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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1959)
1 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Sunday, Dee. 13, 195f One Burglary, One Attempt Reported One burglary and one at tempted burglary were re ported to state police Satur day morning. Kurt Snider told state po lice that someone broke into his shoe repair shop at 35 Vilas rd." sometime Friday, night or early Saturday morn ing. It is as yet undetermined how much properfy was stolen, but Snider told police there was no money in the shop. State police said someone tried to break into the Tom Thumb Market, 5017 Table Rock rd., at 2:26 Saturday morning, but was frightened away by Thomas Shephard, who was working on the store's books at the time. Police Chief Gives Tips on How To Prevent Holiday Losses Many millions of dollars in money and merchandise are lost each Christmas season to pickpockets, check forgers and shoplifters by careless businesses and shoppers who disregard common safety prac tices during the holiday sea son, according to Medford Police Chief Charles P Champlin. The amount of this loss can be greatly reduced if several simple rules will be followed by shoppers and store own ers, Champlin .said. Shoplifters, who have al ready made their presence felt in Medford this : season, can be greatly discouraged, Champlin said, if stores will maintain sales forces large enough to catch them in the act. .The employment of "spot ters," who watch specifically for people ' lifting merchan- Send photographic greetings with the personal touch... 3X 'LARGE-PICTURE" GREETING CARDS Just select the Photo-Greeting Card you like best from our new designs that fit your favorite negative ... horizontal, square, or vertical. Your greeting is printed around the edge of the large picture. Order your choice now! f Tier friends will rinirtX I and leaf 1 V rMtmber VamJ v I GREEN STAMPS ANDERS 232 East Main PHOTO SHOP Phone SP 2-5646 dise, can easily pay for itself by saving merchandise that would otherwise be taken, Champlin said. Employees should watch for loiterers and report any persons they regard as suspi cious to the police depart ment, Champlin said. Avoiding Display By avoiding the display of valuable items near exits, stores can discourage the type of thief who snatches and runs, he advised. Stores would be wise to guard against disturbances among customers, he suggest ed, which could possibly be a cover for a theft in another part of the store. By being cautious in cash ing checks . for strangers, he said, especially when they are for sums of money over and above , the cost of merchan dise, and by requiring ade quate identification and tak ing note of same, the num ber of bad checks passed over the holidays can be reduced. Persons should not get an gry or embarrassed, Champlin said, when required to show identification before cashing a check. In asking people for adequate identification, the stores are trying to reduce large losses they absorb each year because of bad checks, he pointed out. ; ' Chief Champlin advised shoppers that many packages are taken from unlocked cars parked in the downtown area. He said the best place for packages is in the trunk, out of sight. If they must be left in the interior of the car, then be sure the car is locked, he added. ' Displaying Money Do not carry or display large sums of money while shopping, he cautioned, and do not lay purses on the coun ter or leave them unattended while inspecting or trying on merchandise, since this invit es purse snatchers. Regarding the many homes that are burglarized during the holiday season, Champlin cautioned homeowners not to advertise their absence from home by leaving notes on the, front door or mail box, or by letting daily deliveries -pile up in front of the house. Stop all deliveries and have the post office hold mail until your return, he advised. It is also advisable to let neighbors and the police de partment know when you will be gone for extended pe riods of time. The Medford police department has a vaca tion home check service, whereby the house is checked by city police before the peo ple leave,-to make sure, every thing is in order and properly locked, and then checked dai ly until the vacationers re turn to make sure everything remains untouched. , Officer Alfred Apparcel of the Medford police depart ment will provide further in formation on methods of re ducing the Christmas loss to bad check artists and shop lifters to stores requesting it. Chief Champlin said. Medford Youth Held On Drunk Charge Douglas Allan Duin, 18, 427 South Central ave., . was ar rested by city police late Fri day night, on a charge of be ing drunk in public. ' Police" were summoned to Jacks Drive Up, 911 North Riverside ave. on the report of a hit-and-run accident at that location. Deanna Marie Hull, 17,. Central Point told police that a car backed into her car while it was parked at the drive-in, and then left without stopping. She said she believed the driver to be Duin. -City police picked Duin up at the drive in and took him to the police station where he spent the night. Police said Duin had called the station earlier in the eve ning to report his car as stolen, but they said this was unfounded. Duin refused to tell police where his" car was and denied hitting the Hull car. How ever, police later found the car parked behind a building. LAVAL'S .WIFE DIES Paris. (UPD - Mrs. Pierre Laval, whose husband was ex ecuted in 1945 as a chief col laborator with Nazi Germany, died Friday. Gold Hill Council To Consider Bond Election Action Gold Hill - A resolution be ing prepared to call a special election on a proposed bond issue to finance a water filtra tion plant in Gold Hill had not been completed in time for consideration by the coun cil at its meeting last week. The resolution will be pre sented either at a special meeting at the next regular meeting whan It is completed, city officials said. At a public meeting recent ly, Archie Rice of the con sulting engineering firm of Cornell, Howell, Hayes and Merryfield, Corvallis, said the estimated cost of such a plant would be $120,000 without in stallation of water meters at Gold Hill homes. Paid Off in 20 Years The bonds, including in terest estimated 5 per cent, would be paid off in 20 years at the rate of $10,000' per year. Operating costs for the plant would be an estimated $3,808 in addition to the an nual, bond payment, he .said. Rice also said that, the city would set an estimated water rate of at least $4.75 per month to finance the costs. He suggested that money now raised by current water bills be transferred to the tax rolls or other means such as a sewer fund. .- At last week's meeting, council men indicated they may add $6,000 to the tax rolls next year to help off-set city expenses now financed by the water rates if the bond issue is approved by voters. Make Recommendations Bill Roble, state deputy fire marshal from Grants Pass, told Mayor Milton Steinmetz that it is not the usual pro cedure for him to accompany the local fire marshal on in spection trips to residences and business establishments. He suggested the city make its own recommendations. The council plans to con sider a proposed ordinance governing explosives in the city, and approved a request from Grants Pass" that its fire department join Jackson coun ty's mutual aid program of which Gold Bill is a member. ' Garyeerd Roy Piearf i"! 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