Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 7, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press wednesday january 7, 1976 Bank robberies in . Up Fri says Washington a p Fri officials say Bank robberies arc occurring at a re Cord Pace across the United states partly because of Hie sagging Economy and be cause Banks Are pretty easy Jbf statistics show 50 per cent More Bank robberies in fiscal year 3975 than in the previous year. Officials say single adults join now and come into a whole new world of fun and entertain ment. Bowling parties dancing Bingo skiing trips picnics s first month special Only v Reg. Per month i dance City social club Liere has been no sign of a significant decline since the fiscal year ended june 30. If you re looking for water you go to the you re looking for Money you go said Ben Jamin Cooke chief of the Fri s criminal Section. Perhaps unemployment causes people who would not otherwise Rob Banks to Rob Banks to pay their said Clyde Whitson chief of the Fri Bank robbery unit. Cooke and Whitson discussed the re cent increase in Bank robberies in an interview. But Wilile the number of Bank robberies is going up the loot is getting smaller. Robbers carried off an average of in 1974, compared with an average of in 1973j Fri statistics show. When you get Down to it Bank robbers Are some of the poorest paid people in the Cooke said. Twenty five Hundred dollars in t much for a 10-year prison Many Banks now Are built in suburban shopping centres with easy Access to super highways providing the Rob Bers with a Quick getaway from the area and even out of the City Whitson noted. And Many Banks no longer look like fortresses. Perhaps in an Effort to seem More inviting to customers Banks have installed Low counters at tellers windows and have few physical barriers Between the Teller and the customer he noted. With Fri encouragement Bankers Are taking More Security precautions such As in stalling More sophisticated alarm systems and closed Cir Cuit television cameras and hiring armed guards said Cooke and Whitson. But Bank robberies Are in creasing at a rate far higher than the general . Crime rate. The most recent Fri Fig ures show that the Over All crime rate was 11 per cent higher in the first nine months of 1975 than in the same period a year earlier. The statistics Are based on the number of murders rapes robberies burglaries assaults Larcenie and vehicle thefts reported to local police. Reagan donations ahead of Ford s Cambodia to get Assembly Bangkok Thailand a a new Constitution has been put into effect in Cam Bodia which sets up a peo ple s Assembly of Farmers workers and soldiers to gov Ern a socialist society where there Are neither Rich nor radio Olmom penh said the Constitution was approved at the third session of the National Congress dec. 14 and put into effect saturday after Prince Norodom Sihan Onk the titular head of state and a Council of ministers expressed their Praise of the document the broadcast said. The Laws will be created by a 250-Delegate Assembly re presenting the people of Cam and carried out by a government of the Assembly s Choice. Washington a preliminary figures show Ronald Reagan has raised More Money than president Ford in their campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination. Reagan also seems to be r a i s i n g private donations faster than Ford and qualify ing for More Federal Campaign subsidies than the pres ident. A spokesman for the Ford Campaign said the financial Gap is probably temporary and of questionable significance. If you re a moderate it s a Little harder to raise he said. On the other hand a Rea Gan campaigner said the Fig ures show Broad based sup port for the former California governor. Official finance reports Aren t due for weeks. But Campaign spokesmen said in reply to questions monday that Reagan raised about million in Public donations during 1975 and Ford raised million. On that basis it appeared that Reagan raised Money at the rate of More than a month during the last Quarter of 1975, compared with a month for Ford. A Reagan spokesman said the Pace was continuing into 1976. Reagan Campaign lawyer Loren Smith said More than persons have Given Money to the Reagan Campaign. Reagan s financial Edge is magnified by Public financing. This year for the first time tilt . Government is giving qualified presidential candidates Dollar for Dollar Matching Grants up to for each private donation they get. Because the individual do nations to Reagan s Campaign tend to be smaller than the contributions to Fords a greater portion of Reagan s Money qualifies for the Feder Al Matching funds. Spokes men said about three fourths of Reagan s Money is mat Chable but less than half of Ford s Money qualifies. However much Reagan gets he. Cau t necessarily spend More than Ford in the crucial Early primaries be cause the new election Law limits Campaign spending. The ceiling for each candidate is in new Hampshire s presidential Pri Mary feb. 24, and million for All pre convention presidential campaigning. . Chrysler sign London a govern ment and company officials signed formal agreements Here under which Britain will put up to million into Chrysler United kingdom Ltd. During the next four years. 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