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<br /> a Qld-time comics-page readers mad ram,q well helping to fight crime by foster- they would lose,No
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<br /> < `iDick Tracy„ strip,'a.few decades;ago somebody cares.. .•North represents an
<br /> that urban parks foster.cnme:'Accordtion of hard=nosed,
<br /> ing.to the square jawed, wrist radioed.. With their, nationally. renowned park lion of:the national
<br /> ' cartoon detective, that's because park. systems, Minneapolis and St. Paul may praised today for se
<br /> trees and shrubbery give ne'er-do-wells 'be better equipped:in this regard than trees in how he con
<br /> I 4iding places from which to leap out on' most American cities. But the trust' la
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<br /> unsuspecting passersby. Therefore, ae-_ message that the nation needs hundreds
<br /> this hemisphere.
<br /> i -dording to Tracy,the way to make a city of additional inner-city parks has appli- John
<br /> safe;is to pave over the parks. cation even here.
<br /> Freedom to
<br /> the Trust for Public Land has a better Thus the proposal a year ago by Henne- A crippled veteran
<br /> idea: To fight urban crime, provide` pin County Board Chairman-Mark An- and wept as he wat
<br /> �ore inner-city parks.and playgrounds.-.__drew and others for.=a jobs.and public- fallen comrades du
<br /> he nonprofit,: San Francisco-based' .�--works program to make up for the rela- al services.Nearby
<br /> donservation.group argues persuasively' tive.'lack oUparks and open spaces in reaucratic pipsgtm
<br /> in anew report that crime can be signif- ' north Minneapolis compared to the trim one of the ver.
<br /> 3. kantly reduced when cities provide ade- city s lake-studded southern half. By en-
<br /> sores of his life—
<br /> quate' and well-maintained neighbor- hancing the north's supply of greenery Standing tall in the
<br /> Hood parks and recreation facilities. and play space, proponents hope to country he fought
<br /> strengthen the area overall as a place in president
<br /> Phoenix, Ariz., for example, expert- which'to live.A feasibility report on the What happened tc
<br /> x c�nced a 55 percent decrease in reported idea is expected to be released later this for,he wonders.
<br /> juvenile crime after the summer closing month.
<br /> time for recreational facilities, was ex-
<br /> tended to 2 am. In a Philadelphia pre- With its focus on crime-fighting, the Family Styl(
<br /> net, crime dropped:90,percent after Trust for Public Land report makes a
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<br /> olice' helped plant gardens and clean narrower case for urban parks and rec- Should Doug Gro
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<br /> up vacant lots. And in Fort Myers, Fla., reation facilities.But even in that limit- �huOII'the order of
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<br /> j enile arrests dropped by almost one- ed context, the.arguments are compel- were
<br /> column about gay
<br /> tvro after the city began a youth aca- ling. an old Jewish say
<br /> eemics and recreation program. rock into a pack<
<br /> The trust's report refutes Republican is the one you hit
<br /> ne,obvious.reason for such results is- complaints that money earmarked in Pushed Grow's b,
<br /> at when youngsters who constitute a congressional crime bills for midnight. invective in react
<br /> Y g gT � he missed a coup:
<br /> major part of the urban crime problem basketball leagues and other recreation
<br /> lave an alternative way to expend time programs would be better spent'on pns
<br /> d.energy;they stay out of trouble."But on cells. The truth is the other way
<br /> lthe Philadelphia"example indicates, :around:In many cases,money spent on
<br /> eanup and beautification of.urban parks is money that won't have to be
<br /> spats can have a positive impact as spent on prison cells. Minn(
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