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Colorado Republicans, missing a golden opportunity, seem to be falling short in their efforts to take over the U.S. Senate place vacated by Democrat Edwin Johnson, who is running for governor. As of last week Democratic Candidate John Carroll, 53, a onetime cop and fingerprint expert, now a lawyer, appeared to be holding on to a lead of about 5 to 3 (as indicated by a recent poll) over Lieutenant Governor Gordon Allott, 47, the G.O.P. senatorial nominee...
...hunt, a bloated, pink-haired man whose oversized pants were held up by a money belt stuffed with $50 bills, was a study of bewildered innocence. He produced drivers' licenses identifying himself as one John Francis Brennan. But the FBI men tagged him on the spot with a fingerprint test as Robert Thompson, one of the eleven top Communist leaders who were convicted in 1949 of violation of the Smith Act. Two years ago, ordered to report to begin his three-year penitentiary term, he jumped bail, disappeared into the Communist underground...
Calling Card. In San Francisco, police had little difficulty picking up William Gene Hoffman for attempted burglary when they found his picture and fingerprint on half of an identification card he had used trying to jimmy open an apartment door...
Forger Foiler. To foil rubber-check passers, Food Fair's 24 supermarkets in Philadelphia installed DiGiTab, a fingerprinting device. If the cashier is suspicious of a check, he asks the customer To leave a fingerprint which is then attached to the check. DiGiTab's machine takes the print in a few seconds with a colorless, odorless, stainless ink. Where installed DiGiTab has frightened forgers away. In the past five months, Milwaukee's Krambo Stores cashed 108,000 good checks totaling more than $5,000,000. It did get stuck for $250 worth, all cashed by the same...
Reunion & Doubt. Last week Reporter Wright got a final piece of evidence. A fingerprint expert said that Mrs. McClelland's finger and palm prints showed some of the same characteristics as the Moroney family's. The News flew Mrs. McClelland to Chicago for a reunion with her "mother," carefully hidden from rival newsmen. At a tearful meeting in the News's executive offices, Mrs. Moroney whispered hoarsely, "You look like her. Mary, it's been so long." Said Mary: "Somehow it feels right...