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Show DAILY UTAH UHEONICLE ItU MONDAY. NOVEMHER S. aoinipus Pol" TmrDMiviiitt,mr op utaii VOL. 4 NO. n foyinid 'Jade tlhe Qiippeir' mSiv. by Marva Dickie Chronicle staff Campus Police may have found "Jack the Clipper.' A 19 year-ol- d male, suspected of clipping locks from men's lockers in the HPER Complex, was arrested last week with two stolen credit cards on his person. The man is suspected of being involved in 30 to 40 cases during the summer and this fall, said Detective Kent Curtis of the campus police. "We've been looking at him for the last two months, and we think he's involved in all cases where locks have been clipped." On two separate occasions this month he apparently clipped locks from lockers in the HPER men's room using large bolt cutters. The twist is that after clipping the lock and stealing the contents, he replaces the clipped lock with a new one. It takes a few frustrating minutes of working the wrong combination before the victim realizes something is amiss. On Oct. 17, four lockers were broken into and on Oct. 29, two were hit, "Jack the Clipper" usually struck between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., says Reed Schultz, manager oi the HPER complex. Jeff Record, who works for H.E. Cramer Company in Research Park, played basketball at HPER on Oct. 29 and was one of the theft victims. Record said he arrived around 5:30 p.m., changed to play basketball and left all his valuables locked up. "When I came back around 7: 15 p.m., I noticed the leg of my pants sticking out of the locker, but my lock was still locked and intact," said Record. He said he sat down and tried the combination he had been using on the lock for two months. Finally, after a fruitless attempt at opening the lock, he went to the attendant to ask for help. The attendant on duty told me I should be prepared for the worst because someone had been cutting locks and repbcina.thera with new ones after taking the locker's , . o c C . 8 ' When he was hunting around the locker room in hopes of finding his discarded wallet, he said he found-emptpackages that contained new locks the thief had used as replacements. Record said he never would have left his valuables in the locker if he had known there was a rash of lock cutting going on. People should keep a list or photocopy of everything in their billfolds, said Record. "That way you'll know exactly what you need to replace if your wallet is ever stolen. I'm still remembering things that were in my billfold." Detective Curtis said just because they've arrested a suspect doesn't mean this couldn't happen again. "For all we know there could be two to three people involved in the lock clipping. y ' Record said his billfold containing company and personal charge cards was stolen, but fortunately there was no cash in his wallet. "I guess I'm lucky because I had an expensive pair o. . Large bolt cutters like these were probably the equipment a thief used to cut 30 to 40 locks off lockers at the HPER complex last summer and this fall. Campus Police last week arrested a "Jack the Clipper" suspect. contents,' stated Record ''He said it had already happened once that day.' c of binoculars in my coat, locked in the locker," said Record. "The thief just looked through my pant pockets, grabbed my wallet and left everything else." ooalist candidate ninning to pubuD coze by Darren Hawkins Chronicle staff o 1 e. s Cecilia Moriarity, Socialist Workers candidate for Utah governor, says the problem with America is there isn't a labor party to represent the interests of the working people, at a recent visit to the U. of U. "Leave valuables at home or in the car because even a lock isn't enough to deter a thief," he said. Schultz said they have increased surveillance of the locker room, and the attendant is supposed to walk through the area periodically. Also, he has the attendants check patrons' U. of U. identification cards and their bags. He said they've also closed off one of the entrance doors so people can only enter through one door. by Lisa Carricaburu Chronicle staff Large corporations are in league with the U.S. .a S minute. Johnson says she knows what she'd do as president ideas, deffeimd wooikeirs government to bust unions and suppress the working class, says the Socialist Workers candidate for Utah governor. Most of the candidates running for office now offer no real choice because they are part of the elitist ruling class, said Cecilia Moriarity during a recent visit to the University of Utah. Moriarity said that although she has no real chance to win the governor's office, she is running because she wants to publicize her ideas. "We want to talk with people about what it's going to take to end the mess we're in," she said. "People are looking for solutions. It's not their fault they are victims; it's the society. The people who run this country are only interested in their own profits." She accused large corporations of actively seeking to destroy unions because unions wield so much potential power. People strike for good things: better wages, better working conditions. This is the kind of power that can stop another Vietnam in Central America. This kind of power scares the corporations," she said. She called police the "tools of the ruling class" because they are used to "bust strikes and kill blacks." She said the problem with America is there isn't a labor party to represent the interests of the working people. Moriarity said her first priority as governor would be to speak out against U.S. involvement in Central America. "This type of thing goes in cycles. We have at least one rash of thefts every two to three months," he said. While using the HPER facilities, Schultz encourages people not to leave belongings unattended even for a "If Ronald Reagan can even go through the motions of being president, it's got to be a very simple job," Presidential Candidate Sonia Johnson said Saturday night during the final speech of her campaign. Boasting her accomplishment as the first Utahn ever to run for the presidency of the United States, Johnson returned to Salt Lake City Saturday following 13 months of vigorous campaigning as the Citizen Party's presidential candidate. "Last October I had a wonderful experience that taught me a lot about politics," Johnson told a small crowd of supporters at the Central City Center. "I realized I had to think about running for the presidency not because I thought I had a chance of winning, but because I realized that I would know what to do as president," she said. "Any woman would know what to do better than any man who has ever tried to do it." Johnson said she is often asked how she can run a presidential campaign with feminism as the single issue. "I've had to teach Feminism 101 to millions of people," she said. "Feminism represents the only complete alternative value system to the one now operating in this country. "It is the only value system based on the way women have always been taught to deal with the world, and it is really what all of mankind is longing for." Multi-Purpo- se . continued on page five continued on page five Non-Pro- fit Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT |
