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THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1961
Prison Branch of
AA Helping Men
Make It Outside
Cummings Prison Farm,
Ark. (UPD - Arkansas Prison
Supt. Lee Henslee had a long
distance telephone call late
one night from Chicago.
The man at the other end
had violated his parole from
the Arkansas penitentiary by
getting drunk, and was ready
to return and "face the mu
sic." Henslee sent him a bus
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DR. T. M. COLASUONNO
Receives Study Grartt
SOC Instructor Jo
Attend Institute
Ashland - Southern Oregon
college faculty member, Dr.
Thomas M. Colasuonno of the
science-mathematics depart
ment, has received a summer
institute grant to study in
radiology at the University of
Michigan medical school at
Ann Arbor.
The grant was sponsored
jointly by the Atomic Energy
commission and the National
Science Foundation.
Dr. Colasuonno, who is cur
rently instructing biology and
zoology at SOC, is one of 20
U.S. college teachers in the
field of biology who has been
selected for the award.
Materials for the eight-week
institute will be used toward
developing a knowledge of
the main areas of research in
biology which are ameanable
to attacks with radiation and
radioactive isotopes. The
course will also involve funda
mental data in the areas of
genetics, embryology, mor
phology, and research in phys
iology. Singer Will Be
Sentenced Tuesday
New York-fflPD-Folk singer
Pete Seeger, 42, will be sen
tenced Tuesday on a contempt
of Congress charge for refus
ing to answer questions of the
House Committee on Un
American Activities in 1955.
Seeger was convicted by a
federal court jury Wednesday
after a three-day . trial. He
faces a maximum sentence of
one year in jail and a $10,
000 fine on each of 10 counts
of contempt.
The banjo player and singer
had refused to answer the
committee's questions about
his associates and political be
liefs on the ground they viol
ated his rights under the First
Amendment, which guaran
tees freedom of speech and
assembly. The committee was
inquiring into communism in
the entertainment field.
Coege Enrollment
Reaches 989 Students
Ashland Enrollment at
Southern Oregon college
has reached 989, an in
crease of about 6 per cent over
the 930 students who had reg
istered on a comparable date
last year, college officials said
today.
The last day of registration
is April 3. Last year's total
spring term enrollment was
1,116.
ticket, and the man returned
and served out his sentence.
Henslee heard from the
man again recently. He had
taken a job, received promo
tions, and was in the $15,-000-a-year
income bracket -strictly
legitimate.
The superintendent attrib
utes the man's comeback to
membership in an organiza
tion set up at the prison farm ;
eight years ago-the Arkansas
Fellowship of Alcoholic Pris
oners. It is a branch of Alco
holics Anonymous.
It was Henslee himself who j
had the idea for the organi-1
zation. j
Fast Living
"Most of the men are in the
penitentiary because of fast
living, drinking, gambling and
women, and it usually started
from drinking," Henslee said.
Approximately 300 prison
ers who have joined AA dur
ing their stay at the prison
are now "on the outside,"
Henslee said some of them
have slipped and returned,
but many of them have be
come sober, useful citizens.
A recent anniversary meet
ing drew former inmates
from all parts of the nation,
and more than 200 are ex
pected for the 1960 event.
Henslee said 17 men were
in the original group. The or
ganization now has 177 active
members. A chapter for wom
en prisoners was organized in
1952.
Many of the alumni keep in
touch through the secretary,
who usually is one of the con-vicl-aides
to the superintend
ent, or through the superin
tendent himself.
The units meet one night
each week. Each Sunday aft
ernoon all seven units meet
in the prison dining room. An
open meeting is held the
fourth Sunday in each month,
and outside members of AA
may attend.
The units receive two mim
eographed publications each
month, published by the in
mates. Continuing Problem
Henslee said alcohol can
continue to be a problem aft
er the men are committed to
prison. One of the trusty truck
drivers recently took In a bot
tle of vodka. He gave another
trusty part of it to bury the
bottle in a stall in the horse
barn.
Prison officials heard of the
contraband through the grape
vine, and confiscated more
than half the contents of the
bottle.
Several years ago, Henslee
sponsored legislation which
made it a felony for any per
son to take alcoholic drinks
onto prison property. The
trusty faces from one to three
additional years for violation,
will lose his privileges and be
returned to the ranks to work
in the fields.
Rep. Edith Green,
Husband Separate
Portland-IIM - Rep. Edith
Green (D-Ore.), was granted a
legal separation from her hus
band, Arthur, in the Multno
mah County Court of Domes
tic Relations Wednesday.
The separation was granted
by Circuit Judge Virgil Lang
try at a proceeding which
lasted 10 minutes. The two
were married in 1933. The
separation became effective
immediately.
A statement released by the
Greens through their attor
neys said in part, "Our close
friends know that this is a
step which was contemplat
ed some years ago. At that
time we concluded that our
household should be main
tained together until our fam
ily was raised irrespective of
personal difficulties."
The couple has two sons,
James Starrett Green, 26, and
Richard Allen Green, 19.
COSTLY SMOKE
New York - (UPD - The To
bacco Institute reports that to
bacco was worth its weight in
silver in 17th Century England.
Straub Says Durno's
Vote Defeated Bill
"Two and a half million
American working families
have lost their chance of
being guaranteed a minimum
decent wage by the single
vote of Congressman Dumo of
the fourth district," State
Senator Robert W. Straub,
Democratic state chairman
said today.
In a special release to the
Mail Tribune, he addedr "The
$1.25 minimum wage bill pro
posed by the national admin
istration would have given
almost 4 million workers the
modest weekly base pay of
$50 per week, but this was
too much for the newly elect
ed Republican congressman
from this district who voted
to cut 10 cenLs an hour off
of the minimum and so reduce
the coverage by 2' j million
working families. As a direct
result of Durno's vote, the
proposed bill lost by a single
vote, 186 to 185.
"This is another consistent
example in the unfolding pat
tern of Mr. Durno's voting
record," Senator Straub said,
"a record which the people In
the fourth district will want
to watch very carefully
throughout this session of
Congress."
Senator Straub slated that
"not only would the coverage
of the administration bill, had
it not been defeated by Mr.
Durno's vote, have helped
many underpaid workers in
the fourth district Itself, but
it also would help close the
competitive gap between Ore
gon industry and low wage
regions elsewhere in the
United States."
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