Delco crime rate plummets in five year trend
Delaware County crime has hit its lowest level in five years, according to the Citizens Crime Commission. Major crimes fell 6 percent last year and 11.7 percent over five years, with burglaries down 26 percent, rape down 21 percent, and motor vehicle theft down about 30 percent from 1981 to 1982. Minor crimes fell 3.17 percent over five years, though robberies rose almost 18 percent in two years and drunk driving climbed about 45 percent.
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William Alnor
Daily Times
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Aging America Ties to Decline in Crime, Says Delaware County Panel
Philadelphia report links aging population and court backlogs to crime trends. It notes handgun arrests dropping after five year terms, a 90 percent rise in five years for weapons offenses, drug arrests up 20 percent, murders steady around 35 per year, and lower clearance rates in Delaware County.
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Frank J. Fitzpatrick
United Nations urges total isolation of Israel
The U N General Assembly branded Israel aggressive and expansionist and urged every country to sever contacts with the state in all fields. Eighty four delegations backed the resolution, 24 opposed including the United States and Israel, with 31 abstentions. The body also criticized U S Israel aid deals, saying they would push Israel’s policies. Israeli ambassador Yehuda Blum dismissed the resolutions as biased and harmful to Middle East peace efforts.
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United States
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Middle East
Salvadoran officer jailed in US killings case
Salvadoran authorities detained Capt Eduardo Avila linked to the Jan 4 1981 murders of AFL CIO advisers Michael Hammer and David Pearlman at the Sheraton Hotel in San Salvador. The arrests come as Vice President Bush warned rightist death squads must be controlled and aid to El Salvador could be at risk.
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Michael Hammer
David Pearlman
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Avila
George Bush
Reagan
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