Virgil (Jack) Wright, crime committee chairman, said the group was considering the formation of a mobile patrol in which area residents would conduct patrols in automobiles and report crimes to the police.
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Skinker-DeBaliviere area residents should etch their driver's license numbers on valuables in an effort to prevent burglaries and arrange schedules with neighbors to watch their block for suspicious activities during high-crime periods, the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council's crime committee has recommended.
More black residents — both as owners and renters of housing units — constitute a major change in the Skinker-DeBaliviere area during the 1960s, census returns made public recently indicate.
Cal Stuart, Skinker-DeBaliviere executive director, said that the council's resource committee has been considering programs that block clubs could sponsor, such as softball teams, block parties and planned recreation for younger children.
The future of the Left Bank Bookstore and the Lantern House Restaurant is in doubt as a result of the sale of the building on the southwest corner of Skinker and Delmar Boulevards to Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
The proposed residential Job Corps Center temporarily slated for the Skinker-DeBaliviere area will apparently be located elsewhere.
