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British W. African Colony Body of Convict, i
On Road to Independence ;
Sierra Leone, British colony
and- protectorate in West Africa, j
is much farther along the road to j
self-government than is generally |
realized, according to Focus, a I
publication of the American Geo-,
graphical Society.
The country has a Legislative
Council elected by majority vote,
and in local affairs the power of
the District Commissioner has
largely been replaced by that of
the Local Native Authority.
The population of Sierra Leone
has nearly doubled since 1901,
and now is approximately 2,000,
000. The rapid increase in popu
lation, coupled with increased
prosperity generally, however, has
brought about acute labor sho't
ages.
Prosperity in Sierra Leone de
pends mainly on exports, which
have approximately doubled in
value during the past decade. The
chief exports are minerals, prin
cipally iron ore, diamonds, and
chrome; and agricultural prod
ucts, including palm kernels, cof
fee, cocoa, piassava and ginger.
The average rainfall in Sierra
Leone is nearly 100 inches a year.
WHO'S FOR DINNER ? ? ?
WENDELL, N. C„ UP> — Mrs.
Brodley Roberts frowned when
the snake fell from the chandelier
at dinnertime. Another one of her
son’s toys! Only it wasn’t. Amid
screams from Mrs. Roberts and
her guest, son Keith safely snared
the eight-inch copperhead, which
apparently had chosen the chan
delier as a retreat from cold
weather.
PIONEER
WATER
DELIVERY
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Ted Grotha
I Who Escaped From
Alcatraz, Recovered
SAN FRANCISCO, W> — The
i unrecognizable body of tough
I Alcatraz convict Aaron Walter
I Burgett of Potts Camp, Miss., was
found yesterday circling the rock,
from which he escaped Sept. 29.
Warden Paul J. Madigan said
he was convinced now that Ralph
Coe and Theodore Cole, the only
ones of 20 would-be escapees,
never accounted for, drowned
just as Burgette did. “They just
j can’t escape from here.”
Burgette, 28, fortified himself
with artificial aides for the swim.
The Missouri Post Office robber
was found still wearing a plastic
bag inflated for water wings. He
had a plywood fin strapped to one
shin. He still carried the sharp
knife with which he threatened
Guard Harold Miller. He and con
vict Clyde Johnson, once labeled
Public Enemy No. 1, gagged Mil
ler and left him bound. Burgette
entered the water, but Johnson
didn’t, and was recaptured.
The tides and currents were
too much for Burgette. His bat
tered and gnawed head and body
were nearly unidentifiable. But
a thumb print and his numbered
prison belt and his prison-issue
clothing made identification
positive.
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Dean of Air Force
Test Pilots Dies
At Base Hospital
DAYTON, Ohio, UP) — Col. Dan
iel Umstead, 62, loved airplanes
as much as the cigars he per
petually chewed. When he retired
from the Air Force seven years
ago, he bought a farm close to
Wright-Patterson Air Force base
here to remain near them.
Umstead was dean of Air Force
test pilots when he retired. He
had 13,000 flying hours in 350
different experimental models
and had been flying almost 32
years.
So he was in the proper envir
onment when he died Monday
night. Death — the cause was not
revealed — came as he lay in
the Air Force hospital on Wright
Patterson AFB.
He leaves his wife Eina; a son
who is an Air Force jet pilot, and
three daughters, one of whom is
married to an Air Force man.
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