West Palm Beach Golfers File Suit Again
Sammie Lee James 24 dies from wounds after gun battle with police at NW 69th street near 15th avenue. Officers Mitchell and Cotten say Jones drew a gun while fleeing, was shot, and died at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Homicide reports justifiable. James’s body released to Albert Funeral Home. burial planned in Cordele Georgia.
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Sammie Lee James
5Th Ct
Jackson Memorial Hospital
69Th St
15Th Ave
Mitchell
Cotten
Baker’s Bar
Cotton
Bir
Jone
Jones
Eckel Lee Bates
James Macklin
Mccray
Sammie
Miami Gets Elks Nat's '08 Confab
The Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World chose Miami as the site for its 1958 Grand Lodge Convention. W O Perry exalted ruler Atlas Lodge No. 08 and James Richardson Rudolph Pullum Burt Jackson campaigned for Miami. Local lodges and the Convention Bureau supported the bid as 15,000 delegates and visitors are expected for the event in 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World
Grand Lodge
Los Angeles
Miami
W. O. Perry
Atlas Lodge No
James Richardson
Rudolp Pullum
Burt Jackson
Convention Bureau
Perry
Liberty Lodge
Greater Miami Lodge
Rulers Council
Ibpoew
Cuba
Hawaii
Liberia
Alaska
England
Canada
Nassau
British West Indies
Urban League awards Thalheimer Prize to Wilkerson
Frank Val Wilkerson of the Greater Miami Urban League receives the 1956 Thalheimer Award valued at $200 from Mrs. Regina M. Andrews in Cincinnati. The prize supports a scholarship fund for college students as the Urban League directs the finest vocational guidance program among 62 affiliates.
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Thalheimer
Frank Val Wilkerson
Greater Miami
Ance
Ira P. Davis
League
Baker M. Hindman
Cincinnati
School Integration Hearing Cancelled
A federal suit filed by West Palm Beach attorney G E Gravee against the state pupil assignment law led to the cancellation of a planned Dade County School Board hearing. Supt W R Thomas said all requests were withdrawn and assignments adjusted. two Negro children who sought admission to white schools will not attend the hearing.
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West Pl
M Beach
Dade County
Rct
W. R. Thomas
Atty. G. E Gravee
Holland
West Palm Beach
Miami
Youth gets 5 years for murder
Bertram Moss twenty of 1606 NW 3rd avenue was sentenced to four years and three months in prison on a second degree murder conviction Judge Ben Willard deducted nine months Moss already served for killing Lloyd Irving in a club on June 4 1955 Moss also pleaded guilty to aggravated assault Moss drew a pistol from his shirt and fired four shots three missed Irving and the fourth struck him dead
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Bertram Moss
3Rd Ave
Ben Willard
Moss
Lloyd Irving
Irving
Estranged Husbands Shoot In Perrine Love Tangle
Three people were seriously wounded in Perrine Sunday night when James Gardner Sr. shot Mrs. Lucille Middlebrook and Mrs. Carrie Gardner after seeing Alton Browning leave Mrs. Gardner’s home. Gardner, who was with Trudy Browning, turned himself in at Patrol Station No. 4.
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Perrine
James Gardner Sr
Harrison
Richmond Heights
Dade County Hospital
Lucille Middlebrook
183Rd St
Carrie Gardner
Middlebrook
Alton Browning
Gardner
Trudy May Browni
Mr. Browning
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Harold Mitchell
Earl Cotten
Miami Times
C. C. Park‘t
Baker’s
Agnous Corner
Girlriend
Ruth Davis
Willie Ames Macklin
Barbara Critchfield
House of Albert Funeral Home
Cordele
J. W. Williams Funeral Home
Sammie Lee Jones
Elks Nat's
West Palm
Warren H. Collie
Carney Green
Cgartrell J. Gaines
Arthu Davis
Alm Beach
Ernett C. “Hoate
Coconut Grove
Evelyn Hosley
Hosley
66Th St
James Thomas
Winter Haven
Stockade
Thomas
Homicide Bureau
Mrs. Evelyn Hosley
Mrs. Browning
Browning
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