Youth Views Rise in Juvenile Delinquency Problem
A survey of college and high school students finds about 75 to 80 percent believe juvenile delinquency is rising. Respondents blame family alienation, lack of parental authority, drugs, boredom, and population growth while some say adults overreact. Opinions vary by region with southern and north central youths more skeptical.
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Frank Marsden
Los Angeles
Roberta Drew
Bedford
Iowa
Charlotte Cooper
Metairie
Jeffrey Franklyn
Bridgeport, Conn
Claus Valou
Boston, Mass
James Bloom
Lemont
Peter Sandhill
Miami
Fla
Ben Simons
Mark Kunkel
Fayetteville, Ark
Ruth Porter
South
North Central States
Teens See Growing Awareness of Juvenile Problems
In Richardson Texas and New Rochelle New York youths T Williams 18 and Debby Ananuel 18 express that bad behavior is no longer trendy and that communities parents and schools are waking up to juvenile issues. Lory Jewell 16 of Port Chester notes increased awareness of youths voices and actions.
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Kathy Baker
Baltimore
Debbie Jackson
Santa Ana
Calif
Jane Lubeck
State College
Charlene Bateson
Louisville, Ky
Sharon Cohen
Tucson
Ariz
Rachel Munson
New Rochel
T. Williams
Richardson
Texas
Debby Ananuel
New Rochelle
N.Y
Lory Jewell
Port Chester
Would-Be Bank Bandit Subdued in Texas Vault
A man entered Central Bank & Trust in Farmers Branch with a valise claimed to hold a remotely controlled explosive. Bank President Stephen Jordan 31 and a guard restrained him until police arrival. The valise held highway flares taped to batteries.
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Farmers Branch
Texas
Central Bank & Trust
Bank
Stephen Jordan
Jordan
Southern Methodist University
Teens on Wheels and Car Q&A with Mike Lamm
In a car advice column, readers report a engine speed related whine from a tape player and eyelid like headlight covers that rise after shutdown. Mike Lamm identifies the alternator as the whine source and suggests an electric choke install. He notes eyelid operation depends on engine vacuum and warns of a leak in the vacuum system.
Firemen Free Child From TV in Reading
Firemen freed 4 year old Daren OConnor after his finger got stuck in a television push button control.
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Reading
England
UPI
Daren O’connor
Monkey Steals Wig From Woman in Store
In Port Harcourt Nigeria a playful monkey snatched a woman's wig from a department store entrance. After a brief chase witnesses laughed as the creature dropped the wig and she retrieved it and continued home embarrassed but stylish.
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