Private patrols curb rising crime in California suburbs
A major Southern California home builder faced frequent pilferage at a San Diego County subdivision. Private patrolmen replaced sworn police, cutting thefts dramatically and signaling a national rise in private security. The industry is a $3.3 billion business with 300,000 guards, led by Pinkerton’s, Burns, Wackenhut, and Kidde.
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California
San Diego
Pete Collins
United States
Ing
Pinkerton’s Guard Service
William J. Burns International Detective Agency
Wackenhut Corp
Walter Kidde and Co
Dear Polly-Like Tips Mix Dyes And Home Crafts
A long reader column compiles home tips from dyeing carpets to color coded notebooks and penny jars. It notes cautions on rug fiber absorption, suggests sample tests, and includes advice on clothing tags, sleepers, and keeping throw rugs fluffy. A Detroit area piece surveys rising private security guards, their backgrounds, pay, and minimal training.
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Polly
Margie
Nixon draws closer to German political struggle over Brandt
Washington reports President Nixon is pulled into the West German crisis over Willy Brandt's ostpolitik and the ratification of treaties with Moscow and Warsaw. A May Bundestag vote could influence Nixon's Moscow visit and the broader Cold War balance.
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Ray McHugh
Washington
Copley News Service
Nixon
Willy Brandt
Ostpolitik
White House
Brandt
Moscow
Warsaw
Kremlin
Bonn
Rhine
East
Bismarck
Bundestag
West Germany
West
Russia
Europe
Key Biscayne
Fla
Henry Kissinger
U.S
Dallas Frontier Town Plan Proposed by Heritage Society
Dallas park officials consider recreating frontier Dallas in a city park as a tourist and education attraction at an estimated cost of 750000. The plan by the Dallas Heritage Society would add a hotel church railroad station and other structures to accompany the Millermore mansion already in the park. Financing was cited as the main hurdle with possible inclusion in a future bond sale.
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Dallas
Dallas Park and Recreation Board
Dallas Heritage Society
Frontier Town
P. O’b. Montgomery
Millermore
Entrance tests halted for older UT Arlington freshmen
The University of Texas at Arlington abolishes entrance tests for entering freshmen aged 25 or older who are high school graduates. The change, effective this fall, leaves the Scholastic Aptitude Test requirement in place only for applicants under 25. Dean Elwood Preiss says tests are less valid for those out of school for a time.
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Arlington
Elwood Preiss
A&M Wins NASA Wind Tunnel Contract Extension
A&M University in College Station received a 350000 contract supplement from NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center for wind tunnel testing of shuttlecraft and shuttle booster designs.
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College Station, Tex
NASA
Manned Spacecraft Center
A&m University
Edu-tsk Declines Rival in Brief Encounter
A terse incident report notes an effortful student verbal clash where one individual insults another, prompting campus mediation. Authorities urge civility and promote conflict resolution resources as a safety measure on campus grounds.
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