CRIME DROPS BY 34.1 PERCENT CRM Crime drops by 34.1 percent Overall crime figures in Bermuda for the first nine months of the year are down by 34.1 percent. The major decline was shown in the category of removed vehicles where there was a drop in reported cases by 41 percent with break-ins close behind with a decrease of 38.6 percent over 1995. ---- Page 5 WOMAN FACES EVICTION HSG Woman faces eviction Alvina Simons today faces eviction from a Pembroke apartment that she has called home for nearly three years. ---- Page 6 BLOW FOR MCDONALD GROUP BUC Blow for McDonald Group US authorities last night cleared the way for a new telephone cable to be laid between America and Bermuda in a ruling that will come as a blow to a US group. ---- Page 7 ZURICH INCREASES PRESENCE HERER BUC Zurich increases presence here The move by the Zurich Insurance to increase its presence here is an acknowledgement of the rising prominence of the Bermuda insurance market, a top company executive confirmed. ---- Business, Page 13 REFEREES MAY BOYCOTT BAA SOC Referees may boycott BAA Soccer referees, fuming over a spate of ugly incidents at BAA Field, have planned a boycott of the ground. ---- Sport, Page 25