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United Press International
HOUSTON — The Depart
ment of Public Safety reports
major crimes in Houston in
creased 18.7 percent last year.
Thefts, robberies and aggra
vated assaults in the South’s
largest city took the biggest
jump. There were decreases in
the number of homicides and
rapes.
The yearly increase com
pared with increases of 3.8 per
cent in Dallas and 3 percent in
Austin, said Phymeon Jackson, a
spokesman for Houston Police
Chief Lee P. Brown.
The overall increase in Hous
ton was a reversal of 1981 fi
gures, when major crimes in
Houston decreased 2.9 percent.
Brown’s office attributed the
big increase to “greater efficien
cy in capturing the data” and im
proved accuracy in reporting.
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Mrs. Ronald Hambric, left, of Bryan, smiles as Dr.
Henry Dethloff, head of the history department,
announces her as the third prize-winner in the Friends
of the Library membership prize drawing. Mrs. Hambr-
Reagan urged to change
Bentsen calls for unity
United Press International
AUSTIN — President
Reagan must consider responsi
ble alternatives to his tax and de
fense policies if the federal de
ficit is to be reduced, Sen. Lloyd
Bentsen, D-Texas, said
Tuesday.
In a speech to a joint session
of the Texas Legislature, Bent
sen said the United States must
regain control of its economic
destiny by lowering the budget
deficit.
“It’s time for us all to start
Working together in a broad,
bipartisan effort to bring Spend
ing in line with revenue,” he
said. “We’ve got to understand
that $200 billion deficits can des
troy our economic future.
, “We all know that these are
difficult times for America,” he
added. “Our economic prob
lems are complex and they are
important. They will not be
solved by rigid, unbending
adherence to slogans and
ideology.”
Bentsen said Reagan has been
unwilling to listen to alternatives
proposed by Democrats.
“It doesn’t have to be my idea
or your idea,” he said. “We’re
willing to listen to other
answers.”
But Bentsen said Reagan has
refused to compromise on his
three-year, 25 percent tax cut,
despite a budget deficit of stag
gering proportions.
The Texas senator said that
the president should consider
reducing the last phase of the
tax cut from 10 percent to 5 per
cent and moving the effective
date forward from July 1 to
April 1.
“This way we would stimulate
the recovery from the recession
with a prompt 5 percent tax cut
while shaving the projected de
ficit by $20 billion oyer the next
two years,” he said.
Bentsen also said he sup
ported an increase in defense
spending, but he said it should
be stretched out over a i
period of time.
“We simply cannot spd
sort of money the pre
requesting as fast as he war;
to without risking massive
over-runs and the wasif
scarce tax dollars,” he saii
Bentsen said Rea
proposed a budget whid |
creases spending to$43bf
including $30 billion fot
military.
“If we keep up that
spending spree we may eiil
with the most powerful mils
force in the world, but4
won’t be anything left to
fend,” he said.
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