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People often complain that it takes the police too long to answer calls for help. Last week, however, the Justice Department released a report suggesting that victims of crime may be just as responsible for such delays. The study, conducted by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration in Kansas City, Mo., showed that for 1,000 victims of major felonies, it took a median time of 6 min. 17 sec. to call the police. Many victims were said to have telephoned other people, investigated the crime scene themselves or called a private security guard before summoning police. The survey also cited...
Physical attacks are now rare. Still, the Patriarch and his parishioners have suffered continual harassment. Last May, when 150 youths broke into the courtyard of the Patriarch's residence to shout Greeks-go-home slogans, it took local police half an hour to answer calls for help. Greeks tell of job discrimination, unjustified evictions, expropriation of property, telephone threats and demands for "protection" money. Few would remain if the law allowed them to leave with their wealth. Says one: "All we have is tied up in the business. We have sent our daughter to university in Athens...
Speaking in Atlanta last week on his latest experiences as a TV commentator (on WXIA, an Atlanta affiliate of ABC), Lance refused to answer any questions about the loan, Financial General or any other matters of substance. But he did return his diplomatic passport -"voluntarily," says the White House-on the very day that he gave his deposition about the loan. Lance's airy explanation: Passport X-000065 was a matter not "important enough for the President to worry about...
...better approach might be for the networks to develop black versions of, say, The Waltons or The Little House on the Prairie. As Alex Haley and the producers of Roots discovered, the black American past has a deep texture and drama that could be profitably explored. Another answer is to get many more blacks involved in conceiving, writing and producing programs about blacks. Until that happens, the networks will continue to turn out shows about blacks that inevitably fail to reflect the di versity of black American lives...
...Ready for Prime Time Players." With a crowd like this and a subject like the Beatles, one expects to be dazzled, but All You Need Is Cash is an invitation to take a nap. No wonder the show airs on NBC, the network that is American television's answer to Waterloo...