Reducing repeaters seen as key to lowering crime rate
The piece argues FBI 1974 crime stats are grim with crimes rising nationally and in rural areas. It blames repeaters who cycle through a backlog ridden justice system where plea bargaining inflates crime figures. It urges strict, consistent prosecutions for one year to deter repeat offenses and reduce future crime.
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FBI
United States
Justice Department
Washington
Levi
New York Times
Unemployment and Crime Rise Tied, Levi Warns
In The Nation, Tom Wicker cites FBI data showing crime up 1974 as unemployment spikes. Levi argues joblessness fuels higher crime rates, especially among youths and minorities, with violent crime surging and deterrence weakening as desperation grows.
Observer The stomach bulge defense
Russell Baker argues television now exposes brutal acts openly, eroding value differences. He cites Vietnam horrors, medical ads, and consumer snippets as a constant in living rooms, noting Lon Nol's fragile moment and April Fool's Day jokes. The piece laments viewers' coping defenses and persistent sheltered fear.
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Russell Baker
Baltimore
Vietnam
America
Cambodia
Lon Nol
Loughing
Tennessee Valley
Genarus
New York Times
Biddeford Saco Journal Editorial Staff and Publishers
Wm. E. Foster 1881 1963 Alta W. Foster 1891 1971 B F C Whitehouse 1889 1972 W. Paul Casavant Publisher Charlies C. Sutton Managing Editor Gladys M. Whitehouse President Treasurer details of personnel and governance of the Biddeford Saco Journal listed with years of birth and death and titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Wm. E. Foster
W. Paul Casavant
Charlies C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Endangered species under review by bureaucrats
Washington Bureau report accuses Fish and Wildlife Service officials of stalling endangered species listings under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Keith Schreiner is named as obstructive, delaying actions on green sea turtle and American crocodile while other species await protection.
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Les Whitten
Washington
Congress
Fish and Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife
Hhe
Council On Environmental Quality
Keith Schreiner
Keith
Schreiner
Ed Tropeano
Sonally
United States
Hidden costs of crime raise the cost of living
Paul Harvey argues crime boosts living costs by funding enforcement, loss, and absenteeism. He cites 328,680 robberies costing victims, 2.5 million burglaries with $337 average losses, 923,000 stolen cars, and $1 billion in shoplifting losses. He links narcotics misuse to a $10 billion burden and calls for examining daily news for personal costs.
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Paul Harvey
United States
Womauto
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Stockholm
East
West
Humane views on hunting and license testing
A reader thanks Burrill and Mrs. Merry for humane work and urges humane society support. The letter calls for gun license tests overseen by wardens at designated sites, condemns landowners’ deer hunting violations, and criticizes outsiders hunting without permission. It warns against reckless driving and unnecessary animal harm, urging restraint in hunting and wildlife protection.
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Burrill
Mrs. Merry
The
Humane Society
Drews Mill Road
Arena Closure Ends Two Season Hockey in Biddeford
Local hockey in Biddeford ends as the Biddeford Ice Arena shuts after two seasons with no immediate plan for a new season. The piece thanks Gordon Robinson and his sons Chuck and Don for mediation and ice care, urging a new owner or financial turnaround to revive hockey in Old Orchard Beach.
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Biddeford
Maine
Gordon Robinson
Chuck
Don
Old
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Los Angeles
Federal Bureau of Investigation Statistics
Edward Levi
Los Angeles Times
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Houston
Josh Billings
Alta W. Foster
B.F.C. Whitehouse
Jack Anderson
Burma
Ne Win
U.N
U Thant
Rangoon
U.S
Boston Globe
McNaught Syndicate
Man and
Paul Harvey News
Scott A. Wood
Washington Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Oobyha
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