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Show Juvenile Problem 1 c A small increase in juven, linquency in Cache .county so 7 p this year reports Mrs. W 1 Watkins, county juvenile p,oha A officer. , So far this year there have 134 official cases carried to , juvenile court, as compared 121 in the first seven monuJl 1942. There also have beenV O "trival" cases, adjusted Wthout fuial court action, as comm: with 227 for the same periI; ;; year. School truancy remains o uv leading offense, slle reported Tl theft cases ranking second iT cently there- has been a ni'ar U increase in the number of youT , sters, especially teen-aged 3 charged with ,'running awav t .of home." ' ' ;. Mrs. Watkins said juvenile . i''" fenses are most numerous duriT ,r 1 the school term and said the a? i',r frequent offenders are boys Ti' A tween the ages of H and i6 1 i girls 15 and 16 years of age " |