Poll says no change in crime rate
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new
government pal suggests ttist vio
lent crime hasn't increased as
much as many Americans may
have feared
In a report released Sunday, tie
Law Enforcement Assistance
Administration (LEAA) said (he
poH of some 130,000 citizens
showed “no significant change in
the number of rapes, robberies
and assaults commtttBd in 1974,
compared wta tie number a year
earfier.
Nor were there any significant
changes in the figures for house
burglary, vehicle theft, purse
snatching and pocket-picking, the
report said.
But burglaries of stores, re
staurants and other places of bus
iness rose 11 per cent and sneak
thievery was up 16 per cent in
1974, the report continued.
The poR was conducted by the
Census Bureau as part of the
LEAA Program to measure toe
nation s crime rate by asking do
zens whether they have been vic
tims of crime.
The only other national crime
statistics are compied by the FBI
and include only tie crimes re
ported to state snd local police.
The FBI figures for 1974
showed increases in al seven
crime categories The nisnber of
murders, rapes, robberies, as
saults, burglaries, larcenies and
vehicle thefts was 18 per cent
higher in 1974 Vtan in Vie previous
year, the FBI said.
But tie LEAA warned against
comparing Vie two sets of statis
ts because of major deferences
in the ooioction methods.
The LEAA’s victimization study
defines tie crime categories in a
somewhat different way than Vie
FBI. The LEAA poi does not in
dude murder because Vie victims,
of course, can't be vderviewed.
The victimization surveys
began in 1973, and this is the first
report to otter a year-to-year com
parison of the findings.
The poll measured the crimes of
robbery, rape, assault, household
burglary, commercial burglary,
vehicle theft, purse-snatching,
pocket-picking, household lar
ceny which was defined as theft
accomplished without forcible
entry and without personal con
tact with the occupants, and per
sonal larceny without contact. The
last category would include such
things as stealing a secretary's
purse from her desk while she was
out of the office.
The over-al crime rate rose 7.5
per cent largely because of the
Increases in sneak titevery and
commercial burglaries, the report
said.
As for violent crimes, the survey
showed ' the over-al rate decfined
about 19 per cent among females
age 20-24" and dropped about 16
per cent among men in the 50-64
age group.
Blacks were assaulted about 14
per cent less frequently in 1974
Rian in 1973. ‘The assault rate
declined 26 per cent for black
females and 21 per cent for all
females age 20-24" the report
added
Nathan plans
class address
Tone Nathan, an independent
candkiate for the Fourth Congres
sional District seat wil speak to a
University class on "Potties and
Planning.” She wi address vfoai
she cats an “overload of govern
mental intervention."
Nathan's name w* not appear
on the Oregon primary baAot She
is running a write-in campaign for
Tuesday’s race.
Nathan w* speak at 7:30 pm
in 210 Lawrence.
ASUO voting
ends Tuesday
Beckons for ASUO president
and one Incidental Fee Commit
tee member wK dose at 5 pm.
Tuesday. BaAots must be defe
vered to Suite 4 EMU by fiat time.
Cast baAots should indude the
completed computerized baAcits
form and the number two stub
from the spring term fee cards.
The election, originally
scheduled to conclude last Friday,
was extended by the elections
board because of “technical prob
lems.” According to election offi
cials, nearly 300 students re
ceived their baAots late due to a
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shortage of mai-out envelopes.
The deadline was extended to
give those students an equal
chance to vote.
Church to join
frisbee throw
Sen. Frank Church wiO play
fnsbee at the \Mwte Bird Greater
Fnsbee Marathon just before his
speech at noon today between toe
EMU and Carson HaM.
Churtto is visiting toe University
as part of his campaign swing
ttrou^i Oregon to raiy support for
Tuesday’s primary. He w* visit
toe Weyerhaeuser mil in Spring
field in toe morning.
Church wfl stop in at toe frisbee
marathon just as the players pass
toe 21-day mark (504 hours) in toe
event. Several bikers who are
txcycfeng from Portland to gain
support for Church wil also be
welcomed by the senator. Events
wtf take place on toe east lawn of
the EMU.
Geologist sets
energy lecture
The present energy picture and
how it affects Oregon wfl be (fs
cussed by Walter Youngquist, a
consulting geologist from Eugene,
at a free pubic lecture tonight at
7:30 pm. in 177 Lawrence.
Youngquist mil present sides
and a norv-technical discussion of
‘Energy, Oregon, Fishing and
You."
Youngquist is toe autoor of sev
eral books, inducing "investing in
Natiral Resources, pubished by
lausmann
Say Laws-man
CONGRESS
WUO FO* IT Lausmann for Congress Committee
Uoyd H. Griggs. Chm., Danny W Holiingshead.Trees
2350 Oak morn Way. Rm 205 Eugene. Oregon 97401
tie Wat Street Journal. He has
been a petroleum geologist, a
geology teacher at the University
and has done exploration work in
uranium He is presently doing
geothermal exploration for the
Eugene Water and Beetle Board.
Younggest has also been ac
tive in tie Committee to Save
French Pete and the Sierra Club
Hs talc is sponsored by the geol
ogy department’s Condon Club
Firm may get
remodeling job
A.E- Stafford, a Eugene con
struction firm, is tie apparent low
bidder tor a project involving re
modefcng the interior of the Sci
ence I buiicfing
According to campus architect
John Kahananui, A.E. Stafford’s
total tad of $267,619 is welwNhin
tie amount set aside tor the pro
ject. and he expects swift approval
of tie bid by tie University ad
rmstrabon.
Construction shfitld begin
around nvcFJune, or two to three
weeks after a bid is approved,
Kahananui said. Once under way.
tie project is scheduled to be
completod in 180 days.
Three otter contactors submit
ted bids, which were opened
Tuesday. May 18. They were HJ.
Burrows Construction Company
of Eugene. $293,418; Howard
Nelson Construction Company of
Eugene. $274,474; and Temp
LfOrmxM oorporamon of romand,
$301,531.
The project wff provide smal
animal laboratories for the
psychology departi writ I is pert
of tie Omrfibus Remodefeng Pro
ject, in which $1.43 nfiffon has
been afiocaled to remodel nine
campus buikfingB
Booklet gives
View of Steens
“Few places offer such an op
portunity to view tie heads of so
many glacial valleys in such a
short distance and with the exer
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says University geologist Ernest
Lund in a pamphlet just published
on the Steens Mountain area of
southeastern Oregon.
"Steens Mountain, Oregon" is
written by Lund and Elton Bentley
of the geography department at
California State College in
Dominguez Hills.
It has been published as Vof.
38, No. 4 of “The Ore Bin," a
monthly publication of the State of
Oregon Department of Geology
and Mineral Industries. It is avail
able for 25 cents at the University
Bookstore and 35 cents by mail
from the department's office. 1069
State Office Building, Portland,
97201.
Steens Mountain is Oregon’s
highest and most scenic fault
block mountain, according to die
booklet.
The western slope has been
sculptured by glacial ice that has
shaped lake basins and cut deep.
U-shaped canyons. Short hikes
from die Steens Loop road and
side roads afford views of the be
ginnings of these glacial valleys.
A round trip of 245 miles, start
ing at Bums. wiN take one com
pletely around the mountain. The
booklet includes several photo
graphs of the area and a map.
Frisbee fling
sets new mark
The 21-day (504 hours) mark in
the White Bird Greater Frisbee
Marathon wM be reached at noon
today, but that won t set a world
record — yet.
Marathon coordinators learned
last week that a 21-day stint of
continuous frisbee throwing is not
enough to set a new world record,
as they previously believed How
ever, the marathon wil continue
for 10 to 14 days, as long as 4
takes to set a new record.
People who pledged money to
the marathon on an amount per
hour basts wH only have to pay for
the first 504 hours. Fundraising
will continue, however, and
marathon coordinators are still
looking for both fnsbee players
and fundraisers
Women, hiring
investigated
Women's access to staled and
unskiied jobs wil be dwcussed at
a Eugene Women's Commission
public hearing tonight at 7:30 in
Hams Hal
The commission is interested m
hearing about tie barriers women
have faced Booking employment,
the hiring practices vtfkch have
hindered success and the
methods women have used to
gain entry into traditional men's
fields.
For more information, contact
Betsy Merck. 687-5010 or Jane
Far rand, 343-1750
Bird walks
to be continued
A series of Tuesday morning
bird waits started during Earth
Week in April wil continue through
the end of this term.
Anyone interested in joining
these free educational walks
should meet at the Mil Race Re
staurant on Franklin Boulevard
between 6 and 6:15 am. each
Tuesday.
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