Page 6, THE GAZETTE TIMES, Heppner. OR, Thursday. Dec. 4, 1975
rimes in
. on the increase
IRftlGON NBVS
Frances Rose Wilson
Serious crime in the United States was 18 per cent greater
in 1974 than in 1973, with the largest increase in suburban and
rural areas. Attorney General Edward H. Levi announced
today.
The final figures for 1974 were contained in the FBI's
annual Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), released today by
FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley. Preliminary figures
released earlier set the increase for the year at 17 per cent.
"These final figures merely underscore what we already
know," Mr. Levi said. "The problem of serious crime is
immense.
"They also indicate that crime is, indeed a national
problem that reaches into every part of our society. A
coordinated national response by all segments of the
criminal justice system and at all levels of society is vital if
we are to bring this problem under control."
Other major findings in the final UCR figures:
There were an estimated 10.192.000 serious crimes in
1974, compared with 8,666,200 in 1973. In 1974. there were
969.800 violent crimes and 9.222.200 property crimes reported
to police.
Cities of more than 230,000 population registered a serious
crime increase of 12 per cent, while the rate in suburban and
rural areas each rose 20 per cent.
There were 4.821 crimes per 100,000 inhaBitants in the
United States nearly one crime for every 20 persons a 17
per cent increase over 1973 and a 32 per cent increase over
1969.
There were 459 violent crimes per 100,000 inhabitants, a 10
per cent increase over 1973, and 4,363 property crimes per
100,000, a 17 per cent rise.
There were an estimated 9.1 million arrests for all
criminal offenses except traffic violations in 1974. This
represents an arrest rate of 46 per 1,000 inhabitants in 1974,
compared with a rate of 42 per 1.000 in 1973.
Arrests increased three per cent in 1974 over 1973. with
arrests of persons under 18 years of age up nine per cent and
arrests of persons 18 and over up one per cent. From 1969 to
1974. arrests increased nine per cent with arrests of persons
under 18 up 16 per cent during those years and arrests of
persons 18 and over up seven per cent.
Twenty-one per cent of the UCR offenses were solved in
1974, including 80 per cent of the murders, 51 per cent of the
forcible rapes, 27 per cent of the robberies, 63 per cent of the
aggravated assaults, 18 per cent of the burglaries, 20 per cent
of the larcenies, and 15 per cent of the motor vehicle thefts.
The UCR divides serious crime into two categories
violent and property crimes. Violent crimes are composed of
murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault.
Property crimes include burglary, larceny-theft, and auto
thert.
Mr. Kelley said violent crimes, as a group, increased 11 per
cent with robbery up 15 per cent, aggravated assault and
forcible rape each up eight per cent, and murder up six per
cent. Property crimes increased as a group 18 per cent, with
larceny-theft up 21 per cent, burglary up 18 per cent, and
motor vehicle theft up five per cent.
Other UCR findings:
NARCOTICS: Narcotics arrests increased two per cent
over 1973 and 80 per cent over 1969. Narcotics arrests of
persons under 15 made up 10 per cent of all arrests; those
under 18 made up 27 per cent; under 21, 43 per cent, and
under 25, 58 per cent.
National park service
new hiring system
The National Park Service
has established a new hiring
system for applicants for
seasonal jobs at all park areas
in the Pacific Northwest
Region. But there will be jobs
for only as few as one of every
100 applicants, according to
Regional Director John A.
Rutter.
Under the new procedures,
all job applications must be
sent directly to the Regional
Office. Seattle, and not to the
L tiPBSfa' A.
Ooyd Center
Enjoy the Christ mas Magic of Lloyd Center
0 Christmas Hours: Monday thru Saturday 9:30 to 9:30,
Sunday 11 to 6 0 Alpenrose Storybook lane, Santa phones,
spectacular decorations, giant tree 0 Park under cover
Christmas isn't Christmas
until you've visited Lloyd Center.
ARTIFACTORY
December 6, 10 - 4:30 p.m.
GILLIAMBISBEE BUILDING
Home made crafts & used book salej
Demonstrations featuring lost home arts:
Grinding wheat, shaping yeast rolls,
soap making, candy making,
floral arranements. rTlf
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pottery & many more
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Santa Claus will visit
sponsored by AAUW
assisted by Morrow Co. Ext. Service
I A public mtvIw ariverttnement by your friends
t Columbia Bailni.
Columbia Dash Electric Co-op
S.rrin? Morrow, Gilliam
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individual parks. Park offi
cials expect the Regional
Office centralization to strea
mline the process, which in
the past has been characteriz
ed by floods of duplicate forms
to many of the parks in the
Region.
Twenty thousand applica
tions are expected for appro
ximately 200 seasonal job
openings that are anticipated
in the parks of the Pacific
Northwest Region next year.
Rturning employees with pro
ven work records will fill the
remainder of the approximat
ely 600 positions.
All National Park System
areas in Washington. Oregon,
Idaho. Alaska, and one area in
northern California, are cov
ered by the new plan.
Applications for these parks
will be accepted only between
January 1 and February 15.
and only at the Pacific North
west Regional Office of the
National Park Service, 601
Fourth & Pike Bldg. Seattle.
WA 98101. They must he on a
Federal Form SF-171. avail
able at any Federal personnel
office or the U.S. Civil Service
Commission office. Envelopes
should be marked "Seasonal
Employment Application."
Similar plans are being
instituted in each of the nine
National Park Service Reg
ions. In all cases, seasonal
employment applications
should go to the appropriate
Regional Office and not dir
ectly to the parks.
SEX OF ARRESTEES: Arrests of males outnumbered
females by five to one, but arrests of females increased nine
per cent from 1973 to 1974, while arrests of males were up
only two per cent.
AVERAGE LOSSES: The average loss to robbers was $321
per offense, with a total loss of $142 million. Burglaries
resulted in an average loss of $391 for a total loss of $1.2
billion for 1974. Average loss per larceny was $156, with a
total loss of $816 million. The average value of a stolen
vehicle was $1,246.
ROHKERIES: Bank robberies increased 94 per cent from
19 to 1974; chain stores, 184 per cent; other commercial or
business establishments, 42 per cent; street robberies, 29 per
cent, and robberies of residences increased 63 per cent, while
robberies of gas stations decreased 20 per cent.
WEAPONS: Firearms were used lo commit robberies 45
per cent of the time; knife or other cutting instruments, 13
per cent; other weapons, eight per cent, while strong arm
robberies made up 34 per cent of the total.
Bl K;i..RIES: Burgluries of residences accounted for 62
per cent of all burgluries. Daytime burglaries of residences
increased 19 per cent in 1974 over 1973, and were up 67 per
cent over 19.
NUMBERS OF POLICE: There were 2.5 police employees
per 1.000 inhabitants in the United States during 1974. Eleven
per cent of the employees were females and 15 per cent were
civilians.
VIOLENCE AGAINST POLICE: There were 132 law
enforcement officers killed in 1974, and 947 killed during the
10 year period from 1965 through 1974. In 1974, 96 per cent of
the officers were killed with firearms. Of 1,330 offenders
identified in the killing of police officers, 77 per cent had at
least one prior arrest. 41 per cent had a prior arrest for a
violent crime, and 57 per cent had a prior conviction for some
crime. Fifteen of every 100 officers were assaulted during
1974. with 81 per cent of the attacks coming by hands, fists,
and feet.
FIREARMS: During 1974, 68 per cent of all murders were
committed with a firearm, and 54 per cent of all murders
were committed with a handgun. Twenty five per cent of all
aggravated assaults were committed with a firearm, and 45
per cent of all robberies were through use of a firearm.
Thanksgiving Pay dinner
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Hud Hooker included Mr.
and Mrs. Delbert Mulvaney,
HiTinisloii and their daughter
Merita Militancy, Portland,
and Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Hooker, llermiston. They also
received phone culls from
their son-in law and daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Parish and
from their granddaughter and
her huslwind, Mr. and Mrs.
Gregg Cuudle, Witchita Fulls.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Purtlow
returned to Irrigon Sunday
night, after spending the
Thanksgiving holiday In Van
couver, and Seattle. WA,
Their daughter. Sherry, a
student at Seattle Pacific
College mvt them in Vancouv
er al the home of Mr, and Mrs.
Gene Berg and Ron. and the
two families spent Thanksgiv
ing Day together Friday the
Purtkiws drove to Seattle to
at lend the NCAA Soccer
Championship playoffs, with
Seattle ' , Pacific one of the
jmi'iiciniMis
Bi me Buchanan and friend
Pally were visitors al the
home of his parents over the
Thanksgiving holiday. He is a
Nlutlcnl al O S I1,, Corvnllm.
Pastor and Mrs. Robert
St hnvnll kent the holidays in
Portland at the home of Mrs,
Schmoll'x mother,
A baby shower will be given
for the former Kathy Ryan,
now Mrs Jerry Hawaii, at the
home of Mrs Marilyn Slew
art. Monday, Pee, 8. 7:30 p.m.
All friends are welcome.
"When a man assumes a
public trust, he should consid
er himself as public proper
Iv." Thomas Jefferson
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All merchandise guaranteed, tea
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