European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 51, no. 52 350 monday june 8,1992 d 8693 crime does t prey Down on the farm Washington a looking for a Way to reduce your Chance of being raped robbed or beaten move to a farm. That a the message of a study of the incidence of crime by Region released by the Justice department on sunday. Although it May not be a Surprise that violent crime increases As More people live closer to each other the Justice department study quantifies that increased incidence during the years 1987 through 1989. During that period the average an Nual Overall Rale of rape robbery and assault among City dwellers was 92 percent higher than among Rural residents and 56 percent higher than among suburban residents according to Steven a Dillingham director of the department s Bureau of Justice statistics. On average each year there were 21.1 rapes robberies or assaults per 1,000 Rural residents age 12 or Over. In suburbs the number was 26, and in cities it was 40.6. Nevertheless the violent crime rates for All three areas in 1989 were Down from the 1981 rates Dillingham said. The decrease was 25 percent in cities 17 percent in suburbs and 10 percent in Rural areas. The same pattern a highest rates in cities lowest in Rural areas a also held True for the average annual rate of personal thefts with or without Contact Between offender and victim and for property crimes of burglary household Larceney and motor vehicle theft. Other findings a in cities and suburbs Blacks were More frequently victims of violent crime than Whites but in Rural areas Whites were the most frequent victims. A in All areas residents Ages 14 through 24 fell victim to theft and violence at the highest rate while those 65 or older had the lowest rates of victimization. A City residents were substantially More Likely than suburbanites or Rural residents to defend themselves with guns when assaulted. Among Urban assault victims 2.6 percent used a gun in self defense compared with 1.8 percent among suburbanites and 0.5 percent among Rural residents. A amps Guy Schuttlor a sea of Boston University graduates and guests listens to rep. Beverly b. Byron in Heidelberg Germany on . Must veer from isolationism lawmaker tells grads in Germany by de Reavis Staft writer Heidelberg Germany a rep Beverly b. Byron criticized fellow members of Congress for taking an increasingly isolationist Outlook during a commencement speech to Boston University graduates sunday. A we cannot become isolationists at this critical time in world history a the Maryland Democrat told the 382 graduates and other audience members at the ceremony held in the officers and civilians club at Patrick Henry Village. As examples of the move toward . Isolationism Byron cited House Bills that would drop $7 billion from the defense budget and Cut . Troop strength overseas to under 100,000 by 1995. A i voted against these measures but too Many of my colleagues fail to see the Gravity of the problem and see grads on Page 2shells plunge Sarajevo into burning hell Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr using heavy weapons left behind by departing yugoslav troops Sarajevo a Muslim led defenders struck Back at serbian gunners sunday after what state radio called a another night in  dozens of buildings in the besieged bosnian capital were ablaze. Firefighters struggled to Stop the flames from spreading but there was Little water. A bosnian defense official Dragan Marjanovic said 5,000 shells had pounded the capital since the serbian led yugoslav army vacated its last downtown Barracks on Friday. Shells fired from serbian Hillside positions ringing the City were still Landing about once every five minutes sunday afternoon. Several rockets also landed booming As chanting muslims buried five of their soldiers at the Kovaci heroes cemetery in the old town. There were patches of blood on the streets and the few civilians who ventured out ran from Block to Block for cover. Marjanovic said at least 10 civilians died and two dozen were wounded overnight. Sarajevo television put the death toll in the previous 24 hours at up to 30. An estimated 5,700 people have died in Bosnia and More than 1 million have been driven from their Homes since majority muslims and croats voted for Independence from Yugoslavia on feb. 29, serbian militants opposed to secession have seized two thirds of Bosnia a territory with help from the yugoslav army. Clashes also were reported in Gorade to the East of Sarajevo and around Caplina and the serbian stronghold of try Binic to the South where troops from neighbouring Croatia reportedly have been involved in recent fighting. Marjanovic said yugoslav troops withdrawing from Sarajevo a marshal Tito Barracks on Friday left a a number of heavy weapons and tons of other supplies a which allowed the City a Muslim defenders to bolster their artillery forces. A for the first time in the War our counter fire is see shells on Page 2election moves Czechoslovakia closer to breakup Prague Czechoslovakia apr rival czech and slovak election victors mulled coalition partners sunday after a countrywide vote that increased the chances Czechoslovakia will split apart a the latest victim of polarization in pos communist Eastern Europe. The elections were a blow to president Vaclav Havel the Liberal humanist and sex dissident writer who symbolized the gentle a velvet revolution against communism in Laic 19s9. Havel repeatedly had appealed to his compatriots to vote to keep the country together. Many of his allies in the National parliament which must decide this summer whether Havel remains president failed to win seats according to initial projections. Havel met sunday with conservative Federal finance minister Vaclav Klaus and asked him As front runner in the czech Republic to Start negotiations on forming a Federal government the state news Agency Csuk said. Klaus had said earlier that talks could Start today. The czech Republic is the wealthier Western part of the country with two thirds of the population. In the slovak Republic the poorer Eastern third of the country the Clear election Victor made no immediate comment. Vladimir Mesiar a Burly populist see election on Page 2 Hihi i a it a i /1 i hum a. For /. Poland Hungary a amps