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Show IfT Times-Augu- Pag st Editorial and 26, 1982 O pinion Crime figures are now stabalizing Think traveling is exciting? Try getting a passport Spy thrillers and Janies Bond movies d fill of international drama and are not the only way ! to get your timing. Sometimes you just have to appy for a passport. student body president, applied for Jeff Taylor, Richfield Highs 1982-8a passport when he was selected to participate in a study program in Japan. Jeff and Annette Lindsay of Taylorsville were chosen as Utahs representatives in the program which is funded by the Japanese government. It provides 100 American high school students a chance to learn Japanese culture and values while living with a Japanese host family. Two weeks before the trip began, when his passport still hadnt come, Jeff contacted my office, and explained the situation to Dave Heaps, a member of my staff. Dave started calling the passport office in San Francisco. He interceded for us with the passport office, and it took an awful of lot of interceding, said Mrs. Jeri Taylor, Jeffs mother. He called San Francisco almost every day, and kept us informed about what was happening. But when the passport was finally granted and mailed to Richfield, time, apparently, had run out. The trip had begun; Jeff had left for California, where he was staying at Stanford University, which is near San Francisco. He was scheduled to leave for Japan before the passport could reach him. So my staff kept at it. Some more calls to the passport office snared a d to Jeff on temporary passport, and some convincing got it the day before his plane left for Japan. It went right down to the wire, said Mrs. Taylor. My only hopes is that Jeff has an easier time coming home. Hes an impressive young man, and I was happy our office could provide the help he needed to represent Utah in Japan. Helping individual Utahns like Jeff is one of the most rewarding aspects of my job. split-secon- 3 hand-delivere- New office of stratigic trade D.C. Senator Jake Gam today introduced legislation to create a new Office of Strategic Trade which tie said would WASHINGTON, (R-Uta- serve as the hub of a more effective export control operation and carry out fully all the purposes of the export control statutes. The key feature of the bill is the transfer of responsibility for export control from the Department of Commerce to a new Office of Strategic Trade (OST). Gam said the legislation has been made necessary by the failure of our current export control system to meet our commercial, strategic foreign policy, and other related needs. The bill is a rewrite of the Export Administration Act of 1979 and would replace the Act when it expires in 1983. Gam said hearings in both the Senate Banking Committee and the Governmental Affairs Committee, as well as past experience of many individuals and groups involved with export controls, have revealed the need for basic structural changes in the countrys administration of export controls. Hie bill, The Office of Strategic Trade Acts of 1982, is a version of a bill Gam introduced in 1980. I consider it appropriate at this time to reintroduce the proposal to remove export administration from the Commerce Department where it conflicts with that Departments mandate to promote exports and has often been forced to take a back seat to commercial concerns, he said. The Utah Republican said the inherent contradiction in assignments within the Department between export promotion and export controls make it improbable that any long lasting reconciliation will be achieved to provide the adequate emphasis and resources necessary for the Department to carry out the purposes of the law . Gam said he is reluctant to be advocating the establishment of a new agency. But, in this case we are moving an operation from one department and giving it the independence and authority necessary to do its job, a job that is vital to our national security . Gam cited the results of an investigation conducted recently by the Inspector General of the Commerce Department, which he said further demonstrates the need for improvements in export control administration. The report states that the failure of the Commerce Department to rectify inadequacies in its export administration operations raises serious question about the Department's commitment and ability to enforce the Export Administration Act of 1979. Gam said the "Commerce Department itself in its own analysis has failed to show it can adequately enforce the export control statutes, despite the fact, as the report notes, that these inadequacies have been identified in earlier reviews, and despite strong public statements by the present and past Administrations in support of tight controls. The Department does not, and over the long run has not and will not, devote adequate priority and resources to export controls, he said. That is why we need an agency that is captive of no other agency. We need an agency with the stature and bureaucratic insulation to carry out fully all of the purposes of the export control statutes." Gam said recent press accounts have drawn attention to the great extent to which the Soviet military build-uhas been supported by Western exports. This has been going on for some time despite our export control system. The advanced accuracy of the guidance systems of Soviet ICB-M- s, for example, was made possible by the sale to the Soviets of American grinders. The sale of which was approved by the Office of Export Administration, he said. The Soviets obtained their shaped charged technology used in warheads for anti-tan- k guided missiles from the U.S. oil tool industry. Gam said. Similarly, a recent CIA study reported that since the early 1970s, the Soviets and East Europeans have legally purchased more than 3,000 minicomputers, some of which are now being used in military-relate- d organizations, he said. Gam said, the fact that Soviet troops rolled into Afghanistan on tracks manufactured at the Kama River plant built by American and Western European companies has been well reported. However, the problems stemming from exporting such technology are not limited to a few glamorous cases, Gam said. Rather, the problems are basic and structural in nature. The spectacular, well publicized infailures of cidents are representative of many more, similar, small-scal- e the system, he said. The aggregate effect on our national security of these may be as great or greater than the few cases that find their way into the news. Needless to say, Gam said, our defense budget would be many billions to of dollars less were it not for the cost of developing counter-measure- s the weapons we helped the Soviets develop and deploy. Western goods, services, and technology have aided the Soviet military in three major ways, Gam said. First, we have aided Russia by tranwhich has helped them build new weapons sferring our know-hosystems . This has saved them billions of dollars in research and development as well as made up for the gaps in Soviet technology. Second, he which has said we have aided Russia by transferring our know-hohelped him them build new weapons systems. This has saved them billions of dollars in research and development as well as made up for the gaps in Soviet technology. Second, he said we have given the Soviets knowledge about Western weapons systems and allowed them to develop counter-measurethereby undermining the Western qualitative edge in armaments that has been a U.S. defense against Soviet Bloc quantitative superiority. Finally, Gam said, by facilitating overall Soviet economic growth, we and butter. This has allowed are allowing them to have both guns production as well as increased ingrowth in consumer-oriente- d frastructure necessary for the financing and manufacture of armaments. He said the Kama River Truck Plant is one example of this. p ball-beari- More than 13 million serious crimes were reported to law enforcement agencies across the country during 1981, Attorney General William French Smith announced today. This estimated total was nearly the same as in 1980, but was 22 percent higher than in 1977 and 61 percent above the 1972 experience, according to final 1981 Crime Index figures compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The data were reported by over 15,000 city, county, and state law enforcement agencies, covering approximately 97 percent of the United States Population. The violent crimes of murder, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault, which collectively accounted for 10 percent of all Crime Index offenses reported, rose 1 percent from 1980 to 1981. The higher volume property crimes burglary, larceny-thef- t, and theft to the editor is democracy in action. Get in the act and write. from the year before. National the Southern Geographically, States, the Nations most populous region, recorded 32. percent of all Crime Index offenses. Following were the Western States with 24 percent, the North Central States with 23 percent, and the Northeastern States with 21 percent. Comparisons of regional figures for 1981 and 1980 showed the Southern States experienced a increase; the Western States, no change; and the Northeastern and North Central declines. States, In the nations cities, serious crime showed no change in 1981 from 1980. The rural counties registered a 2 percent decrease, and the suburban areas showed a one percent decline. The total number of Index crimes reported last year averaged 5,800 per each 100,000 inhabitants of the country. This rate, which relates crime to population, was down two percent from 1980, up 15 percent over 1977, and 46 percent above 1972. One percent higher than in 1980, last years violent crime rate -- was 577 per 100,000 inhabitants. The property crime rate, 5,223 per 100,000 people, remained relatively stable during the two year period. Law enforcement agencies cleared 19 percent of the Crime Index offenses brought to their attention in 1981. The violent and property crime clearance rates were 43 and 17 percent, respectively. Persons under 18 years of age exclusively were involved in 21 percent of all clearances during the year. Arrests for all offenses except traffic violations were estimated at 10.8 million in 1981. Law enforcement agencies recorded 5 percent more arrests than in 1980 and 11 percent more than in 1977. The number of arrests involving those under the age of 18 increased less than one percent over 1980 but fell nine percent from the 1977 total. Adult arrests rose six percent over 1980 and 17 percent over 1977. When limited to Crime Index of- fenses, 1981 arrests of persons of all ages increased four percent from the previous year. Adult arrests rose seven percent, while those ' of persons younger than 18 years decreased three percent. Of the persons arrested for all crimes except traffic offenses in 1981, 20 percent were undo the age of 18, 37 percent were under 21, and 55 percent were under 25. Male arrests outnumbered those of females by five to one. Seventy three percent of all arrestsees were white. These 1981 figures were extracted from the Uniform Crime Reporting Crime in the United publication, States, released today by FBI director William H. Webster. The leveling off of reported crime in 1981, as the Attorney General noted, is welcome news, commented r. must remember, however, that 1980 was the peak year We for lawlessness in our Nation and that this high was maintained in 1981. It is our hope that the stabilization is an omen that through the diligence and 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 IBBtBIKBBBKBBI vehicle estimates for arson, the eighth Index crime, were not available. It is heartening to see that figures that have been marching upward for so long are now stabilizing, the Attorney General said. It is, of course, difficult to pinpoint reasons for such a development, but I believe our countrys police departments are increasingly professional and doing their jobs better than ever before. Good, conscientious police work definitely accounts for much of the improvement. s, A letter motor showing virtually no change THE MAGNA TIMES 84044 9124 W 2700 S 801 250 5656 Published every Thursday Application for moil at second class postoge rates is pending at Magna, Utah. Postmaster may send address change to 9124 W. 2700 So.. Mogna, Utah PEGGY ADAMS Editor hard work for our countrys law en- s were cleared. This offense not only comprised the largest portion of the total crime index offenses reported, it also accounted for over half of the total arrests for index crimes. Fifty-tw- o percent of the larceny theft arrestees were persons under 21 years of age, and females, who were arrested for this offense more often. than for any other, comprised 29 percent of the total. An average of one of every 150 registered motor vehicles was stolen in 1981. The average value of the more than 1 million stolen vehicles was $3,173 for an estimated national loss of $3.4 jbillion. Seventy-fiv- e percent of the vehicles were automobiles, 14 percent were tracks or buses, and the remainder were other types. The number of vehicle thefts declined four percent nationally in 1981 from 1980 and was down in all regions of the country for the same two year period. Law enforcement agencies cleared 14 percent of the motor vehicles thefts reported last year and arrested an estimated 129,200 persons for this offense. As in previous years, these arrests primarily involved the younger segment of the nations population; 61 percent of the arrestees were under 21 years of age. A total of 122,610 arson offenses were reported during 1981 by 11,048 law enforcement agencies representing 86 percent of the United States population. Detailed reports showing monetary loss and types of property targeted were received on 97,202 arsons. The value of property damaged due to these arsons was $914 million, and the average loss was $9,399 per incident. Structures, comprising 65 percent, were the most frequent targets of arsons last year. Mobile property (motor vehicles, airplanes, etc.) accounted for 23 percent, and the remainder were directed at other property (crops, timber, fences, etc.) The 1981 clearance rate for arson was 15 percent. Persons under 18 years of age exclusively accounted for 38 percent of the clearances, a higher percentage of juvenile involvement than for any other Index crime. The number of persons arrested for arson was up 4 percent over 1980 and 13 percent higher than in 1977. Of all persons arrested, 42 percent were under age larceny-theft- forcement agencies and the cooperation of its citizens, we will be able to suppress crime in our com- munities. Other highlights from the 1981 publication, which is available for purchase from the U.S. Government Printing Office, are: Approximately 22,500 murders were reported in 1981, a decrease of two percent from the 1980 level. Seventy-sevepercent of the murder victims last year were males, and 54 percent were white. Fifty-fiv- e percent of the victims were slain by persons related to them or with whom they were acquainted. Argunents resulted in 42 percent of all murders, while 17 percent occurred in conjunction with felonious activities such as robbery rape, etc. Handguns were used in 50 percent of the murders, shotguns in eight percent, rifles in five percent, cutting or stabbing instruments in 19 n and percent, other dangerous weapons in the remainder. The clearance rate for murder, 72 percent, was higher than for any other Index offense. Forcible rapes reported to law enforcement fell one percent in volume in 1981 from 1960. Of the more than 81,500 offenses reported, 76 percent were rapes by force and the remainder were attempts or assaults to rape. Nationally, an estimated 69 of every 100,000 females were victims of this crime. Law enforcement agencies were successful in clearing 48 percent of the forcible rapes brought to their attention in 1981. Fifty-twpercent of the persons arrested were males under 25 years of age. Up five percent from the previous year, the over 574,000 robberies in 1981 resulted in losses to victims estimated at 6382 million or $665 per incident. Seven of every ten robberies occurred in cities with populations over 100,000 and 52 percent were perpetrated on the sreets and highways. Firearms were used in 40 percent of all robberies, strong-artactics in 38 percent, knives or cutting instruments in 13 percent, and other dangerous weapons in the remainder. Twenty-fou- r percent of the reported robbery offenses were cleared. Nearly three of every four persons arrested for this offense were under 25 years of age. o m The estimated number aggravated assaults reported in 18. Arson trend tabulations, computed of for the first time in 1981, showed seven 1981 dropped two percent from 1980. Of the 643,720 offenses, 24 percent were committed with firearms, 22 percent with knives or cutting instruments, 28 percent with blunt objects or other dangerous weapons, and the remainder with personal weapons such as hands, fists, and feet. The nations law enforcement agencies cleared an average of 58 per 100 reported cases of aggravated assault in 1981. Numbering over 3.7 million, resulted in losses burglaries estimated at $3.5 billion in 1981. Nationally, burglaries declined one percent in volume from 1980 to 1981, while the suburbian areas and rural counties of the country each recorded two percent declines. Forty percent of all such offenses occurred during the nighttime, and residential property was targeted in 67 percent of the total. Seventy-thre- e percent of the burglaries involved forcible entry, 19 percent were unlawful entries (without force), and the remainder were forcible entry attempts. The national burglary clearance rate was 14 percent. Four of every five persons arrested for burglary in 1981 were under the age of 25. Larceny theft, the highest volume Index crime, rose to more than 7.1 million offenses in 1981, one percent higher than in 1980. The average value of property stolen was $340 per for a national loss of $2.4 billion. Among the types of larceny, thefts of' motor vehicle parts, accessories, and contents accounted for 37 percent; thefts from buildings, 17 percent; shoplifting, 11 percent; and thefts of bicycles, nine percent. The remainder was distributed among pocket-pickinpurse snatching, thefts from buildings, 17 percent; shoplifting, 11 percent; and thefts of bicycles, 9 percent. The remainder was distributed among pocketthefts from picking, coin operated machines, and other percent fewer incidents than in 1980. The trend ranged from a 13 percent decrease in cities with 25,000 to 49,999 inhabitants to an increase of less than ontpercent in cities with populations over one million. While 1981 marked the second full year of the data collection on arson was a Crime Index offense, caution is recommended when using these trend tabulations. The percent changes may have been influenced to some extent by improved arson reporting procedures at the individual law enforcement agency level. - Arrests for drug abuse violations in 1981 increased 9 percent over the 1980 total. In the period 1977 to 1981, arrests for these violations were down less than 1 percent. As of October 31, 1981, there was an average of two full time law enforcement officers for every 1,000 United States inhabitants. The rates ranged from 1.4 for sheriffs or county g, purse-snatchin- -- miscellaneous types of larceny. Nationwide in 1981, 19 percent of all I Chocolate is Americas flavor. But until about 500 years ago, chocolate was a luxury reserved for Aztec emperors. When Spanish conquista-dore- s brought chocolate to Europe as a prize, only royalty could indulge. 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The effect comes in the wake of the VAs spearheading of the 1981 International of Disabled Year Persons among federal agencies, said VA Administrator Robert Nimmo. The VA was recognized as one of the top five government agencies for its outstanding observance of the International of Disabled Year Persons. I wish this momentum to continue and to be translated into, long-tergoals which can be achieved, especially through employment opportunities, he stressed to directors and staff in the Rocky Mountain area and elsewhere. Nimmo said that all VA employees should continue their active interest in the recruitment and increasing of qualified disabled placement veterans and other handicapped persons in the VA. He also lauded VA employees for getting involved in local National Year of Disabled Persons programs of veterans organizations, state, county and municipal offices and other community groups with whom we share a common concern and m w w' D0QX78 favorite Di UIITH OUR non-swo- m USE YOUR BEAN! ASOGOeOOOOCeOGOOOCOSOSCOOOOdQOOO&OGCO&S I police departments to 2.7 for cities with populations of 250,000 or more. Ninety-fiv- e percent of all law enforcement officers in the nation were male. Civilians represented 21 percent of the total law enforcement strength. personnel, the Including total law enforcement employee force averaged 2.6 per 1,000 inhabitants. An average of 17 of every 100 law enforcement officers were assaulted and six per 100 suffered personal injury as a result of assaults during 1981. Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.) were used in 83 percent of the assaults on officers. Firearms were used in six percent, knives or cutting instruments in three percent, and other dangerous weapons in the remainder. The largest portion of the assaults (32 percent occurred while officers were responding to all types of disturbance calls (family quarrel, man with gun, bar fight, etc) Four of every five officers were on vehicle patrol when assaulted. Ninety-on- e local, county, and state law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty during 1981. This total was down 13 percent from the previous year when 104 officers were slain. The activity claiming most officers lives in 1981 was responding to disturbance calls (family quarrel, man with gun, br bar fight, etc.) Nineteen officers were engaged in this activity when murdered. Firearms were the weapons used in 95 percent of the officers slayings. 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