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...Portland, Ore., for their part, have a special unit to bust fencing operations in hopes that burglaries will drop because the swag is harder to get rid of. The rate did indeed drop 16% in the past two years. In New York City, policemen now operate the third largest taxi fleet?some 200 vehicles. It seems taxis make excellent camouflage for stakeouts and street patrol and were involved in half of all arrests made in undercover operations...
...measurement, crime has become an ominous national problem. Since 1961 the rate for all serious crimes has more than doubled. From 1973 to 1974 it jumped 17%?the largest increase in the 44 years that national statistics have been collected...
...residents - nearly all of them black and poor - of four of the city's largest public housing developments have been running their own show for more than a year with considerable success. At each project, a salaried tenant-manager, chosen by his neighbors, heads a staff of paid workers and volunteers who do everything from mowing the lawns to patrolling the halls. Besides providing jobs, the system has led to reduced crime, cleaner and greener surroundings, and a general upsurge of civic pride. The projects are not yet free of drug traffic, and some tenants still refuse to cooperate...
...nominate F. David Malhews, 39, the president of the University of Alabama, to succeed Caspar Weinberger as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. If Mathews is approved by the Senate, he will become the youngest member of Ford's Cabinet, in charge of the Federal Government's largest department with its budget of $ 110 billion...
Broadway is in a phenomenal bull market, racking up the largest box office take in its history. The rich variety of the season pans out with two gold-nugget dance musicals, A Chorus Line and Chicago...