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Prisoner Dies On
Way To Court
Isaac Lennon, 37, of West
Palm Beach, collapsed Monday
morning as he was led out of the
elevator of the downtown post
office building. He" died at once
An auotofMy revealed Lennon
died of sickle-cell anemia, caus
ed by abnormal red corpuscles
which causes defective coagula
tion of blood cells.
Sheriffs deputies said a dep
uty marshall took Lennon from
the county jail after being ad
vised by a jailer that the man was
too ill to be moved.
Lennon was brought to jail
Saturday and being held for action
on a probation violation on a
moonshine charge.
Peace Justice Francis Christie
ruled on Thursday that Lennon
died as a result of natural causes.
NEGRO APPLIES FOR
ENTRY TO FSU
TALLAHASSEE Dr. Doak
S. Campbell, president of Florida
State University, said Thursday
that a Negro student had applied
for admission to one of the uni
versity’s graduate schools.
Dr. Campbell said the applica
tion had not reached his desk as
yet £ut it will be handled rou
- finely. t
' Dr. Campbell has often been
* referred to as the most die-hard
white educator in the state and
pne of the greatest behind-the -
scene foes of integration in Flor
ida.
La. Ordered To
Action Against
NEW ORLEANS A United
States District judge repri
manded Louisiana for obtaining
a state court injunction against
the NAACP this week and or
dered the state to stop all fur
fhff action against the NAACP.
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Federal Judge J. Skelly Wright
seht the NAACP to the State Su
preme Court jh fight to COU
tfniie -Vpethtlcij • id Louisiana,
judge Wright |s powerless to re
move the injunction.
Judge Wright’s ruling came
on* au NAACP' motion. The or
gan .z at ion wanted *an injunc
tion issued against Louisiana’s
prosecution of the NAACP.
IN ALABAMA . . .
Boycotters
Denied Bns
Franchise
MONTGOMERY, Ala. The
Rev. M. L. King Jr., and several
other leaders of the boycott
against Montgomery City Lines
buses were denied city permission
Monday to establish and operate
an all-Negro bus company.
The delegation, most of whom
are under indictment on charges
of conspiring to boycott the seg
regated buses, proposed that a
new company “owned and op
erated by Montgomery Negroes”
be licensed to “provide adequate
transportation for our people.”
City commissioners, who met
with the group for nearly 90
minutes, denied the application
for a franchise on the grounds
that the present bus company is
offering “excellent bus service
ior the entire city.”
SATURDAY
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Is Your Last Chance to
REGISTER
Books Open Until 9 p.m.
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Stop AU
NAACP
The State is trying to oust the
T AACP from Louisiana under an
ild law, originally aimed at the
Ku Klux Klan.
Under the law, most organiza
tions must fil£ membership lists
with the state. The state con
tends the NAACP has not done
this.
The crganna&ion has refused
for two redsofis. Ffrtt, it said,
other organizations are hot re
quired to file. It added that pub
lication of membership lists vio
lates constitutional rights.
Because of the last reasons, the
NAACP said the case should be
handled by a federal, not a state
court.
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POLICE HUNT KILLER OF THREE
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OL. XXXI, NO. 32
Ervin Tries Stall In U. F. Intearation
TALLAHASSEE Florida
Atty. Gen. Richard Ervin told the
U. S. Supreme Court Monday his
recent survey indicates “a strong
•robability cif a serious disrup
tion” at the University of Florida
if a Negro is admitted now as
the tribunal has decreed.
Ervin appealed for a rehear
ing of the ruling yesterday, charg
ing the court abandoned the
“moderate” approach to deseg
regation as laid down in an earl
ier decision.
The Florida Supreme Court
ruled that segregation at tax
sup; orted universities is illegal
but delayed the admission of Vir
gil Hawkins, 49-year-old public
relations director at Bethune-
Cookman College at Daytona
Beach until it can be accomplish
ed “without public mischief.” .
The U. S court ruled unex
pectedly on March 12 that Haw
kins should be enrolled iiow„say
-sngng “There is no reason for de
lay.”
Ervin filed a brief with the
court by registered mail, that if
the rehearing is granted he will
submit “conclusive evidence” that
if Hawkins is admitted now, “the
public safety in Florida will be
endangered and the administration
and operation of institutions of
higher learning in Florida will be
disrupted
SHALL I GO TO
CQLLEQE*
Be sure to read Kelsey
Col lie’s interesting series
entitled “Shall I Go To
College” beginning t h i s
weels \t\ The Miami Times.
bl 1 i e’s thought-provok
ing and informative column
“Patrolling The Campus
Beat” is found on page 11.
MIAMI, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1956
Police Crack Down On Shopliftino Rina
Local detectives and Miami
merchants are mapping a drive
to crack a highly organized gang
of shoplifters operating in this
section.
Some results were obtained
Tuesday when Dorothea Lewis,
24, of 1907 NW 2nd ct., pleaded
guilty to taking seven sets of
State Elks
Meet In
Tampa
The 31st annual session of the
IBPOEW will open in Tampa
Sunday with delegates from every
county in the state in attendance.
The Bay City Elks Lodge will be
host.
*
The meeting will be held April
8-11 with Albert Bethune presid
ing over the Bills aptf Mrs.
Thomasina Floyd presiding over
the women.
W. O. Perry of Miami and John
Kemp of Clearwater have an
nounced their candidacy for state
president.
The men will meet at the Ma
sonic Temple on Constant Street,
while the women will meet
Bethel Baptist Church.
Hudson Reynolds, grand com
missrcner of Civil Liberties, will
speak Sunday afternoon at 3:00
o’clock at Bethel Baptist Church.
Sunday night at 8 o’clock, Rev.
R. A. Jackson, pastor of St. Paul
will deliver the memorial sermon
at St. Paul.
wedding and engagement rings
valued at SI,OOO from Albert’s
Tewelers, 264 E. Flagler st., last
Nov. 1.
Miss Lewis is said to be one
of the biggest operators in the
local racket, but is now said to
be cooperating dith authorities in
the probe. Her cooperation with
the law was stressed by her at
torney, Henry Arrington, in his
nlea for consideration before
Judge Ben C. Willard. Willard
will sentence Miss Lewis Thurs
day.
However, not in her favor is
the fact that she drew a one
year prison sentence two years
ago in connection with operation
Slain by Mad Son-in-Law
MRS. MIRIAM BMITH
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of a check forgery ring.
A three-point program has
been drawn to stop the racket
that causes Miami merchants
$2,000,000 a year in losses.
Main features of the program
include:
A statewide central file in Or
lando on all convicted shoplift
ers.
Passage of a new law by the
legislature making shoplifting a
felony.
An educational “program for
merchants, with films, clinks
and conferences outlining the
scope of the problem and meth
ods of dealing with it.
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4AMEB SMITH, 89,
Crazed Man Kills
Wife And In-Laws
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MRS. BLANCHE ROBERTS
Baby Dies in Grove Fire
Two-year-old William Rolie,
son of Mrs. Ruby Rolie of 3623
Florida ave., died early Saturday
morning when fire destroyed the
family’s three-room frame home.
Four other brothers and sisters
were injured in the blaze. Arthur,
6 is in critical condition with
body burns at Jackson Memorial
Hospital,
Three other children, Yvonne,
All law enforcement agencies
in South Florida are looking for
a 28-year-old man who went ber
serk Monday night and killed his
wife and her parents.
Edward (Bubba) Roberts, 8
feet 2, 215 pounds is the target
of the search that has stretched
into four days.
Victims of Roberts’ deadly
rifle fire were his wife, B’anche,
25; her father, James Smith, Sr.
70; and her mother, Miriam, 66,
Witnesses said Roberts arriv
ed at his in-laws’ home at 6390
NW 18th ave. in a taxi Monday
night. Armed with a .22 caliber
rifle, he dashed into the house
and started shooting. When the
smoke had cleared, his wife and
mother and father-in-law lay
dead all shot through the head.
The wife lay sprawled on the
porch, her father fell in the liv- ?
ing room, and her mother’s body
was found in a bedroom.
The taxi driver, who was still
narked in front of the house, saw' i
Roberts leave the house running
with the rifle. He summoned the
Range Funeral Home ambulance
but it was too late.
Roberts is said to have called
the sheriff’s office Wednesday
and threatened to kill three other
relatives of his wife, including a
Miami policeman.
Roberts and his slain wife are
parents of four young children,
a.jjes 7,4, 2, and five months.
Funeral services for the three
victims will be held Saturday,
April 7 at 2 pm. from Ebenezer
Methodist Church with Rev. A.
D. Hall officiating. Range Fun
eral Home will be in charge.
suffered from burns and smoke.
The fire broke out from unde
termined origin.
Two other adult occupants of
the heme, Mrs. Robina Rolie, the
children’s grandmother, and a
roomer, David Brooks, aided by
neighbors, managed to get the
children out of the house.
Fire units worked with emer
gency equipment treating the
family for smoke inhalation and