P'age Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, February 1, IVtoI T r Ita~weyTE ICHGA DIL Local merchants fight shoplifting Bill may Documentary producer talks tighten about her work for ABC (Continued from. Page 1) premises before taking any ac- HOWEVER, Border's B3 o o k- tion because, "You have to store is one establishment whose wait until they go out the door. attitude is different. General If you stop 'em in the store, manager Joe Gable says, "Our they can say they were going to main concern is customer serv- buy it," explains Checkmate's ice. Otherwise, we'd have mir- Carey. rors all over creation." I Leaving a store with stolen' At the same time, Gable says merchandise, legally called "lar- he does recognize the extent of cony from a building," can the theft problem: "In the fu- bring a four-year jail term, but ture, we're going to be tough- it denends on the circumstances er. But not like other stores of the crime.- where it's like Big Brother wat- According to Ann Arbor Po-' ching all the time." lice Major Raymond Woodruff, He indicates that Borders' many first-time offenders arel will probably start to prosecute charged with "simple larceny shoplifters as a deterrent to and aet a 90-day confinement.' crime. A "nrofessional booster" typi- STORE personnel usually wait calty eets a harsher penalty. for a shoplifter to leave the HOWEVER, first time offend- e s I z t x 'c c I ers can often avoid the 93-day "If somebody were starving, sentence by going through the and stole some food, I'd let him Deferred Sentencing Program have it. But to have money in under which they must pay $120 your possession, that's another and perform 72 hours worth of thing," Wilkins says. volunteer work over a six-month Both store managers and po- neriod. All charges are then lice agree that the "typical" drooped and record of the con- shoplifter does not exist. Al- viction is erased. though the majority of those Asked why he thinks people caught red-handed are teanag- shonlift, Woodr'iff savs, "Some ers and young adults, shoplifting d-) it by imoulse, others jo in occurs among both sexes and all with the intent." age groups. "Certainly nrofesisonals have "Why, we even catch little old the intent," he adds. ladies," says Woodruff. THE STORE managers seem If you can get fresh fennel in to concur that most offenders your vegetable market, it will have money in their pockets make a lovely addition to a raw when they commit the crime, vegetable platter to be served and will characteristically ofier with a dip as an appetizer. Cut to pay for the stolen goods if off the fennel fronds and use they are caught. for garnishing. Discard any very coarse or blemished part from the outside of the bulb. Cut into wedges and wash and 4 (Continued from Page 1) ' I had a lot of very good luck and cosome great breaks." SANDERS began her career as a correspondent and then id;producer for WNEW radio and television before joining ABC (Continued from Page 1) News in 1964. She gained early Appropriations Committee have recognition as associate pro- joined me as co-sponsors of this ducer of "Night Beat" with bil," he sasid.s sMike Wallace and as a corres- bill, he said. pondent covering assignments BUT REP. Perry Bullard of ranging from Lyndon Johnson's Ann Arbor predicted: inauguration to a 1966 tour of Vietnam., "This bill isn't going a n y - "I encountered very little where. This is no way to deal prejudice in my career, which with the problems of finan:ing was quite unusual. I had a good higher education." background and credentials that Ano one could deny. Not that I According to Bullard, the au- was ever considered 'one of the tonomy of universities is 'a pol- gas,'ecimed oners.h icy the Legislature respects, and Before her promotion, Sanders the Democratic leadership isn't wrote and produced many noted interested in changing it. documentaries for ABC's "Close- Bullard says Stopczynski "has up," including "The Right to no experience with the problems Die," a 1974 special for which of educational institutions" and she won the Front Page Award. will not find widespread backing and a Writers Guild of America will otfin d the uef sprosaingAward. The program stimulated in the House for his pro)posal. much interest and investigation "NEEDLESS to say, I'=l op- on the subject of mercy-killing, pose it," he added. peaking during the recent Ka- The proposed amendment, if ren Quinlan case. it is approved, will be put be- SANDERS also wrote, pro- fore the voters this fall. duced, directed and narrated the sensitive and candid docu- mentary, "Women's Health: A Question of Survival," which aired on Jan. 5. The program probed the questionable safety of various birth control methods and the abuse of the mastecto- my and hysterectomy operations by American physicians in treat- ing patients. In her new role she is plan- ning documentaries on t h e health care system, current methods of childbirth, the edu- cation crises and one to be aired in March on the pros and cons of gun control. She also plans to experiment with a magazine- format show of the "60 Minutes" genre in June. "One thing we don't deal with at all is culture and I feel some coverage is really essential. But it's not like the old Edward R. Murrow days when you could have a show every week to deal with anything you pleased. We nave to take what we can get, and the priority goes to more pressing problems," said San- ders. -mik.- o~s dry thoroughly. _ ADVERTISING IN THE MICHIGAN DAILY DOESN'T COST.. IT PAYS Sanders ""PEARE FOR """o rEFM E CF FLEXIBLE PRO( * IL*0*4600090TEST PREPAR~ATION ~h~O@ 0S 0 AaNcHVs INM IFLEX 1 DENT. B'DS aRAM and HOURS ANN ARBOR, MI. 48103 1945 PAULINE, SUITE A + 662-3149! SPECIALISTS SIQCE 1936 MAAOR U.S.CITIS! !!!! 00 ! DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN '? ,: ts. . . .}$ ttrr.. . . . . . . . ..ass and Eurailpass. " " 0 " " " SPhysicicns Desk RJfrene Regulary$2 i I 11