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TV Associated Press
HOUSTON Detective work by the
father of an 1 1 -month-old girl taken from
a park swimming pool led to the arrest
of a 12-year-old girl "who just wanted a'
baby' police said.
Horace Grant, whose daughter Crystal
was abducted Wednesday evening, took
time off from his job as a financial analyst
to search for his daughter.
Three days later, Grant took police to
the house where the 12-year-old girl lived.
Sgt. Norman White of the police depart
ment juvenile division described the
12-year-old as a "real streetwise kid who
just wanted a baby."
The 12-year-old, who has not been iden
tified, was arrested Saturday afternoon
and transferred to the custody of the Har
ris County juvenile probation office, said
Sgt. M.L. Thomas of the juvenile division.
Thomas said the infant was playing in
MacGregor Park when her 13-year-old
baby sitter agreed to let the 12-year-old girl
and her male companion take the baby to
get fried chicken. They never returned.
Grant said he was told by a
Metropolitan Transit Authority official
that the girl was seen with the baby on a
bus near the Eastex freeway.
"Once I figured out that she was in a
bad part of town, I thought I could get
more out of the people than the police,"
Grant said.
He and other family members went
door-to-door, showing residents pictures
of the baby and a composite drawing of
the girl and asking if they had seen them.
Many said they knew the girl and had
seen her carrying the baby. Grant said. A
woman who worked at a nightclub gave
Grant the girl's address.
When Grant and police arrived early
Saturday, the girl and the infant were not
at home, Thomas said, adding that the
girl's stepsister promised they would be
there when officers returned Saturday
afternoon. The infant was taken to the
police station and reunited with her
parents.
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Yout
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end
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The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES Warring youth gangs ignited
fighting and looting that forced authorities to cancel
the final day of the Watts Summer Festival, held to
commemorate the 1965 riots that left 34 people dead,
sheriffs department officials said Sunday.
Sgt. Wesley McBride of the sheriffs department
gang detail said at least 200 gang members were at the
festival Saturday night.
"They had been coming in all day," he said. "They
rushed into the park in side streets all at once. We
can't stop them from going into the park, it's a public
place."
He said at least two gangs were involved, but he
declined to identify them while the investigation con
tinues. Six to eight youths were arrested for illegal
possession of handguns and a "variety" of clubs and
knives were confiscated, McBride said.
Festival chairman Bert Hammond condemned the
violence as "nothing but hooliganism."
No one was seriously injured, but some conces
sionaires reported several thousand dollars in lost mer
chandise and an estimated $11,000 in festival sound
equipment was stolen. Sheriffs Sgt. Skip Ryzow said
authorities revoked the permit for Sunday's activities,
the first time the festival had closed early.
Hammond and several other board members had
wanted to. nrocwd Sunday with a scheduled posnel
concert and a memorial service for those who died in
1965, but the board decided later to drop the events.
Hammond said only 27 juveniles were involved.
However, two people from Community .Youth
Gang Services a local agency supported with county
and city funds to help control gang violence said at
a news conference that as many as 500 gang members
were present.
"Different gangs came here at the same time," said
Gary Barner of the gang services agency. "They saw
each other here and they exploded."
The outbreak came about 7 p.m. after a smoggy
day with temperatures in the 90s the same at
mosphere that prevailed 17. years ago during the four
days of rioting in Los Angeles' black ghetto. The 1965
riots injured more than 1,000 people, caused more
than $40 million in property damage and became a
national symbol of black frustration.
Saturday's violence which officials termed a
"major disturbance" was the most serious since the
festival began in 1966.
A sheriffs helicopter circled overhead and ordered
the crowd to disperse. All but 150 of the estimated
2,000 people left before a phalanx of deputies cleared
the park at about 8:20 p.m., sheriffs deputies said.
One 19-year-old man was arrested for investigation
of battery on a peace officer. Five people were arrested
for investigation of public drunkenness, he said.
Child
Monday, August 23, 1982The Daily Tar Heel15A
courier service
accused of selling infants
The Associated Press
ATLANTA A founder of a group
providing escorts for adoptive babies
heading to new homes in the United States
said Sunday her business has been wreck
ed by a story in a London newspaper
alleging children had been sold.
Jody Darragh, founder of Americans
for International Aid, denied allegations
contained in a story in the newspaper,
Mail on Sunday, that the organization
has sold infants to American families at a
cost of $3,480 each.
"Our group is a nonprofit organization
run by volunteers. All our escorts get
back is the joy of escorting a child to its
parents," Darragh said. "They are reim
bursed only for their expenses."
She said she feared the organization
will have to stop its escort services be
cause of the MaiTs story. '
The staff of the weekly Mail on Sunday
has Sunday and Monday off, and calls
Sunday to the newspaper in London were
not answered. The answering service at
the Mail on Sunday's New York number
said no one would be available until Monday.
The London tabloid reported that the
organization sold infants found in Cal
cutta slums to American families. It said
the babies were carried on scheduled
British Airways flights by off-duty flight
attendants.
In London, a spokesman for the state
owned airline said Sunday, "As far as
British Airways is concerned, we have
suspended flights involving the children
pending clarification from organizers of
the scheme in the United States." He ad
ded that U.S. airlines including Trans
World Airlines and Northwest Orient
Airlines also were involved.
Darragh said the group, which includes
about 1,000 volunteer airline employees
and spouses, provides escorts to pick up
children in other countries who have been
adopted by American families through a
licensed adoption agency. Adoption
agencies contact her group after arranging
the adoption, she said.
The escorts are reimbursed for their ex
penses, which are reduced by the travel
discounts the escorts receive as airline
employees or spouses, Darragh said.
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