Miami Crime Wave - June 3, 1950

Back before the Internet and 24 hour cable news, there were newspapers. Real newspapers.In 1950 Miami had two daily newspapers, the Miami Herald and a competitor, the much smaller Miami News.(Erik Maza at Miami New Times reminded us of just how different the Miami New was from the Herald.) And the Miami of 60 years ago bore no resemblance to the Miami of today; it was a winter tourist destination