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SAINTS AND SINNERS

When some fellow yields to temptation
And breaks a conventional law,

we look for no good in his make-up,
But gadl how we look for a flaw!

No one will ask, "How tempted?"
Nor allow for the battles he's fought;

His name becomes food for the jackals;
For us who have never been caught.

we shout from the house-tops,
we forget the good he has doneo

we center on one lost battle,
And forget the times he has wono

"Come. Gaze on the sinnerg" we thunder,
"And by his example be taught,

That his foot steps lead to destruction."
Cry we who have never been caught.

I'm a sinner, O Lord, and I know it;
I'm weak, I blunder, I fail,J

I'm tossed on life's stormy ocean,
Like ships embroiled in a galeo 7

I'm willing to trust in Thy mercy;
To keep the commandments Thouist taught,

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VOLUME IV, NUMBER VIII CASTLE ON THE CUMBERLAND FEBRUARY, 1965
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY IN THIS MONTHS CASTLE
EDWARD T. BREATHITT HARRY'WATERFIEID Castle News 2
Governor Lt. Governor
Poetry Page 5
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

mamahm'CmnM‘ 6
JOSEPH G, CANNON MARSHALL SWAIN .

Commissioner Dep. Commissioner Editors Page 8
Dr. HAROLD BLACK w. z, CARTER Tall Tales 10
Dir. of Institutions Dir. of Education .

Trading Post 11
BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES ~
Sports Section 12
Dr, FRED MDFFATT WALTER FERGUSON
Ex, Director Chairman Department Reports In
Mrs, LUCILLE HURT GLEN WADE Penal Press 17
Member Member
The Castle Crier l8
EDDYVILLE PRISON ADMINISTRATION
Ex-Pitcher - Now Parole Officer 19
HENRY E, COWAN .

warden Dep, warden Eddyv1lle - 83 Years Old 20
JAMES H, COLLIER W. 0, LONG Continuation Page 22
De ut Warden Ca . of Guard

p y p Statistics & Movies 23
Rev. H. E. INMAN Rev. THOMAS CLARK

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fined to his home early in January. A few days later he was
hOSpitalized at Cadiz, Examinations led to his hospitalization
at Louisville were he underwent an extensive abdominal surgery
for an abdominal malignancy; The operation, and his condition
was regarded as satisfactory. However, shock as the result of
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Warden Thomas. When graduation exercises were held at the priSOn,
you could see the look of pride on Mr? Thomas's face. Recently
exercises were held in the old school building at Eddyville
Prison, and it included men who had come into prison unable to
read or write, and had earned eighth-grade certificates. It also
included men who had finished a high~school course and received
diplomas, and several men Who received degrees qualifying them
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FRANKFORT, KY: - Louisville Times - The Court of Appeals held that a man sentenced

to death in a Harrison.County murder case did not have
even though "all the available la

‘ tion,
.sent hima

"By their own Opinion" said Judge Squire .

Williams of the high court, "none of
them made any reasonable preparation for
for the trial;"

Judge_ Williams thus concluded that the
accused, Minrod wedding Jro, was denied
‘his constitutional rights, The court
reversed his convictiono

The ruling was a four to three decision,
With a strongly Worded dissent by Judge
Brady Stewart. He said the principal
' attorney in the case "stated he was so
cencerned about the case that he had
sleepless nights about the verdicto"

Wedding was tried for murder twice in
.1961 at Cynthiana. The first trial ended
in a hung jury, but he got a death sen-
‘tence on a second trial,

The circuit judge "appointed every law-
yer of the Harrison County bar except
one elderly gentleman and the public
prosecutors" to represent wedding, ac-
‘cording to Judge Williamse

But 'he quoted one of the four lawyers

.appointed as saying, "we were lulled in-
to the feeling that ,our duties were
perfunctorya"

'Williams said. the lawyers were assured
by the trial judge that no jury- would
give Wedding more than a life sentencee

As.a result, Williams asserted, none of
the four lawyers ever questioned a pros-
‘ecution witness, One of the lawyers
’_acknowledged that "no single or united
‘"effort was made to prepare the defen-
'7dant's defense on the second trial."

Judge Stewart asserted that the lawyers
, did not question witnesses because
knew what they would say, Stewart said,
‘"A 'plea for mercy was the only course
available." And he added, "That course

was most vigorously pursued."

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POOR ARE ENTITLED TO "EFFECTIVE" COUNSEL

FRANKFURT, KY9 UPI _ Appointed counsel

for indigents has been the custom in
Kentucky from its earliest days of
statehood!

The U3 S; Supreme Court decision in
Gideon vs" Wainwright said that states
must provide counsel for impoverished
defendants who request it? This came as
no shock to the bench & bar of Kentuckye
Nor did the decision motivate, as has
been the case in a number of states,
hundreds -sometimes thousands» of state
prisonersi to petition the courts for a
new trial because they were not afforded
counselo'f “

The trial court naturally is reluctant
to say the counsel it appointed was not
effective Judge John Palmore (Kentucky
Court of Appeals), pointed out, and such
cases usually present a knotty problem
for the high-court to decides

"The right to counsel does embrace a
good-faith effort to prepare such de~
fense as the man may have,"

He noted that it has always been held a
violation - of 'a man's constitutional
rights to counsel if an attorney appoinn
ted the day of the trial is denied a re_
quest for a continuance:

"If the Courts can't deprive a man of
counsel,. counsel 'can't deprive him of
it," he stated; "It's pretty fundamental

' that inadequate counSel is no counsels"

FRANKFURT, KY. (AP) m The State Parole
Board, enlarged from three to five mem~
here about a year ago, is now at full
strength with the appointment of Cawood
Smith, 142, of Harlan-County;

ur. Smith was appointed to the $10,000 a
year, four-year job by Governor Edward
T. Breathitte MT ‘Smith fills a vacancy
created by the resignation of former
Governor Simeon Willis.)~

Mra Smith is a 1950 graduate of the Uni—
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Thousands

of inmates in many state prisonsare flooding judges with do-it-yourself-

writs of appeal based on last years historic Gideon decision by the U. S, Supreme
Court declaring that anyone not provided with counsel during trial for a serious

offense is denied equal justice.

Hundreds have been freed already and ap»
peals continue to mount, particularly in
Florida, North Carolina, Mississippi,
South Carolina, and ,Alabama where the
custom of trial without attorney was
most prevalent. Florida already has
granted 1,839 petitions with 988 result-
ing in complete freedom for the peti-
tioners. Sentences of another 660 were
reduced and 180 more will get new trials

The four other states have been less re-
aponsive, but prisoners continue to ap-
peal and many are getting new hearings.
The Gideon decision applies to persons
tried on a felony, but many courts
throughout the land are applying it to
misdemeanors as well. A test case on
misdemeanors will reach the Supreme
Court anyway and many judges are not
waiting to correct the practice of as-
signing counsel only for major crimes.

The policy followed in Federal Courts of

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providing counsel for anyone tried for
an offense carrying a sentence of more
than six months is gaining acceptance in
all courts?

NOTE: The more recent and less publi-
cized Escobedo decision requiring ex-
clusion of a defendant's confession un-
less he has access to counsel at the
investigative stage of the case is caus-
ing even more concern than the Gideon
decisions "Most cases are won at the
police level," says Arnold Treesbach,
administrator for the National Defender‘
Project which studies methods of improv-
ing defender systems, "and this decision
will go a long way in providing equal
justice for the poor man."

Many lawyers and judges say this decis-
ion will hamstring law enforcement. The
Supreme Court, which agreed unaminously
on the Gideon decision, Split 5 to h on
the Escobedo case.

986-398881- TRAINING—OF-PAROLEES PILOT PROJECT PLANNED TENTATIV ELY FOR STATE fiHs—mae-x—aé

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Kentucky may become the first state to qualify for a demonstration
project for preemployment training of youthful prison parolees and court probation-

ers under the federal anti-poverty act.

Governor Edward Breathitt said yesterday
the program, if approved, would call for
three "community correctional centers"
in the state.

Each center would house about 25 resi-
dents and would be staffed by a superin-
tendent, a social worker, a vocational-
guidance counselor, a dietician, and a
custodian.

Basic literacy training would be given
those needing it. A second phase of
training would be in industrial arts to
enable the trainees to learn a trade“
The third part would be vocational train
ning suited to the demands of the labor
market.
Breathitt said realization of the proj-
in

act would be "a real step forward
Kentucky's correctional field,“
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25 AND UNDER

Selection of trainees will include off-
enders put on probation by judges and
inmates at the State Reformatcry. Some
650 youthful offenders - 25 and under -
are in the reformatory.

Corrections Commissioner - Joseph Cannon
- said the program is unique in that it
combines all elements of the correction-
al process including a pro-sentence
evaluation, basic and vocational train-
ing, and a release procedure to help the
trainee find a jObo

Cannon said the project had national
significance in that it would be a dem-
onstration project that might spread to
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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and Ideal Grace.

'1 love thee to the level of every day's
Molt.quiet need, by sun and candle-light,

I 100. thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise;

I love thee with the passion put to use
In N! 01d griefs, and with my childhoods faith;

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose,
With my lost saints, - I love thee with the breath,

Smiles, tears, of all my.lifel - and if God choose,
I shell but love thee better after death.

WWW’ MY HEART AND I *WWWWWAWHHWthh

So tired, so tired, my heart and I: Yet who complains? my heart and I?
Though now none takes as on his arm In this abundant earth, no doubt,

, To fold me close and kiss me warm Is little room for things worn out:
Till esch quick brelth end in a sigh Disdain them, break them, throw them.by
0! happy lsnguor, Non, Ilene, , And if, before the days grew rough,

We lean upon this silveyerd stone, 'We once were loved, used, - well enough
Uncheered, unkissed, my heart and I. I think we've fared, my heart and I.

AWWWWWW THE CR1 OF THE HUMAN WWWémiéfitfifi—h—YSHHHFX

 

We sit together, with the skies,

The steadfast skies, above us;
‘ we look into each other's eyes,

"And hen long will you love us?"

The eyes grow din with prophecy,

The voices, low and breathless --
- “Till death us part!" - 0 words, to be
' Our best for love the deathlesst

Be pitiful, dear God:

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FATHER-THOMAS CLARK, CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN ii.

 

"If God is so good, I wonder why He lets a man like that
live." Perhaps you have said that when you thought you had
;:] been wronged by a person in authority or knew of someone
who had brought much hardship to innocent persons, The an—
swer to that question is of course that God lets that per—
son live for the same reason that He lets any of us live:
in order that he (and we) may have a chance for eternal
life. As long as breath remains, there always is the hope
that God's insistent grace may, even at the last moment,
find entrance into a hard and perVerse heart;
If God were to liquidate all criminals and sinners at the
very onset of their first evil act,
there would have been no St. Dismas, no
St. Mary Magdalen, or even a St. Peter, may well be that my many little unkind-
In fact our earth would be a lonely nesses will be uglier, in the final
place indeed, and heaven quite depopu— judging, than some of the monstrous
lated. Would I myself be alive today?' cruelties of the Stalins and Hitlers,
Maybe my sins and crimes are not the
kind of stuff that neWSpaper stories are As we question the justice of God in
made of, yet there is no one but God who allowing cruelty and evil to abound, we
can draw a line and say where little need to remember that it is you and I
evils leave off and big ones begin; It who account for much of the world's un‘~
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The progress being in the area of cor- I have been at this institution I have
rections is real encouraging to those seen miracles happen in the lives of a
who would love to see the men behind few men who have made a decision to turn
these walls transformed from misfits to their will and lives over to God:

useful citizens. This prison is full of
men who are considered by society as There is a real need to provide the
human failures. Therefore, these men right kind of Spiritual atmOSphere so

 

have been confined as a means of protec- that those who are really searching for
tion for society. However, society is God might find Him, One need which
not receiving the protection that it - CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

 

needs if the inmates are not receiving the treatment they
mean, .

The new school building stands as a fitting tribute to the
progress being made in the field of correctionsw There is
a real need to provide the opportunity for education and
vocational training as a means of rehabilitation for those
who desire to increase their knowledge and develop a trade,
There is a greater need to provide more opportunities for
these men to help themselves. As a minister of the GOSpel
I firmly believe that miracles still happen; From personal
experience I know that the GOSpel is the power of God unto
salvation to every-one who believes, During the time that

 

 

 

 

  

CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN - continued

 

happinesso Poverty is not the greatest
evil. Poverty only hurts by comparison,
only hurts when others .around us are
more prOSperous; and even then poverty
and happiness often go; hand in hando
Neither is physical pain the greatest
evilo A lot of happy spirits can be
found in pain-racked bodieso The burdens
that are hardest to bear‘are the burdens
of wounded hearts and Spirits, and it is
to these burdens that So many of us make
our own contributionso It is perhaps
mankind's greatest tragedy that most of
the real unhappiness
totally unnecessary° ,
"Bear one anothers burdens, and so you
'will fulfill the law of Christ,“ is the
challenge St° Paul proposes: that we
make ourselves carriers of the compass»
ion and tenderness of Our Lordo It is
for us to support rather than to aggra=
“‘vate the unhappiness we find around us.

So often in pain we lash out, like
wounded animals, with sarcasm and critic
cism. we inflict senseless injuries,
perhaps, ‘on those to whom we most owe
. love, perhaps on those who already are
- carrying more than of their share of inn
ner pain. One would expect that, having
suffered ourselves, we would be doubly
'anxious not to inflict unnecessary suff-
ering upon others, Yet the sad fact is
that it seems to work just the other way
around.

Yes God could have eliminated all Suffa
ering from the world by simply destroy:
ing Adam and Eve as soon as they sinned.
'It would have been an empty world, but
there would have been no unhappiness.
Nevertheless, God willed otherwise,
=knoWing that man's present pain, sancti-
fied by the agony of His Son upon the
cross, would be a small price to pay for
the joy that is man's final destiny;
knowing too the beautiful beacon of
charity that would reach from earth to
heaven, as each of us, even in our own
weakness, would reach out to lighten the
burden of one anothero It remains only
for us to ask ourselves, "How much am I
doing to add, even a little bit, to the
happiness of others? Whose burden did
I bear today?

in the world is '

PROTESTANT CHAPLAIN - continued

 

should be emphasized is for better fa-'
cilities. The Chapel 'building is one
example of this need. The building was
erected in 189ho' There is one office in
the building which is used by both the
Catholic .Chaplain and the Protestant
Chaplain. we share the same desk. The
office also houses the prison library.
The prison movies are shown in the Chap-
el on Friday and Saturday.

The Chapel is very dark and not condu-
sive to worship, 'The need for a new
building? has already been mentioned to
several Church groups on the outside.
One group vhas started a drive to con-
struct a new, modern Chapel. It is hoped
that this need will be brought to the
attention of thoSe who are in a position
to do something about it. A modern
Chapel would certainly‘ be one of the
greatest tributes to this “new look" _
toward progress in' the field of cor-

rectionse ' '

 

SCHEDULE OF CHAPEL ACTIVITIES

 

SUNDAY: Protestant Services, 7:30 A.M.
Catholic Mass. 12:30 pm; a Alcoholics
Anonymous, 2?00 pm,

MONDAY: Interviews with Catholic Chap-

lain, 10230' a 1:000 (Interviews with
Protestant Chaplain daily).

TUESDAY: 'Choir practice 12:30 pm.

WEDNESDAY: Mid ; week prayer service
12:30 pm.

THURSDAY: v-Interview with‘ Catholic
Chaplain, 10:30 am - 1:00 pm.

FRIDAY: Group Therapy (A.A.) 3:00 pm.

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Editors note: I recently came across a reprint from the Coronet-now defunct-
magazine that I feel is worthy of being reprinted, It is a short synopsis of events
that led to the first WHalf-way—house,“ and the originator; Father Clark ~ The
Hoodlum Priest.

For many years Father Clark worked for the establishment of a halfway house - a
non-sectarian shelter to help ex—convicts make the transition from penitentiary
life to free society. Something that would provide temporary housing and food until
the released prisoners could find employmentg

In May, 1959, the city's Board of Education declared that one of their properties-a
87-year-old school in a slum section - was for sale, Father Clark's old friend,Mr.
Merrie Shenker stepped forward with $2,000 required to accompany the bid of $h0,000
for the old school building.

Dismas House, which can accommodate 60 men at a time, hOO a year, is far from a
plush hotel. "ItIS'a clean, decent place that the men are not ashamed to come to.
We don't want it to be too nice 8 place because they must have incentive to get out
and find their own places after they have drawn one or two pay checks."

Dismas House is a great step forward, but, according to the "Hoodlum Priest,"-it is
not the complete answer. "Our penal system is wrong, We spend $22 billion a year
for law enforcement and we build far better prisons than schools, But prisons
hardly ever reform anyone. Society has built up boycotts against the released
prisoner, economic, social and occupational - these boycotts must be liquidated;

...Q¢Murderers, heist men, convicts - all know they can depend on the mHoodlum
Priest" for advice and consolation..c,o '

One night a few months ago a S9~year—old Ste-Louis priest was awakened by the
shrill ring of a telephone.

"Father,m growled the voice, "weTre going to pull a job,”

Father Charles Dismas Clark sat up in his bed. "Fellow," he barked, "who's on it

with you?" There was a pause as the query went unansweredc Father Clark fired more
' questions: "How do you know he won't run? ‘Will he rat on you? Is he jumpy with a
gun? Does he know plate glass? You know there are only six good plate-glass men
in the whole country, don’t you? Who did you say the guy was?"

 

 

 

  

Then the voice at the other end Spoke up, "Father, mind if we come out and have a
talk with you?”

It was not an unuSual occurrence to the man they call the "Hoodlum Priest " Father
Clark operates the only permanently established floating non-sectarian parish in
the underworld. For over 20 years this sandy-haired, beepectacled priest has worked
with murderers, heist men, gangsters and convicts, in a one-man crusade to rehabil-
itate them.

, The world of the "Hoodlum Priest" is bordered by the jails, penitentiaries and
courts of the nation, a world into which Father Clark tries to bring hope to men
who know only despair.

"The squares don't dig it," he says in the idiom of his flock, which never fails to
~produce a shudder from the uninitiatede .

But Father Clark's work is considered so important by-the Jesuit Order that the
Very Reverend Joseph Fisher, his immediate superior, has allowed the priest to make
the underworld his major assignment.

. Even Father Clark's middle name reflects an empathy for the underworld. As the

.priest explains it: "Every good con has an alias. I chose the name of Dismas, the

» good thief who died on the cross next-to Jesus, and who became the first man to
. join Him in Paradise.w

Knowing the language of the underworld is important in other ways. _"Cons won't
really talk when there's a square around," explains Father Clark; "Some of them
won't even talk to a priest unless he is identified with prison work, That's where

‘I come in. I want to be there when the chips are downo Have you ever seen a man's
eyes empty of hope? Sure, these men have no religion. But how many of you read
your Bible?‘ You've got to offer them something other than platitudesa"

A killer holed up in an abandoned warehouse some years ago held a squadron of St.
'Louis police at bay. He called for Father Clark and while the police waited,
' tensely clutching their riot guns, the priest entered the dark building. Ten
minutes later he walked out with the man, now meek and subduedo

On another occasion he was called to a bar in downtown Sta Louis, where a stick-up
man was cornered by the police. Father Clark entered, saw the terrified youngster
with gun trembling in his hand, and walked slowly toward him. "Put the gun down,
son, no one is going to hurt you,"

With a curse the youth slid the gun down the bar. Father Clark led the boy onto the
street, where the police waited with drawn guns. The priest himself snapped on
the handcuffs on the boy. "Don't worry son, you won't get hurt.“

The "Hoodlum Priest's" chief assets are a deep understanding of the criminal mind
and the ability to use applied psychology”

Two young toughs from the slums of East Stm Louis once called on Father Clark prior
to committing a robberyo After 20 minutes of discussion, one of the hoodlums got
to his feet and snarled at his partner, "All rightS are you going with me or are
you going to sit around jawing with the priest all night?”

The other thug answered with a threat to his partner“ Whereupon Father Clark tossed
him out and resumed his conversation.

' Continued on Page #22

 Clarence

LARRY FERRELL:
I'll set them straight for you, okay?
time you want to.

BUCK PENN: Do you think that guy will
ever find out that it was you and I that
planned that little bit about his leg at
the basketball game that afternoon? You
keep it under your hat, and so will I.

SANDY: ‘Why do you always try to get on
my side when we play basketball?‘ Do you
really think I play that good, or, is it
that you feel sorry for me?

JACK FUSTING: I hear that you and DOUG
KOONZE are giving lesson's on how to
play pinochle. Are you guy's that_good?

I saW‘ our office clerk DAVE TRODGLEN
down on the ball field the other day,
and do you know, that's the first time I
knew that you wore coveralls to type in!

ALVEY DUNN: Will you admit that JACK and
I are much better than you are at cards,
or, do you want a rematch?

DUCK TOMAS: I hear that you will put a
man on a mop in a minute. 'What's this I
hear about you being like Jack Benny -
five cups yet!

WILLIAM BAILEY: _BROWNING said you sure
knew how to sew. In fact, he said you
were so good that he would recommend you
to the garment factory.

JOHN (Eagle Beak) CAIN: Why do you tell
everyone that my nose looks like a road
map? Thats busted veins, not land marks.

LOUIE DE MARIO: Knickers went out of
style 30 years ago. The trend now days
is to wear your pant cuffs down around
your shoes - not your knees.

JOE EBERENZ: I saw you down on the ex-

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ercise bar trying to make a pancake into
a bunny bun. Work boy, I know you can_
do it, for you told me you could.

TOM CURTSINGER: Who is that guy in the
hOSpital that keeps tipping my hand?- '

WILLIAM TUCKER: How Come you keep for-
getting to get all of your chow when you
ride the line with JACK? Keep a sharp
eye on him Bill, he's kinda fast when it
comes to food. Dog-gone!

I heard some good news, I have some
good people working to get me out of
here, and they promised me that they
would do it, even if it took 30 years;
Nice people huh? ‘
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JANUARY & FEBRUARY PAROLE BOARD RESULTS
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Parole Recommended 20 10
Deferred 1 Month 6 O 6
Deferred 2 Menths’ O l
Deferred 3 Months » l l O
Deferred 6 Months ' -' l h
Deferred 12 Menths I 11 h
Deferred 2h Mbnths I - 6 2
Deferred h8 Menths I l 2
Serve Out Time ' 29 12
Parole Revoked, Disciplinary , 1
action

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A visitor to the county jail saw a prisoner who appeared to be quite unhappy.
"Tell me," said the visitor to the deputy, "what terrible crime has this fellow
committed?" "No crime at all," replied the deputy. "He was going down the street
one day and saw one fellow shoot another. He's being held as a material witness."
"Really? And where is the other fellow who did the shooting?" "0h," came the
answer, "he's out on bail. " '

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TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA: A housewife, Mrsv Cynthia Kelly, paid a parking ticket
after Spending a night in jail. Her husband, a Ganadian television producer, made
no attempt to bail or bawl her out. Mr. Kelly's singular remark:was; "It's‘ some-
thing one should do at least once in one's lifetime--—going to jail I mean."

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THE CASE OF THE STARYED ULCER - via - The Reformatory Pillar - St. Cloud, Minn.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A prison warden is not reSponsible for making Sure an inmate's
delicate diet is undisturbed, the U.S. Court Of Appeals ruled in a recent decision.
William W. Snow, an inmate of Oregon State Penitentiary, has sued 'Warden Clarence
T. Gladden on grounds he was taken off his ulcer diet while being held in solitary
confinement from Sept. 25, 1962, until Feb. 2h, l96h. Show asked $15,000 damages.
Judge Oliver D. Hamlin, writing the opinion of the three-judge panel, said prison
authorities have wide discretion in the treatment of prisoners. He also noted that

Snow made no allegation of bodily harm resulting from his change in diet.
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FORT WORTH, TEXAS: - A young gunman entered a grocery store in Fort worth, and
demanded the money from the cash register. A grocery clerk shouted as loud as she
could; "Turn the machine gun on him Mr. Walker." The gunman didn't wait to see the
machine gun in action, and fled without the money. Later, the young lady said,

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