European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 05, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse F Page 6 the stars and stripes . Monday december 5,1994 crime drops but Fri. I i. By the los Angeles times v Washington serious crime in the first half of1994 fell by 3 percent nationally from the same period last year but still remains unacceptably High the Fri said saturday. The decline followed annual decreases of 2 percent in 1993 and 3 percent in 1992. Federal officials offered no explanation for the trend nationally or locally and cautioned against too much optimism. Any decline in reported crime is Welcome but the level of crime is still unacceptably High and it must be substantially reduced said a statement accompanying the report a Gerald Caplan a former Federal Law enforcement official who is Dean of the Mcgeorge school of Law in Sacramento calif., also offered a note of caution say ing data collection is not so refined that one can safely predict a trend in demographics could explain some of the modest de Cline Caplan and others suggested. They pointed to the shrinking numbers of americans in the 18-to-26age group which accounts for most violent crime. Jan Chaiken an authority on crime figures at the Justice department said people also Are working More to protect themselves which is Why we have seen a decline in burglaries and car thefts " the Fri divides serious crimes into two categories crimes of violence such As murder and rape and crimes against property such As burglary and arson. Among the violent crimes measured for the first six months of this year murder decreased 2 percent forcible rape 6 percent robbery 4 percent and aggravated assault 3 percent. In the property crime category burglary was Down 6 percent and larceny and motor vehicle theft each declined 2 percent. Arson showed no change. Also saturday the Fri released its annual Publica cheering i. A lion for 1993, crime in the United the final figures showed a estimated 14.1 million serious of lenses were reported in 1993 to Law enforcement Agen cies across the nation or 5,483 crimes for every 100,000 assaults accounted for 59 percent of the violent crimes reported last year. Robberies accounted for 34 percent forcible rapes 5 percent and murders 1 percent. Firearms were the weapon of Choice in 32 percent of All murders robberies and aggravated As saults.-. " " " Fri said the proportion of violent crimes committed with firearms has increased in recent years. In 1989 firearms were used in 27 percent of All violent of Aji estimated 2.8 million arrests were made in 1993 for All serious offences with some arrests representing multiple crimes. Of All those arrested last year for crimes other than traffic offences 45 percent were under the age of 25 and 81 percent were males. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago dec. 5,1984 the death toll in Bhopal India Rose to at least 1,000, mostly children and the aged in one of the worst Industrial accidents on record the result of Poison Gas from a pesticide Plant spewing into a residential area officials said. 20 years ago dec. 5,1974 the House voted 212-176 to accept a House Senate Compromise proposal that could ban the busing of schoolchildren to achieve Jacia desegregation. I 30 years ago dec. 5,1964 the Fri arrested 20 men including the Nesri Oba i county miss., sheriff his Deputy and five Kun flux klansmen in connection with the slayings of three civil rights workers. 40 years ago dec. 5,1954 president Eisen Hower s atoms for peace program was formally set in motion by the " . General Assembly which unanimously voted final approval of the project. 50 years ago dec. 5,1944 about 1,200 b. 17s and b-24s of the . 8th air Force supported by 1,000 fighter planes of the 8th and 9th air forces hammered rail Yards and Industrial targets in Western Germany. _ _ world War ii 50 years ago today dec. 5 american troops assault Saar lantern and Frau lantern in southwestern Germany while farther South . Units attack strongly toward the Maginot line. Soviet forces reach the Southern Shore of Hungary s Lake Balaton and also. Drive the germans from Vukovan in Croatia. On Leyte in the Philippines american soldiers attack toward Oroc from the North and South. Source 2194 Days of War. W. H. Smith publishers inc. The Wori almanac of world Warll. Bison books corp., 1981 a dust Likely scattered paper says Salt Lake City a recently released documents reveal that army weapons tests probably scattered huge amounts of Short lived radioactive dust in Utah in the 1950s, the Deseret news re sported saturday. To. The information comes from Energy and defense department documents obtained by sen. Robert Bennett a Utah a member of the Senate governmental affairs committee which investigates government radiation experiments. The documents show that the tests were planned at the military s Dugway proving ground and that the amount of radiation was expected to be released. However the documents Don t show whether the tests were carried out. The tests in the Western Utah desert involved scattered radioactive tantalum 182 that would Emit More than 141,000 curies of radiation the newspaper said. A Curie is a unit used to measure radioactivity. By contrast 68 other tests in the series at the isolated test area were to Emit a total of 12,400 to 13,000 curies. The 1979 Accident at the three mile Island nuclear Power Plant in Pennsylva Nia released an estimated 15 curies of in Dio Active iodine. _ " army studies noted that tantalum-182 has a half life of Only 115 Days meaning it loses half its radioactivity in that period. After another 115 Days it would lose half its remaining radioactivity and so on. _ ___.-_.-. In a 1989 study cited by the newspaper army officers examined the test areas and found nothing but Normal Back ground radiation except where radioactive waste had been buried. If Jurther reviews also conclude no danger exists Bennett said he then wants to find whether anyone was damaged by the tests and How to make sure we re not that Sloppy in the the two biggest tests mentioned in the new documents were planned in May 1953, _ _ j " _ the tests were intended to help develop bombs and other weapons that could scatter radioactive dust Over an enemy. President Clinton has ordered a review of the tests. The first card a drawing of the red room decorated for the holidays sets the tone for the official 1994 White House Christmas card produced for the first family. The Clinton car was unveiled last week. ,. _ _ _ _ Black by Obj Fleiss warns los Angeles a a Day after her pandering conviction Heidi Fleiss sold underwear saturday and delivered a teaser the Black Book lives i Don t think i can be quiet about it too much longer so you will be hearing about the Black Book the so called hol Lywood Madam said As she sold and signed her line of flannel Boxer shorts in a Booth at a record show. Asked if she would be naming names Fleiss shrugged and replied i Don t know. I m in an irrational state i feel that what happened is unfair. The Law needs to be equally applied. I can t take the fall for Fleiss 2.8,"who once boasted that her Call girl ring catered to the top 1 per cent of Hollywood s elite was convicted Friday of supplying three High priced prostitutes to undercover police during a 1993 sting. The jury deadlocked on two remaining pandering counts and acquitted her on a cocaine charge. Her client list did to come up at her trial the judge said it was irrelevant. Fleiss said she was horrified by the conviction it could t have been worse she said. J Fleiss faces a maximum prison sen tence of eight years and eight months. The minimum is three years. Fleiss free on $75,000 bail is scheduled Forsentenc-ingjan.20. ----.-. Fleiss and her father paediatrician Paul Fleiss Are scheduled to go to trial Jan. 25 on Federal charges of tax evasion and Money laundering. Recovering Quayle out of intensive care Indianapolis a tests showed increased blood flow in the lungs of former vice president Dan Quayle who was moved saturday from the intensive care Ward to a private Hospital room. Or. Quayle had another restful night said or. Homer Twigg a lung specialist at Indiana University medical Center where Quayle has been since last monday because of bipod clots in his lungs. Quayle could be released As Early a today Twigg said. An abdominal and Pelvic cat scan was performed saturday morning and no clots were seen in Quayle s abdominal or Pelvic veins. His condition was blamed on pro longed sitting in air planes. I
