Friday, July 16,1976
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
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How can you avoid becoming the victim of a home burglary while on vacation? 'Stay home/ — Bill Ogle, penitentiary inmate
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Don't leave clues home is unattended U-B photo by Ron Carlson
By DICK COCKLE Of the Union-Bulletin For most Walla Wallans, July heralds the beginning of the summer vacation season. But an unwelcome companion to holiday trips for many travelers is the worry they will return to a home ransacked by burglars. According to FBI studies, homes are the targets of two-thirds of all breakins. Burglars enter a U.S. home every 15 seconds, and the take averages more than $350, or a ?744-million total Only five per cent is ever recovered.' The burglary rate in Walla Walla County has climbed 110 per cent in the past eight years, from 257 break-ins in 1968 to 538 last year, according to the area law and justice planning office. How can you avoid becoming the victim of a home burglary while on vacation? "Stay home," advises Washington State Penitentiary inmate BUI Ogle. "If a burglar wants in, there's no way you're going to keep him out. They can always find access — windows and doors." Ogle, 57, is a convicted "habitual criminal'" serving a life sentence. He's not an ex-burglar but has known many. He says a few simple precautions should discourage most break-in artists. "Stop your newspapers so they don't pile up on the porch. Also the milk man. You could leave a light on in the bedroom." The trick is to give your vacated house, "that look that somebody's still living in it." agrees Dan Aycock of the Walla Walla Police Department. He recommends having someone come by once a week to mow the lawn and pick up the mail.
'If a burglar wants in, there's no way you're going to keep him out. He can always find access -- windows, doors/ — Inmate Bill Ogle "It pays to invest in one of those $5 timers to turn your lights on and off," says another penitentiary inmate who has spent 10 years in the prison, five of it on Death Row. The timer also can be attached to a clock radio to turn it off and on periodically, he says. "And have it turned on a little louder than you'd normally listen to. I'm not a burglar. I've learned a lot in my years inhere," he says. He uses a timer like the one he describes to make coffee in an electric percolator at his minimum-security job in the prison administration building. Many burglars watch the social pages of newspapers for the comings and goings of the upper-middle-class and wealthy. '"The Wallingfords are going to be out of town for a month.' I don't know how much that comes up in Walla Walla. In Seattle they have whole pages . .v. It's a pretty easy task to look for where the Wallingfords live." he says. "They should be aware there is somebody reading that, too, that has other designs than wishing them good luck."
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Wife cries 'whoa' with active husband By DR. GEORGE C. THOSTESON
QUESTION: Dear Dr. Thosteson: Do you think this is normal? My husband is 57.1 am 55. He wants sex four or five times a week. I have no feeling. My vagina is dry most of the time and I get no arousal whatsoever. Hormone shots do no good. Do you think a man of 57 should expect sex that often? We have lots of arguments about it. — Y.T. ANSWER: Sexual activity in men (and women) varies so widely within age groups that you can't hang out labels that say "normal" or "abnormal." At 57. the frequency you mention may be above average. One study I am acquainted with finds once a week as the norm for that age bracket so you might call your husband a bit "enthusiastic" at this point in his life. The reason for your dryness is another matter. It is not uncommon at your age. Lowered estrogen after menopause can do this. Have you tried any of the estrogen creams in the vagina in conjunction with the shots? They can help. QUESTION: Dear Dr. Thosteson: A recent complete examination indicated that I am in pretty good shape for a 75-yearold man. except for a sluggish gall bladder. What does sluggish mean in this context? Is there a diet that could liven up the gall biadder? —G.L. ANSWER: The gall bladder is a small sac-Ike organ located under the liver. It stores bile, which is essential in digestion. For whatever reason, a "sluggish" gall bladder is one that is not serving this purpose at peak efficiency. Yon might encounter some digestive distress, for example, after eating certain foods, especially fats, which require more of this bite for digestion. There can be many reasons for your "sluggish gallbladder."
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He recommends getting a home , determined break-in artist "Out of 100 people in a given area burglar alarm. gone on vacation, probably over half Alarms are effective, providing they are going to take precautions," says the aren't activated regularly by accident, former Death Row prisoner. "The according to Aycock. other percentage that doesn't is going He says that during one period a few to get burglarized." years ago, Walla Walla police received Burglars are interested in homes that so many false alarms patrolmen present the least risk, he says. considered asking the city council to Ogle says he believes the best penalize homeowners. antiburglary device is "to tell your "Answering false alarms, besides neighbors on both sides and across the taking up time, actually is dangerous," street that you're going away, and they Aycock says. "Until we know it's a false can keep an eye on your house." alarm we have to answer it as if it's for G.O. "Scotty" Ray, chief criminal real. That means getting there in a investigator for the sheriff's office, hurry." agrees. "Right now, we don't have a whole "Maintain good relations with your lot of alarms. There are very few neighbors. They're the best insurance residential alarms that are hooked up." policy that you can have." Alarm systems vary widely in price, Ray puts little faith in heavy-duty according to Aycock. He once built one for $45. locks. "They are always going to have a "You can get them fairly cheap, in limited effect against a professional the neighborhood of $50 if you make it yourself. Or you can get one for about burglar," he says. But he recommends that rural $1,000," he says. homeowners , especially, use "the type of window and door-locking devices Aycock recommends installing sturdy that they just can't get through quick." locks on all doors and windows, That may give some passing neighbor although he says he believes they only a chance to notice a break-in in provide a temporary problem to a
markings on valuables and keeping a list of their serial numbers in a safe place so they can be identified if stolen. Although many penitentiary inmates are serving time for burglary, Ogle says there are no more professional burglars there. "There's darn few professional thieves coming to jail any more. Most of the people that come to jail now are dope fiends or have dope-related crimes." Members of the latter group committed amateurish burglaries to obtain money for narcotics, he says. "I've known a couple of professional burglars in my time— four or five of them. They're all gone, dead." The other inmate agrees. "If somebody comes in and really ransacks your house, he's just looking for what he can get. A professional, he will come in and go right to the buffet and take your silver. If you've got an expensive stereo or an expensive TV, he might take that." "If money is found in a burglary, it's just a bonus unless they have a special home picked out and know there's money in it. They're out for valuables that are easily fenced: TVs, stereos, large appliances, expensive appliances," he says. Stealing that type of item, also makes Ogle consider most burglars unprofessional. "Any time they steal, they got to resell it. And every tune you sell, you're taking a chance again. Most of your fences all got a connection with the police now. They'll buy hot stuff, but when they get caught, they'll give you up."
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