European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 25, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 Miami Beach leads . In serious crimes Detroit up Miami Bench Fla. For the its Lime led the nation s largest cities in per capita Overall serious crime according o a newspaper s copy right computer analysis of Fri statistics released sunday. The Detroit fret i Reis said Miami Beach recorded 17.&i7 crimes per 100.000 residents in i or a 25 per cent jump from i9r7. Last year she cily ranked 12th Overall. Atlanta was second in Overall serious crimes Wilh 17,611.6 crimes per 100,000 population. Portland. Ore., was third with a rate of 17,565.6, followed by the 1987 Leader fort Worth Texas with 17,240.4 and Dallas with 16,876.4. Dramatic i Cir ass in burglary 31a percent and larceny 24. Percent were responsible for Miami Beach s no. 1 ranking. The cily had the fourth highest per capita rate of burglaries re ported 4,324.8. And the second highest per capita rate of Larcenie 9,863.6. It s All related to crack cocaine said sgt. Jame in or of the Miami Beach police department. He estimates that 70 percent of the City s Larcenie and burglaries arc the work of cocaine addicts financing i hair habits by preying on City residents. Mar said a concerned cily Council recently approved adding so officers to the a Furj ctn bar police department. The analysis also confirmed washing ton As the nation s murder capital. The cily reported 369 homicides last year for a per capita Rale of 59.5. Detroit which had led the country for the four previous year was second with 57.8. Flint mich., paced the country in rapes with a per capita Rale of 186.7. Newark . Had the highest per capita rates in robbery 1,386 and vehicle theft 4,561.2. Mobile ala., led the nation air burglaries with a Rale of 4,672.2.atlanta recorded 2,022.7 serious As saults per 100,000 population to top the the highest arson rate 627.6. The free press based its computer analysis on Fri crime figures for 191 of the Nalion s largest cities those with populations above or slightly below 100,000. Figures for seven of the cities were unavailable. The newspaper ranked the. Cities on the basis of per capita crime using Fri population estimates. Taste tour Kickoff workers from i i in is in studios and a Universal cily calif., ring i Irani Nul the finishing touches in an 18-Fbnl, 5aid Mcdonald had refused his offers to quit the company. I really hate in for him Rainey said. I think it will finally blow Over if they Ever quit playing this movie in Meridi  in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. April 25, 1949 the deadlock in the West German Consoli Turnt Assembly appeared broken As socialist and Christian democratic party leaders announced agreement on a draft Constitution. 30 years ago today. April 25, 1959 Senate Denio rats proposed a five year $7,5 billion program for economic development Loans in a sweeping revision of the Eisenhower administration s foreign Aid program. 20 years ago foe a april 25, a president Nixon appealed to Congress 10 raise the Cost of mailing Firsl-clas1 letters from 6 to 7 cents and promised to outline a major overhaul of the Post office depart men t within 45 Days 10 years ago today. April 25, 1979 iranian prime minister Kehdl bad Turgan and members of his Cabinet escaped an assassination attempt As they walked in the funeral procession of a general assassinated 24 hours earlier