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The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
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FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover reported a 5% rise in serious U.S. crimes to a 1954 record high, despite better police efficiency; declines in homicides and auto thefts, but increases in robbery, assault, rape, burglary, larceny, bank looting, government frauds, and property theft
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WASHINGTON (P)—FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover's year-end report to Atty. Gen. Brownell Wed. said serious crimes in the United States climbed 5 per cent to a new record high in 1954, Hoover said this occurred in the face of increased police efficiency.
The report said that although homicides and auto thefts declined in 1954, "the past year will record a new high for the past 10 years in crimes of robbery, aggravated assault, rape, burglary and larceny," along with sharp increases in the looting of banks by raid or embezzlement, frauds against the government, and theft of government property.
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1954
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serious crimes climbed 5 per cent to a new record high; homicides and auto thefts declined; new high for past 10 years in robbery, aggravated assault, rape, burglary, larceny; sharp increases in bank looting by raid or embezzlement, frauds against the government, theft of government property
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FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover's year-end report to Atty. Gen. Brownell stated that serious crimes in the United States increased despite improved police efficiency