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THE BANNERGRAPHIC April 9,1990

Murder increased 4 percent, violent crime up 5 percent, FBI stats show

WASHINGTON (AP) The number of murders nationwide increased 4 percent last year, up from the 3 percent rise the year before, according to FBI statistics. Overall, violent crimes increased 5 percent while property crimes rose 2 percent and the overall number of serious crimes increased 3 percent, according to the figures released Sunday by FBI Director William S. Sessions. THE STATISTICS are based on reports to police of crime index offenses: murder, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson. The FBI did not release statistics on the number of murders or other crimes, just the percentage changes. While many may think a smaller city is safer, that didn’t hold true for murder. The number of murders in cities of 10,000 to 49,999 increased a whopping 12 percent last year. At the same time, cities of 50,000 to 99,999 saw a 5 percent decline. FOR LARGER cities, the number of murders rose 8 percent in

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cities of 100,000 to 249,999; 2 percent in cities of 250,000 to 499,999; and 7 percent in cities of 500,000 and more. The number of murders declined 3 percent in rural areas and in cities of fewer than 10,000 people, and decreased 2 percent in suburban areas. Southern states experienced the largest increase in the number of murders, up 7 percent. The Midwestern states saw an increase of 4 percent, while Northeastern and Western states had 2 percent hikes. IN PREVIOUS years, the number of murders increased 3 percent in 1988 after declining 3 percent in 1987. In 1986, the number of murders zoomed up by 9 percent The national changes in the number of violent crimes not including murder were: robbery up 7 percent; aggravated assault up 5 percent, and forcible rape up 1 percent Among the property crimes, motor vehicle theft increased 9 percent and larceny-theft 2 percent. Burglary and arson both declined 2 percent.

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Less densely populated areas saw smaller increases in the total number of serious crimes. SUBURBAN AND rural areas as well as cities outside metropolitan areas places where some 132.2 million people live recorded 2 percent increases in serious crimes. At the same, cities with populations over 50,000 places where approximately 80.9 million people live showed a 3 percent increase. The Southern and Western states reported 3 percent increases in serious crimes, while the Northeastern and Midwestern states reported 2 percent increases. THE OVERALL 3 percent increase in serious crimes from 1988 to 1989 compares with a 3 percent increase the year before; 2 percent in 1987; 6 percent in 1986; and 5 percent in 1985, the FBI reported. The statistics for the overall

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number of violent crimes, like the figures for murders, didn’t follow a particular pattern based on the size of cities. Violent crime increased 5 percent the national average in cities with fewer than 10,000 people and in those with 50,000 to 99.999 people. IT INCREASED 6 percent in relatively small cities of 10,000 to 24.999 people, and in the largest cities with 1 million or more residents. The largest increase in violent crimes in cities of 100,000 to 499,999 people. The smallest increase percent was found in rural areas and in cities of 500,000 to 999,999 people. Suburban areas and cities of 25,000 to 49,999 shared increases of 4 percent in the number of violent crimes. The information comes from preliminary analysis of Uniform Crime Reporting statistics. The program collects information reported to law enforcement authorities nationwide and covers an estimated 98 percent of the U.S. population. Final statistics are to be released this summer, the FBI said. 11l trustees raise dorm rates 6.7% GARY, Ind. (AP) New residents will pay higher prices for housing at Indiana University’s Bloomington campus beginning this fall, but rates for returning students will remain stable, the school says. The trustees also approved a rate increase for all residents at the Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis campus during a meeting Saturday at the IU Northwest campus. The increases were prompted by anticipated higher costs of supplies, salaries and maintenance, administrators said. New residents at the Bloomington campus will pay $3,142 for a double occupancy room, including meals. That’s as 6.7 percent increase over current rates. At Indianapolis, Ball Residence Hall fees will increase 6 percent, to $1,483 for a single room. Other residence hall fees also will increase between 4 percent and 6 percent over this year’s fee schedule, administrators said.

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How others voted Hungary elects Democrats BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) The conservative Democratic Forum defeated its liberal rival in elections that closed the book on four decades of Communist rule and was expected to seek a governing coalition with two smaller parties. Unofficial results from the national vote-counting center showed the conservative, nationalist party to have won 165 of 386 seats at stake in a runoff vote Sunday and first-round balloting two weeks ago. The liberal League of Free Democrats was a distant second, with 92 seats. Eight hours after the polls closed Sunday, the Democratic Forum had 42.75 percent of the vote, compared with 23.83 percent for the Free Democrats. At Democratic Forum headquarters, supporters clapped and whistled as the party’s leader, Jozsef Antall, flashed a victory sign. The crowd also applauded when a Forum official read the unofficial tally for “our friends,” the agrarian Smallholders and the Christian Democratic Parties. They are considered likely coalition partners and largely share the Forum’s emphasis on family and Hungarian tradition. Greek Democrats earn win ATHENS, Greece (AP) The conservative New Democrats declared victory today after Greece’s third parliamentary election in 10 months, although returns showed them one seat short of the majority needed to govern alone. Voters on Sunday gave the party, which fell just short of a majority in inconclusive June and November elections, 150 of Parliament’s 300 seats. Election officials said the winner of the final seat might not be known before late today. New Democrat leader Constantine Mitsotakis said he would nevertheless go ahead and form a government, ending a debilitating deadlock that has left Greece unable to cope with a crumbling economy and growing urban terrorism. But lacking an outright majority, it was not clear if Mitsotakis would have to turn to a smaller party or an independent in his bid to become premier. Dark Horse in runoff in Peru LIMA, Peru (AP) Celebrated novelist Mario Vargas Llosa won the most votes in Peru’s presidential elections, but a politically independent agronomist who surged from behind has forced a runoff, unofficial returns showed today. This fragile democracy is wracked by economic crisis and the 10-year-old insurgency by the Maoist-inspired Shining Path, which staged attacks during Sunday’s voting and in preceding weeks in an effort to thwart the election. Soldiers armed with automatic weapons protected polling stations, several of which were attacked Sunday by guerrillas hurling sticks of dynamite. Police reported no injuries in those attacks and millions of voters turned out to vote for a president and new congress. Unofficial returns early today showed Vargas Llosa, a 54-year-old advocate of free market reforms and economic shock therapy, leading with 33.9 percent of the vote far short of the 50 percent required to avoid a runoff. Alberto Fujimori, the 51-year-old son of Japanese immigrants, garnered 29 percent, pushing aside the candidate of the center-left governing party, Luis Alva Castro, who a few weeks ago held a solid second in the polls. Fujimori, a former university rector, has in his shoe-string campaign stressed “honor, technology and work,” qualities many associate with his Japanese ancestry. But he never provided a detailed plan of government. He is one of about 100,000 people of Japanese descent in the country and many voters said they thought he could attract substantial Japanese investment to this country where 70 percent of people are underemployed or unemployed. The Smallholders, in third place with 43 seats, received 11.14 percent of the vole. The Christian Democrats won 21 seats or 5.44 percent of ballots, finishing in a tie with the League of Young Democrats, which is ideologically closest to the Free Democrats.

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