The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, September 13, 1978, Page Page 5, Image 5
Local book
shoplifting
By Lisa Frucht
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The USC Campus Bookstore and
South Carolina Bookstore are
constant targets for shoplifters.
E.A. "Park" Bailey, manager of
S.C. Bookstore, said shoplifting is
"not big-, we have some." Ben
Swanson, director of Campus
Bookstore, said shoplifting is a
problem, but the number of
shoplifters is difficult to determine.
"SHOPLIFTING CAN'T be
controlled," Swanson said. Both
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hard to calculate. "We don't know
how much we lose. It would take a
perfect inventory control to prove
it," Swanson said.
Bailey estimates a loss of less
than one percent to shoplifters,
while Swanson quotes the figures
of the National Association of
College Stores, which are annually
two to three percent in gross
volume.
Each store uses similar
(pohnintiAS in trvintf to nrevent
shoplifting.
S.C. Bookstore is equipped with
one surveillance camera, and two
more will be installed soon, Bailey
said.
Doggy doe
By Donald M. Roth berg
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON It
may take the New York City Police
Department to clear up the mess in
the U.S. House of Representatives,
particularly the mess some dog left
in the hall in front of Rep. David
Treen's office.
Can the enforcers of the Big
Apple's new dog law, which
requires owners to pick, up after
their pups, succeed where
Congressional investigators have
failed?
Can they determine whether the
culprit was Rags, the sheepdog
that sleeps outside the office of
Rep. Dave Evans, D-Ind., or Rep.
Lies /ispin? uug, noineu
Junket? Or is there some other
dirty dog roaming the fourth floor
of the Cannon House Office
Building?
And who left the anonymous note
in xreen s onice r
Spokesmen for the two prime
suspects deny that either Rags or
Junket was responsible for the
mess in front of the Louisiana
Republican's office door.
What Is discreetly described as
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stores have
nrnhlcims
ONE TO four student employees
roam the floor, while others are
stationed at a table to check books
and notebooks before entering.
Bailey calls it "physical means of
protection."
S.C. Bookstore has only one
entrance and exit. The customers
must follow a "traffic pattern" in
order to get to the goods, Bailey
said.
Swanson said the Campus
Bookstore likes to psychologically
deter Deonle."
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THE STORE has 14 closedcircuit
cameras positioned in
different areas. Swanson said,
"The monitors are used in a
policing effort." With their help,
employees can pick up on
"suspicious actions" he said.
Stealing from the book-drops,
shelves designed to hold students'
books while they shop, is another
problem. But it happens very
seldom, Bailey said. Coin lockers
are furnished to the student free of i
charge. Their purpose is to hold ]
books while the student is shop- j
ping.
Each store has its own policy ]
once the shoplifter is apprehended.
At South Carolina Bookstore the
s congressic
"The Incident" occurred a month
ago and suspicion immediately fell
on Rags.
But a staff investigation
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Not only that, Aspin and Trecn
both serve on the House Armed
Services Committee and often are
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putting the books back or being
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on opposite sides of issues. Investigators
began considering
whether the incident was
ideological.
One morning, an anonymous
note was left in Treen's office. The
writer defended the honor of
Junket, "The Canine Representative
of Racine, Wis.," and added,
"I think this affair smells."
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