Word: strongroom
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...said he takes the documents he needs each day from double-locked file cabinets inside a strongroom. "We've been warned within an inch of our lives not to talk," he said. "It's an intimidating place...
After breaking through a 4½-ft.-thick wall into the strong room, the thieves used their jacks to move a five-ton safe that stood in their way. Then, with their six torches, they attacked the strongroom safes. Among the spoils they found were the entire weekend receipts from Nice's biggest department stores and the bank's ready cash for the following week. In the safe deposit boxes they discovered the items that might be expected on the French Riviera: gold, silver, jewelry, bonds, rare stamps and paintings. At least one box contained a portfolio...
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