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Show Page 8 The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand September 1, 1972 THE UTAH INDEPENDENT Public Mousing disturbed her continuously; but she was afraid to call the police afraid the police would be hurt; afraid the hoodlums would discover that she reported them. Another woman told the Continued from Page galleries" 1 complete with space for children to play while mothers did the family wash. There was an abundance' of beautified parkways, gardens, open spaces, and playgrounds. When the patch of man-mad- e heaven known as Pruitt-Igo- e was completed in 1956, it was widely acclaimed a 55-ac- re spectacular accomplishment which proved that lavish of tax money could create paradise. Architectural journals extravagantly praised Pruitt-Igo- e for the economy, the unquencss, the beauty of its spending design. One architectural magazine architect gave Pruitt-Igoe- s an award for the excellence of his work. uplifters and planners of other peoples lives pointed to Liberal the project with triumph. Government planning and spending had converted the ugly old Kerry Patch Slum into a showplace where1 blacks and whites would live together in tax-subsidiz- bliss and ed harmony. was designed for working people. The St. Louis Housing Authority set rents on a sliding scale: those with the lowest incomes paid the lowest rents; those who earned more paid more; but persons with Pruitt-Igo- e were excluded. The Authority controlled the influx of tenants by reserving a certain percentage of units for each economic level accomodated. Only ten percent of the units were available for unemployed persons on relief. But though the N.A.A.C.P. had won its lawsuit to force r na was never integrated. White people stayed away, and the apartments were taken by Negroes. The Pruitt-Igo- e integration, 3,000 privately-finance- materialized. Yet, all seemed to go well at the project, until the late 1950s when the Housing Authority yielded to pressures by the overburdened St. Louis Welfare Department, to accept more reliefers as tenants. By 1968, of the 10,000 s Negroes living in were on welfare Pruitt-Igo- e mostly families of illegitimates, or families deserted by fathers. It had become a cancer in the heart of St. Louis, an indescribable cesspool of filth, fear, and crime. Vandals kept elevators out of order most of the time. Stairs, landings, halls, yards, playgrounds, open spaces, .... and the burnt wood and d dwelling units for middle-incom- e which planners had families dreamed would spring up around never the Pruitt-Igo- e project two-third- It was wonderful We all when we moved here used to be neighbors, and we all cared about the place. But now, there are so many people who live here like animals. They throw bottles out of the windows, and they let their kids run around wild. Just the other day, a group of them set fire in the hallway and were having a And then, when barbecue they were through, they just left all their dirt behind, the bones reporter: incomes above a specified level This new public housing that is costing the taxpayers large sums each year is located in Ogden, Utah. recreation rooms, and elevators reeked of human offal, and were littered with garbage, beer cans, broken wine bottles, assorted trash. Rape, robbery, and assault in the buildings and on the were commonplace. grounds Now and then, there was a murder. The laundry galleries had been largely taken over by hoodlums who did not live in the project, but who were attracted by the women who resided there. Areas where children were supposed to play while mothers- did the laundry had become foul and cluttered dens where men and women drank, gambled, fought, and engaged in sexual acts in full view of playing children. One elderly woman tenant told a local news reporter she had not dared to go outside her apartment in three years. bottles. Conditions grew so bad that stores would not make deliveries and taxicabs to Pruitt-Igowould not go there. Even the police gave up. They would go e, - Violence and obscene disorder Continued on Page 9 YOU OWE IT TO YOUR HEALTHI You owe yourself better health and nutrition by drinking fresh fruit or vegetable juice dally. We owe you a way to get the most juice in an easy to dean, trouble-fre-e pulp-frejuicer. 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