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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1964
Page
5
The FBI notes shoplifting multiplies rapidly with an 81 percent rise over six years. Losses hit billions, with average item value up to 3.06 dollars and total theft across sectors reaching hundreds of millions. Experts cite the self service boom, lax employee ethics, and sophisticated thieves, while retailers deploy mirrors and CCTV to combat the trend.
Roswell will accept paying petitions until February 1 from residents who want their blocks paved in 1965. City clerk Bud Foster said over half of residents on a block must sign for council consideration. Petitions and forms available at city hall.
Period ending 7 a.m. Thursday shows rain in the Pacific Northwest and snow from the northern Rockies to the upper Great Lakes. Rain snow mix extends from Ohio Valley to the north Atlantic states. Warmer in the eastern half. colder in the northern Plains. Sun up 6 59. sunset 4 54. day length 9.9 hours. New Mexico mild with variable high cloudiness and gusty winds on eastern plains. Lows tonight 20 to 35, highs Thursday 47 to 74, with 60 to 74 in the south.
Washington AP reports the Defense Department’s plan to disband the Army Reserves and merge remaining units into the National Guard is drawing mixed governor support. Initial tally shows 12 in favor and 1 against from state governors with 15 others indicating possible backing. Georgia Governor Carl Sanders vows opposition, complicating prospects given Senator Richard B. Russell’s chairmanship. Deputy Secretary Cyrus Vance and Army Secretary Stephen Ailes press a broad selling campaign to lawmakers and organizations.
A mother of three, Mrs. Garnet Okulovich, 26, died when her car skidded off a downtown Akron bridge into a construction site for a parking lot. Passenger Martha Petty, 23, was critically injured. Okulovich's husband had died in a 1950s traffic crash.
In Meadowbridge West Virginia and Akron Ohio a family endures repeated losses. A 17 year old daughter was shot dead in Meadowbridge in 1950. Bernard Gill died in a traffic crash two years later. Samuel Okulovich, 25, died in Akron after a car struck a steel pole. Now three children Samuel Tammy and Diane are orphans living with their mother.
Witness recounts a man sobbing and asking why it could not have been him, his words revealing the sudden loss and the impact on her children. The scene centers on the immediate emotional aftermath of the incident.
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