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60 YEARS AGO
Monday, February 22, 1915-The Harmonique Trio gave a
concert in the interests of the Bohemian relief fund at the Temple
Theater, Saturday evening at 8:15. The suffering of the Bohemians
is said to be equal to that of the Belgians, and the Komensky Club
took this opportunity to aid this suffering people.
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 12.-Some one spread several pounds of
ordinary carpet tacks, point upward, along lakeside drive on North
Fortieth street. As a result, twenty disabled jitneys lined the curb
between the College Inn and the Latona railroad crossing at 10:30
last night.
At various times between 9 o'clock and midnight fifty slightly
wounded cars limped into the haven of safety on flat tires.
Detectives, motorcycle policemen, policemen on beats and
police autos containing sergeants and drivers were detailed to work
on the case. These were to no avail and the last reserve, the street
cleaning corps, came to the rescue.
Purdue's football squad will meet monthly during the remainder
of the year to listen to talks by their coach and captain. The
meetings are held by the coach in order to bring the men together
just as life in the training camp does.
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considering
first-offender
program
A program diverting
first-time drug offenders out of
the criminal justice system may
be started in Lancaster County,
according to Ron Lahners,
county attorney.
Lancaster County received
$1,500 from the Law
Enforcement Assistance
Administration (LEAA) to
form a steering committee to
study the possibilities of
starting the program here, he
said.
Criminal diversion
Under the proposed
program, a person charged with
a drug felony may still be
charged with violating the
state's drug laws, but might
also be eligible, by meeting
certain criteria, to be diverted
out of the criminal justice
system.
According to the Omaha
World-Herald the advantages of
this program, include not
saddling a youthful, first-time
offender with a felony
conviction that may haunt him
for the rest of. his life and
harden, rather than
rehabilitate, him.
Those who commit crimes
to support drug usage, as well
as first-time offenders, could
qualify, but persons charged
with crimes of aggravation,
such as armed robbery or
assault with a weapon, would
not, proponents say.
Inactive status
In Omaha, the program is
being run by Omaha Awareness
and Action (OAA). When a
person is arrested there, he is
first placed in one-on-one
counseling sessions followed by
12 weeks of group meetings.
When judged by the OAA
staff to have made sufficient
progress, the person is placed
on "inactive status" but still is
subject to periodic future
contact for follow-up
interviews and urinalysis
checks during the remainder of
the year-long program.
"With the different type of
individuals involved in these
cases, this procedure may be
better in some cases," Lahners
said. "The time and money it
saves will be a good factor. We
hope the people will be
rehabilitated and won't come
back."
'Encouraging results'
Lahners said he is
encouraged by the results of
similar programs in Des
Moines, Minneapolis and
Miami. The program in Miami
has cut the rate of second
offenders to 3 per cent,
compared with 17 per cent for
a control group of persons not
taking part in the program.
Dale Adams, assistant police
chief for the Lincoln Police
Department, said he is
unfamiliar with the program,
since it is in a very abstract
stage of development right
now.
case should be
evaluated individually," he
said. "We want to find out how
they got involved with crime in
the first place. We don't like to
see people go to the pen, but
we can't have them on the
streets."
Adams said the program
also will be used with crime
other than those that are
drug-related.
The program can also prove
economical. In Miami, the
per-person cost is given at
$695, compared with $804 for
an individual on probation and
$1,401 for someone sent to
prison.
page 12
daily nebraskan
Wednesday, february 26, 1975
