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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1954
Page
3
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover reports an 85 percent rise in major crimes during the first half of 1954 compared with 1953. The Uniform Crime Reports put total major crimes at 1,136,140, with daily averages across murder, rape, robbery, burglary, larceny and auto theft. Urban crime up 7.2 percent, rural 11.9 percent.
The FBI reports Maryland cities saw lower rates in robbery burglary breaking or entering and larceny per 100000, while murder non negligent manslaughter aggravated assault and auto theft rose. Compared with late 1953, rates fell for robbery burglary and larceny, rose for murder and auto theft. Nationally, murder and non negligent manslaughter and auto theft fell slightly.
Officials said today foreign aid will include 10 million tons of coal both hard and soft. Harold E. Stassen, director of the Foreign Operations Administration, announced the plan in Washington.
After a Denver meeting with President Eisenhower, Stassen says 10 million tons will be bought by the FDA for 150 million dollars with allocations across Kentucky West Virginia Pennsylvania Illinois and other states. Officials say details are not yet set and priority will go to areas hard hit by mining unemployment. Coal types and exact quantities remain undecided.
Liam McCrory and Earl H. Venne say investigation continues into the strangling death of the Roberts girl. Abducted from her grandparents’ Miami home, her body lay in mangrove near South Bay Shore. grandfather’s stolen car found nearby. A Baltimore lawyer’s daughter is the victim.
A 12 acre farm and home with a seven room brick and frame houses, dairy barn, silo, electric water system, and outbuildings offered near Urbantown and Jane Renn Pontiac. Other listings include a 41/2 to 10 acre parcels with streams, roads, and 1948 to 1950 vehicles in Middletown and New Windsor, with prices ranging from 4 500 to 10 590 dollars.
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