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FBI Reports
Rise in Crime
The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports disclosed crime in the * United States rose 21 percent during the first six months of 1968 when compared to the corresponding period in 1967, according to figures released today by Attorney General Ramsey Clark. In making those figures available, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover stated that crime reports which were submitted voluntarily by law enforcement agencies throughout the country reveal violent crimes increased 21 percent as a group. Individually, these crimes showed increases of 29 percent in robbery, 17 percent in murder, 15 percent in forcible rape, and aggravated assault 14 percent. Volumewise, the property crimes as a group were up 20 percent led by auto theft up 24 percent, larceny $50 and over 23 percent, and burglary 17 percent. According to Mr. Hoover, all
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