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Show Soaday, December S, ized observances nt tise Lcs Aage-ie- s Press cised bursas. pursued two courses, one public and the ether private, in "We wanted to remember a cola seven-yeistenstcional crusade league who was ssBpJy doiag his to- win freedom for the job as a reporter, shedding Kght oa kidnapped s dark and tarbokaf part of the Terry Anderses. la the end, the news coopera-- ; world. He's one of bs." tive's chkf said, k was "larger Boccardi, AP presides? sad forces' of historical change in the chief executive officer, said is as Middle East that mattered most. interview that the news organizai Anderson's It simpty came down so the fact tion decided early ! that "it was time' for Anderson's captivity to fbGow dual paths in I release, Louis D. Boccardi said. seekisg his release. I The "One," he said, "was to have journalist, a veteran of the AP, was freed AP pursue, at every level at could, by his Shiiic Muslim captors contacts it thought might offer some hope for Terry s release." ; Wednesday. He was the last Amer- Those contacts were private and held in km hostage Lebanon. STiile AP followed executives governmental, U.S. and foreign, , and sought help worldwide in he said. Bin be decimed to provide specifics. "Virtually all of that 'lerson's long years of was confidential, AP staff members basis." hunched their own homegrown on a he other The said, "was to path, apaigiss hangletters, writing ing banners, staging anniversary support the humanitarian effort ceremonies in news bureaus, that Terry's sister Peggy reprear - ', a 17-lye- ar iy captivi-rSEordisa- wearing POW-sty- sented." metal brace- k lets reading, "Terry Anderson, March 16, 1985," the date of his kidnapping. "We felt helpless and didn't know what else to do," said AP newsman Jeff Wilson, who organ Year in, year out, Peggy Say followed a tireless schedule of travel, diplomatic contacts and media appearances to keep her hostage brother's case before the public eye. Ghristmas, recession combine for big shoplifting problem GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) The recession could deal a double blow to merchants during the Christmas season: On top of sluggish sales, some are facing a seasonal increase in shoplifting. : : "There's not a lot of disposable income out there," said Chris Kindsvatter, president of the Michigan Merchants Council. '"Some people who were on the borderline between shoplifting and not were pushed over the line. ' Shoplifting will continue to climb if the country falls deeper into recession, "especially since we as a society continue to put such importance on material goods," said Susan Caulfield, a sociologist at Western Michigan University who once caught shoplifters for a living. In 1990, shoplifting cost U.S. retailers $50 billion, including the cost of security systems and personnel, according to industry estimates. That was up from $33.3 billion in 1989. According to the FBI's Uniform Crime Report, roughly 1.2 million incidents of shoplifting were reported to police in 1990, an increase of 3.9 percent over 1989 Ijgiires and a 22 percent jump from 3986. VThere are a number of reasons lff,the trend, ranging from the increase in the drug problem to Ranges in retailing," Peter Berlin; executive director of Shoplifters; Anonymous, said Wednesday. ''Basically, there are more items on the floor, more expensive items, smaller sales $tfs and fewer security person- - The honest shopper looks at the merchandise, checking prices and sizes. Thieves usually pay more attention to store employees and may overreact to announcements over loudspeakers or to passing sirens, Hayes said. The best way to deter theft is to have plenty of employees cruising the floor, said Sue Sorensen, spokeswoman for Minneapolis-base- d Dayton Hudson Corp. At Gw same time, Larry a senior executive ia Heia-Krfcn- g. AFs World Services department, devoted almost full time to a parallel, quieter campaign of international contacts. Both were underwritten by the AP, and Boccardi said the cost totaled hundreds of thousands of dol- lars. He said the AP always had to balance the risks of turning tfie hostage journalist into a valuable prize through publicity against the alternative of seeming to "ignore" bis plight. "We had to walk a very difficult line between two extremes, both unacceptable," he said. The AP is a cooperative sen mg more than 1,500 newspapers and 6,000 broadcast outlets m the United States, and thousands more worldwide. When it came to the Anderson story, the AP had to tread warily in fulfilling its function as the world's largest newsgathering organization while playing a role itself in one of the world's longest-runnin- g news stories. "I put a wall between the AP's news efforts on this and the efforts we were making as a company and as friends of Terry Anderson," Boccardi said. fit When the affair came to light is 1986, some outside journalists questioned whether the AP "wall" was holding. But Boccardi said there was no cause for concern. He and other AP executives had met repeatedly with Lt. Col. Oliver North, the White House aide in charge of the hostage issue, but "we didn't know anything about his selling weapons," Boccardi said, and the AP's journalistic principles were not compromised. North's arms sales tc Iran, whose government had the alle Iran-Contr- a I SJdULLJ giance of she Lebanon kidnappers, appareaxy ku !o release sf tso But me hostages is the caused scheme the cf unmasking an uproar in Washington aad paralyzed official U.S. efforts so free thehostagis. In the end, Boccardi said, k was the "larger forces at work" that paved the way for Anderson's release, via United Nations media- is ml Mi f isiia m mm kchi is mu r SSBS5 m JMSwl VMM IS s3e:s ci m??"Sf.' I Kfm'-'r-' -z-1 Kt ? i i i s t. i aa.4feaa em at SEEIES: EEs 1 -- : ' r - ""' . ,, S fc 00S!?BPP9PRm In m shoplifters come out in IS f ': Rob E. Jackson, 14, son of Dr. and Mrs. Robert T. Jackson, of Pro-vreceived his Eagle Scout Award Dec. 3. T Rob is a mem- - r ber of Troop 795 Iff and a member of t ? o, Edgemont He; icuus i iiiiuv itw 15th Ward. 1 Mft ) 9. 1 High where he is .prKKfcnt : : ; - I ; project, Rob Vj A4 tji I " raised over $150 to purchase each teacher an emergency preparedness kit for each class at Canyon Crest Elementary School. The money was Or a college education. Or a comfortable retirement. It's the secure feeling you get knowing that you're providing for your family and your future. It's a U.S. Savings Bond, and it pays competitive interest rate: with a guaranteed minimum rate of return when held five years or more. For more information, pick up a free Buyer's Guide at your local bank and ask about the Payroll Savings Plan where you work. raised through selling chocolate 0ckers which the scouts made. He the sale and put student emer-- I individual Jegelher agency preparedness kits. i I . v:--" ' " i 3 . force. They can blend in with the crtwd," Hayes said. Pnly one in 10 shoplifters in caught, he said. I There is no typical profile, but shoplifters do follow definite behavior patterns, Hayes said. the ;2iJso coordinated A public nm ol ttiii publicum. b warn more information, caff the Jackson Hole Visitors Council I, ext. 45. I, ext 45. Repeat . , '. Rob Jackson wis Come to any of oui three ski areas this winter, and you'll return again and again and again. That's because Jackson Hole Ski Resort Grand Targhee and Snow King offer some of the most diverse terrain (sot to mention some of the best snow) on the planet For "Foot traffic increases in the e i0 KCUIS HABIT mm stores and Christmas gifts aren't Always included in household budgets, so you get the impulse shoplifters," said Read Hayes of JLoss Prevention Specialists. The ;Winter Park, Fla., security firm has more than 140 clients, including retail chains in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. ' "By the same token, the profescalled boosters is is HOlEiSKABTT ' Shoplifting always increases around the holidays. hard-cor- SUSS, OiEiS nASTTFO self-selecti- sional and m nomsH&Brr ii:s4V't:0000000000EEl U.9SSS5P PS w ffini mm not! IS HABIT ' ;: hole h habit f mm IfCati F0SL1EIS. ZsMf v PI EfAIEIf I! conference. "You have in these things ... a dramatic change of climate in the Middle East," he said, "aad k's those changes that are making these steps now possible." Thousands of journalism colleagues outside the AP also joined in the campaign. Such established organizations as the Society of Professional Journalists and the Overseas Press Club and such ad hoc groups as the Reporters Committee to Free Terry Anderson circulated petitions, wrote to foreign leaders and issued statements of support on key Anderson anniversaries. "In the beginning we all thought he'd be released any day. We didn't want to plan something ... that would make it lock like we thought he was going to be there for a long time," recalled Carolyn Carlson, a former SPJ president. Eventually the crusade spread to unlikely corners of globe. In 1988, the Soviet newspaper Sovetskaya Rossiya declared editorially that Russians, too, sympathized with Anderson's plight and urged him to "hold on, Terry." . fir. uiii'.. Q jii;jsf miKif pjspf? .'11.1 is tion. He identified some ot these historic factors as the Persian Gulf War and the resulting changes in Mideast power balances; the rise of a more pragmatic government in Iran after the death of Ayatofiah Ruhoilah Khomeini, and the convening of the Arab-Israe- li peace - vr"t, "V" :t tit Page mid-198- 0s. Mil m-- f TES ESSALD, Prwo, Utah, I3S1 3 |