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Word: ticket (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Carl A. Wagner '53, chairman of the H.L.U.'s film series, discovered the theft Tuesday following the showing of Alfred Hitchcock's mystery, "The 39 Steps." He found the total number of ticket stubs--more than 1,000 selling at 60 cents apiece--were in excess of the net income of $534. Wagner estimates income should have been approximately...

Author: By Philip M. Cronin, | Title: Detectives Investigate $250 Theft from Liberal Union | 12/18/1952 | See Source »

...Ticket-sellers used two tables in the foyer of the New Lecture Hall, Wagner stated. Other than the ticket stubs, which are dropped into a box at the Hall entrance, there is no check on the night's proceeds...

Author: By Philip M. Cronin, | Title: Detectives Investigate $250 Theft from Liberal Union | 12/18/1952 | See Source »

...discovering the loss, Wagner said members searched the hall for two and a half hours. They examined the ticket box and looked under the tables--in vain. The money was gone...

Author: By Philip M. Cronin, | Title: Detectives Investigate $250 Theft from Liberal Union | 12/18/1952 | See Source »

...yesterday morning, they gave up the search. The red ticket box was placed in a closet by the janitor, and the closet locked...

Author: By Philip M. Cronin, | Title: Detectives Investigate $250 Theft from Liberal Union | 12/18/1952 | See Source »

...yesterday, Wagner said that Huntington, one of the ticket-sellers, suggested searching the ticket box again...

Author: By Philip M. Cronin, | Title: Detectives Investigate $250 Theft from Liberal Union | 12/18/1952 | See Source »

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