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Battle Creek Enquirer from Battle Creek, Michigan • Page 7

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THE BATTLE CREEK ENQUIRER AND NEWS 7 State's Population Rise Slows, Offering Chance to Catch Up on Needs Monday, May 1, 1967 Panel Criticizes Police Policies cent of the state total by WSS.jCensus Bureau, recognizing that he says. (Current trends required revision Will the coming "young adult of earlier computations based on boom." to which Thaden refers, the higher birthrates prevailing ppra-raiP a nrw rvi lp of risinp a few years ago, recently is- needs in schools and other physical facilities at a less feverish pace. Dr. J. F.

Thaden, demography consultant for Michigan State University's Institute for Community Development, says that WASHINGTON (AP) -Nepro By WILLARD BAIRD Our Slate Bureau Chief LANSING Michigan may not get too big too fast after all. At least, the slower growth rate now prevailing may be easier to accommodate than the population explosion foreseen only a few years ago. During the 1940's and 1950's, far less than the proportion of nonwhite residents." the commission declared. "For example birthratcs and rapid population a new set of projections for growth? I Michigan's population growth to The five projections the the state would now have about 220,000 more' youngsters than it has, all under age 10. "REDUCED BIRTHS have already relieved enrollment pressures in the kindergarten and first-grade levels," Thaden ol-serves.

"Reduced pressures will soon be felt in the other elementary grades and high school. "The baby boom of the postwar years (after World War II) has evolved into a teen-age boom, and will next become a Possibly, says Thaden, but not Bureau drew up are based on survey by the U.S. Civil Rights Commission headed by Michigan Slate University President John Hannah showed that in 19 northern and western states, one state Illinois had 24 Negro officers on its state and highway patrols while the other 18 states together only had nine plus three during the '1900 Michigan av-j erased 25 births per 1,000 of I population. The rate is now too likely. luring policies of the Detroit police department and Michigan State Police have been criticized by a special presidential panel.

At the same time, however, the two departments were praised for police efforts to overcome rlifff-nno spin nf afiKiimnlinns nn Michigan became accustomed to I census increases of more than in 1966, four per cent of Detroit's policemen were Negroes, while 29 per cent of the residents of the city were Negroes." Detroit's situation was acknowledged to be part of a pattern apparent in other large cities, but the commission pointed out that as a result "minor- itv prniin: InnH tn sp thp nn- in training. 20 per cent every 10 years. Had it continued at that pace, the statA minht snnn havp mifprnwn There are no Negro officers down to 20 per 1,000. "Most segments of society, especially business Interests, should view the trend joyfully, since high birth rates are not. necessarily synonymous with prosperity and profits," Thaden says.

"As a matter of fact, high "We ma reach the stage we bjnh and deatn rales and mi. did in the 1920 he speculates. I ratjon patierns That was an era of small ami-1 Wnere MiehiRan had a I960 lies. Thaden doesn't expect an I coun, 7 8 mMon resi. early return to a great number tne Burcau new of families with only one or two projections surest that 20 years children, but he does expect a honcein 9fi5-the state's pop-trend toward holding family size uljtjon tt)uld from 9 7 t0 to fewer children than was lu nuiiion ly evident in recent years.

1 jEdmond Rostand wrote Cy- THADEN NOTES the U.S. rano de Bcrgerac in 1897. on the Michigan State Police force. discrimination within their jur-; isdictions. The report was released Sat-! urday by the President's Corn- mission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice.

"The proportion of nonwliitei officers in police departments isi i lice department as a white organization rather than representative of the community." us capacity 10 provide acsiraoie living, learning and earning opportunities for a rapidly-expanding population. But the growth rate has definitely slowed, with the decline The commission said a 1962 young adult boom, and by the year 2020 will be viewed as a senior citizen boom." At the same time, he points out, the average age level of Michigan's residents is dropping. Those in the 18-through-34 age group accounted for 21.2 per cent of the state's population in 1960 but will increase to 28 per birth rates may constitute barriers to prosperity by contribut- 1 inn 1 i era mimhnrc fit (ha nsn beginning before "the pill" came on the market to inhibit Ui IHi IIUIIIUL1 lJ lilt; 11111- productive ace groun." family size. Michigan's birth rate has i Had Michigan's birth rate kept pace with its 1937 level. Tonight's TV Key HEY ORANGE" The commission added that in 13 Michigan county sheriffs' departments surveyed, there were 105 Negro deputies and 757 white deputies.

The report said that in short, "in every city, county and state where statistics are available, Negroes are under-represented." It praised some police efforts to overcome racial discrimination, however, and singled out a statement by the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police. "The people of Michigan," the statement said, "must oppose segregation in housing and education because it creates distress for all who are entitled to responsible exercise of their freedom and creates tension which reduces the ability of the police to serve all people-" PEPE LE PIEUX SAYS: BOX STORAGE TIME Store) All Your Winter Clothing $3.95 FALL SHIRTS FINISHED ON HANGERS OR FOLDED No Extra Charge NU WAY CLEANERS 2 LOCATIONS Jf Odorless I tries not to overdo his juicy part here. (Repeat) FAMILY AFFAIR. 3, 6, 8:30 p.m. (C) Parents will sympathize with Uncle Bill tonight as he suffers pangs of guilt after being strict with the kids.

Little Jodv even develops a strange dropped steadily since 1957. The pattern is much the same in other states. But the lengthening life span and in-migration keep Michigan's population on an upward trend, despite fewer births. Recent studies indicate, however, that current population growth in the state is closer to 12 per cent per decade than the 21.2 per cent of the 1940 and the 22.8 per cent of the 1950's. THE SLOWER GROWTH, in effect, offers Michigan a chance to catch up with its expansion IRON HORSE.

13, 7:30 p.m. (C) Action fans are served up a full dish of blaring guns, brawling and the like in this western railroad yarn. Calhoun and compary are having a lot of trouble securing the rail's right of way through the peaceful town of Paradise, and there are four new gun-happy "gandy-dancers" to make things even worse. (Repeat) THE LUCY SHOW. 3, 6, 7:30 p.m.

(C) Comic Don Rickles gives star Lucille Ball a run for show honors, playing an over-the-hill fighter Lucy is training for a comeback. The Ball-Rick-les training sequences are fun, with Lucy working harder than 580 W. Columbia itch to compound the supposed error. The episode manages to maintain a balance between the cute children scenes and those 1343 W. Mich.

968-8316 I IS COMING SOON-WATCH FOR IT! 965-2937 I of grownup discussions by those male mothers. Brian Keith and Sebastian Cabot. THE LAS VEGAS SHOW. 6, 11:30 p.m. (C) (Premiere) Bill Dana is host of the latest of the late-night shows.

Las Vegas is the show's point of origina tion, with many of the acts formed in the famous hotels on DOS her boxer, and Rickles scores right off the bat asking for a bank loan to open a flov jr shop. (Repeat) ANDY GRIFFITH. 3, 6, 8 p.m. (C) Good spot for a simple gas station attendant Goober. After a small auto accident.

Goober hears so many wild tales about other traffic victims, he takes to his bed in fright. Actor George Lindsay's performance as the naive Goober is quite amusing and effective, and he iil (Mil jthe Las Vegas Strip itself. The long list of opening night guests 'includes Governor Paul Laxalt of Nevada, seven U.S. astronauts (Alan Shepard, Gordon I Cooper, James Lovcll, Michael Collins, Charles Conrad, John I Young, Richard Gordon). Milton Berle, Billy Daniels, Abbe Lane, Allen and Rossi.

Sarah Vaughan. Chad and Jeremy, and Rich 'Little. I KT0 It IO fl 1 WHEN YOU GET; THIS MAILER CASH I WITH $43 J8IN Tonight's TV Programs COUPONS PLUS: FABULOUS SPECIAL, OFFERS. For complete TV listings and program highlights, see your Enquirer and News TV Preview, published every Sunday. Last minute program changes are shown in boldface type below.

ttttan. 6:00 g)Q QE9 0 Weather, News (T3) Huckleberry Hound 10ft Vs CDWCATHWI nn rc i-t- 1 I IS als Mf llvriri BH1HBB 41 rum BRINGS 1 11:30 (S) Las Vegas Show 0 (8) 3) Tonight Show 0 (JJ) Joey Bishop Show 0 1:00 GO Movie (JO) News Digest RADIO PROGRAMS Radio stations operating In tha Enquirer and News area, their network affiliations, if any, and regular public service transmissions are as follows: WBCK (NBC) 30 5,000 watts days, 1.000 nights. City Commission p.m. Tuesdays) news hourly; half hourly afternoons. WKFR (ABC) 1400 1,000 watts days, J50 watts nights; 20.000 watts.

News 5 minutes before the hour and half hour. VVOC 1500 1,000 watts, sunup to sunset; music, religious programming, news 12 times a day. WBCH (Hastings) 1220 250 watts. News hourly, headlines on the half hour. Hospital news daily 9:30 a.m.

and 1:20 p.m. WALM (Albion) 12M 1,000 watts days, 500 watts nights. Farm Service 6:15 a.m., 12:45 p.m. live daily. WMRR (Marshall) 1540 news five minutes before each hour, heed-lines on half hour.

Hospital news 9:25 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. WTV6-AM (Coldwater) 1590 5,000 watts; (WANG-FM 98 5 Farm news 12:30 p.m.. City Council 8 p.m. 2nd, 4th Mondays; news half hourly.

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