Folcom Prisoner
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roisom, cam.-4UPD - Steve
Sorrentino, clad in the blue
denim of Folsom Maximum
Security Prison, sat behind
his desk and told of the trou
bles facing a writer at Cali
fornia's toughest jail.
Q'The censorship is really
tough here," he said. "You
can't sell a story outside be
cause it has to go through the
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censor. And he won't pass
any inside story on prison
life no violence, no crime."
Sorrentino, who has spent a
dozen years behind bars in
Federal and state prisons,
wants to be a professional
writer. He probably won't
ever make it.
Doing His Best
' Meanwhile, Steve is doing
the best he can as "The Sage"
of Folsom, a rock pile . east
of Sacramento, Calif., in the
foothills of the Sierra-Nevada
mountains. '
He writes a column in the
prison newspaper, "The Fol
som Observer." His column
is a sort of an editorial re
flecting the thoughts of the
inmates.
It's called "Views from the
Mainline," and Steve works
on it every day from 8:30 to
3:15 p.m. the normal prison
day.
"I rove around the yard
some, but most of it I get
from my head," he said.
Some examples of what
comes from Steve's head:
On what society should do
to criminals "Even experts
are not in agreement. But no
one bothers to ge an opinion
from the criminal himself.'
Cost Too Much
On juvenile delinquency
"Americans should ; realize
that the cost is too much to
brand our children the 'lost
generation' and let it go at
that. It is only those who are
without hope that are lost and
if our children are lost, then
too is America."
. On beatniks 'Teen-age
youngsters attempt to uphold
the traditions of the Bohem
ian sects of yesteryear with
a feeble attempt at sensation
alism."
On the cold war "The
Russians talk a mean war,
but history shows they fight
like they had been trained on
tranquilizing pills."
And on time, which hangs
so heavy for men like Steve
Sorrentino "Time is the un
forgiving minute rushing into
a deep maze of shadows . . .
the utter silence of eternity
. . . the essence of life and
the expeditor of death."
Latest Trouble Biggest
The son of a San Francisco
fisherman, Steve has run
afoul of the law many times.
He has . served two Federal
prison terms, both for viola
tion of narcotic laws.
From 1935 to 1938, he serv
ed a three-year term at San
Quentin, Calif., for possession
of dynamite and for owning
a firearm.
His latest trouble with the
law was his biggest. He was
involved as a partner in a
San Francisco jewerly rob
bery with loot estimated at
from $150,000 to $300,000.
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Meetings on Closed Circuit TV
By ELMER C. WALZER
UPI Financial Editor
New York -(UPD- General
Mills, Inc., plans a unique
stockholder's meeting to be
held simul
taneously in
seven cities
across the na
tion hooked
t o g e t her by
closed circuit
television.
Stockho 1 d
ers of the cor
p o r a tion in
Elmer Wilier the New York
Catholics To Hold
Inquiry Classes
A new series of inquiry
classes for adult non-Catholics
interested in learning more
about the teachings of the Ro
man Catholic church will be
gin tonight, according to the
Rev. John A. Ilg, who will
conduct the classes.
The series of 25 meetings
will be held weekly in the
senior classroom on the sec
ond floor of St. Mary High
school, beginning at 7 pjn.
and lasting until approximate
ly 8:30.
Registration will be taken
at the first meeting and copies
of the text, "A Catechism for
Inquirers" by the Rev. Joseph
I. Malloy, CSP, may be ob
tained at that time. Anyone
unable to attend the first or
any subsequent meetings is
welcome to take part in any
portion of the : series, it is
stated. -
According to Father Ilg, the
instruction given in the classes
is informational in character
and there are no obligations
imposed upon anyone attend
ing. Inquirers, he said, are
encouraged to ask questions
which will help their under
standing of the Catholic faith.
Van Doren Offered
Role in Picture
Hollywood-fUPD-Charles Van
Doren has been offered a role
as a science professor in a
motion picture.
Producer - director Albert
Zugsmith wired Van Doren
Sunday, offering him the part
in "Teacher Was A Sexpot."
The film will star Mamie Van
Doren (no relation), Brigitte
Bardot and teen-ager Tuesday
Weld, Zugsmith said. r. ,
So now, at 51, Steven Sor
rentino has found his home,
whether he likes it or not. As
a four-time loser serving a
sentence of five years to life,
Steve may spend the remain
der of his days in Folsom.
But he's as happy as a
prisoner can be. After all, he
has his writing
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on Thursday Oct. 29, at the
Waldorf-Astoria. At the same
time, groups in Boston meet
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This series in one meeting
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the regional meetings held in
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over the years dating back to
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ports on the company's busi
ness from the chief officers.
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Crocker kitchens in Minneap
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flour mill in Buffalo, reputed
ly the largest flour mill in the
world. - '
' After showing of an ani
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Boston, New York, ' Washing
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inaugurated in 1947 when
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pus sessions, officials explain
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