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Tyler Coai-iei-Tines THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1987 Sect County Crime Rate Rises 16 Percent But Fewer Murders, Robberies in 1986 Coffee Again Linked To Pancreatic Cancer Smith County's crime rate rose 16 percent in 1986, with five categories of major crime up, and two down: Burglaries up 28 percent. Auto thefts up 17 percent. Aggravated assaults up 8 percent. Thefts up 5 percent. Sexual assaults up 3 percent.

Homicides down 75 percent. Robberies down 7 percent. w5 The Smith County crime rate increased 16 percent last year, compared with 1985 figures, a report released Wednesday by the sheriff's department shows. The figures closely parallel statistics released by Tyler Police Department in November which indicated a 15 percent increase in" crime for the fiscal period ending last September. The county crime breakdown shows figures for the seven Part 1 offenses, major felony crimes.

Those offenses include homicide, sexual assault, aggravated assault, burglary, auto theft, theft and The total number of these major offenses reported to police in 1986 was 2,493 353 more than the 1985 total of 2,141. Sheriff J.B. Smith said burglaries rose 28 percent in 1986 the biggest single increase. Smith attributed the jump to daytime residential break-ins many of which he said could have been avoided with greater neighborhood watch participation and more attention to suspicious behavior. The department received 1,239 re ports in 1986 compared to 962 in 1985.

Smith said he believes a majority of burglaries are committed to support drug habits or to purchase targe quantities of drugs to "I really don't think the majority of the people in Smith County are aware of just how real the drug problem is," he said. Smith also said a majority of the burglaries and auto thefts the second highest category in rate of increase could be avoided by residents simply securing windows and doors and not leaving keys in unattended vehicles. Auto theft increased by 17 percent in 1986 and Smith said a number of the stolen vehicle reports were the result of individuals leaving keys in the ignition. There was an 8 percent increase in aggravated assaults, with 13 more incidents reported in 1986 than in 1985. Detectives investigated 83 aggravated assaults as compared with 70 in 1985, the report showed.

The final two categories to show increases were theft and sexual assault. In 1986, thefts jumped 5 per- The Aug. 28 study was a follow-up to one done on the same subject in 1981 that found the incidence of pancreatic cancer appeared to increase significantly in those who drank more than five cups of coffee a day. The follow-up study, while also showing an increased risk for pancreatic cancer due to coffee consumption, found a much lower risk. But the researchers who conducted the Harvard studies wrote a letter in response to Clavel in which they said five studies that looked at coffee and pancreatic cancer since 1981 failed to find a strong association.

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"I think the culmulative research on pancreatic cancer shows no association with coffee drinking. The study, conducted at the National Institute for Health and Medical Research in Villejuif, France, and reported Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine, found heavy coffee drinkers had about twice the risk as non-drinkers. Heatley questioned the study's findings, saying it involved a small number of people and the researchers may have failed to compensate for other factors associated with pancreatic cancer. The scientists who conducted the study acknowledged more research is needed to settle the controversial issue. "I would advise people to wait before changing their habits to be certain there is a risk," Fran-coise Clavel, an epidemiologist, said in a telephone interview.

"There are so many people who drink coffee, it would be too bad to scare them," she said. The researchers examined the association between cumulative coffee consumption after the age of 20 in 171 people with cancer of the pancreas and those without pancreatic cancer from 1981 to 1985. The participants' ages were not specified. They found coffee consumption appeared to increase the risk for pancreatic cancer at nearly all levels of consumption. The strongest association was found among those who had consumed the most coffee 60,000 or more cups.

They were more than twice as likely to develop pancreatic cancer than those who drank no coffee, the study found. Women coffee drinkers showed greater risks than their male counterparts, but Clavel would not discuss the numbers specifically until after her full study is published some time next month. The study was described in a letter written to The New England Journal of Medicine in response to one published in the Aug. 28 issue by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston. Troup Fire Victim's Body TROUP Continued questions concerning the New Year's Day fire death of a Troup man have resulted in exhumation and an autopsy on the victim's body and an investigation into possible homicide, officials said Wednesday.

The state fire marshal's office, with assistance from Smith County officials, is taking "a second look" into the case, a Smith County constable said. Smith County Fire Marshal Charlie Shine earlier said the death of Eddie J. Haynes, 54, was caused Jl I cent, with 922 reported, compared to 877 the previous year. Sexual assaults had the lowest percentage increase with 35 reported in 1986, compared to 34 in 1985. That was a 3 percent increase.

The bright spot was a dramatic decrease in the number of homicides recorded in the county in 1986, compared to the previous year. Smith said arrests were made in all of the homicide cases in 1986. He said investigators handled three murder cases during the year, compared to 12 in 1985, a decline of 75 percent. Robbery also showed a decrease, of 7 percent, which Smith attributed to a special emphasis on selective enforcement programs conducted throughout the year. Exhumed opened its investigation a couple of weeks ago and exhumed Haynes' body, which was sent to a lab in Dallas for an autopsy, Sheriff J.B.

Smith said. Don Turk, an investigator with the state fire marshal's office, said he could not release any information concerning the autopsy or investigation. "I really can't divulge any information. It is still under investiga-, tion," Turk said Wednesday night. Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace Mary Guthrie approved the order to exhume the body, Smith said.

The state investigator said he has been to the site of the fire, Terrace Green Apartment No. 17, several times, and admitted there is a possibility the site has been changed in the past seven weeks. Turk said the state investigation was opened at the request of Waller, but Waller would not verify that Wednesday night. "I'd rather not comment at this time," Waller said. Smith said the sheriff's office does not investigate arson deaths unless asked and they, along with Waller, are simply assisting the state office in this case.

"Right now there is nothing to change our minds that the death was a suicide," Smith said Wednesday. Haynes, maintenance man at the apartment complex, died about 2:40 a.m. Jan. 1 in the fire. Three other family members escaped the blaze.

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McKnight said. i The pulley, which was part of the mechanism of the cherry-picker, then fell on the victim's chest, she said. Emergency medical personnel transported the victim to Nan Travis Hospital, where he was pronounced dead by a physician. Station Manager Phil Hurley said the co-worker of the man killed walked into the station and asked someone to call an ambulance. He said the ambulance arrived shortly thereafter and medical technicians attempted to resuscitate the injured man, but decided to transport him to Nan Travis.

KETK officials said the subcontractors had been working on the wiring of the tower, which feeds microwaves to another larger tower not at the station. Hurley said work on the tower has been delayed recently by high winds and ice buildup on the structure. "We don't let them work when the wind is gusting," Hurley said. 13 Chernobyl Newborns 9nriffigyM0a JC Penney JCP Styling Salon in cooperation with Broadway Square Mall by a fire Haynes was believed to have set himself. Though some officials maintain that opinion, Precinct 3 Constable Rick Waller said more information became available to officers after, the ruling and "we felt like there was more to it than met the eye.

We just felt it merited a second look. Officials would not elaborate on the new information, or on any information that would point to a homicide. The state fire marshal's office He said five of the 500 people hos pitalized following the Chernobyl accident remain in the hospital with serious radiation burns. He said he could not give a good prognosis of the chances of survival. Only two of the 13 people who received marrow transplants have survived, but Gale said this was not a bad success rate given the serious burns suffered by many of the victims.

Only one of the deaths could be linked to failure of the transplants themselves, Gale said. The No. 4 reactor at Chernobyl, 80 miles north of Kiev, was damaged on April 26, 1986, sending a radioactive cloud spewing into the air. Thirty-one people died and 135,000 were evacuated in a 19-mile radius. Radiation from the accident floated across Europe and was recorded as far away as North Soviet and American experts have predicted that during the next 50 years, between 5,000 and 150,000 excess cancers will result from Chernobyl, and about half of those will be fatal.

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