Crime And Old People In Home Causes Federal Action
Elderly widow fears crime as national rates rise and politicians seek answers. LEAA funds a 200000 program to study crime against seniors and train police. FBI joins with Wilmington task force to study crimes against old people, revealing most victims are white women 60 to 77 attacked by young black males in racially mixed neighborhoods. Community programs include elder safety drives, pocketed cash tips, and volunteer aides to escort seniors, while a bank Christmas program supports hospital shut-ins.
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Margaret Gentry
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Sill
Washington
Syracuse
Plainfield
N.J
J. Glenn Beall
R-Md
LEAA
Charles R. Work
SEAA
George B. Sunderland
American Association of Retired Persons
National Retired Teachers Association
Gene Bartell
Baltimore Area Agency On Aging
Senate
FBI
Clarence M. Kelley
Atlanta
Birmingham
Ala
Norfolk
Wilmington
Del
Kelley
Toni Carpenter
Mike Kirchenbauer
Louis Dempsey
Stanley Friedman
Dempsey
Sunderland
Leonard
Crestview Apartments
Louis Johnson
Philly
Evelyn Kotoski
Crime Resistance Task Force
Friedman
Little Brothers
Task Force
Incites
Offite
Forse
Carpenter
Crestview
Pratt
Brooklyn
East New York Savings’ Bank
East New York Savings
Hospital Audiences Inc
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