Rehabilitation plan grows on free enterprise
Ex convicts and drug addicts labor eight hours daily in Delancey Street Foundation programs to fund rehabilitation for 350 residents. Founded by John Maher in 1971 the group runs flower pots mail order gifts a moving company and a restaurant. The program relies on self help therapy and business revenue rather than public funding and claims high success with many graduates while some stay years and a few drop out.
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Delancey Street Foundation
Linda M. Kramer
Associated Press
SAN Francisco
Delancey Street
John Maher
Bronx
Synanon
California
Pacific Heights
Sausalito
Golden Gate Park
Maher
Foundation
Union Street
Excons
Brooker Morley
Morley
Fairfield
Calif
Culinary Arts School
Mimi Silbert
Lottery taxes, crime link put to test in state games
The piece critiques state lotteries in the United States, noting Drakes of McMurray Pa invested $20 000 in Pennsylvania Instant Bingo while questioning lottery profitability and public policy. It cites critics like G Robert Blakey and Jonathan L Goldstein and discusses profits, inequality, crime connections, and political influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal R
Las Vegas
Pennsylvania
Cornell
G. Robert Blakey
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Consumer's Union
H. Roy Kaplan
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Laney
Jonathan L. Goldstein
U. S
Goldstein
National Gambling Commission
FBI
Clarence M. Kelley
New York
Delaware
Gambling Commission
New
South
Convicts and church volunteers urge reform and moral action
Readers discuss life in Limestone Jail and a church driven effort to help inmates reform. A second letter condemns blasphemous and pornographic films in Decatur and urges residents to pressure theaters and officials to ban objectionable movies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
David C. Woods
Please Don’t Call Me Fido Names for 1000 Dogs
Author Carolyn Boyce Johnes collects 1000 dog names spanning 4000 years and fiction to help owners avoid Fido clichés. Her book lists names from history, celebrities, and lore, with anecdotes about famous dogs and the people who owned them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snoopy
Spot
Lassie
Tuxedo Park
N.Y
Les
Carolyn Boyce Johnes
Frippon
New York
Cafe Society
Manhattan
Connecticut
Frippen
el Morocco
Johnes
Bucks County
Anad
American Kennel Club Library
New York City
New York Public Library
Helen Hayes
Miss Slip
Billy Graham
Oskar
Joan Crawford
Albert Einstein
Chico
Henry Kissinger
Herbie
Albert Schweitzer
Pa Avenue
Virginia Woof
Brigitte Bardog
Tide
Community church events and club meetings listed for local week
Local notes list a 6 pm church gathering and an all day singing at Evergreen Methodist Church on Alabama 157 with multiple Vacation Bible Schools through Friday at several churches. Community groups meet in Decatur City Hall court room, Walnut Grove Church, Mt View Baptist, Neel United Methodist, Danville Methodist, First Presbyterian, Southern Rays Corvette Club, TOPS at the Aquadome, and Decatur Art Guild with programs by Al Beyer at Wheeler Basin Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evergreen Methodist Church
Alabama 157
Decatur Coin Club
Decatur City Hall
Vacation Bible School
Mt. View Baptist Church
Trinity
Decatur Art Guild
Wheeler Basin Regional Library
al Beyer
Space Probe Funding Fueled Jupiter Mission Block
The article notes a planned first direct sampling of Jupiter atmosphere and an orbiting craft for 20 months, but Rep. Edward Boland blocked funding last month via the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Independent Agencies. The report includes a stray interview quote about a reporter asking about origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward P. Boland
D-Mass
House Appropriations Subcommittee
NASA Jupiter project funds face House and Senate review
A House subcommittee vote shapes NASA Jupiter funding amid debates over planetary science versus deep space work. The Appropriations Committee upholds the action and the full House plans to decide next Tuesday, while Senate aides focus on early 1982 launch timing and proximity of Jupiter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choice
Subcommittee
NASA
House Appropriations Committee
House
Space Agency
Senate
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Senator Proxmire
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jupiter
Earth
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U.S
Decatur Daily
Frederick G. Bonfils
Limestone
Athens
Alabama
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Christ
David Anderson II
Rt. 3 Box
Hartselle
Jesus
P.O. Box
Glendale
Hesta Atkins
J. W
Done
David Cantz
Fido
Kay Bartlett
AP News
Doylestown
Harvey
Olaf
Barnett's Chapel Pentecostal Church
Bellmore Baptist Church
Walnut Grove
Church
Priceville
Neel United Methodist Church
Danville Methodist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Paul Little
Ferry St
Southern Rays Corvette Club
Art
Chevrolet
Bill Darwin
Karen Stone
Aquadome
Rusty O’'Shields
First Past Church
Lauderdale County
Gospel Singings
Fellowship Baptist Church
West
Pines Baptist Church
Florette
Dobbs
Oak Ridge
Bereans
Bethel Methodist Church
Blue Lagoon
Smith Lake
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