European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Pogo 10 the stars and stripes August 1977 not All with prior arrests St an with prior arrests blackout suspects dont fit stereotype York Natl the first compre the looting suspects had a rate of 45 was under per cent Terra of corresponding groups in the new York Natl the first compre he Sivo Survey of suspects seized citywide in the looting thai accompanied the Black out last month shows that 45 per cent of the adults arrested Lind jobs an employment rate half again As High As the rate among those normally arrested for crimes in new York the Survey of adults arrested from wednesday july through Early the following Friday also shows that Only 10 per cent were on compared with n rate of la per cent on welfare in the population of those arrested the so called blackout defendants were further found to have stronger Community ties and somewhat higher according to those doing the the matter of prior they had a slightly belter record than those defendants usually found in the cites criminal Justice compiled by Justice Agency these and other which Crimi Nal Justice experts said could help produce important new insights into the nature of civil were compiled by the new York City criminal Justice an in dependent group that interviews defendants before arraignment in order to make room Rondal ions on bail to the Nicholas Deputy mayor for criminal and other analysts involved in putting together the numbers issued a series of warnings about they refer Only to Altose persons not they contain no breakdown on types of jobs held by the suspects they compare statistics of those arrested for specific looting related crimes last month with those arrested City wide for All crimes the statistics in the1 computerized Survey Are Nihim Lenl with the results of a much narrower Survey released last week of 7li persons indicted on tooting charges in Brooklyn that which was con ducted by the office of District attorney Eugene Gold arid which showed that 48 per cent of those indicted had had contained information about the nature of those jobs that this latest Survey did no sweeping conclusions most of those holding jobs who were arrested make Between and a the Survey experts involved in compiling the City wide statistics cautioned against drawing sweeping out they acknowledged that the Survey might show that there was less of a connection than Many analysts had contended Between the Job less rate in impoverished neighbourhoods and the incidence of disorders such As those last month at the figures seem hut if you think about Why should they Siirid lie referred to the finding that those arrested in the uniting were bolter off economically than those arrested normally in the alter Scupp cold continued we know the looting involved a lot of people with prior arrest and we know that a lot of people just joined in when they knew Thev could to statistics yielded the following find Ings the looting suspects had a rate of 45 per cent per cent High school and College per cent on welfare and per cent unemployed but not on this compared with 30 per cent per cent per cent on welfare and per cent unemployed but not on welfare in the general defendant most of the suspects with jobs had a take Home pay of less than a the breakdown for weekly take Home pay was under per cent per cent to per cent to per cent to per cent and per of those seized in the per cent had records of at least one prior whereas per cent of those arrested normally have similar arrest re the ethnic and racial patterns among those arrested conform with the arrest Pat terns of corresponding groups in the neighbourhoods where the arrests took women represented Only per cent of those that compared with per cent of those normally All of the looting statistics Are drawn from Manhattan and the the three boroughs most affected by loot Only 300 arrests were made in the comparisons Are made with a random Sample of defendants arraigned Between last june 6 and Patricia who lives in the town of Jim received her divorce recently and wanted to let everyone letting everyone know know How she Felt about her so she painted her thoughts on her cell door is finally i served my 9 yrs sentence and just divorced Are some of the comments she painted on the a photo Senate fight feared on canal pact Washington a sen Frank Church predicted sunday that a bloody tattle Wakild erupt in the Senate Over ratification of the Panama canal its going in tie a bloody tattle because its an emotional Issue and its easily Dis the Idaho Democrat one of the negotiators of the Elisworth said if the Striate fails to ratify the 1 think it will certainly produce unrest in Panama and perhaps other latin Ameri can Bunker noted that the negotiations began 13 years ago after 24 persons died and 400 were wounded during widespread violence in president Carter has endorsed the treaty and has begun a drive to win Senate the document relinquishes control Over the waterway to the panamanians by the year gives Panama Gaa expands warranty on 78 cars uktk01t Lapi the warranty on general motors 1978 Model ears and Light trucks will cover More and be written m a simplified the revised the entire car or truck except wind Are Cov ered separately will be covered against defects in materials or workmanship Lor 12 months or whichever comes first while the warranty does not cover damage due to alterations or the pm dealers will anything that goes wrung that is our said James g vice presi Dent we will fix it without charge to the Cus Tomer during the warranty whether it to a defective part or a necessary Vorhes the warranty extends coverage for fan Belt engine Idle Speed alterations and window and hid among other vorties such ices Are now covered for Only the first us Days of the warranty will continue to remain a limit we under Federal advertise of an unlimited warranty would re quire pm to take a car in Exchange for a new one if the vehicle is not fixed to a customers satisfaction pm has nol adopted that pm said the warranty has been rewritten for belter included is a pictorial Section that labels what is Cov ered and what not covered pm said the warranty was written with the Aid of a computerized system that Reading Levels and How to simplify language to increase understanding full control of the canal zone within three years after the treaty is ratified and pro Vides for a multimillion Dollar increase in payments for use of the Bunker and sol chief be said it was necessary to turn control Over to the panamanians to insure that the canal remains open to All nations without what we Are interested in is the use of the not its said he and Linowitz appeared on abcs television program meet the Church made his comments on abcs issues and Church said George chairman of the joint chiefs of told him that even with troops he could not insure that the canal could be kept open and secure in a climate of 1 for the Sake of the United states and for the avoidance of possible guerrilla warfare Down in that we could get this treaty Church a Nofiu said that a second treaty would provide that the could do whatever to maintain the neutrality of tile canal permanently there Are no he
