Ultimate Weapon Against Crime May Be Used Publicity
An editorial discusses the FBI 1969 youth crime surge with 25 percent of arrests by those under 18 and a 74 percent repeat offender rate from 1963 to 1969. It questions whether publishing juvenile offender names could deter crime and weighs parental responsibility against long-term stigma. The Houma Courier editor suggests publicity as a potential policy shift.
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Ray Dill
Houma, la
Courier
Dill
Bridging The Gaps By Five Service Club Presidents Elect
Five presidents elect of major service clubs met in Evanston Illinois to discuss global problems. They spoke of overpopulation pollution drug abuse lawlessness and economic hardship noting family breakdown and communication gaps as root causes. The conferees urged local clubs to act with neighborly concern and individual involvement to bridge the gaps worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston, Ill
U.S. Mideast Policy and the Suez Cease-fire Debate
The piece surveys American diplomacy in the Middle East since World War II, noting mixed success and failure. It discusses arms balance with Israel, Soviet involvement, and the risk of future wide-scale conflict, referencing Sisco, Rogers, and the Johnson plan as core elements shaping policy and peace efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle East
United States
Middle Eastern
Israel
Suez Canal
Washington
Moscow
Egypt
Joseph J. Sisco
Meet the Press
William P. Rogers
Nixon
Soviet Union
Johnson
United Nations
Security Council
Navy aid kept Tora Tora Tora on screen by senator
Genial Senator George Murphy used his influence in Washington to secure Navy support for Darryl Zanuck’s film Tora! Tora! Tora! after Navy participation sparked criticism from lawmakers. Murphy arranged delivery of Zanuck’s letter to Defense Secretary Mel Laird, helping resolve Pentagon objections and keep the project alive amid political pressure and a negative review memorandum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Ball
Israel
Wilson
Palestine
Congress
Truman
United States
Britain
France
United Nations
America
Mediterranean
Washington
George Murphy
U.S. Senate
Darryl Zanuck
Navy
Zanuck
Pearl Harbor
Pentagon
John Murphy
D-N.y
Capitol Hill
Mel Laird
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Jack Valenti
Murphy
Buddy
Laird
Nixon
House
New York
Movie figures back Californian Senate bid in exclusive round
Rumors swirl around an exclusive gathering supporting a Californian Senate bid as Mur phy defends his Tech nicolor consulting role amid a movie incident. The piece notes Thurmond papers at the Library of Congress and a Goodyear Aerospace party amid layoffs, detailing internal politics and public optics.
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Senate
Thomas Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
Sen
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Nixon
Edward Kenney
Library of Congress
Thurmond
82D Airborne Division Association
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Joint
House Senate
Frazier Poole
Poole
Shreveport
Bossier City
Goodyear Aerospace Corporation
Navy
Goodyear
GAC
Washington
Sulgrave
Morris
Jobe
Suigrave
Pentagon
Modern Day Front Page Reader on Stearn and Talbert Titles
A mixed review column discusses Jess Stearn's The Reporter and its Parisian confrontation tone, noting its autobiographical feel and journalistic sharpness. It highlights Andrew Talbert's Poems from the Southland and Oscar Strackbein's Permissiveness, plus Lois Gould's Such Good Friends as bold social novels.
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Jess Stearn
Doubleday
Stearn
Southland
Dorrance and Co
Andrew J. Talbert
High Pointer
Andrew Talbert
Bobby Burns
High Point
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Sale
Bevel
FBI
U.S. Mideast
Merry
By Jack Anderson
Technicolor, Inc
Posterity
Holt McPherson
Jim Sherman
Vantage Press
Oscar Robert Strackbein
Oscar Strackben
Henry Price
Strackbein
Random House
Lois Gould
Mrs. Gould
Wed, the, AO
High Point Enterprise
Hich Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
N.C
Iece
D.a.rawley
C.H. Lockwood
David A. Brawley, JR
Randall B. Terry, JR
Joseph P.rawley
Mgr Most McPherson
Foitas Ajoe Brown
C. W. Patterson
O V. W. Idol
Richard Teague
Associated Press
N. C
High Point Enterprise, Inc
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