Women See Sharp Rise in Crimes Across Alabama
National FBI data show a 102 percent rise in arrests of women over 15 years. In Alabama Tutwiler Prison and work release cases climbed from 120 in 1975 to 244 in spring 1977, with increases in shoplifting and theft locally. Morgan County probation reports show female offenders rising from 10 to 35 in recent years, while life sentences for women at Tutwiler have grown and violence by women has increased.
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Paul Foreman
FBI
Alabama
Tutwiler Correctional Institution
Murray Millwee
Morgan County
Millwee
John Hale
State Board of Corrections
Doris Wood
Tutwiler
Hale
Women Increasingly Implicated in Crime and Concealed Weapons
Law enforcement reports show more weapon discoveries in purses carried by women and a rising female share of crimes from shoplifting to other offenses. Authorities note shifting gender dynamics in criminal activity across national, state, and local levels.
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Morgan City
Ward
Decatur
Pack Self
Nives
Self
Life For The Lapps Is Beginning To Change
A spring migration across Arctic Norway and Sweden drives reindeer herding as Lapps face modern changes. Hydroelectric projects, tourism, and new transport shift life from traditional trails toward towns, with cultural identity at stake and youths seeking Oslo jobs.
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Lapps
Santaland
Donner
Blitzen
Yamaha
Skidoo
Laksely
Altaely
Norway
Oslo
Johan Kalstad
Tromso Museum
Johan
Sweden
Finland
Russia
Kola Peninsula
Global Weather Watch: Major International Climate Study Planned
Nations will organize the First GARP Global Experiment to test forecasting limits. U.S., European, Japanese, and Soviet satellites will map the atmosphere with balloons buoys and ships while ground stations feed data to a World Weather Watch network.
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Geneva
Ince
Tropics
Pacific
Indian Oceans
World Weather Watch
China
GARP
Africa
Brazil
South America
Americas
Central Pacific
Meteosat
European Space Agency
New Guinea
Western Pacific
Soviet Union
GOMS
Indian Ocean
Tiros
Samoa
Canton Island
Ascension Island
Atlantic
National Center For Atmospheric Research
Boulder
Colo
Antarctica
Canada
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John Godbey
Hugh Mulligan
Lakselv
Longfellow
Arctic Circle
Finmark County
U.S
Arctic
World Meteorological Organization
Taiwan
International Council of Scientific Unions
Peking
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