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Show ly involved in an automobile homicide while drunk. Could the teenager be convicted of involuntary manslaughter? Do you think that the marshal! would be guiltless? certainly the storekeeper would be involved in-volved if he new the beer was being given to the minor, but personally, I believe that the marshall would be given a stif-fer stif-fer penalty, than the storekeeper. store-keeper. The Chief of Police is responsible re-sponsible to the Mayor for the law enforcement. Who is to say which laws are to be enforced, en-forced, and which ones will net be enforced. The laws are on the books to be enforced. If there is a bad law on the books then lets repeal it, and take it off the books, but until it is repealed, and taken off the books. I believe you will find that the majority of the citizens citi-zens want the laws now on the book enforced. Bob Wright, An "Interested Citizen" Dear Editor: In regard to the article you printed in last weeks paper concerning. "Lax Law Enforcement Enforce-ment in Hectic Milford City Council Meeting." I would like to commend you generally for our reporting of the meeting However, there are a couple remarks which should be clarified. clari-fied. First off, Dave Clark and Wanda Munk were . not at the meeting as a PTA delegation, but I appreciated their remarks. The proposed sidewalk on the jouth side of Center Street from the Diner to 100 West, and on 550 West from the Diner to 100 South. The most important section right now, should be from the Diner to 350 West. Now, concerning the other "headache" brought before the City Dads. I do not recall any it timation at the meeting, that this was the first year that the City Marshalls have secured, se-cured, sanctioned or "OK'd" the sale of beer to minors; because be-cause I was prepared to blast this myth also. You misquoted Tom Acklin on this point. He faid. "that he was happy that he lived in a community, where beer was made easily available to the kids, so they did not have to drive to Nevada to I then commented. "K the rarents want their children to ro on a beer drinking party in the hills-, why don't they come down and buy the beer for them." This would eliminate elim-inate the "need" for a city --arshall to "OK" the sale of beer to miners, or the sup-rosed sup-rosed trio to Nevada. Mayor Kizer pointed out that 3 operators of beer establishments establish-ments have had their licenses revoked because of similar lav pnf Tactions, which is very commendable. com-mendable. However, we find here another violation of state, county and city law, that of "sale of beer to minors," and also, "contributing to the delinquency de-linquency of minors." But this time it is alright because it has become a "tradition," and the law enforcement officials themselves have "OK'd" it and are contributing. The delegation did not go to the meeting, to "get the cop" as you stated, but to protest the condition and lack of law enforcement, which has been brought to light as a result of this accident. We hope that the Mayor and the City Marshalls Mar-shalls realize the seriousness of this situation, had one of the kids been killed. We also did not, nor do not condone the actions of the store keeper who sold the beer to the minor on the "OK" of the marshall. How strong a case would they have against a storekeeper in court, for violation of this law, if it was brought out that the law enforcement officer had sanctioned the sale? You would have the same problem if a teenager had been given a case of beer by the marshall, then was subsequent- |