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Show Good Children Cost Less, Survey Shows INDIANAPOLIS, IND. It costs less to keep a good child than a bad one, according to figures cited at the Central States parole conference con-ference in the Hoosier capital. ; Reports indicated Indianapolis pays 7 cents to keep a child out of trouble and 75 dollars to care for a child in trouble. Main item in the city's program to keep children out of trouble is an athletic program in which 75,000 Indianapolis youngsters have participated par-ticipated thus far this year. Cost has been approximately 7 cents a child. A delinquent child who is turned over to the juvenile aid division for care costs the taxpayers $75 to cover cov-er expense of administration, in- i vestigation and disposition. |