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Show 1 4A DESERET NEWS, Wednesday, January 31 , 1 973 Vi High Schoolers: Revival Of Youth Gangs? Gun-Carryi- ng By Associated Press Public school officials in cities across the country report a surge in cases of pupils carrying and using guns in corridors and classrooms, school yards during the past year. occur at incidents inner city high schools. The weapons are usually cheap, small caliber hand guns, the Saturday night specials. Officials relate the increase to the revival of juvenile gangs in some cities and the persistence of racial tension. An Associated Press survey around the country indicated the scope of the problem: There have been 60 gun in Los Angeles episodes schools since September. Shots from a passing car killed a pupil near Locke High School. The car sped into the school parking lot and three pupils were later arrested. Kelly, who directs school security seminars for the Inof ternational Association Chiefs of Police. There are thousands of cheap guns on the streets. The kids pick them up with ease. These kids have definitely moved out of the zip gun stage. School administrators and security officers have responded to the problem in several ways. i Officials in Atlanta are convinced the only real solution is to convince pupils they do not need guns. We try to sell the idea that one does not need to come to school armed, said Asst. Supt. Ed Cook Jr. Many school districts have doubled or tripled the size of their guard forces. At some Los Angeled schools, only one entrance is opened and a security officer is stationed there. Guards at some New York schools make occasional pat down searches to see if pupils are carrying weapons. The rash of gun episodes has sharpened the debate over whether school guards should be armed. Officials in Baltimore recently vetoed the request of guards that they be allowed to carry guns. In New York, school guards do not carry guns but in Chicago of the schools now have armed guards. School officials agreed the situation they face reflects the larger problem of guns in sociMost three-quarte- from past years do not exist. The International Association of School Security Directors last year began pushing for uniform reporting procedures that would include such fig- for Kansas City schools. Kids carry guns for different reasons. Some say they have been threatened. Some involve extortion attempts. Some kids just say its a status symbol ures. There is no question about the increase, said James carrying guns all the time, and those kids are going to carry guns too, said Van The problem has escalated so rapidly that national statistics are lacking. A few schools now keep records on gun incidents, but comparative figures Central High School in Ponfour tiac, Mich. Five pupils were of them white wounded in a burst of pistol shots. A youth later police. black surrendered to short-barrele- d In New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, officials said juvenile gang feuds led to several school shootouts. Last falls homecoming parade at Jefferson High School in Los Angeles ended in a barrage of gunfire that wounded five pupils. The shooting erupted after three cars loaded with members of a gang, the Acey Deuceys, arrived at the school. Two of those wounded belonged to a rival gang, the Crips. Police said the other victims were bystanders. How did the shooting affect other pupils? Students that are never in any hassles are saying they are going to start carrying guns, said Jefferson's student body president, Keith Kertind-al- l. You dont know who to. trust. BIG SELECTION! SURE QUALITY! FRIENDLY PEOPLE! SUPER BUYS! WALGREEN ;t20 Gold & Glitter WALGREEN COUPON") Color Prints m m FROM COLOR SLIDES NOEKTACHROME NO LIMIT. 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He hit no one. , Turner, deputy administrator portation of such weapons was for school safety in New York. restricted by the 1968 Gun Control Act, but attempts to Security guards in Baltimore recently took a loaded rifle ' regulate domestic production from a girls locker, but such failed last year in Congress. incidents are rare. Most of the Racial incidents have' guns seen in schools are gunfire at many triggered pisschools. tols that cost $10 to $20, the A scuffle broke out in NoSaturday night specials police have said play a major vember between blacks and role in big city violence. Im whites in a corridor at Pontiac sftf WITH CASE Four high school pupils, three of them girls, were expelled this month in San Francisco for carrying guns. School officials in Topeka, Kan., took a gun from a girl who said she needed it for pro- tection. There were 15 school gun cases in Detroit and four in Seattle during the last year. 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