Chessman’s Death Row tale frames reform school terror
The manuscript Cell 2455 Death Row follows Carl Chessman during his final days before execution at San Quentin. It details his time at a reform school described as a factory of mass punishment where brutality, indoctrination, and coercive tactics molded young inmates into a hard core of rebels.
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Carl] Whittier Chessman
Chessman
San Quentin
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Volmin
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Deflanes
Reform School
School of Industry
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Peewee
Caryl Chessman
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Explosions Rip Chester Town As Cremated Ruins Rise
A series of blasts at a Chestertown munitions plant left 10 bodies recovered and firemen warning of danger from another magazine. Wind shifts sent flames toward nearby buildings as rescuers combed the wreckage and evacuated residents.
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Chester Town
Chestertown
Une
Kent Manugeruving Co
Kent-Queen Annex Hospital
Mae Miller
Smarker
Mnilding
Mary Younger
Tire
Slayer Hanged After Confession Clears Accomplice
Merle William Martin who fled FBI lists was executed at Kansas Prison after confessing to the 1950 deputy sheriff killing near Zarah Kansas. Isgrigg claimed innocence from prison, Supreme Court denial of stay noted. Bread prices in Long Beach and surrounding area expected to rise about a cent per loaf weekly due to wage hikes and material costs.
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Lansing
Kan
Merle William Martin
FBI
Kansas
Charles A. Edmond
Martin
Willard Carteer
Zarah
Carver
U.S. Supreme Court
Isgrigz
Long Beach
Albert Gordon
Gordon Bread
Los Angeles
Lins
Long Beach Cooled by Sea Breeze
An ocean breeze cooled downtown Long Beach to 70s after a 99 degree spell with 11 am at 50s. The weatherman forecast continued warm weather through Saturday with rising high clouds helping keep temperatures down.
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Long Beach
Babysitter Charged With Cigarette Burns on 2-Year-Old
Providence police accuse 20 year old babysitter Gertrude M M Palseno of injuring 2 year old Francine Coats with cigarettes and trying to pass the marks as measles. Palseno booked on July charge of assault on the child, daughter of Mrs Darlene Coates.
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Providence
Edward J. Lovett
Gertrude MM. Palseno
Francine Coats
Darlene Coates
Weather outlook with rising high clouds this weekend
The forecast indicates increasing high cloudiness through Saturday with otherwise sunny skies. Temperatures remain warm and pleasant across the period.
Throng Crowds Downtown for Long Beach Dollar Days
Crowds filled downtown Long Beach as the semiannual Downtown Dollar Days sale drew shoppers. City Lines buses ferried customers to the business center, with service running until 9 p.m. Stores offered bargains while Fred B. Sykes of the Long Beach Retailers Association spoke of the event and silver dollar incentives for shoppers.
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Long Beach
City Lines
Dolar Day
Fred B. Sykes
Imanegel
Sailors in two incidents injure officers during arrests
Two Canadian sailors aboard the New Glasgow severely beat an officer as he tried to arrest them for intoxication. An American sailor fight led to another officer being scratched and jammed. both groups were later arrested. Officers Ayers Halsall and Fed orwich faced assault charges, while Oakesey and Luutt from the USS Toucan were also involved. Police cited understaffing as a contributing factor.
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Arley Robert Ayers
Ae Long Beach
Navy
Jann Black
Seaside
Edward Gd. Halsall
Edward Fedorwich
Chaves Henry Oakesey
Arnold E. Lcutt
Fish boat capsizes near Delaware Bay. three dead
A chartered fishing boat Nora May carrying eight Baltimore residents overturned near 14-Foot Light in Delaware Bay. Coast Guard found three bodies and several survivors, with the search ongoing. Vessel master Henry Hradack of Smyrna led the 40-foot craft into rough waters.
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Bowers Beach
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Nora May
Baltimore
Coast Guard
Delaware Bay
Ouer
Henry, iRaddack
Smyrna
Miss Universe Pageant Draws Broad Lineup With Venezuela Missing
Lineups for the third annual Miss Universe Pageant near complete with about 80 contestants registered at Long Beach. Nearly all 33 foreign entrants have arrived, including 14 internationals aboard a United Airlines flight to Long Beach, while Miss Venezuela remains missing after officials sent cables without reply.
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Long Beach
United Air Lines
Long Beach Municipal
Argentina
Ivana Kissinger
Belgium
Christiane Nackserts
Chile
Gloria Legisos
Firland
Lenita Airisto
France
Jacqueline Beer
Celeste Ravel
Indiana
Ceceliz, Bennis
Michigan
Gerri Hoffman
Pennsylvania
Helen Vidovich
Philadelphia
Canaries Fly Coop Burglary In Mrs Burke’s Aviary
Four canaries escaped from the aviary in Mrs. Adeline Burke’s backyard at 6141 Linden Ave with a cat aiding the exit. The yard fence had a rectangular hole allowing access. A fifth pigeon returned to the tree awaiting reentry. One bird remained missing.
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Burke
Linden Ave
Winged Songsters
Imates
Thunderjets Crash Into Mountain Near Yokohama
Two F8D Thunderjet fighter bombers in close formation apparently crashed into a 5340 foot mountain near Yokohama. The U S Air Force said two search planes and a helicopter hunted in vain for wreckage through the day.
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Japan
Tokyo
Yokohama
U.S
Air Force
Where to Find It Navy Beach and Page Listings
A compiled index lists sections by page numbers for the region’s sections. It includes Beach Combing on B-1 and Billy Rose and Boyle on A-11.
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Beach
Billy Rose
Boyle
Indo Peace Delayed by Molotov
Geneva French Premier Pierre Mendes-France sought an Indochina cease fire based on a 38th parallel Viet Nam division. A four hour session with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov ended in deadlock with no progress as both sides held firm on their positions.
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Geneva
VPI
Pierre Mendes
Man sets car ablaze after failed repair in 103 heat
James McDowald, 22, could not fix a 1946 car and doused it with gasoline then lit it. He told bystander to "Let 'er burn." He was fined 25 dollars for starting a fire against a city ordinance.
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