Washington shoplifting crackdown yields early gains
Vigilantes in Washington report modest inroads against shoplifting, with retailers cutting losses from as high as four percent to around 1.4 percent at Woodward and Lothrop. Stores used cameras, increased security, and daily inventories while courts speed trials under a new Retail Bureau effort, aiming to reduce public costs and help merchants pass savings to customers.
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Frederick County
Washington
Woodward and Lothrop
Stote
Retail Bureau
Washington Board of Trade
Yohnson
Leonard Koldney
Bureau
Effects of Pakistan War Threatens Its Existence in Cold War Era
A historical snapshot argues that Pakistan's civil crisis, rooted in 1947 partition tensions and regional power shifts, risks redrawing Cold War alignments. It notes Pakistan's army, mixed foreign weaponry, and potential guerrilla resistance in the East, with broader regional stability at stake for the United States.
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Pakistan
Britain
U.S
Asia
John Foster Dulles
Soviet Union
Red
India
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Punjab
Bengal
Iran
Mideast
Southeast Asia
East
Allah
United States
Timely Quotes On Economic Fears And Media Role
Arthur B. Burns notes that a wage price freeze haunts him in sleepless hours but fades with coffee. Walter A. Schwartz argues networks would have been blamed for starting the Civil War if a news crew had covered Fort Sumter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur B. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Fort Sumter
Walter A. Schwartz
ABC Network
Economy at Risk if Wage Costs Rise, Warns Analyst
Washington reports economist warns inflation deepens recession unless restraints curb production costs. Unions press for large wage boosts amid rising unemployment while auto and steel sectors prepare for new contracts. Government intervention unlikely. free enterprise challenged by nationwide bargaining. Proverbial and biblical quotes conclude the piece.
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David Lawrence Washington
Congress
America
Stewart S Cott
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Iron Age
Stwvei
New Stature for Wo Ed Training
Census Bureau data show explosive growth in education among Americans over 30 years with college degrees rising from 6 to 16 percent and some college from 13 to 31 percent. Vocational training, rising 13 fold, remains a neglected path. experts urge upgrading stigma and expanding recognition of technical education as a viable, rewarding route.
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Census Bureau
U.S. Office of Education
Irving Goldstein
Charron-Williams Systems, Inc
Southeast
Goldstein
Red Cross official to visit Brunswick chapter this week
MISS ORLE S. WHITAKER, director of chapter production for the Potomac Division of the American Red Cross in Washington, D C, will visit the local chapter this week and speak at a meeting of chapter officials and representatives from the Red Cross branch and auxiliaries at the YMCA. Automobile Commissioner E Austin Baughman says he will try not to worry about charges of gross negligence and inefficiency raised by State's Attorney Aaron R Anders who was arrested for several violations and requested a jury trial. Pursuant to a spring 1917 custom, Brunswick merchants will close at 6 PM from April 19 to November 1 unless it is pay day night.
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Orle §S. Whitaker
Potomac Division
American Red Cross
Washington, D.C
Red Cross
YMCA
E. Austin Baughman
Aaron R. Anders
Anders
Brunswick
Red Cross fund drive tops $17 thousand in 20 years
The 20 years ago report cites a Red Cross fund drive total of 17 905 64 with a $13 000 quota. General chairman Charles V. Main credits 400 volunteers for the campaign’s success despite incomplete returns in two county districts. Lions Club luncheon featured three brief talks chaired by Alvey Renn. Dr Rayford W Logan of Howard University spoke at Hood College on Africa political development and independence timelines.
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RED Cross
Charles V. Main
Sgt. Main
Lions Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Alvey Renn
Richard F. Kline
Joe Turner
Harold Staley
Roy Walter
Rayford W. Logan
Hood College
Logan
Howard University
Washington
Africa
FBI private data on public figures fuels political tension
New evidence suggests the FBI traffics in private information on public figures. An unmarked, untitled report on Hale Boggs alleging heavy drinking circulated, influencing a comment by Deputy Attorney General Richard Kleindienst. The piece asserts the FBI has long collected sensational tidbits from investigations and wiretaps, including a note on Ramsey Clark’s telephone contact with the Soviet ambassador.
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Washington
FBI
House
Hale Boggs
Richard Kleindienst
Boggs
Kleindienst
Baltimore
Victor Frenkil
Ramsey Clark
Anatoly Dobrynin
Russia
Israel
J. Edgar Hoover
Clark
White House
Pentagon
State Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Memo and peanut butter caper lure readers in Berry's World
The column cites a February 20 1968 FBI memo alleging an illicit King affair with a Los Angeles dentist wife and an NYC hotel incident. It also recounts a Pentagon peanut butter caper involving Maj Gen Herron Maples choosing Circus over Piknik, costing European Command buyers 2 cents per jar. The piece notes Maples used backchannel messages and hints at motives from food brokers. It ends with a quirky Q&A about the origin of Graham & Read.
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Lyndon Johnson
Martin Luther King
White House
FBI
Dr. King
Los Angeles
New York City
King
Boggs
Clark
Pentagon
Army
Herron Maples
Europe
Circus
Maples
Army Support Services
Vietnam
Gen. Creighton Abrams
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George T. Joint
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Edward H. Selenick
Hecht’s
Hecht
People's Drug Stores
Maryland
Virginia
Nixon
Calvin Coolidge
Carl Hubbell
By Don Oakley
News-Post
By Jack Anderson
Berry's
Graham &Read
Sylvester Graham
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