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com? I'M- t''l '39205 zctn THE GRlEEMWDOa nn I 85th Year No. 65 Greenwood, Wednesday, March 18, 1981 1 IJi v- rr, 1 feoiijj may apply of WSWG license ess 1 I CHARLES ALIX A )xt fA saun-. Siy SANDERS I i La1 ILiml KyBarksdl George McFarland, second from left, and Roy Br as well, right, of the Mississippi and were in Greenwood Tuesday to discuss Greenwood's application in the state's Key Community program. Talking with them are Jane Biggers, at left; Ray Tribble, Louis Fancher, and Art Brown. Towns designated as Key Communities will be recommended by the and Center and the Board of Economic Development as locations for industrial development.

Key community competition By J. WYATT EMMERICH Staff Writer A NEWLY FORMED broadcasting corporation composed of five local residents may compete for the WSWG radio broadcasting license, which is temporarily in the hands of the station's employees. If the new corporation applies for the license, the employees will lose their interim permission to operate the station, John Morgan, head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) FM branch, said today. Morgan said the WSWG employees, who have formed a corporation called Dixie-Leflore Employees Venture, would have to negotiate a joint operating agreement with other applicants if they want to stay on the air. If tbe various applicants for the license cannot reach an interim broadcasting agreement, then the station will be taken off the air until the FCC awards the license to one of the applicants a process that is likely to take two years, Morgan said.

MORGAN SAID that allowing one of the applicants to broadcast during the hearings would give the applicant "an unfair advantage." The new corporation, called Mid-Delta Broadcasting, now includes Alix Sanders, a Leflore county supervisor and Greenwood attorney; Luke SchisseL a Greenwood attorney and former city judge; E.A. Boykins, president of Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU); Henry Hughes, former WABG televsion station general manager and ii uvemie come increases they could operate the station and lease Saunder's equipment, although Saunders would abdicate any managerial authority. Because none of the station's present employees had any connection with the incidents that caused Saunders to lose his license, the FCC approved the employees' proposal on an interim basis. Saunders is leasing the equipment for a nominal fee. THE FCC LICENSE department records indicate that only Dixie-Leflore Employee Venture, Inc.

the employees' corporation has applied for a license. An FCC spokesman said that the deadline for additional applications would be at the end of May. The FCC will conduct public hearings before making a decision. Applicants will have a chance to argue their case before an FCC judge who makes the initial decision, which is then subject to appeal the present owner of Fisher's Gifts; and Lee Frison, business manager at MVSU. Although members of the new corporation declined to say much about the organization's purpose, Sanders said, "The radio station license isn't the only reason for incorporating, but it's one of them." THE EMPLOYEE-RUN operation currently in control of 1540-AM and 99.1 FMisthe result of more than 10 years in legal battles between the FCC and Charles Saunders, who owns and leases the station's equipment and formerly had title to the broadcasting rights.

Saunders lost his license last year in a court battle with the FCC, which contended that Saunders had not fulfilled his promises to the FCC. Instead of shutting down the station in July 1980, which a federal appeals court had ordered, the station's employees banded together and asked the FCC if over last year in county Although an affidavit is, not signed against a child under 10 years old, the youth court does occassionally deal with young children. "If we feel they need help, we open a case and try to help them. One young man was 7 years old that we helped," Mrs. Jones said.

After an affidavit is signed, the parents are contacted. The child is either picked up by the police department or brought to the police station by bis parents. THE CHILD is read his rights in the presence of his j. Then, a written statement is obtained from witnesses and victim. The child is released to bis parents until a later appointment with the youth court.

A copy of the report prepared by juvenile officer is sent to his parents and to the county attorney as well as the youth court counselors. Senate Republican leaders guide cuts through committee Editor! note: This Is tbe first of two part series by staff writer Susan Sheridan on the increase in juvenile crime. ALONG WITH a nationwide increase in crime, juvenile crime has escalated and is predicted to continue to climb in Leflore County. "It's going to get worse. The children we have continue getting into trouble.

They will not accept the help we are giving them. In the meantime, they are recruiting new potential jrepeaters," Clara Love, juvenile officer with the Greenwood Police Pepartmensaid. Reasons for juvenile deSinqieiicy are varied, but city and county juvenile authorities agree that an underlying cause is economic conditions contributing to unhappy family situations. Mrs. Love said, "Juvenile delinquency has really increased this year and we have had a lot of repeaters." From, Jan.

5, 1979 through Feb. 4, 1980, the Greenwood Police Department made 262 juvenile arrests compared to 17? arrests in 1979. Of the 262 arrests in 1980, 171 were repeat offenders, Mrs. Love said. Mrs.

Love explained that the figures did not indicate the number of individuals but total amount of arrests. The same individual may have been arrested more than once. THE NUMBER of cases handled by the Leflore County Youth Court has also increased, said youth court counselors Kathy and Margie McClain. In 1979, 217 cases were handled, compared to 234 cases in 1980. The figures also include runaways and incorribles.

"In tbe last five to six months, we have received a number of new cases. The increase in juvenile crime started last summer, Mrs. Jones said. The number of crimes jumps during the summer months I hen children are "out of school and they have nothing to Mrs. Jones said.

THE PROCEDURE used to deal with a crime committed by a juvenile is handled a little differently than that of an adult. ''Any time a juvenile is brought in and an affidavit is signed, we consider that an arrest," Mrs. Love said. However, she explained that an affidavit is not signed agaiast a child under, 10 years of age. If a child under 10 years old is involved in a crime, an arrangement is worked out between the complaintant, the juvenile officer, the juvenile and his parents.

programs such as housing assistance and urban mass transportation payments. But during Tuesday's 11-hour work session, the panel's Republican majority was able to overcome any Democratic opposition and the $12.5 billion in approved cuts exceeded the administration's recommendations in some cases. Sen. Pete V. Domenici, the committee chairman, said Congress is "going to have to make all the cuts the WASHINGTON (AP) With a sympathetic Republican majority providing the muscle, President Reagan's proposals for slashing billions of dollars in federal spendingNu-e rolling through the Senate Budget Committee with only minor changes.

More intense wrangling was anticipated today with consideration of cuts in a variety of social service payments-food stamps, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security and other popular BURGLARY is considered the crime committed most often by juveniles Tn Greenwood. "The top thing we have now is burglary, house burglary and auto burglary. They (juveniles) are taking jewelry, guns and money from houses and they are selling them to adults," Mrs. Love said. 1 In auto burglaries, tapeplayers are most frequently taken and then resold.

Not long ago, shoplifting was considered the number one crime among juveniles. However, shoplifting deterrents implemented by many businesses have curbed the frequency of the crime. "STORE OWNERS and managers have talked to their employees concerning techniques used by shoplifters so employees can be aware of the shoplifters. Some stores have installed security guards and one new store in Greenwood has a security booth in which the entire store can be watched," Mrs. Love said.

Greenwood Police Chief James Stevens views juvenile cfimef ram another perspective. "The thing we tend to forget about is the victim. We need to focus more on the victim. Most of the burglaries ones we refer to as petit burglaries the amount taken is usually small. However, it's the destruction of the property that has hidden ramifications.

"A series of burglaries could have a bearing on insurance rates just like the number of automobile accidents increases insurance premiums," Stevens said. president proposed ($48.6 billion) and then some" to meet his goal of balancing tbe federal budget by 1984. THE PANEL is expected to complete work on the package tonight r. The committee voted Tuesday to: Support the administration's proposal to reduce federal subsidies tot the Postal Service by nearly $1 billion in 1982. -i Recommend acceptance of the president's revised federal pay system at an estimated savings of nearly $3.7 billion next year.

Adjust retirement benefits for civilian and military pensioners once a year instead of the current two times, for estimated savings of $300 million. Technically, the committee is not enacting the budget cuts, but formulating instructions to other Senate committees. Once both houses of Congress agree to overall totals, the other committees will be required to make the cuts needed to meet tbe bottom line. However, the other committees will have leeway to apportion the cuts among the programs under their jurisdictions. Inzido Today Weather Greenwood skies will be mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a few thunderstorms today.

Becoming fair and colder tonight 'and Thursday. High today low 60s. Low tonight upper 30s. High Thursday upper 50s. Community Calendar 2 Obituaries page 2 About People page 2 Women's newsN.

page 3 Editorials page 4 page 10 Dear Abby page 11 Comics page 11 Classified ads page 12 Marijuana and Your Child, part 9 Brag sub use rooted deeply in sciioois undermined in their disciplinary role by the 'ambivalence of the community, by tbe same influences that have weakened the power of parents. They are after all only social extensions of the parents with the added role of teaching academics. DR. JOHN LANGER, head of the Prevention Unit of the Drug Enforcement Administration, proposed a kind of bill of rights for the protection of students, teachers, administrators and the community at large. It would: the rights of students who do not abuse drugs.

"They should not have to be exposed to the ppssibility of inadvertently being involved in illegal activity." Protect the rights of teachers and administrators. "They must not be expected to perform the duties of police." Protect the rights of students suspected of abuse. They should be helped as well as prevented from committing illegal acts. -The school must in its formal policy toward drugs, distinguish between naive experimentation and those who sell drugs. There should be appropriate measures to deal with each.

with a clique society, small groups practicing exclusivity; seeking popularity and intimacy with a small group of peers. But, for whatever reason, today's high schools are overlaid with a larger caste system. In one eastern high scheol, they are called the jocks, the greasers, the freaks and the super freaks. The jocks are, of course, athletically oriented in traditional high school sports. The 'greasers, something that came out of the '60s, are equally tough and would rather fight than switch.

The freaks are laid back, cooL and would rather do anything than fight. The super freaks ane laid" farther back, heavy on drugs of all kinds, waiting for something to happen. THE USE OF ALCOHOL and drugs pervades all of these groups, but with different emphases. School remains tbe major market for drugs. At night, when there is no school, a youngster has to go out look for pot While school is in session, the market is open and there is no protracted search.

If one were to cast blame, the tendency would be to lash out at teachers and school administrators. That's too easy. They have been best. What happens in that building and around it helped form these young adults. 'Some could not take it and dropped out Some clung to it by their fingernails.

Some climbed up, scraping their knees and bloodying their mental knuckles, accepting the challenge. That is the popular image, the reason for the pomp, the reward. But high school, and now junior high school, have changed drastically over the last 20 years. What had been highly structured and disciplined arenas of learning yielded to the urgencies of youth, granted more freedom, class schedules with gaps in between. The formalized study hall where attendance if not study were mandatory gave way to ambiguous free time where a student was expected, but not forced, to pursue his academics' on his own.

HOWEVER, ACADEMICS suffered in this period, and parents are constantly alerted to the fact that Johnny can't read and write, the other side of schooling, socialization, took on an unwarranted role in the student's life. Traditionally, high schools have been overlaid Editor'i note! This Is the ninth in a series of 10 articles by Associated Press writer John Barbour a Marijuana and Year Child. WHEN A PERSON graduates from high scnool, the likely rendition over the loudspeakers is ")Ponip and Circumstance," a mighty processional allowing the tassled and robed former student to march into life. It is the closest thing we have to a puberty ritual, a ceremony admitting the young man, the young woman, into adult society. Now they can vote, and in many places drink and be merry without the adhesions of guilt We provide the pomp.

Time provides the circumstances. BUT LOOK BACK from that ceremony, the graduation, to the building that is the high school, erected with tax dollars, a symbol of striving, a betterment what you do when you give your very.