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Wednesday, November 21,1973
Banner-Graphic, Greencastle, Indiana
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Gas Chamber Still Ready For Operation
SAN QUENTIN Calif. (AP> — Hopes of closing grim old San Quentin Prison have been abandoned, and its apple-green gas chamber is being kept in working order. Less than two years ago. Gov. Ronald Reagan announced the infamous penitentiary overlooking San Francisco Bay would be shut by the end of 1974. In subsequent months, in-
mate population fell from 2,200 to 1,400. But now the birds that found nests in the deserted five-story south cell block have been chased by a new wave of inmates. The population is approaching 3,000 and rising by 100 a week. “Other places were getting overcrowded and here was a prison with a lot of empty
beds,” prison information officer Robert Nyberg said in an interview. Nyberg said the number of inmates in California prisons is growing because the state parole board has adopted “a more rigorous policy” in refusing paroles and the courts are imposing more prison sentences on convicted criminals. “There might be a few old-
timers here who are glad we’re staying open,” Nyberg said. “But most people- prisoners and guards would like to see the place closed.” He said the 122-year-old prison has very small cells, many of which will have to be shared by two inmates when the prison reaches its expected 3,800-man capacity early next year. He said the two-seat octagon-
al gas chamber has been kept in working condition. It has been idle since 1967 while courts pondered the death penalty. The California Supreme Court ruled executions unconstitutional last year, but a new state law will reinstate them as of Jan. 1 for 11 crimes. The former Death Row is being used to segregate troublemakers. Of the 107 men who
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awaited death there, many—including cult leader Charles Manson—have been transferred to other prisons. The rest, like Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin, Sirhan B. Sirhan, remain in other areas of San Quentin. San Quentin already has a long, bloody history, including the Aug. 21, 1971, violence in which three guards and three prisoners died, including black militant George Jackson.
A major autumn storm packing heavy snow, subzero temperatures and thunderstorms whipped the midcontinent today after a tornado attack left five dead Monday. The tornadoes triggered in Oklahoma by a clash of warm and frigid air left at least 30 injured. Authorities said three of the five dead were infants. Funnel clouds touched down in north-central and northwestern Oklahoma and in northwestern Kansas, damaging property, uprooting trees, downing power lines and overturning mobile homes. Subzero cold stung the northern border states; heavy thunderstorms washed over the Plains; and heavy snows accumulated in the mountains of the Southwest. A toot of snow clogged mountain areas of New Mexico, and travel became hazardous in northern sections of the state. Thunderstorms unleashed heavy rain on the central Plains. Oklahoma City was hit by nearly two inches of rain; and Emporia, Kan., and Grand Island, Neb., had well over an inch before dawn. Snow also developed in the colder air to the west and northwest of the storm center. North Platte, Neb.; Goodland, Kan.; Denver; and Lamar, Colo., all had three inches of new snow before daybreak. A foot of snow whitened the foothills southwest of Denver, and heavy-snow warnings were issued for the Colorado mountains for tonight. Temperatures dipped below zero in Montana and North Dakota and into the 20s as far south as western Kansas and northern New Mexico. A coldwave warning was posted for central and southwestern Oklahoma. A large storm with rain and snow spread into the Pacific Northwest. Storm warnings were issued for the Washington and Oregon coasts, and gales were expected south as far as northwestern California. Dense fog covered the middle Mississippi and Ohio valleys and parts of the south Atlantic coastal region. Temperatures before dawn ranged from -6 at Havre, Mont., to 78 at Key West, Fla., and Kingsville and Corpus Christi, Tex. Some other reports: Anchorage 9 clear, Atlanta 53 clear, Boston 33 clear, Buffalo 34 clear, Chicago 44 cloudy, Cincinnati 46 partly cloudy, Cleve-
land 44 partly cloudy, Dallas 60 rain, Denver 25 snow, Detroit 44 cloudy, Honolulu 78 rain, Indianapolis 47 clear, Kansas City 59 thunderstorm, Los Angeles 52 clear, Louisville 50 cloudy, Miami 75 clear, Minneapolis-St. Paul 40 rain, Nashville 52 cloudy. New York 40 clear, Philadelphia 41 clear, Phoenix 52 clear, Pittsburgh 42 cloudy, San Francisco 49 clear, Seattle 43 rain, Washington 47 clear. Supreme Court Overturns Lower Court Ruling WASHINGTON (AP>—An Indiana Supreme Court decision in the case of a student convicted in an anti-war demonstration, has been overturned by the U. S. Supreme Court. The student, Gregory Hess of Indiana University, was convicted in Bloomington of disorderly conduct. The state Supreme Court upheld the verdict. But on Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, cleared Hess. The student was arrested by the sheriff of Monroe County after shouting, “We’ll take the street.” The sheriff and deputies had just marched down the street to clear it of 100 to 150 demonstrators. The U.S. high court noted that witnesses “indicated Hess did not appear to be exhorting the crowd to go back into the streets. His statement did not appear to be a threat to any particular person or group and his tone although loud was no louder than that of other persons in the area.” State’s attorneys argued that Hess, by his statement, referred to taking the street later or again. The Supreme Court’s unsigned majority opinion stated there were no grounds for convicting the defendant for his words, because there was no evidence he was advocating immediate illegal activity. A dissenting opinion signed by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and Justices Harry A. Blackmun and William H . Rehnquiest, stated it was not clear Hess had no intention of provoking immediate illegal action.
Turns Factory Over To Workers
OVADA, Italy (APj — He was tired of trade union battles and was risking a heart attack besides. So Rinaldo Repetto, owner of the Stampofusione Metalli factory, decided last October to withdraw from the business and let his workers run the place themselves. Ten of his 27 employes accepted the offer, and for more than a year they have been the worker-bosses of the metal casting plant in this northern Italian town 20 miles northwest of Genoa. Though the local unions have accused the workers of “playing into Repetto’s hands,” the factory’s production has risen markedly. Absenteeism, which reaches 15 to 21 per cent in many Italian industries, has all but disappeared. The the work week is up from 40 to 50 hours. “We had a hard start,” said Fanny Barboro, the only woman in the group. “By now, though, we have paid all our debts, and next year’s balance is going to show a profit, which we intend to divide equally after the required depreciation allowances.” The worker-bosses bought the factory’s metal stocks from Repetto when they took over and now pay him a yearly rent for the factory. They then hired Repetto, who is 64. as a plant supervisor at an undisclosed
salary. During the past year the 10 workers kept their salaries unchanged at about S2 an hour and hired seven new workers at the same pay. “Now that we have a direct interest in the factory, it is obvious we do our best to increase production and profits,” worker Stefano Ghiglione said. Over-all sales from the 17person factory, which makes metal parts for bigger companies, nearly doubled in the past year from the level when 27 workers were on the job. Salesreportedly topped $680,000. “It’s no wonder they achieve such results," a local trade unionist said. “They work longer and have no pauses in production. Sometimes they even work on holidays.” The workers are supposed to make their factory decisions together at monthly meetings, but some people in the town say nearly all the meetings in the past few months have been cancelled. They think most decisions still are made by Repetto. But Fanny Barboro says, “There is a lot of bitter criticism of our enterprise just because many people cannot tolerate the fact that we workers have proved we can run a factory, and run it extremely well.”
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