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...robbers conferred, hurriedly grabbed a last batch of moneybags and glided away. In their haste they left at least $1,000,000 behind -but it had been a profitable 20 minutes anyhow. Their take was $1,000,000 in cash and $500,000 in checks, the largest cash haul in U.S. history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: A Cool Million | 1/30/1950 | See Source »

Apparently satisfied with their $1,500,000 haul, the underworld brains who robbed Brink's garage have decided that enough is enough. Boston police yesterday discovered a note from the hold-up men, hastily scrawled in an untutored hand on a five-dollar bill, which stated tersely, "No Crime until Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Enough Crime | 1/19/1950 | See Source »

...their grievances under the windows of the Casa Crema, Mexico's cream-colored White House, even though President Aleman was out of town. When police discovered that the drivers had no permit for any such demonstration, they arrested 111 drivers for disorderly conduct, brought up tow trucks to haul their cabs away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Free for All | 1/16/1950 | See Source »

...Against. With equal pride, the Braves announced their haul in the big deal. From the Giants they got two hard-hitting, rifle-armed outfielders, Sid Gordon and Willard Marshall, one able-bodied shortstop, Buddy Kerr, and one nondescript pitcher, Sam Webb. Kerr and Marshall had been in Durocher's doghouse almost from the day he took over as Giants manager two seasons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Incompatibles | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

...water from Hereford, where tooth decay is almost unknown, supposedly because of fluorine in the water (TIME, Nov. 10, 1941). She sewed up commercial rights with the town of Hereford ("For all the water we'll ever need"), and leased a 10,000-gallon railway tank car to haul the water to Hollywood at $1,100 a trip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theodora's Tap | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

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