European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 crime violence stays same Washington a violent crime in America showed no setup last even though Overall crime fell by percent and household burglaries and Larcenie were at record Low the Justice department the Bureau of Justice releasing preliminary figures for 1984 based on the National crime said sunday that several factors May account for the in including the fact that judges Are meting out tougher sentences for career but the rate of violent crimes such As robbery and assault 31 per people remained unchanged Over the the Bureau the National crime based on a representative Sample of More than is a broader gauge than the Bis uniform crime which reflects a compilation of state and local Law enforcement Agency the Survey measures crimes that go unreported to poas Well As those among the findings the rate of household burglary declined percent while the rate for household larceny fell a larceny is a theft from inside or near a Home without illegal both were at their lowest Levels since when the Bureau began compiling the motor vehicle at per were in personal larceny fell from per to per purse snatching attempts were Down Bureau director Steven Schlesinger said the drop in the crime rate May be attributable to changes in sentencing increased citizen involvement in crime prevention and the shrinking crime prone age these Are people Between the Ages of 14 and several criminal scholars in recent years have cited declining birth rates As a Factor in declining rates of but Schlesinger cautioned against Over emphasizing the effects of demographic increasing incarceration rates in recent years re whats bugging you even 3yearold Damon dont knows that the Spring weather can bring out winged pests in but not even on the capitals Effie Yeaw he never expected to meet this big Bug Spring nature fantasy Mccain returns to Hanoi Hilton expo a Calls for full accounting Washington a after visiting the Vietnam prison where he was held for six John Mccain says the United states must pressure the vietnamese to Render As full accounting As possible on missing i dont know whether theres anyone alive or and i dont think Well Ever resolve that Issue until we get a much bet Ter the Arizona Republican said in an i do know the vietnamese and the communists do not react As we do to the the vietnamese we know didst release the French prisoners they captured in at Dien Bien some of until the Mccain travelled to Hanoi in late feb accompanied by a ass television he met with vietnamese toured the prison known during the Nam War As the Hanoi and stepped inside the cell where be was held in solitary confinement for two he said he spoke with the foreign min the defense minister and other officials about the Issue of missing serv ice members in we need it resolved and we need their cooperation and assistance in order to re solve he its very difficult to know if theres any one but we have got to pressure the vietnamese to Render As full an accounting As possible so we can resolve the Mccain was a Navy Pilot when his a4 skyhawk attack bomber was shot Down Over Hanoi in october he was held prisoner until March it was emotional when i went Back to one of the prisons id been and i went into the cell in which id been kept for a couple he yet i didst really think much about my own i thought about those friends of mine who died who haunt a two term congressman and former lobbyist for the said he found the vietnamese eager for better ties with the United i think its fair to say the vietnamese won the War and have lost the he their Economy is in terrible one of the main reasons Why they welcomed me Back was their desire for better he said they Are troubled by huge Mili tary Are bogged Down in cambo and have not received sufficient eco nomic and technical help from the soviet its exacerbated by the presence of a very old Only one of their five major leaders has Ever been outside of Viet he they have a real problem on their hands and they like very much to see a betterment of relations with the Fleet new programs to prosecute career tougher sentencing such As mandatory prison terms for Vio Lent or repeat and judges greater willingness to Send people to Schlesinger criminals in jails or prisons Are at least temporarily unable to victimize the he the National crime Survey released sunday showed that there was one rape per up percent from the per thousand figure of based on attacks out of a recent Bureau of Justice statistics report on rapes and attempted rapes showed that More than half of these attacks were not reported by the rape seems to be but let me caution you that the number of cases is not statistically significant with just one year of data like Schlesinger said in a Telephone there Are not enough cases to say whether rape is whether reporting is or whats going on out he Jackson Calls for Black Unity Kansas a the Jesse Jackson on sunday called for a moratorium on farm and urged Farmers and City dwellers to unite against the Reagan administrations Domestic Rural White Farmers and Urban Black con Sumers must Rise above historic racism and sexism and see our common Jack son we Are convinced that there should be a moratorium on there must be a National economic who sought the democratic party presidential nomination last spoke to supporters at Kansas City International Airport before travelling downtown to the metropolitan missionary Baptist Church to deliver an easter Jackson planned to rally with Farmers monday on the Steps of the Clinton county courthouse in Plattsburg in Northwest the rally is sponsored by mis Souri an umbrella group of and civic and religious leaders sympathetic to agriculture Rural Farmers and Urban Consumers must come together and find a common if we stay together we can Roll the Stone he said at the Perry Wilson a 73yearold Farmer whose 130acre spread was scheduled to be auctioned off monday in agreed with Jackson on the need for weve stayed separate too Long kept people said who waited for Jacksons arrival along with members of the american agriculture movement and the National Farmers fall from balloon kills woman in a a woman either jumped or fell to her death from the burning Gondola of a hot air balloon Sun moments after its her sister jumped from the police the balloon landed and caught fire with All three according to a police when two people jumped the ground Crew was unable to hold the balloon and it drifted off in flames with the woman the statement police identified the dead woman As Judy Marsh Christine of Pine was hospitalized in stable condition with secondhand third degree police the Pilot of the Paul of Altamonte was treated for Burns on the right Arm and released from the Orlando regional medical according to nursing supervisor Rudy cause of the Accident is not police i a photo