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Public officials, law enforcement agencies and the nation in general all have reason to reflect on the recently released preliminary Uniform Crime Report for 1980. Compiled by the FBI from statistics of more than 12,000 law agencies nationwide, the index shows over-all crime was up 10 percent from the previous year. Violent crime-murder. rape. robbery… Continue reading Crime Control Responsibility Begins in Home

For the first 145 years of the American republic, presidents were inaugurated March 4, with the date advanced to Jan. 20 under the 20th Amemdment ratified in 1933. Now Sen. Claibome Pell, DR.I. has introduced a proposed constitutional amendment that would move the inauguration to Nov. 20. Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr., I-Va. is co-sponsor… Continue reading Early inauguration would out lame ducks

President Jimmy Carter’s farewell address from the nation’s capital amounted to a sensitive assessment of some of the broad but pertinent problems facing America and the world. Global peace and the horrifying danger of nuclear war, the stewardship of the earth and its resources, and the importance of insuring human rights – these the 39th… Continue reading Carter Deserves Our Good Wishes

Americans will not foisicl soon Omar Nelson Iiiziilley. the ”GI’s Gen-‘r:i1″ of World War II lnnic and last of the fivestar gona-r:ils. who died at nge ml of a cardiac arrest. Ilinille-y’s career was Imw and impressive. but his- place in military hi- tory was assured if for no other accomplishment than his World War… Continue reading Wodley Won’tBo Forgotten

Opportunity through the free enterprise system has been instrumental in developing the high standard of living Americans enjoy. Business and industry create jobs and payrolls. pay a whopping share of the tax bill, provide goods vital to the typical family. Yet polls occasionally indicate many American teenagers are suspicious of business, profits, and advertising. Only… Continue reading Business, lndustry Must Bridge Education Gap

The effective work of Harry Truman and his Senate watchdog committee on World War ll defense spending was cited recently when the Senate Armed Services Committee conducted hearings on ‘ defense procurement and management policies. Sen. Henry M. Jackson, D-Wash. said Truman was concerned “that military officials and contractors were wasting tax money and taking… Continue reading Let’s Quash Military Waste

Amid persistent assertions that President Jimmy Carter is running a “low road” campaign. the Democratic incumbent has been reminded of a statement by the late President Harry Truman on campaign ethics: “You have to appeal to people’s best instincts. not their worst ones. You may win an election by doing the other, but it does… Continue reading Bath Candidates Can Do Better

it’s time for a major assault on the arson epidemic which is taking a sickening annual toll in human litc and property damage. This is pointed up by the tragic example of the costly, wide-ranging Napa County tire which was sct hy a series of cmde lirebombs and destroyed t some three dozen homes and… Continue reading Time for an assault 011 arson

President-elect Ronald Reagan faces a long agenda of seemingly insurmountable challenges, but none is likely to test his administrative. legislative or diplomatic skills as much as taming the federal bureaucracy. The depth and complexity of this case of authority exceeding reason and compassion is never illustrated better than by a U.S. Supreme Court decision issued… Continue reading Bureaucracy Battle Real Test

Avncricans will not forge-t soon Omar Nelson Bradley. the ”Gl’s (leiimil” of World War II fainc and last of the fivestar gem-rals, who died at ago lift of a cardiac arrest. lh;nllcy’s career was long and impressive. but hir placc in military history was assured if for no other accomplishment than his World War ll… Continue reading iimdley Won’tBo Forgotten