We Pay For Shoplifting Has Stores Debating ID Cards
A Washington area drive to counter shoplifting notes theft rising since 1960, with losses around 3 billion yearly. Merchants consider customer ID cards at entry while a board of trade pushes prosecuting all alleged thieves, citing cases from a former cabinet member to a suburban mother.
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Greater
Washington
Frederick County
Washington Board of Trade
Suburbia
Country Club
PTA
Woodward & Lothrop’s
Dayton public housing plan targets 14 000 units across 29 towns
Dayton Ohio faces a heated push to disperse 14 000 low and moderate income housing units across 29 municipalities in a five county metro area. The Miami Valley Planning Commission anchors a density and need based formula, amid opposition and threats against planners, while federal backing and open communities policy loom large for nationwide impact.
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Dayton
Ohio
Miami Valley Planning Commission
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Nixon
Miami Valley Commission
Commission
Planning Commission
Washington Today on Soviet American relations and peace
Editorial notes that antipathy between Russians and Americans undermines world peace and arms talks. It criticizes Soviet actions against Americans and protests over the hijacking trial, urging mutual trust, responsible publicity, and restraint while stressing defense remains American policy. Includes a quiz section about notable figures.
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Soviet Union
Kremlin
Moscow
Washington
United States
Publishers- Hall Syndicate
Practical and Humane Army Acts to Help Those on Drugs
The Defense Department shifts toward medical handling of marijuana users, with counseling and rehabilitation rather than punishment. Army policy now emphasizes voluntary treatment, field commanders gain latitude, and advisers stress medical and legal guidance before discipline. Education aims to build self worth and health awareness, while acknowledging marijuana risks and potential long term effects. Institutional hard line remains on other drugs and penalties.
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Washington
Nea
Defense Department
U.S. Army
Vietnam
Europe
United States
Army
Defense
Melvin Laird
Pentagon
Laird
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Memorials and a musical comedy in Frederick in 1921
A Governor's committee and the Frederick Rotary Club plan to raise 30000 for a World War I memorial to local servicemen. "Abie the Agent" played to a large crowd at the City Opera House. Frederick YMCA fell 34 to 31 to Congress Heights Yankees in Washington.
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Frederick
Abie the
City Opera House
Religion Making Impact on Air
Religious broadcasting splits into independent commercial and cooperative ecumenical camps, both growing. The late night fundraising pitch, ministry tools such as prayer cloths and crosses, and hard gospel themes drive survival. The National Council of Churches shift to hopeful, concrete programs emphasizes poverty and racism as targets. Radio Good News in Addis Ababa and Beirut reaches over 100 million, with 18 hours daily in English French and Arabic. The World Association for Christian Communication leads a satellite channel push linking West and developing nations. The Reverend Poling leads the Christian Herald Association in facing evolving technology.
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Price
Third World
Africa
Asia
Middle East
Radio Good News
Addis Ababa
Beirut
World Association For Christian Communication
Philip Johnson
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Kent County
Delaware
Ira Lipman
Guardsmark Inc
Alice Tepper
The
Council On Economic Priorities
Washington Today
By David Lawrence
America
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Vatican City
Franklin Roosevelt
Myron Taylor
Henry Cabot Lodge
Walter Camp
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House of Lords
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Me Mrapy
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Fuano
Ray Cromley
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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Theodore R. McKeldin
House of Delegates
Senate
Automobile Club of Maryland
By David Poling
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NBC
Frontiers of Faith
ABC
Directions
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Nelson Price
Poling
Christian Herald Assn
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