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EDWARD A. YUZIUK - EDITOR S PUBLISHER
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SENATOR A
SAM ERVIN
Crime Program Is Netessary
WASHINGTON - -Crime, that bitter, grim reality which
spawns fear in millions of Americans as they go about their
daily activities, continues to tarnish the quality of life incur
country in real and evident ways.
The grim statistics tell us that last year alone, crime took
13,000 lives and cost our nation more than S3O billion. Often
we tend to think of crime as a national problem but not so
much a state and local problem. But statistics tell us that
an average day in our state brings the minder of at least one
person, the forcible rape of one or two women, the robbery
of five people, the serious aggravated assault of forty citi -
zens, the theft of 20 cars, the perpetration of 70 burglaries.
What is more these daily averages are twice what they were
just ten years ago.
Statistics like these prompted Congress to create the Law
Enforcement Assistance Administration in 1968. Since then,
this Federal agency has provided financial and technical as -
sistance to state and local governments to improve the admi
nistration of criminal justice and to halt the increase in
crime. I have supported this program, be cause I believe in
its concept of fighting crime primarily at the state and local
level, and of using Federal monies to assist in this effort.
North Carolina is benefitting from this program through the
$4.6 million it has received to carry out its fiscal 1970 plan
The North Carolina plan places strong emphasis on police
related activities with almost 5096 of these funds being spent
on programs to improve detection and apprehension of crimi
nals, approximately 996 being devoted to prevention and con
trol of juvenile delinquency; approximately 596 being devo -
ted tc improvement of police-community relations, ap
proximately 296 going to the prevention of crime and civil
disorders. The remainder of this assistance went to improve
prosecution tuid correctional work, vital areas for a well -
rounded system of criminal justice.
In addition to block grants to our State, LEAA also makes
several types of direct grants. One of these, the discretion
ary grant program, provides funds to help meet special
problems of law enforcement. In the fiscal year which
June 30th, North Carolina received ten discretionary grants
totalling $778,426. A little more than half of these funds
were used for corrections-related projects. For example,
Cumberland County is establishing a new community correo
tional center to replace its old facilities. Other projects in
the corrections field have been made to improve employ -
ment opportunities for offenders to improve techniques in
dealing with juveniles, and to provide training grants for
correctional personnel. Two direct grants were made to im
prove police-community relations in Winston-Salem and
Charlotte. Another provided an attorney for the Wins ton
Sabm Pblice Department to advise and train the police. Mor
eover, in the coming year, 1700 police officers in North Ca
rolina will take law enforcement training courses.
Charlotte has been chosen as one of three cities in our
nation for a pilot LEAA project to emphasize system-wide
improvement in criminal justice operations. This project
will test the impact of coordinated improvements in law
enforcement and criminal jurtice with particular emphasis
on street crime, drug addiction, drunkenness, and juvenile
delinquency.
I am hopeful that this program is going to aid in creatiig
the conditions which will bring about a reduction in crime,
our natioii most pressing domestic problem.
aLMaaiiis, *THe rrsttvpeof
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O. American pioneers
and 'Accessories worn in
TRE UNjYED STATES ARE /
gggn manufactured tw new vork cnY:
Grandfather Mtn. Scene Os Festivities
A bevy of beautiful young
ladies engaging in swimsuit
competition, a sky-diving para
chute jump to a small mountain
crest target, a lecture by a
leading news writer-photograph
er, and a sailboat regatta will
highlight the annual Grandfath
er Mountain Camera C1 i nic
slated for Saturday and Sunday,
August 15 and 16.
Sponsored by the Carolinas
Press Photographers Association
the event is one of the oldest
outings arranged especially for
photographers in the United
States. It has been staged at
Grandfather Mountain in mid-
August for the past 20 years.
The festivities will start at
11 a.m. Saturday with a Sim
fish Sailboat Regatta. In the
early afternoon, the photograph
ers will engage in lengthy shoot
ing sessions with 15-18 young
ladies in various locations amii
the natural beauty .
At mid-afternoon, the model
contestants will join . Daniel
Boone of Boone's "Horn in the
West" outdoor drama, The
Cowardly Lion, The TinWxxb
man and Dorothy of Baech Moun
tain's "Land of Oz," and Grand
father Mountain's Mildred the
Bear and her cubs Mini and Maxi,
for a photographic session at
the Mildred the Bear Amphi -
theatre.
The photo model pageant,
in which the contestants will
appear in both swimsuit and
evening gown competition in
the visitors center atop Grand
father Mountain, will begin at
Bp. m. Saturday. The winner
will be crowned as Miss Caro -
linas Press Photographer of 1971.
Contestants in the model
competition are selected by
photographers throughout the
Carolinas who invite the most
photogenic of all the young
ladies they see in their cover
age of the many beauty pa
geantg held in their scattered
areas.
The new photo model
at 9*30 Sunday morning, will
pose for additional pictures at
the Mile-High Swinging Bridge
The famous "Barker of the
ITS AMAZING!
Sailboat Regatta To Highlight Festivities
Banks," Aycock Brown, a wri -
ter-photographer from Man e q
N.C., will be the featured
speaker at the Camera Clinic
at 10 a. m. His topic for the
lecture in the Visitors Cent e r
will be "Covering the Water
front in Pictures."
At 11 a. m. , the first para
chute jump in Grandfather Mtn.
history will be attempted by
Jimmy L. Davis, sky - diving
expert of Boone, who hopes to
land near the Mile-High Swing
ing^Bridge.
At noon, there will be a
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Vwcey Corny
Cowtry Store
V/AS btar onlv A
FAMOUS PHILOSOPHER
But aiso A celebrated
jPPIr \xmjt Wnmbrk!
luncheon meeting of all Camera
Clinic participants and their
guests.
Throughout the two -day
gathering, the winning pictuxs
in the 1970 Southera News Pho
tographer of the Year contest
will be on display in the Visi -
tors Center.
Tommy Estridge of the Char
lotte Observer is president of
the Carolinas Press Photograph
ers Association. Elmer Horton
of the Charlotte News is chair
man of the Miss Carolinas Pros
Photographer Model Pageant.