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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1979
Page
4
The National Retail Merchants Assn tracked 500 shoppers in a major department store with 42 shoplifting incidents by day end. FBI data show 615,781 people were apprehended for shoplifting last year, with many escapes unseen and prosecutions rare.
The piece argues shoplifting and employee theft total $14 billion annually, raising prices for shoppers. It notes catalog and home shopping reduce security costs for merchants but do not stop losses. Insider theft, including a Pittsburgh clerk accumulating a million dollars in jewelry, highlights ongoing risk to small businesses and consumers.
Woodward and Armstrong argue the Supreme Court is not as pristine as public myth, tracing the period 1969 to 1976 with internal memos and diaries. The book raises ethical questions about justices and law clerks, while noting the court remains private and conduct remains under scrutiny as readers weigh openness against deliberative integrity.
The piece argues that President Carter shifts to higher defense spending, citing lessons from Vietnam and Iran as proof of a need for strength. It critiques Harold Brown and the administration for misreading Moscow and the long Cold War, warning of liberal parochialism and a degraded American position.
A reader asks how to engage a pastor on sensitive needs of seniors in church. Billy Graham advice urges addressing lighting with the custodian, forming joint efforts, and serving one another through outreach, prayer, and sharing wisdom with younger members.
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