, 32, a Tampa man serving 57 1/2 years, was shot to death at 3 a.m. Friday in the Camp and Loftin Grocery at NW 27th Ave and 48th St less than 12 hours after fleeing a state prison gang. N. B. Camp, alerted by a breaking glass sound, shot Judge twice after entering the store.
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Freddie Judge
Tampa
Florida City
27Th Ave
48Th St
Loftin Grocery
N. B. Camp
High
Judge
Camp
2 Killed in Jacksonville Knife and Gun Fight
JACKSONVILLE A man and woman were killed and another man seriously cut in a knife and gun fight here last Friday Police said Seaser Erginger 36 and Pinkie Dansby died of bullet wounds and Sam Tolliver 51 was left hospitalized with injuries The investigation marked a violent late week incident with three involved and authorities gathering details about motive and suspects.
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Jacksonville
Seaser Erginger
Pinkie Dansby
Sam Tolliver
Maid Freed After Jewels Are Returned
In Miami Beach a detective testified that jewels worth 5900 dollars loaned to Estelle Mae Yates were returned to owner Mrs. Clara Olshansky before arrest. The charges of theft against the 30 year old maid were dismissed by Judge Ben Willard after the witness recounted the return and circumstances.
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Miami Beach
Sam Fredericks
Estelle Mae Yates
West Palm Beach
Fredericks
Clara Olshansky
Michigan Ave
Ben Willard
Repair man seriously wounded in local dispute over bill
A repair man named Ervinger was found in serious condition at a local hospital with knife wounds after an argument over a bill for work done. The altercation escalated into a fight prompting police to investigate the incident.
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Ervinger
Dade County Moves to Secure 10 Million for Schools
Dade County school board plans a Tallahassee trip to win state approval for a three year 10,133,000 building program. They seek extra state funds for operations aided by a 19 percent enrollment rise this year. Superintendent Wilson notes prior denial despite enrollment growth and cites a 500,000 potential aid increase.
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Tallahasse
North
Miami
County
James T. Wilson
State Education Foundation Act
Wilson
Dade
Hastie Named to U.S. Court of Appeals
Hastie, 44, formerly civilian aide to the secretary of War and Virgin Islands governor, is named to the U.S. Court of Appeals. The appointment makes him the first Negro on the federal bench to a high court, succeeding as second in command of the federal judiciary.
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Hastie
Virgin Islands
Miss Murrell Arrives in Japan as Army Librarian
Yokohama reports Miss Bolyn Y. Murrell daughter of Dr and Mrs W H Murrell 1500 NW Sixth Ave recently arrived in Japan aboard the USAT Gen G Morton to serve as army librarian with Eighth Army Special Services She is assigned to the Kobe Base library formerly librarian at Butler College Tyler Texas for one year She is a Booker T Washington High School Miami graduate and earned a BA from Fisk University 1946 and a library science degree from Atlanta University 1948.
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Yokohama
Bolyn Y. Murrel
W. H. Murrell
Sixth Avenue
Japan
USAT
G. Morton
Eighth Army Special Services
Kobe
Department of the Army
Murrell
Butler College
Tyler
Texas
Booker T. Washington High School
Miami
Fisk University
Nashville
Atlanta University School of Library Service
Atlanta
Four Miami youths plead guilty in mailbox robberies
Four Miami youths pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing government checks from home letter boxes in a closely organized racket. The group netted thousands of dollars over more than a year, with estimates of about 25 checks a month and $1,500 in four months.
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Miami
South Miami Proposes Slum Clearance
South Miami officials backed a federal funded slum clearance plan. Councilman Harry W. Prebish announced potential Reconstruction Finance Corp aid to create a South Miami housing authority and remove the Negro section slum, with 200 new units possible if land is found.
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South Miami
Harry W. Prebish
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Co
63 Year Old Fugitive Held On Flight To Avoid Confinement
Willie Coleman a 63 year old Valdosta man serving life for murder who escaped from a Georgia prison work gang in 1948 was captured in West Palm Beach and held on a federal bond of 5000 to await return to Georgia. Coleman was convicted of murder in 1946 in Berrien County Ga and fled October 13 1948.
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Valdosta
Georgia
Willie Coleman
West Palm Beach
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Berrien
Aoe Ga
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