Hospital blamed as two of triplets die
Denisia Harris of 1326 NW 67th Street delivered triplets after a false labor misjudgment at Jackson Memorial Hospital. A first infant was born at home with EMS on scene, followed by two stillborn girls at the hospital. The surviving baby weighs 3 pounds 6 ounces and the mother is reported doing well.
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Jackson Memorial Hospital
Denisia Harris
67Th St
Justice of the Peace
Edwin Lee Mhson
Willie B. Billing
74Th St
Delorise Perry Williams
Perry
Jackson Memorial
Billings
70Th St
18Th Ave
Sheriff Department
Second Ditch Cave-In Victim Dies
C. B. Griffith, 42, of 1872 NW 68th terr., died after being pinned against a water pipe in a six foot ditch excavation cave-in.
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C. B. Griffith
Cab Calloway to Open Bunche Park Playground
Cab Calloway set to cut the ribbon at Bunche Park Playground in Bunche Park Opa Locka this Sunday at 3 p.m. The event follows the death of two workers in a trench collapse caused by a passing train. Solomon Davis aged 63 died August 26 and the other worker died August 24.
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Cab Calloway
Solomon Davis
21St St
City of Miami Department of Waters and Sewers
Rockland Palace
Mittler
Bunche Park
Opa Locka
Calloway
Amos Jenkins
Bunche Theatre
240th Transportation Port Company Plans Second Annual Ball
The 240th Transportation Port Company of the Organized Reserve Corps announces its Second Annual Military Ball and Promotion Ceremonies at Harlem Square Club on Thursday September 20 by invitation only. The event highlights unit personnel roles including Captain Walter C. Pinkston and 2d Lt. Arthur O Carey with decorations chief Pfc Charles E. Geter and guest coordinator Pfc Earl H. Lightburn. recent Summer Field Training at Camp Leroy Johnson earned commendations from 3rd and 4th Army areas.
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240Th Transportation Port Company
Organized Reserve Corps
Harlem Square Club
Walter C. Pinkston
Arthur O. Carey
Charles E. Geter
Earl H. Lightburn
William W. McBride
Camp Leroy Johnson
Camp
Leroy Johnson
James W. Wanza
Arthur O. ‘Carey
William McBride
Theola Black
Nathaniel Carter
Louis F. Duty
H. Lightburn
Bethune Elementary School Dedication Set for Sunday
On Sunday September 23 the new Bethune Elementary School will be dedicated. Principal and staff celebrate naming the school for Mary McLeod Bethune renowned American educator and founder of Bethune Cookman College who will attend the ceremony at 3 30 p m. Public invited to attend.
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Bethune
America
Mary McLeod Bethune
Bethune- Cookman College
Robinson Regains World Title With TKO Of Turpin
Sugar Ray Robinson defeated Randy Turpin by technical knockout in the tenth round at Polo Grounds to reclaim the world middleweight title. The fight drew 61,370 fans as Robinson landed a decisive series of punches, though Turpin opened a cut over Robinson’s eye early before the stoppage with eight seconds left in the round. The bout generated a gate of $992,630 with Robinson earning about $240,000 in career highs.
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New York
Sugar Ray Robinson
Robinson
Randy Turpin
Polo Grounds
Sugar Ray
Randy
Turpin
Goldstein
Ray
National Baptist Convention Session in Oklahoma City
The National Baptist Convention of America met in Oklahoma City September 4 5 drawing thousands 15 000 delegates from across the country and overseas. A pre convention program filled the municipal auditorium with 500 chorus voices while Governor Johnston Murray opened with a message urging careful progress amid democratic Christian principles. Continues on page 4.
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National Baptist Convention of America, Inc
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Isles of the Sea
Municipal Auditorium
Johnston Murray
America
Allen Street
Thomas B. Lackey
General Baptist State Convention of Oklahoma
White
F. D. Moon
Douglas High School
Bishop Scott
J. W. Jemison
Urban League Reopens Neighborhood Department
The Greater Miami Urban League restarts its Neighborhood Department, once led by Miss Helen L. Fisher, after a 1949-50 campaign gap. Samuel J. Moncur will direct the unit, linking blocks into neighborhood councils and coordinating targeted community projects.
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Greater Miami Urban League
Helen L. Fisher
Samuel J. Moncur
Local Urban League
Three Miami Soldiers Home From Korea Return
Four thousand three hundred seventy one U S Transport Gen William Weigel docked in San Francisco on a rest and re assignment voyage. Among them are three Miami soldiers Pfc Ronald L Bethel 2941 NW 47th St Pfc Harold Bosfield 361 NW 6th St and Cpl DeWitt C McGill 541 NW 12th St.
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Miami
U. S
William Weigel
San Francisco
Pfc
Ronald L. Bethel
47Th St
Harold Bosfield
6Th St
Cpl
DeWitt C. McGill
12Th St
Community dept announces immediate projects roll out
The department will implement voter registration, block and residential sanitations, classes in Consumers Education, Citizenship, and Homemaking. The community will hear more from this department from time to time.
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Mary Bethune
Billing
Ocala
Fla
Attys
Albert Hubbard
Walter E. Gwinn
Frank Knuck
Atty
Thomas Duff
Williams
Ray Robinson
National Baptist Convention
Urban League
Korea
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