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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1974)
I oas o.d a rtnQ of Mt 08 IMS 1 FBI reports.senous crime up in suburbs, rural areas THE BATTALION ( way wnoioto • m* Pag* 8 ALLEN , OkUnkobtle Cadillac SALES - SERVICE ^Wlm oatiofoction to standard aqutpaMnt M 2401 Them A to. 822-8002 FOUR SEASONS NURSERY 722 SpmcmHUng m | * y CACTI SUCCULENTS (AT) — imrtmm w amt la the United with the bfgpssl la urbe sad rural seat ported Thaiadsy The sniaad UiMfcrm Crime Ha- ports reflected increase* la the number of offenses reported to last year The highest incremr was 10 per cent for rape, the lowest t par cent for robbery Increases were reported for all sectioas of the coaatry ead for dries, suburbs and rural areas alike la aM categoriaa. the urbaa dwel ler waa more likely to be a crime victim than the suburbanite or rural resident However, the largest dries, those with more than one million residents recorded an over-all decrease of one half of one per cent Suburban areas reported an average increase af8 per oesst awd rural areas 10 per cent TV FBI ftgures. comparing the volume aad rate of crime in 1973 with the Age res for the previous year, are based on reports from nearly all state aad local police TV ft go res are not considered a totally accurate measure of crime Most critics suggest that total crime m much greater than the offenses reported to pohce TV lira increase was a return to an upwaed trend broken only once m IS years, whea the 1972 figures reflected a 4 per cent decrease TV oeh 1974 figures available show a IS per cent over all increase for January through March For (V past five years, serious crime is up 30 per cent and since 1980 the increase h 190 per cent As is customary tV FBI report offers no esplanation for the trends in tV 282 pages of statistics and HOUSE PLANTS TERRARIUMS FOUAGE PLANTS Ofit tooa Stl 1M SMtov 14 * m-M33 “Our right to-work law guaran ^Nft fi rmpiovrr ine n|piv |i>in ar not to join a labor organisation. Cranberry told the \ttocsarion of General Contractors Agency shop right tes rose 8 per Aocoriftng to the report, Ameri- crime — murder, assault, rape and stes lad year cans in 1973 reported 8 6 mdbon robbery — collectively roae S per taaes in sub- cases of murder, assault, rape, rob- cent but totaled only 869.470 while tV FBI re- bury, burglary, larceny, and auto tl] three categories of property tooA — the seven categories for crimes added up to 7.8 million which statistics are collected In JSULtSLT” “ ^ Copper wiring Arcuated for poputotton growth, 4 . r* U* C the statistics show a national crime DOt Of ^OlCl tOF rate increase of about S per cent r n, 1973 crtmr indicmtr* d»t I3 a ll aS thieves j * V * ry MtxXl (AT) — Mb* ar a* "-'. 4p "r^rrr^* p " cent over the past five years. , , . . ,^^. 3,^^.00 000 category, but the total comprised , lawyer ^ M k... ,h. n I p., <9 .11 -nou. “ d *" c. r , a.^ ^ Like murder, assault occurred , « wiJn national rate increased 6 per cent 40 p,, hr p«. —. , , , , . warehouses used by construction Thr (m., c.trponr. of v.olrol ^ rhrrr wrrr . <W. M * c b burglanes reported over the | Bulletin Board | ^ ?* v—w *:«_ "X' wire sells for M0 to W2 per ^ mmm 1.000 feet Saw-ver said thieves have taken to stealing trucks from the construe* »yis'ofx six (iiMuiSMov -a * <*' »<• fton sites and warehouses in order to SMScnab* «wm*MS( cart off their booty ; Gynecologist needed but difficult to find He mentioned thr poaaihihtv of hiring another general practitioner with a special interest m gsnecol n*v The yenter currentlv arranges free off « anipus appointments k»r rvrymen neerf 1 ng spessal treatment with Dr Benbow consultant gynecologist lMSt spring the center began conducting weekK . • mtrat eptiv* dimes which svill continue on Wed nesday afterno4»n% The Health (-enter pres* nbes b«it does not cha pe use contraceptives , ■ NOW OPEN UNIVERSITY FEED CENTER 213 Ctotogi HtolN 1 Mato Dasm ham WMri t ktoa Mara Your Purina Headquarters for • Livestock & Poultry Feeds Complete Accessories for the Horseman Health Aids Garden & Field Seed Farm & Ranch Supplies Fertilizers , Pet Foods & Supplies I. Welcome Back Aggies Saguny Catalina class ol 72 MON oaf saooanN dance <xcb < r amassi c a-a» wimn. •cvn* Hvmc cxia mm a <■ »i na tsuiw a>» rwaaiwmMWKMd ■ "With 6.000 women on campus, you're hound to hove a need for a cn-rt * gynecologist said Vice Fmident of Student Serioces John Koldus • _ _ But no gynecologist has been Cranberry favors kfrod because non competitive * salaries and fringe benefits make right-to-work' po ^°~ h * H *" Three of the five positions for staff ( AD j-Jtm Cranberry. HepuW, ^ p^ntfy filled Dr ran caaAAtor for governor, amd CUu ar CoawKh. director of tV Tburadav mght that h»s oppoaftion (>Mrr cdhd the center to tV agency shop *• ■««» miserably under staffed but ham t bborpm.tKm butastandVmdi RivrB up Kopr ^ hll< | in|[ vulual liberty Against compulsion gynecologist emptayees to pay mos even 4m ugh they are money to a union Student radio board changes station name tothn CAPTAIN’S TABLE RESTAURANT Welcomes Back the Aggies Com# by and say Hallo Serving all the Aggie favorites Moderately priced Fast and courteous service always 2900 Tsiat Avsnse Sunday Friday 10 a.m. to 11 p.M. Saturday 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. TV name of the Student Gov ernment radio station was changed to TAML Student Radio in an SC radio hoard meetinf Thursday. in further action tV hoard de cided to elect a chairman rather than being run by the eaecurive di rector of student projects Radio board members are Barry Brooks. SC Vice president for student af fairs. Curt Marsh. SC Vice presi dent for fii pus srnald TV board am for itouaral Bo Booty. off < Hal Brunaom (ram *- Applica tions may be picked upaa tV Stu dent Government Offaces Anyone interested ia student radio waa asked to attend the neat meeting Thursday at 830 pm in the MSC COME SEE OUR IVE-HUNTER’SI SPORTING GOODS IMS 0M R(i»« ■A “EARLY BIRD SPECIAL 91 rtf fii Termer’s ^Utr Styling jfalon THE FABULOUS NEW LOOKS: :r fOPfTYUBT*. 10% OFF ON ALL CUSTOM PORTRAITS TAKEN DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER! TO MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT, OR ^ , FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CALL / N TfeaMMlfa ri *1 •49-8019