Word: homelessness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thinks it is just great to have a litter of unwanted puppies or kittens so that the children can see the "miracle of birth." They ought to take the kids out to the animal shelters so that they could also see the miracle of death as thousands of homeless strays are killed every day in this country...
Boys Town, founded in 1917 by Father Edward Flanagan and celebrated in film and folklore, still beckons homeless boys to its 1,500-acre campus just outside Omaha. The statue of a tattered waif, a smaller lad slung over his shoulder, still stands at the entrance with the legend: "He ain't heavy, Father. He's m' brother." Otherwise, Boys Town is a community rocked by change...
...population from 700 to the present more manageable 510, a move that has forced its athletic teams to compete in a small-school class. The school's chorus director warned that disgruntled donors would sue if more Boys Town money is spent on anything but "caring for homeless and neglected boys...
...dead, $100 million. Kentucky: 71 dead, $100 million. Michigan: three dead, $3.5 million. North Carolina: five dead, more than $4 million. Ohio: 37 dead, $100 million. Tennessee: 46 dead, $25 million. Virginia: one dead, $1 million. West Virginia: one dead, $1 million. Additional thousands of people were left homeless, hundreds of others injured; estimates of property damage were certain to increase...
...flimsy wood-and-straw huts in a fire storm so intense that a huge pall of smoke almost blotted out Phnom-Penh's bright afternoon sun. The attack took a heavy toll: at least 140 dead, 200 wounded, more than 1,000 homes destroyed and 10,000 people homeless...