European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Tomorrow s policeman hell be a top individual with a College Liberal arts education. A police Gap continued from Page 11 Groes is strained to say the least. Heyoung recruit s training for the most part is provided by older officers who themselves Are products of a past Era with a different philosophy and a Dif Ferent set of Parsons is convinced change is com ing to the South. You give us four years he says and Well show youth Best department in the higher education for policemen i getting More attention in police life. The National league of cities study showed that 155 of 279 police agencies had 4,482 officers attending local colleges or universities. The nation s largest department Newyork City s 28,788-Man Force has 1,300 trainees in the police Academy at an Given time and 2,300 enrollees in the John Jay College of criminal this search for higher education and higher standards foreclose police work to Many otherwise desirable prospects it does in Many cases. As it Isnow most departments require a High school diploma. Or in its absence the equivalent which in some cases can be very flexible. Almost All departments re Tain minimum standards As to height and weight. We be made an exception to the height minimum says new Yor City s Deputy police commissioner Jacques Navard. This was so puerto rican candidates could qualify. But we certainly have no intention of reducing other qualifications. As it is we have a waiting list of 1,000."w, hat will the policeman of the future be like answers Birmingham s it. Parsons you might say that hell be a top individual with a College Liberal arts Edu cation drawing a pay of $12,000 to $15,-000 a year. Less skilled employees will handle regulation of noncriminal con duct traffic violations Laws on moral Ity burning trash in the afternoon violating regulatory codes. The professional policeman will Bethe eyes and ears of the Community. He will recognize and identify comple social problems define them isolate them and refer them to other Community services. If this will make him Remote fro people then hell have to get close to them through other techniques an skills. He will be a True policeman pre venting crime and apprehending Crimi nals. Well make the policeman through selection and through 1 need the opinion of a fair minded person. A certain rela Tive of mine wears a hearing Aid. She likes to argue a lot and usually on subjects she does t know anything she gets in a tight spot and realizes she is losing the argument she turns off her hearing Aid. This Little Man Euver can drive a person up the Wall. What can be done to combat unfair tactics of this sort willing to listen dear willing what i about to suggest is a dirty trick but under the Circum stances it s what she deserves. The exl time you have a Dis Cussion and the relative begins to show signs of irritation Stop talking just move your lips. She will think her hearing Waidhas gone of the Fritz and while she is switching it of and on you can speak your piece. This is a second marriage for both my wife and me. Lois and 1 get along Well and this marriage is a Good one our Only disagreements result from Lois animosity toward the nieces and nephews of my Prev Page 14 ious have known these children since birth and i love the very much. It never occurred to me that we Are no longer related As Lois insists. True they Are the children of my former wife s sister and brother but the divorce has no changed my feeling for them. Last Christmas Lois and 1had our first serious argument. She was visibly upset when 1bought gifts for my nieces and nephews. She accused me fusing them As an excuse to stay linked with my former wife which is absurd. If there is any Validity to Lois criticism please Tell me and 1 will rethink the Situa Tion. Trouble in Cleveland dear trouble a second wife who tries to isolate her Hus band from All his previous ties makes a serious mistake. She should be smart enough to know that he will eliminate some of the old connections because he wants to the ones he wishes to maintain should not be Tain Perez with if a second wife succeeds through pressure in getting Ihm husband to sever All old ties he May become resentful and decide he made a bad bargain. Got it i hop your wife gets it too. Why can t girls be paperboy i am 11 years of age and Ever since i can remember have wanted to have a paper route. My brother had a route Las year and half the time i took it Over because he was sick Oread something else to do. I really enjoyed it and would Lovea route of my own. Most girls Are As Strong a boys and they Are every bit As dependable maybe even Moreno. Delivering papers is fun. It teaches kids to be responsible and it is a great Way to earn Money. Since females Are sup posed to have equal rights now Adays Why can t they be hire to do this work against unfairness dear against a Fine ques Tion and one for which have no answer. Let s ask those Fine gentlemen the Backbone of the Industry the circulation managers of the Nalion s newspapers. Why can t girls be paper boys copyright 1968. Publishers Hall Syndicate the stars Ami stripes scenes where insanity Keian Dallas Memphis and now los Angeles where insanity reigned supreme for be that for some this was not True. We All know they would not pull the trigger Felt a Aszre Joy at certain assassinations. Some Good of selectivity on hearing of specific is Able to make jokes about some Olf them re a Rati Al Man a i spec. 4 Wayne , Germany when will it Stop with deep concern i have witnessed an orgy of breast and Sef criticism in which America s leaders hav has this country gone mad and americans Are l every Opportunity is taken by America s enemies tirade the United states. When will it Stop is u not Matt responsibility for a Man s Lawless action be Chaste individual and not to society apparently not Accorti pm .i?ol1d Fredman and Arthur Schlesinger. The former St that violence is a reflection of our emphasis on Competition a Way of life As opposed to cooperation thus in effect Demimg democratic capitalism and praising totalitarian i monism s the latter claims that we have dered. And our nation has a primal perhaps America s curse is our beloved spokesmen fori Speaks out in defense of the . And Freedom i a it. David s. Germany 1 editor s note president Lyndon b. Johnson or one the night of the assassination he went on National television nil strongly opposed the notion that the entire nation was resp Silford the Lawless action. He said two Hundred million America did not strike Down Robert Kennedy. Let us for god s Salt resolve to live under the Law let us put an end to violence Aii to the preaching of Loren on Bridge both vulnerable. East deals. North a 10 9 7 6 v 10 8 7 5 4 0953 4 West East 4k85 j4
