Show YOU BE THE JUDGE From the very beginning of t corded his tory Cory gr ups grown have been lamenting the short comings and beh behavior of young people And It Its s seems ems probable that adults were similarly dis posed ev even n before they l learned arned enough them selves elves t to set set down their thoughts thought in wrIting Recently there has been a rash of news stories recounting the deeds and misdeeds of offspring of prominent political figures and editors of newspapers have been getting let tens saying WhY do newspapers print such stories The answer Is easy Its It's news The arrest of a governors governor's daughter or a senators senator's son is news Its It's also news when a old year uses a US flag as a beach towel Its It's news when an American deserter in Sweden rounds pounds a call to servicemen to join him in n hIs chosen exile Its It's news when Fairfax Fair County VIrginia reports that that school school vandalism for the year Is a with still one month to go goto goto to the end nd of the school year Its It's news when four children ages 9 and 10 stone a man causing him to fall break bral a leg and later die of complications In the has hos pital i 1 Its It's news when a college freshman paInts an American flag on a closet door with a swastika replacing the field of 50 stars Its It's news when the school administration removes the perversIon and students replace it and mount a guard to ta defend it It But there are other news Items you will do well not to overlook They appear in any newspaper you pick up They report on the Little Leaguers contesting at the National the Safety Patrols visiting the Nations Nation's Capital and being welcomed by dig Miss America preparing to head to Vietnam or school children planting trees in hr ina a New Jersey school yard The kooks thrive on attention and their aberrations are reported as news The overwhelming majority of our young youn go ga about the business of o being good zens and editors seem not to get many letters approving of stories reporting these activities Youngsters like attention and our prefer once ence Is to recognize and boost the worthy ones Happily our young people afford us a alot alot lot more boost stories than kook stories Consequently were we're not as worried about AmerIcas AmerIca's youth as some of our readers readers seem seem to be |