Word: burglars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hard Times. In Grand Rapids, Mich., police looked for the burglar who broke into Hendricks Supply Co., knocked the dial off the safe but failed to open it, broke into an office next door but failed to force the strongbox, rifled a cigarette machine in a nearby service station, made off with a few coins...
Mixed Emotions. In Salem, Ore., police looked for the burglar who broke into Mrs. Jeanne Hopkins' home, ripped up linoleum between the living room and the dining room, opened a can of varnish and varnished an old newspaper, made a batch of French toast in the kitchen, baked a fudge cake from a recipe on a Betty Crocker Mix box, stole a ten-inch pie plate...
...such duplicity, said Old Soldier Navarre, was that he had to lay down an astonishing rule in Indo-China: "Paris must never be kept informed. We knew, in fact, that any military operation known in Park, would not surprise the enemy. It was?about like handing the burglar the combination of the safe he was going to crack. Treason was everywhere...
Dilettante. In Salzgitter, Germany, after sneaking into an office building and slugging Night Watchman Kurt Dittbombee, 57, a burglar remarked, "I beg your pardon, this is the first time I've done such a thing," bandaged his victim's cuts, departed with...
Preventive War. In Los Angeles, Roy Campbell, 28, warily approached Brad's Cafe, which he had been caught looting four times before, noted another burglar at work, called police and pleaded: "Get out here quick and arrest this guy, or I know who you'll pick up tomorrow...