LEAA funds shift from prosecutions to defense for habitual criminals
The Haley Report argues LEAA's $4.1 million program to lock up career criminals may be mirrored by grants to legal aid groups to defend them. Officials say defense aims to speed trials, but critics note equal spending on prosecutors and defenders undermines the program’s purpose and taxpayers fund both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEAA
Ford
Lear
Legal Aid
Legal Aid and Defender Society
Armed Robbery Law And The Beholder's View
A court case shows that the threat of a gun can justify an armed robbery charge even if the weapon is a toy or nonfunctional. Fear of harm counts, if the threat or appearance seems capable of intimidation. The article notes limits and cites social security and tax context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkins
Internal Revenue Service
Trees and memories in a palm fronted condominium
A reader extols trees amid a beachside condo scene and recalls childhood groves from a farming town now a mall. He riffs on Joyce Kilmer and his teacher, closing with a note that the palm remains a steadfast friend to residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Kilmer
Thames
Scrivener earns praise for columns and letters
Florence M Weber of Kendallville Ind praises Sinclair's newspaper features. She highlights Enjoyment of Sinclair's Let’s go fishin column by Ray McPeters Mt Clemens Mich and Simply Sinclair letters from grandchildren. She admires the articles and notes they are worth the paper’s price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinclair
M. L. Horner
Nokomis
Indiana
Florence M. Weber
Kendallville
Ind
Relative scales in Venice paper time capsule choice
A reader questions how the newcomer Venice free paper was chosen as the town’s official publication to be buried in a business time capsule. The note asks how many civic leaders influenced the decision and reads as a local opinion on media status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giveaway
Venice
P. L. Anthony Nokomis
The Quiet Rebels The Story of the Quakers in America
A Venice Area Public Library display highlights Margaret H. Bacon's The Quiet Rebels The Story of the Quakers in America. It notes George Fox's Quaker origins and William Penn's leadership in settling Pennsylvania. The piece urges readers to use the library resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quakers
Society OF Friends
George Fox
William Penn
England
Pennsylvania
Penn
America
Margaret H. Bacon
Venice Area
The Florida Senate Meeting Address
The Florida State Senate in The Capitol Tallahassee convenes in session to conduct state legislative business. The notice references official chamber activities and adjournment procedures in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida State Senate
the Capitol Tallahassee
Florida
Fragmented OCR Summary of Local Page
Unclear readable text shows numbers and partial phrases, no full events, names, or places identified. No coherent story or dates emerge from the fragmentary OCR sample.
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Sam Dillon
Courtney Willis
Jim Beans
Dorothy Lippstretter
Norah Denison
The
Gondolier Publications, Inc
South Sarasota County
Women's Editor
Gondolier
Miami Ave
Florida Press Service
Tallahassee
Fla
American Newspaper Representatives
New York
N.Y
Atlanta
Haley
Florida Bar
American Bar Association
Will Bernard
Scrivener
David Alroy
Library Column
Aby B
Larz Newton
Friends of the Library
Justice Bennett
Derby
Hearing Aid Centre
Venice Centre
State OF Florida
Warren S. Henderson
Florida House of Representatives
the Capitol
Granville H. Crabtree Jr
Robert M. Johnson
United States
Lawton M. Chiles
Senate
Washington, D.C
Richard
Stone
United States Senate
Washington D.C
Manatee-Sarasota
Sarasota
James A. Haley
Longworth Bldg
L. A. Bafalis
Cannon House
Senator
Pratt
Kans
Venetian Cleaners
S. Trail
Betty Chadwick
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