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Lyndon Johnson: “The increase in crime is phenomenal. It is up some 50 percent since 1960.”

On the recordSeptember 28, 1966
The increase in crime is phenomenal. It is up some 50 percent since 1960.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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