Battalion/Page 9
September 22, 1982
22,11
local/state
A&M crime rate drops 19%
by David Tharp
Battalion Reporter
Although the crime rate in
Texas rose 1,3 percent in the last
six months, crime decreased at
Texas A&M University and in
the city of Bryan while rising in
College Station.
The overall increase is attri
buted to non-violent crimes,
according to Figures compiled
by the Department of Public
Safety.
Shoplifting, along with auto
and bicycle thefts, are the main
reasons for the local crime rate
increase, said Maj. Edgar Feld
man of the College Station
Police Department.
“ They will take just about
anything they can pick up and
walk away with,” he said.
Another reason for the in
crease, Feldman said, is the'
statewide economic crunch that
has spurred layoffs of area
workers. Transient oilfield
workers and northern migrants
who find no work here some
times resort to theft to get
enough money to return home,
he said.
In the first six months of
1982, College Station experi
enced 1,173 crimes, compared
with 938 in all of 1981 — a 150
percent increase.
Texas A&M had a 19 percent
decline with 433 crimes in 1982
compared with 537 for 1981,
according to DPS figures. Bryan
experienced a 9 percent decline,
reporting 1,513 crimes in 1982
compared with 1,670 in 1981.
According to the DPS Uni
form Crime Reporting Bureau,
the Texas crime rate for the first
half of 1982 w'as up 5.4 percent
or 1.3 percent if adjusted for
population increase of 4.1 per
cent.
The adjusted rates for Bryan,
College Station and Texas A&M
were not available.
Besides the increases noted by
Feldman, murders, rapes and
robberies in College Station
have doubled for the first half of
1982.
Two murders were reported
in 1981, while four were re
ported in 1982. Four rapes were
reported while eight were re
ported in 1982. Robberies rose
from six in 1981 to 14 in 1982.
The reasons for the increase
of reported rapes is that people
are more aware of the need to
report rapes, Feldman said. He
said that for every rape re
ported, six to 10 are not re
ported.
Since College Station has
grown almost overnight, the
police department needs the
public to get involved in the
Crirnestoppers and Neighbor
hood Watch programs, Feld
man said.
In response to the crime in
crease, the department has
hired 14 more officers this year.
“In addition, we will be using
a new- computer system for
crime analysis to see where and
why traffic accidents and thefts
are occurring,” Feldman said.
Thefts and burglaries occur
mainly at apartment complexes,
Feldman said.
In contrast to College Station,
the University Police saw a de
cline in reported criminal activ
ity during fiscal year 1982.
According to the annual report
there were 1,391 offenses re
ported compared with 1,526 the
previous year resulting in a .9
percent decrease.
Reported property cri
:re 877 ir
crimes at
Texas A&M were 8*77 in fiscal
year 1982 compared to 1,073 in
1981 for a 19 percent decrease.
The dollar value of property lost
in 1982 was $230,106 with
$53,562 recovered for a 23 per
cent recovery rate. The recovery
rate for fiscal year 1981 was 1/
percent.
Rail strike not yet hurting Texas
United Press International
Immediate effects of the
nationwide strike of locomotive
engineers appeared minimal in
Texas, but an industry spokes
man predicted a prolonged
strike could harm west Texas
grain producers, grocery distri
butors, Port of Houston traffic
and trade with Mexico.
“A protracted rail strike
would shut off transcontinental
movements of freight via Hous
ton (through the Port of Hous
ton) with the railroads substitut
ing for what normally would be
a long voyage (by ship) through
the Panama Canal,” said Frank
Kenfield, manager of the Hous
ton Chamber of Commerce’s
freight traffic division.
An estimated 5,400 railroad
cars move in and out of the Port
of Houston each day.
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cutoff of the rail link in that ser
vice, that would necessitate re
scheduling a lot of ships,” Ken-
field said.
However, Kenfield and an in
dustry spokesman said Monday
the impact of the strike has been
minimal because of the slow
down in traffic caused by the ail
ing national economy.
Produce distributors, who
rely heavily on the trucking in
dustry, reported no major prob
lems Monday, the second day of
the strike, but warned there
could be problems in obtaining
certain fresh foods if the strike
continues.
“If you’re looking at two days,
three days, you’re fine,” said
Mike Seidler, with the Aldorf
Warehouse in Houston. “But if
you’re looking at several days,
then we’ll be in trouble.”
And Elbert Harp, president
of the Grain Sorghum Produc
ers Association, said a long strike
could “throw a bottleneck into
getting this year’s crop into
storage.”
“We depend on the railroads
to keep supplies of grain to the
ports. There’s a large number of
ships at ports waiting to be
loaded. To the extent we can’t
move grain there, it hurts our
export situation,” Harp said.
Sunray Coop manager Don
Graham said the cooperative
had to move 800 cars of grain to
get the fall milo crop into
storage.
“I don’t anticipate the rail
strike staying that long. If it
does, it could be serious,” he
said.
The nationwide rail strike
idled Amtrak Texas passengers.
A spokesman for Amtrak said
Ters holding tickets for
jet
tickets at a later date or use them
for travel by Greyhound or
Trailways buses.
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