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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Violence
increasing
in genteel
London
LONDON, (Reuter) - Violence is on the
increase in London, and the city's reputation
for gentility and respect for law and order is
fraying.
One London newspaper has even said that
in the borough of Lambeth, across the River
Thames from Buckingham Palace, a lonely
pedestrian is statistically more likely to be,
mugged than in New York.
THE PAPER calculated that one person
in 150 in Lambeth (population about 250,000)
gets mugged or assaulted every year com-
pared to only one in 200 in New York (popula-
tion eight million).
Leaving aside such statistics and whether
they provide a valid comparison, the fact is
that tales of mugging and street violence, once
a sure-fire winner for any visiting big-city
American at a London cocktail party, are
now increasingly finding their way into the
British press.
The muggings have an aspect that, because
of race implications, has virtually been un-
mentionable until recent weeks: Four in five
Lambeth attackers, say police, are black.
And four in five of their victims are white.
LAMBETH includes the district of Brixton,
known as "Little Jamaica," because it has
the highest concentration of West Indian im-
migrants in Britain.
Said one Brixton resident: "Everybody is
conscious of the muggings. They usually take.
the form of purse-snatching. Two of three
youths will approach a woman and one will
grab her handbag as the others jostle her.
Between 1969 and 1973, street robbery with
the use of threat of violence increased by
147 per cent in Lambeth. Last year's figures
will certainly be the worst ever. The record
was nearly as bad in neighboring districts.
THE SUNDAY Times, in a recent investiga-
tion, claimed some youths were subsisting
solely on the proceeds of street crime.
The leader of a gang which specialized in
thefts from parked cars was eight years old.
Drunks have been a choice target. And a
spate of petty holdups has been reported at
corner shops.
In a special report now being studied by
Home Secretary (Secretary of the Interior)
Roy Jenkins, Scotland Yard denies that the
soaring street crime in South London is a
Thursday, January 23, 19
Students protest
pro gram cutbacks
. (Continued from Page 1)
policing problem and points to widespread
alienation and isolation of West Indian young- however, may climb to four per
cent, necessitating the complete
sters from white society. elimination of the program.
MANY ARE second and third generation de- The students, in their letters
scendants of West Indians who came here in to Frye, expressed disbelief and
the 1950s and 1960s, often recruited by labor- shock.j
hungry organizations such as London Trans-
port. "I WAS outraged when I
Despite some improvement in race rela-
tions in Britain, few sociologists deny that
black youngsters are at the bottom of the
heap as far as their opportunities for educa-
tion and careers go.
learned of the possible elimina-
tion of the Pilot Program,"
wrote student Gary Fabian. "Is
$44,000 too much a price to pay
for one of the University's most
progressive programs?"
r
"I had to decide bertw
Michigan and a small scho
said Michael Lieberman. "
Program was the deciding
tor."
Pilot Program was affect
atelv descrihed by the stad
in it. "It's alive, it's an exci
place to live," said David I
sky.
THE PROGRAM is
known for its close fac
stldent relptionships and
ability to ease the adjust
to Uniersity life.
There are 575 students in
program, all of them fresh
sons and sonhomores. Its a
cates refer to it as an alte
tive edlcation exnerience,
clding among its advanta
"being in classes with
peonle one lives with, know
one's acarmnic co'nsellors,
making a large university sn
ler," according to one saudi
2irhard ' iinson. Pilot's c(i;
tor, rea,-ted to Frvp's defen
"I was imnrssed with
oni"ions. he's in a tough p
tio" ";at now. I hone he
eval-intp h;s nosition (on ri'
ties for c-thacks) after read
the letters."
Frev s'1 he is convin
that LSA Exentive Commit
members wonld not allow "n
ative feelings" about Pilot
inflience bdet decisions.
said the committee has sho
strong support for keeping P
so far.
Dailv Official Bulle
Thursday, January 23
Day Calendar
WUOM: Sen. Mark Hatfield
OR), & Averill Harriman, sr. st
man, testify at Special Ad
Hearing on World Food C
chaired by Sen. Geo. McGovern
SD), 9.55 am.
Ctr. Japanese Studies: J. Barth
mew, OSU, "Japanese Culture
the Problem of Modern Scien
Commons Rm., Lane Hall, noon
Extension Service: Symposium
Perspectives in the' Biology of
ing, Rackham, Regist., 12:30 pm
UMTA Transportation Semi
Nigel Wilson, MIT, "Theory
Practice in Automated Dial-a-
Dispatching," 325 W .Eng.,
pm.
MHRI: Ed. Taub, Inst. Be
!oral Research, Silver Spring,
"Somatosensory Deafferentation
Monkeys: Movement and Lea
in the Absence of Sensory F
back," 1057 MHRI, 3:45 pm.
STAFS Faculty Seminar: J.
tholomew, OSU, "Individuals
Science in Japanese Societies,"
E. Eng., 4 pm.
Philosophy: Robt. Nozick,
vard, "Experience, Theory and
guage," Aud. D, Angell, 4 pm.
Spanish Culture Series: M
Monika: Feast, 126 Res. Coll., 4
Int'l Night: Food from the N
erlands and Belgium, League C
5-7:15 pm.
Anti-sexism Resource Ctr.: M
raps, "The Masculine Image," R
2, 4 Tyler House, E. Quad, 7:30
Indo-China Peace Campat
Requiem for a Heavyweight,
St. Aud., 7Q0, 9:30 pm.
Women's Studies: Dr. Sally R
dick, guest lecture, in Vir
Woolf Mini-Course 2413 MH,
pm; film series: Anything
Want to Be; Sticky My Fing
Fleet My Feet; Betty Tells
Story, Le. Rm. 7, MLB, 8 pm.
PTP: Peter Arnott'a Marion
Theatre, Sophocle's Oedipus
Res. Coll. And., E. Univ., 8 pm.
Michigan Women in Science Me
ing: Panel, "Experience of Fact
Women," Rackham, W. Conf. E
8 pm.
Musical Society: Sytagma Mi
cum, Rackham Aud., 8:30 pm.
General Notices
Attention Students: January
1975 (5:00 p.m.) is the last date
the Winter Term when the Re
trar's Office, will: (a) Accept
Student 100 per cent Withdra
Notice for refund purposes. (Excl
ing a $50.00 disenroilment fee.)
Allow refund for the student i
reduces hours of course cre
February 21, 1975 (5:00 p.m.) is
last date for the Winter Term W
the Registrar's Office will allow
fund for a 50 per cent Withdral
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