Show THE OGDEN GA STANDARD-EXAMINE- R OGDEN UTAH SUNDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 29 1333 CURFEW TIME USA" ©'i w II -- n Stein s m Kocnttf fl i1 trra Watklm -— " Sane: By Francis Stilley Associated Press Staff Writer Curfew rings tonight and every Bight for thousands of young people all over America In Watkins Glen N Y the custodian on duty at the village hall takes hold of a bell rope at 10 pm and tu?s away The clanging of the bell is a reminder to youths under 17 to be off the streets — at home The village board recently okayed fund3 for a new bell rope ' Some towns sound church bells some toot whitstles and other blow fire sirens Still others do none of these things but maintain a curfew just the same it is the law and ev cryone knows it The hours vary A curfew for young folk is a practice of long standing and wide use in the United States t In some communities when juveniles are found meandering around streets late at night they are mere ly picked un by officers and their parents notified Sometimes there is drastic punishment parents included In other cases curfew regulations sre strictly enforced oniy wnen and if it seems nececssary ii wee si Kids and 10 pm are the most popular deadlines and the top age limit sel dom exceeds 18 However Flomaton Ala a town of about 4000 imposed a rigkl curfew in August after an outbreak of gang deviltry Youngsters un of 21 must be fthe streets beder tween 11 pm and 6 am Jail terms up to six months and fines reaching $100 can be f imposed on both Police youths and their parents say everything 's quiet now Ogden City is one of the many communities with a curfew law and it is enforced Youth Bureau of ficers said today the curfew law is violated "quite often" but the number of viola- tions is not serious considering the number of youngsters in the city The curfew law provides that youngsters up to 16 can stay out until 10 pm every night of the week except Friday when they can stay out until midnight Officers say in the majority of cases they take the curfew violators home notify the parents and that's the end of it s are involved in other law violaWhen tions such as traffic or larceny the officers may hold them in detention overnight for further questioning by Youth Bureau authorities los Angeles San Diego f lT ' Al 'S f 1 I I V — m - S Richmond — X Mi - - 31 Jackionvi Tampa' ALL UNDER 13 In Oregon all children under 18 are covered by a 1953 state law prescribing a midnight to 4 am few may be a bell siren or whistle but the signal has meant the same for many generations of children — "Off the streets!" Police everywhere enforce the rule — (AP Newsfeature Photo) teen-ager- cur-curfe- -- INVISIBLE HEARING ! ! m m rf 9 OGDEN HAS CURFEW LAW ENFORCED BY OFFICERS Naw Havi San Francisco curfew period CURFEWS SOUND ALL OVER NATION — Kids in A Cleveland ordinance in effect since 1943 bans children under 12 Augusta Me to San Diego Calif and many points' In from city streets between dark and between "get the message" every night when the curw dawn and those undr 16 from 11 few sounds to tell them to head for home The to 6 law 's The invoked am pm and doesn't plan one Police ' qulncy you have to return to the only when special situations arise Authorities point out that modern ly 600000 population Says Police Penalties for curfew violations Chief David W Robbins says: fundamental values of society Lt Howard R Wheeler head of day youth problems are much more over the nation range from a bawl "I think they are ineffective and "Good morality begins at home" the Crime Prevention Bureau: difficult because now "the kids are ing out: tor youngsters to severe Persons who on wheels" They go tearing about measures affecUng both child and""101111 10 cnforce '"We'd almost have to double the it-' ' j would observe a curfew are not j in cars — some- - parents size of the police force in trying the countryside j in Sacrastiffest is the the ones you would have trouble to enforce a night curfew If we times stolen ones Probably ' mento Calif would are in one mean to Parents it of Okla were Head Anadarko subject with put George USED IN WAR that to be worthwhile neighboring a leading figgure in tliat state's to $50 fines and 10 days in jail for The New Jersey Youth CommisI Curfews were widely employed cities and villages would have to do youth leadership enterprises put first offenses of their offspring and as much as $500 and 90 days for sion also opposes curfews and said during World War II but after the the same Otherwise ours would it this way: in a 1957 report: Child's Coldnnct war many plans were either be a waste "One difference between here arid ' third violations rooti do not the touch "Curfews I or just forgotten However authorities can't recall dropped outright Pointing up the marked contrast New York is that local gangs are However in recent years they in attitudes is the case of Chicago ' motorized" the last prosecution they are so of the delinaency problem and are vere revived or new legislation put where more than a million young- - The reference was to the young rare The law applies to unescorted usually uneforcable Such restric them into effect to cope with grow- sters are affected by curfew re? v gangs of New York City where 11 children under 18 on the streets ?ns are uiceiy ro produce iunnei tvn nftor 1ft rt m nnlflCC ihnv finVP n GlSreCPCCt I0r 13 WS 8S WCll 3S COH ing juvenlie delinquency troubles litmnc " All linear 17 mnct ho nff wmithfiil tltntinfte kqira' nAnttn-ato SlltUte an intrusion UltO Uie HgntS thA fitrPPtsJ hv nm 'Siinifa iht street smn tho first f the I PonH reasnn Generally rules don't apply ' ct au youtn- ic nuA th children accompanied by parents through Thursdaly and by 11 pm year New York has no curfew each or authorized persons or in travel on Friday and Saturday Many officials share the opinion i There 'i has been some talk of es- - Battaglia Plan originated by Police to and from legitimate events Police Lt Michael Delaney head tabhshmg one but the rulmg ' fa- Capt Frank J Battaglia Around1 of Probate Judge W E Smith in ii An Associated PffSf survey cf Youth Bureau says the law thers appear to favor tighter police 10 pm police begin stopping young Boise Idaho who says: "You can't legislate good behav shows that about half the states is pubilicly accepted and that it surveillance of the streets instead t motorists to check their drivers' ior use curfew laws of varying degrees has teen beneficial in holding among youngsters If you want Another new type of problem has licenes sand car registration matcf strictness Primarily it is a Authorties say auto thefts now to see an end to juvenile delia down youth crime The law has the been the congregation of youngsters ter of steps taken by individual support of all agencies dealing with around drive-i- n resare down 33 per cent that officers theaters and communities rather than by state youth problems taurants and resulting altercations seldom run inlo: a carload of legislatures In the United States a In Orlando- - Fla certain restauyoungsters previously one Another fourthhaye a mixed y of the department s biggest headHogeland of Nebraska is rants rcetly started hiring nation The rest either have no cur credited as the "father of the cur aches) and that there has been a police to preserve order STOKACI few laws or never use them even few law" k PIANOS Hours and ages covered by cur quicker solution of numerous crimes PACKING BAGOAGt books on the are they though Hogeland was said to have intro fews vary widely around the na- even up to murder KIND FURNITURI ANY Of Of the 50 per cent which do use duced the first ordinance in Omaha tion But in But Greenwich Conn has no the hours of general ofcurfew regulations responsible in 1880 to keep youngsters from SLADE TRAHSFER ficials in nearly all believe the re- hanging around steamboat OF LOTS LOTS AND strictions are worthwhile — al- rail stations and low varietylandings A ALVON THOMPSON shows Aeenf North Amercen Van (Jets Graduitt Masstur Xmas cards and Xmat letters though ahere are some strong opAcross fn© Street or Acftt more rules back date Varying "Speclaliiinf'ln Swadlsh Massagt and : Plain or Printed posing arguments ffho Neton than 50 years in Cleveland Ohio othir Body Building Treatmtnts" Main objections are that it is al- Hot Springs Ark Grand Island 321 22nd Street Treatments by Appointment Only most impossible to achieve 100 per Neb and Salt Lake City Utah Nut EX 14737 Dial EX too cent compliance that there are merous other communities have 4468 South 200 Wast Washington Tarrtc St IX 30th 346 'WORLD which WDI MOVING" many authorized functions g statutes U-t'now keep children out late and that it is pointless to penalize the majority for the failure of I the few " Numerous authorities say alsff that other ordinances such as laws enable officers to handle the situation better than a curfew rule m Augusta ULTRA HI-FOR NERVE LOSS FI - : Fits on all The finest id to hearing In the most attractive manner Simply slip them on nothing else to wear Fashionable styles for men and women Don't delay Come in call or write d n I y©fi! ill - beer-swilli- Col-:Al- In colors glasses TOYS m-S- standard co itminiiB 254 54th ltrtt rr HoTa Fret 6m mk croitta?wi Cfitci Dcmemtrtta frti Li!traturt ng 'HVtov8inigj?' - sit-exan(- off-dut- ' -- -- 4 - J" - m mm 4-89- J 44 79 -- long-standin- - x : anti-loiteri- ng praise l 7 111 TOO' On the other hand the curfew comes in for high praise too Wheeling W Va adopted the plan a little less than a year ago and now 30 sirens scattered around the city are touched off nightly at 10 o'clock ' After that youngsters : under 16 have about 15 or 20 min-utes to get off the streets On football game nights the leeway is a little greater Police Chief Harry Wolf "estimates that the curfew has reduced offenses by juveniles under 16 by 95 per cent He says enforcement has been no problem Wheeling has a population of and the curfew was given a lot of advance publicity befor? 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