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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1978)
Number of sexual offenses same as ’76 By MADELEINE MATTHEW Of the Emerald The frequency of rape and sexual abuse in the Eugene area last year remained the same as previous years, but could go down in 1978, according to Marcia Morgan of the Lane Interagency Rape Team. She says some “multiple offenders,” rapists responsible for more than one re ported sex crime, have been caught and sent to prison. Therefore, the number of sexual assaults could decline this year. However, she warns the potential for rape may be greater because more women are “getting out,” working and going to school. She also says more people are starting to report rapes and sexual abuses, causing the figures to increase. So far this year the rape team has investigated several reports of rape and has received many calls report ing "suspicious characters.” According to Morgan, from January through November of 1977, 26 rapes and 14 attempted rapes occurred in the Eugene area. Twenty-one accounts of sodomy, 35 of sexual abuse and 125 of public indecen cies were also reported. The figures for De cember have not yet been tallied. Of the reported rapes and attempted rapes, eight took place within a five-block radius of the University. Morgan says only one occurred directly on campus. Four re ports of sodomy, two of sexual abuse and 37 of public indecency also were reported during the 11 months, with the majority oc curring west of campus. Morgan explains many sex offenders op erate west of campus because of the high concentration of students living in apart ments and frequenting taverns. She adds many indecent exposure cases are re ported near parks, around children and even in cars and on bicycles. Although 1977 figures are not yet com pleted, Morgan expects the months that yielded the greatest number of rapes will probably be the same as past years. Statis tics for 1975 and 1976 show that frequency of rape, sodomy and sexual abuse were highest during May, August and Sep tember. Some old crises heated up this week, forcing the new ones to the back burners to cool. But rest as All my children By GLEN OZONEWOOD sured, there is stiH significant un happiness in Pine Valley. Why, the young Tylers by themselves are sad enough for you, me and most of Harrisburg. See, the news is out: Donna is sterile. Oh, she doesn’t want to believe it, but there can be no doubt. Dr. Clater did a test that proved it. And the signs of pre gnancy? Donna’s probably suffer ing from a hysterical pregnancy. With her, it’s so hysterical it’s be come a fixation. She only learned the truth Thursday, so it’s hard to say how she’ll react to it. She’s not very logical (and it’s hard to buy the fact that she just turned 18. Who are they trying to kid?), and given her past history, in a month Chuck will probably be married to a loon. But Donna’s sterility isn’t the only thing to move into the spot light. The Martins’ ill-fated efforts to adopt Tad are occupying center stage again. And boy, Ol’ Ray be comes less likable everytime we see him. He and Billy Clyde could have a sleaze out and I’m not sure who’d win. Anyway, Ruth and Ray had set a deal. She had agreed to cash in her life insurance policy and give him the 10 thousand clams he wanted. But now it seems 10 THERE'S STILL TIME! If you act now you can get super savings mi quality Hi-Fi during TOAD HALL’S $100,000 CLEARANCE SALE! SONY* TA-3650 STEREO INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER ; MAN. SUGG. LIST PRICE $300 NOW $248 SONY* STR -5800SD FM/AM STEREO RECEIVER WITH DOLBY FM; MAN. SUGG. LIST PRICE $450 NOW $405 SONY. STR-6800SD FM/AM STEREO RECEIVER WITH DOLBY FM; MAN. SUGG. LIST PRICE $565 NOW $508 ©o© BELT DRIVE pnoanAMMED TURNTABLES 960 Belt-drive automatic turntable with walnut r box and dustcever Man. Sugg, list $196.85 MOW CI49 PLUS MANY, MANY MORE! HURRY! 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