The Tyler Leader (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1977 Page: 4 of 8
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THE TYLER LEADER, Tyler, Texas
THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1977 - THURSDAY, APRIL 7. 1977
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Crescent Laundry, Inc.
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Violent Crime Rate Drops Six Percent In Texas
AUSTIN - Violent crime in
Texa sdropped six per cent in
1976 while crimes against pro-
perty rose by four per cent,
according to preliminary figures
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released today by the Texas
Department of Public Safety
(DPS).
Colonel Wilson E. Speir, DPS
director, said the preliminary
Texas crime report was com-
piled from uniform crime re-
porting data submitted monthly
by.Texas sheriffs and chiefs of
police. The DPS coordinates col-
lection of crime data in Texas in
cooperation with the FBI’s na-
tion-wide uniform crime report-
ing program.
Reports of actual offenses
were collected from law enforce-
ment agencies representing 93
per cent of the state’s total
population. The statewide figur-
es show these trends: Murder
and homicide, down 6 per cent;
Rape, up seven per cent; Robb-
ery, down 14 per cent; Aggrava-
ted assualt, down two per cent;
Burglary, down five per cent;
Theft, up 10 per cent; Vehicle
theft, down eight per cent.
Speir said the statistics re-
vealed that there was at least
one major crime every 45 sec-
onds in Texas during 1976. A
total of 665,051 major criminal
offenses were reported, of which
152,660 or 23 per Cent were
cleared by arrests.
Law enforcement agencies,
however, cleared 86 per cent of
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the 1,468 known murders. Clear-
ance rates for other crimes were
aggavated assault, 70 per cent;
rape, 59 per cent; robbery, 41
per cent; motor vehicle theft,
22 per cent; larceny-theft, 21 per
cent'; and burglary, 20 per cent.
Of the 665,051 major crimes,
almost 91 per cent occurred in
urban areas. Cities over 100,000
population accounted for 408,862
of the known offenses.
Police agencies reported that
property valued at $241.8 million
was stolen during the year in
Texas, with approximately $78.3
million recovered.
A separate segment of the
Uniform Crime Reporting Pro-
gram deals with drug arrests,
and Spner said data submited by
local law enforcement agencies
indicates that 52,789 drug abuse
arrests were made in the state
during the year. He said the
statistics indicated that 45,555 of
those arrested for drug offenses
were males, while 7,234 were
females.
The largest single segment of
persons arrested on drug charg-
es were males and females
between 25 and29 years of age.
Some 6,959 were juveniles age
16 and younger, including 22
persons age 18 or under.
Speir said the Texas crime
report indicates that 12 law en-
forcement officers werekilled
in line of duty during 1976 as the
result of felonious criminal ac-
tion. During this same period,
there were 2,757 officers assault-
ed in the line of duty.
Agencies having at least two
police officers murdered includ-
ed the Houston Police Depart-
ment, the Dallas Police Depart-
ment, and the Texas Depart-
ment of Public Safety.
USAF Seeking
Applicants For
Officer Openings
ARLINGTON, Tex. — Air
Force recruiters are looking
for qualified applicants to fill
1,629 officer openings during
fiscal year 1978, according to
Lt. Col. John C. Currie, com-
mander of Recruiting Detach-
ment 404, headquartered in
Arlington, Tex.
“Our recruiting efforts will be
primarily focused on applicants
who have technical degrees,
such as computer science, engi-
neering, mathematics, meteoro-
logy and physics,” said Colonel
Currie. He pointed out, however,
that “persons possessing non-
technical degrees are welcome
to apply for openings in eareer
fields such as supply, security
and law enforcement and admin-
istration, but they should expect
exceptionally keen competition
for selection.”
Some 190 openings will be for
navigator trainees, and 315 for
engineers.
College graduates or seniors
within six months of graduation
are eligible to apply. Applicants
must be 21 to 29 years old (in-
clusive), and be American citi-
zens.
If selected, prospective off-
icers will attend the 12-week
Officer Training School at Lack-
land Air Force Base in San
Antonio, and be commissioned
a second lieutenant following
graduation.
Local Air Force recruiters
have complete information.
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Students
Tyler Junior College
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(Paid for by a Friend)
In every area,
there is one bank
that stands out
above all#|e rest.
In East Texas,
that bank is the
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Bank of Tyler.
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Wilkinson, S. F. The Tyler Leader (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1977, newspaper, March 31, 1977; Tyler, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth884967/m1/4/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Smith County Historical Society.