Convicts Revolt Forces Suspension of Prison Guard Chief
Nearly 150 inmates at North Carolina central prison staged a well behaved revolt over food and officials. They released 10 hostages including three guards and seven civilians after about six hours and forced the suspension of Guard Capt. W. W. Mead. State officials and Warden Robert Allen met with spokesmen, while Anderson rushed to the scene. Two guards were injured in earlier knife fights as tensions rose in weeks of unrest.
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Raleigh
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North Carolina Central Prison
W.W. G. Meadows
Walter Anderson
Meadows
Anderson
Robert Allen
Miss California of 1949 Injured in Car Collision
Miss California of 1943 Jane Pedersen, 21, is in Petaluma General Hospital with spinal injuries after a collision last night at a downtown Petaluma intersection. She was a passenger in a car driven by fiancé James W. Codding, 24, who also sustained severe back injuries in the crash.
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Petaluma
Jane Pedersen
Long Beach Youth Band Wins Two Firsts at Glen dale
The Long Beach Youth Band directed by Gordon Carman won two first place honors at the Days of the Verdugos event in Glen dale. The band took top prize in the junior sponsored bands division while the Carmen ettes drill team also won first in the junior sponsored drill team division.
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Long Beach
Gordon Carman
Glendale
Rickey Fund Tops $10,000 in Broad Appeal Drive
Long Beach fundraising report details contributions from Firefighters Assn post members, post office workers, scouts, school groups, and families. Donations totaling over 10 000 include $432 13 from scouts and $24 41 from neighbors. A 6000 Paramount Blvd public auction is set for Saturday at 12 30 p m to benefit the Rickey Fund. Rickey remains in the children s wing at Seaside Hospital described as stable and handling the ordeal philosophically.
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Whittier
Noel
Tichenor
Paramount Blvd
George Wallace White
VFW
Dave Yeager
Margaret Morrison
Paramount Sales and Salvage Co
Mary Alyce Rivard
KGER
West Long Beach Lions
Miss Rivard
Jack Reynolds
The
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Seaside Hospital
Rickey
Lady Gamblers Increase Ante in Hollywood Plea
Nine women gamblers in Los Angeles pleaded guilty to playing poker in a private home and were fined a total of 225 dollars. Municipal Judge Harry B. Westwood offered a choice of fines or ten days in jail for each offender after Hollywood vice squad arrests last Monday night.
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Los Angeles
Harry B. Westkete
Hollywood
Cers
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