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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1964
Page
6
Sylvia Porter reports 1964 shopping boom coincides with rising shoplifting. FBI cites 81 percent rise in six years and supermarket theft avg value of 3.06. industry predicts up to 3 billion in losses this year. Self service retail and staff theft are highlighted with methods like the booster box.
The article surveys Britons celebrating Christmas with swimming for the Peter Pan Cup in Hyde Park and Folkestone dips, traditional meals, and Boxing Day recovery. It also discusses shoplifting patterns, false arrest lawsuits, and countermeasures like lie detectors and CCTV as retailers fight pilferage and pass costs to customers.
Readers share practical ideas from makeshift dish sponges and fabric scraps to repurposing plastic baskets as organizers. Tips include repairing eyeglass hinges with thread, washing stuffed toys after replacing stuffing with shredded foam, using foil plates for kids meals, rinsing plastic curtains for less wrinkling, shaving nylon upholstery fibers, and using coffee can covers as windshield scrapers.
Advice from Dr Joyce Brothers recounts Dorothy Dix on teasing within families and among children. It notes that gentle teasing can be harmless but hostile teasing harms self esteem, friendships, and family relations, urging parents to address patterns in husband and daughter and explain the impact of teasing to avoid loss of friends.
Money moves quickly in and out of banks, lifting the money supply and aiding the stabilization of long-term rates while keeping short-term rates high. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York notes November demand deposits across 337 localities rose 8% from a year earlier, with check transactions up $15.4 billion, illustrating rapid money turnover.
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