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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1954
Page
5
A frail asthmatic boy Whit endures medical crisis and family poverty after his paralytic mother Hallie is injured in a crash. To feed them, father Serl turns to relief and Whit begins stealing to cover essentials, narrating a grim cycle of need and guilt.
A 68-year-old man who had just cashing his pension check and another who received county funds lost his wallet containing 128 dollars to a pickpocket Monday night, police reported. The victim, Henry Eugene Francis, 1916 Magnolia Ave., told officers a stranger he met in a cafe had jostled him.
Land title action over 100 acres of former New Mexico penitentiary land, part of an ancient grant. Attorneys say old records are complete but indefinite. About 640 defendants named, 350 living with known whereabouts. many deceased or untraceable.
Chessman describes Whit as driven to continue, facing hard choices to push himself forward, unable to turn back, with sacrifices marking a path toward crime.
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