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Personal System/2 and PS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation © IBM Corp. 1989 Call battalion Classified 845-2611 Page 4 The Battalion Tuesday, September 26, Increase in vehicle thefts lead rise in Texas crime AUSTIN (AP) — Major crime in Texas rose 3.8 percent during the first half of 1989, paced by a more than 17 percent surge in motor vehi cle thefts, the Department of Public Safety reported Monday. However, most categories of vio lent crimes, including murder and rape, dropped compared to the first six months of 1988, the DPS said. “Although four of the seven ma jor categories were down in volume, the increases in motor vehicle thefts, larceny thefts and aggravated as saults raised the overall total,” Col. Joe Milner, DPS director, said. The total number of major crimes in the state for the first six months of 1989 was 659,779, up from 635,894 last year, the DPS said. The crime rate totaled 3,931.9 crimes per 100,000 population this year, up from 3,787.6 per 100,000 in the first half of 1988. According to DPS officials, arrests for illegal drugs also increased sub stantially. Those arrests were up 16.5 percent compared to the first half of 1988, although drug crimes aren’t a separate category in the sta tistics. In the violent crime categories, murders dropped by 1 percent, rapes decreased by 7.5 percent and robberies fell by 4.1 percent. However, a 4.8 percent increase in aggravated assaults was regis tered. The largest increase of any cat egory, 17.1 percent, was in motor ve hicle thefts. There were 71,794 vehi- anti-theft systems installed. Roy Newman, commander c: DPS motor vehicle theft i force. Twenty percent of the dex crimes were cleared byarra io' 1 . the first half of 1989. AUSTIN (AP) — Here are the seven major categories of crime:: the first six months of 1989, compared with a year ago, and the change as reported Monday by the Texas Department of Public Sale: CRIME 1989 1988 Percent Change Murder 959 969 Down 1 Rape 3,810 4,119 Down 7.5 Robbery 17,594 18,347 Down 4.1 Agg. Assault 30,874 29,463 Up 4.8 Burglary 168,826 171,789 Down 1.7 Theft 365,922 349,906 Up 4.6 Vehicle Theft 71,794 61,301 Up 17.1 TOTALS 659,779 635,894 Up 3.8 cles stolen in the first half of this year, nearly 10,000 more than in 1988. “To lower the risk of these fre quent thefts, we encourage vehicle owners, especially those with newer models, to keep them locked up, be sure they are parked in brightly lighted areas and consider having In addition, nine Texas la» forcement officers were killed ing the first half of the year ! were killed by criminal action five died in duty-related acciden; Reports are submitted by 8!1 enforcement agencies toco DPS statistics. Bentsen asks Bush for action on border health, environment WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Lloyd Bentsen asked President Bush Monday to propose the creation of a bilateral commission that would ad dress border health and environ mental issues during an Oct. 3 sum mit with Mexican President Carlos Salinas. of both countries. Only through co operative action will we make any real progress in resolving these problems.” “I know there are many important issues vying for space on the agenda for your upcoming meeting with President Salinas, but few matters confronting our two countries are more critical than the environmental and health problems we share along our border,” Bentsen, D-Texas, told Bush in a letter. Bentsen said both Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, rely heavily on the Rio Grande for drinking wa ter, but 40 percent of Nuevo Lare do’s sewage flows untreated into the river. Segments of the Rio Grande between Mission and Brownsville, he said, are unfit for any contact with human skin. The city of El Paso, he said, has been cited for failure to meet f ederal air quality standards, yet there is no cjuestion air pollutants driftbad forth between El Paso and Cii j uarez. Bentsen proposed the woiiot new commission, as well as tb the International Boundary and ter Commission, be coordinated the Office of U.S.-Mexico Affairs, which Secretary ofi James A. Baker III is takingstt|> establish — at Bentsen’s mg “An International Commissi Environment and Healths vide a mechanism that would!* enable the U.S. and Mexicotojoi develop solutions,” Bentsensaid. He nor reel hers or tl lace A hell atior choc At elon ende “It aim, ist rr as o ion 1 Th oute (tide lissb Ck le tr Th Si SAl icke e be ike iseas Pot: eri “5 ilssio ble c ells n ick v; His orph Bentsen suggested the Interna tional Commission on Environment and Health be patterned after the International Boundary and Water Gommission/wliich hqjj.