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You will find all of these famous brands in our pre-washed group: Bronson, Hillbilly, Levi'sCR), What's in a Name, Alfred Paquette and Hindquarters. Not all brands in every store. Official says young criminals should be jailed $8 per pound Musk ox hunt set By MARGARET GENTRY Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of a new government cam paign against juvenile delinquency says that 15 per cent of the nation’s young criminals ought to be “locked up because they’re dangerous and we don’t know what to do with them. ” John Greacen, head of the Na tional Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, pre dicted in an interview Wednesday that the U.S. rate of juvenile crime will continue high for at least 15 more years. He said the new agen cy, which will spend $25 million on juvenile crime programs between now and Dec. 31, cannot hope to curb the youth crime rate in the immediate future. “I don’t see any substantial likeli hood that the amount of youth crime in the United States is going to go down any substantial degree bet ween nowand 1990, ” Greacen said. Statistics compiled by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administ ration, the institute’s parent agen cy, show that the rate of arrests per 100,000 juveniles increased from 7.4 in 1963 to about 12 in 1973. The juvenile arrest rate for vio lent crimes more than doubled dur ing the same period, Greacen said. He also cited BFI statistics showing that persons under 18 accounted for 23 percent of all arrests for violent crimes in 1973. He said he expects the increase in youth crime to “reach its peak” soon. “But it’s not going to go down from that peak, because nothing is changing. The relative proportion of persons in the crime-prone years is not changing very dramatically, ” he noted. “When you look at where the problem really is, which is inner- city minority youths, and you make demographic projections there, you see that there really will be little change over the next 15 years. ” Greacen said he agrees with a number of juvenile authorities that about 15 per cent “of those youths who we would call delinquents should be handled in a pretty strong way. They should be locked up.” JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The thrill of the hunt is apparently the only drawing card for 10 sportsmen picked to cull old bulls from the na tion’s largest herd of musk oxen. With a projected cost of more than $8 per pound, meat is not the goal. The controlled hunt, the first of its kind ever held, will begin Sept. 1 on Nunivak Island, a lonely rock in the Bering Sea that has a population of 300 Eskimos, 600 musk oxen and thousands of reindeer. Despite its fearsome appearance, the musk oxen is a timid beast. Its favorite tactic when threatened is to circle up for protection. It has few enemies except wolf and man. Eskimos call it oomingmuk, or “bearded one. ” It eats tundra plants and produces a prized cashmere like wool called qivuit. Ironically, hunters who now are being enlisted to help the musk oxen thrive nearly wiped out the shaggy creature a century ago. Under extreme hunting pressure in the late 1800s, vast herds of musk oxen dwindled to nothing in arctic Alaska. ft In the 1930s, a herd was estab- lished on Nunivak using 34 calves and yearlings purchased fr 0n , greenland under a $40,000 federal appropriation, but the herd has not multiplied as rapidly as biologist, hoped it would. Army getting particular By SYLVIA RIOJAS Associated Press Writer DALLAS (AP) —Some veterans who want to rejoin the Army find they are not wanted. Recruiting officers say the door is not always open these days for the GI who left the service and felt re cession’s pinch. “They get out looking, and they find out it wasn’t so bad,” says Maj. Thomas Kirksey, executive officer of the U.S. Army District Recruit ing Command here. “But we can’t take them all back.” In four of five Army recruiting districts in Texas, reenlistments by those who have been out of the ser vice for months or even years have increased during the first six months of this year over the same period last year. “It doesn’t mean that everyone that got out wants to come back be cause of the economic situation,” Kirksey said. “But there are a lot of people looking back to us or to other services.” One young man who looked back is Bill Stephens. Stephens, 26, joined the Army in 1965 and “swore up and down” he would never go back in after 11 months of combat duty in Vietnam. However, he reenlisted for 16 years five years after his discharge. He says his limited experience kept him in poor civilian factory and handyman jobs. HOUSE OF TIRES CORNFR OF COULTER K TEXAS AVE 822 7! 19 SIX LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU BRYAN CONROE HOUSTON PASADENA STEEL BELTED RADIAL 40,000 MILE GUARANTEE ANY SIZE WHITEWALLS TWO FOR E -78-1 4-F -78-14 G -78-14 G -78-1 5 PICK A PAIR 47" + F .E T. $5.20 H -78-1 4 49 99 H-78-1 5 + F .E.T. $5.66 J -7 8-1 5 5Tm~ L-78-1 5 + F .E .T . $6.22 where quality costs you less. 5% extra Easy 5% extra Terms Available Jbb Recently, he was laid off from a job. The job was called a utility posi tion by the company but Stephens called it a “flunky” job. In San Antonio, a reporter asked several reenlistees why they re turned to the service. They did not emphasize effects of the recession in their decision, but 1st Sgt. Art Blagg of their unit disagreed. “A lot of guys we get back are deeply in trouble, deeply in debt, Blagg said. “As a matter of fact, I ve sent lots of them up to our Financial Assistance Community Center on financial matters.” Blagg’s 507th Military Assistance to Traffic and Safety unit was five times over its recruitment quota in July. Blagg says the unit consis tently missed quotas two and three years ago. Some older men reenlist to finish their military careers so that they can qualify for retirement benefits. However, Blagg said, “I think most of your first-termers come back in because they’re having a real tough time on the outside. Increases in Army reenlistments have resulted in manpower ceilings, Kirksey said. A continued increase would cause the Army to exceed the total number of soldiers authorized by Congress. “We have a lot more applicants than we can put in,” he said. The Navy also has manpower ceil ings on prior enlistees, but it is not showing a general increase in such reenlistments in Texas. “We re limited to how many can join, and thus we can be choosy,” said Lt. Cmdr. Ron Beougher of the District Main Recruiting Station in Dallas. “People who come to us are treated just like they’re applying for a job any place. It depends on the test scores, openings and whether they’re trainable if they get the job,” Beougher said. Later transplants from Nunivak including one in April that took40 0 f the healthiest animals to Siberiain a detente-inspired deal with the Soviet Union, left the herd with an overabundance of old hulls. Although selective hunting has been recommended for years, it has been a controversial topic. The beast’s docile nature and relatively few numbers prompted Walter] Hickel to veto a hunt authorized by the Alaska legislature when he was governor and later secretary of the interior. Biologists believe that about one-third of the herd should here- moved to establish the proper ba lance of bulls and cows, hut trans planting mature bulls to the main land is too costly and ineffective. If September’s hunt is successful, hunters may he allowed to take another 50 bulls next spring. AUS1 tries a: Isurane [crease jexans 1 Oct. ] lard as Bmobih J “I ha 1 [but I am jooking have be^ tires ii accidi B'erage to go up pol [tomobik Last: suranc nit, eff lan hal: had .' Clint ie Insi tute, sa atistics isembh will ud of i "Phys mpreh iticularly Lion a Gambling advocates deny bordello links State game off icials warned pros pective hunters they can expect to spend $5,000 for licenses, tags, transportation, housing and guides. For a 600-pound bull, that trans lates into more than $8 per pound. Tire t( tg dat ivilege idustry ata in c Nonetheless, 82 sportsmen front as far away as Laurel, Md., applied for the hunt. The names of the Id hunters who will take the field were picked out of a hat on Monday. CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Does legalized casino gambling promote prostitution? Dr. Ethel Allen of Philadelphia, member of the National Gaming Commission, asked the question Monday as officials and gambling industry spokesmen appeared be fore the panel. “Everybody tells us about all the side effects that come from legalized gambling,” said Dr. Allen. “That was one of the issues in New Jersey last year when legalization was be fore the voters. “The opponents said all the pros titutes would come to the state. Dr. Allen said in commenting on DRIVE CAREFULLY the New Jersey ballot question re jected by voters. “In this legalized climate I’m in terested in finding out from officials if such things as prostitution have the tacit consent of law enforcement officials,” she said. Dr. Allen queried Phil Hannifin, chairman of the state Gambling Control Board, on whether legalized gambling encouraged prostitution. Hannifin replied he didn’t see a connection between legalized gambling and prostitution, and added “where are there more pros titutes than in new York City?” where casino gambling is illegal. Prostitution is allowed in Nevada on a county-option basis, but coun ties where major casino centers are located don’t allow legal bordellos. The Commission on the Review of the National Policy' Toward Gambling, the panel’s formal name, continues its hearings into wagering in the United States with three days of hearings in Las Vegas. The commission opened up its first of a week-long session in Nevada with the Monday meeting here. The Commission must make a re port and its recommendations on legalization of gambling, along with its side effects, to the President and Congress bv October 1976. Texas behind in developing solar energy ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.(AP)- The state of Texas, despite ample sunshine, trails most of the Soulli and Southwest in developing solai energy as an alternative fuel source, says aconsidting,engineer froni Dal las. Rates rpretal cted tr The h ons aft talleng liristie, ice trial holdin Christ rm tint II run f fore hi “Texas is a rather severe waste land in terms of solar energy ac l complishments and interest,” sai(l| Jack Brady, solar energy consult for the city of Dallas. Brady said that while nearkj states, such as New Mexico, Arizona] and Colorado, have taken the lead in innovative uses of solar energy,] Texans have shown little intercstj either in research or application. One reason, he suggested, i be the state’s tradition as an oil and; natural gas capital. “There’s a lot of oil and gas pro duced in Texas,” he said, M] there’s also a lot of sunshine, so solar energy is definitely feasible. “I expect Texas to come oil stronger soon in their solar energy] efforts. ” the things y oh -r life ... atpW/is, pWjes, prints, neeAWork , any 0 f trsasuras HOUSE OF TIRES HOUSE OF TIRES %