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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1971
Page
7
Louis Harris reports a decisive 78 to 17 per cent majority of Americans believe a secret crime group called the Mafia exists in the United States. A 57 to 24 per cent majority deny the organization is led mainly by Italians.
A Harris poll of 1,508 U S households finds many Americans alarmed by the lack of action against organized crime including the Mafia and similar groups, reflecting broad concern about crime control.
The piece notes American university teachers and researchers migrating to Britain in numbers not seen in a decade. About 700 Americans teach or study at UK institutions, with Cambridge hosting around 400. Salary gaps and Vietnam War fallout drive movement, while Fulbright and other countries attract scholars.
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