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i'-. t. vr r.n 'nrr I pi b8 4 1 nmi.i.iT -'j i4 i 1 4 9 05 OiUanft Sept. 22, 1974 5C said, a local conference was formed with representatives reduce thelt lasses to such an of county district attorneys' extent that it showed up in offices, police departments, significantly increased prof- port authorities, air-cargo! its- firms, truckers, rail andj As part of the new theft- steamship lines and labor un-j reduction effort, Browning ions. could prove Chicago earlier this month, that simply by taking the trouble to record the serial numbers of the products it shipped, and where they were shipped to.

ft was able to' By contrast, bo said, was the experience of a major Eastern camera manufocturer who reported, at the National Cargo Security Conference in kitchen spectacular fey DEL LANE Tribile SUB Writer For every dollar ypu spend co products shipped in interstate commerce-end that means everything from Alka-Seltzer to Zeniths yon pay an unofficial 16-cent lax" to thieves. That's the way U.S. Atty. James Browning Jr. in San Francisco illustrates the magnitude of loss to American consumers from cargo thefts, a loss that federal officials estimate at up to S3 billion annually.

Browning is one at IS U.S. attorneys across the nation participating in a joint feder-al-state-industry crackdown or the growing problem, spearheaded by the Justice Department and the Department of Transportation. In these inflationary times," Browning says, that 10 per cent in extra costs becomes a major factor in consumer economics. Nationally, he said, only about one-tenth of cargo losses occur in outright hijacking and that figure is even lower on the West Cosst and perhaps half that comes from burglary of the breaking-and-entering variety. That leaves about 85 per cent.

Browning said, that are in-house" thefts, stealing Let us show you how we con put it all together in a way that costs you the least amount of money for the most kitchen you can possibly buy. Our selection of cabinets is almost limitless. Woods of Pecan, Walnut, Ash, Cherry, in styles to suit any home decor. 1 Tlllll PM KIMNITH HIM that is doho-by the employes -of the firms engaged in shipping, carrying and receiving What we want to do, Browning said, is twofold: first to catch and prosecute those engaged in the thefts, and second, to make it more -difficult for them to steal in the first place." He said authorities are trying to convince firms to tighten their security and their internal controls ever goods in shipment, and then to be sure to report all thefts that take Mace. It's very difficult to give the magnitude of the problem, in terms of exact figures, he said, because of the morass of investigative and prosecuting agencies involved.

Thefts might be reported to local police, or a sheriff's office, or the FBI or Cosst Guard, or just to an insurance company. We have no central clearing house fer these reports. And, state and federal officials say, many companies often fail to report thefts at all, for fear their insurance rates will go up. They counter that improved reporting, plus improved internal security, can effectively reduce insurance Maims end increase profit. They cite the of a group of seven Eastern trudriines that emphasised' accountability for cargoes and reduced opportunities for theft.

The additional security cost them $68,000 a year. But their theft-related, insurance claims went down by 54 per cent, reducing their loss claims by $281000 and resulting in an actual increase in profits of $110,001 This is true tar manufacturers as well as carriers. Browning cited a recent East-bay case in which a boxcar full of new bicycles was stolen. Although all the bikes had serial numbers, Browning said, the manufacturer had neglected to keep a record of which numbers were included in which shipments. So, even though the FBI was sure it was spotting those bikes being sold in the streets, there was no way they Reading's 7-fioaf Fleet Oakland Mayor and Mrs.

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9 lo Sun. 12 to better than the first encounter," said a project official. Because of the magnification power of the cameras, features as small as a-half-mile across could bo distinguished. Thus, the new photos were nearly as detailed as those snapped on the first flyby, which came within .430 miles id the planet. And this time the craft, an eight-sided platform sprouting two wings and a pair of radar antennas, had a better view of Mercury's south pole.

But Murray, head of the television experiment team, mid it was too early to tell whether this area has different features from the more northerly areas photographed previously. Again, the photos showed a number of long, curving that may mean the cracked and split eons the interior iron PASADENA (AP) The Mariner 10 spacecraft photographed sun-scorched Mercury during a repeat fly-by Saturday, but a scientist said the raw pictures of the desolate and cratered surface turned up nothing I would call startling. However, Dr. Bruce Murray said that when enhanced by computers, the pictures may show some tangible differences" from the first encounter last March 29. Some 330 photos were flashed back to earth as the robot space explorer, with two twin TV cameras aboard, approached to within 30,014 miles of the sun's nearest neighbor.

Basically, the pictures showed the same moon-like features ancient meteorite craters punched into the gray, rocky crust, large and small basins, smooth regions of solidified volcanic lava that were seen during the earlier encounter. The black-and-white pictures were really as good or maybe Mercury. Planetary scientists will piece them together into an overall view covering about 37 per cent of the planet's surface. They hope the photos can be interpreted geologically in making theories of how Mercury and other nearby planets were fumed. We still dont have a complete theory of how the solar system evolved, said Robert Strom, another TV team scientist, but the information we are getting put limits on any such theory it has to explain all these bets." After reaching the closest picture-taking point.

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