Press conference on High Impact Anti-Crime Program, January 12, 1972
- Date
1972-01-12
- Summary
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This is a recording of a press conference on the announcement of the High Impact Anti-Crime Program. This program will provide 8 cities: Newark, Baltimore, Atlanta, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, St. Louis, and Portland, Oregon with a total $160 million to reduce crime with educational programs, new equipment, and other resources. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew introduces the press conference and Jerris Leonard of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration explains the logistics of the program. The program will focus on rehabilitating offenders, reaching the juvenile population, street crimes, and burglaries.
- Subject
Government, Law, Politics
- Collection
Politics and Civic Life
- Unit
Special Collections and University Archives
- Rights Statement
- In Copyright
- Terms of Use
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- Physical Description
7 in; 01:00:07 hh:mm:ss; 1/4" open reel tape
- Notes
Spiro T. Agnew papers
Series 5: Audiovisual Materials, 1945-1980, Subseries 2, Box 14, Item 19
A guide to the full collection of Spiro T. Agnew papers is available in our archival collections: http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1744.
Access
Access condition: public.
- Other Identifiers
Fedora 2 PID: umd:734342; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/45525; Catalog Key: 909; Filename: histmss-076554
Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: the public.