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According to many rescue missioners, providing that foundation is going to become an overtime job in the next few years. General Manager Arthur Bestvater of Los Angeles' Union Rescue Mission reports a startling drop in the average age of derelicts???from the upper 50s a decade ago to the lower 30s today. Bestvater believes that missions have just begun to experience a wave of ruined minds and lives left over from the drug culture. He also notes a rising number of drifting young who often find themselves without a place to sleep. Far from being outdated, he says, the rescue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To the Rescue | 11/20/1972 | See Source »

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