Violence in schools reflects a troubled era of youth
The piece surveys rising school violence and vandalism, citing incidents from Cleveland to Gary and Wilmington. It cites a 85 percent trouble rate in urban high schools, notes drug abuse and intruders as drivers, and describes district responses including security manuals and preventative diplomacy.
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America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cleveland
Pinkerton
Wilmington
N.C
Gary
Ind
Syracuse University
Policy Institute
U.S. Office of Education
Dwight Twist
San Diego
Millard T. Meers
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Chicago
General Superintendent of
James F. Redmond
New York City
Blackboard Jungle
Redmond
Chicago Police Department
Judicial Court
Norm Schachter
San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles
Paper mountains and bureaucracy drive public criticism
AP reports that a Transportation Department estimate suggests 3 billion dollars or about half of the 6.5 billion annual document cost could be cut from regulations driven paperwork. The Bank of America study finds 75 percent of new product spend wasted on unsuccessful ventures and 70 percent of patents go to corporate inventors, highlighting bureaucratic waste.
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John Cunniff
New York
Transportation Department
U.S
Bank of Ameri
Austin
Atty
Crawford Martin
Commission of Nine
Don Edmondson
San Antonio
Gene Hendryx
Alpine
Jack Morgan
Kaufman
B and B Vending Co
Commission
Raymond Williams
House
Williams
Martin
Wilson Speir
Consumer Credit
Sam Kelly
Speir
Kelly
Menton Murray
Harlingen
Preston Smith
Dallas
Wolf Man the Vietnam War dog returns to Texas home
Paris Texas gets Wolf Man the Vietnamese dog who traveled from Can Tho to Paris after befriending Spec. 5 Jerry C Shannon. The dog’s journey included red tape a Vietnam phone chain and a 188 dollar ticket as Mrs Lan Shannon cares for him awaiting Shannon’s possible Christmas return from military intelligence duty.
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Paris
Tex
Wolf Man
Jerry C. Shannon
Can Tho Air Force Base
Vietnam
Shannon
Jerry
Lan Shannon
Can Tho
Deaf Hotline Offers Listening Aid For Washington Area
In Hyattsville Maryland a new 24 hour hotline assists deaf residents with talking to others and solving daily problems. The Prince Georges County program runs with 70 aides and uses Teletype Writing Machines to connect 250 eligible users in the Washington area.
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Prince George’s County
Washington Metropolitan Area
Diane Cabot
Washington Area
Prince George’s
Thieu to propose vast Viet economy reforms
President Thieu plans sweeping economic reforms including a flat 400 piastre per dollar rate to replace the dual exchange values. The package would overhaul taxes, curb currency and goods black markets, reduce imports, boost exports, and draw foreign investment as part of Vietnamization of the economy.
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Thieu
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
U. S. Senate
Economic Ministry
Pham Kim Ngoc
Noble rot Ripens Rhine grape harvest to high quality wine
German viticulturist Hans Ambrosi reports that a noble rot outbreak on Rhine Valley grapes signals a small yet premier vintage for 1971. He notes favorable sun, heat, and rainfall from May to October that concentrate sugars and boost wine quality despite the rot.
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David Minthorn
Associated Press
Eltville
Germany
Rhine River
Hans Ambrosi
Rheingau
Hesse
Ambrosi
Texas sorghum harvest sets pace for year end forecast
The Agriculture Department said Texas sorghum yield reached 52 bushels per acre from 318,292,000 bushels with two thirds harvested, likely exceeding October production projections. Nationwide sorghum will be below October forecasts but up 28 percent from last year.
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Washington
Texas
Agriculture Department
Department
Southern governors push unity and mainstream politics
At the 37th Southern Governors Conference in Atlanta governors urged the region to retain its identity while joining the national political and economic mainstream. Mississippi Governor-elect William Waller said his state will not back a strictly Southern appeal in 1972, and Williams and McKeithen’s departures leave Wallace isolated on the old Dixie line.
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Atlanta
Eddy Arnold
Dixie
Cal Life
William Waller
Mississippi
Waller
Southern Governors Conference
John Bell Williams
Alabama
George C. Wallace
White House
Wallace
Williams
Louisiana
John McKeithen
Prison furloughs prove successful
About 900 Connecticut prisoners have taken part in a two year furlough program with no escapes. The program, expanded to include minimum risk inmates, allows two to three day visits to towns with local police notified. Most participants returned, and only one case led to an arrest not prosecuted. officials say furloughs aid reintegration, marriage stability, and job searches before release.
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Hartford, Conn
Connecticut
Raymond M. Lopes
Lopes
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Soviet Union
Commercial Music Co
Temple
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Chet Brooks
Pasadena
Smith
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Martin, Speir
Herbert Storch
Lyndon Johnson
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