Word: zenner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Burning Bars. The equipment companies have struck a particularly rich lode in protecting banks against burglars. "In the postwar era," says Philip Zenner, Mosler Safe Company's marketing vice president, "this country has developed by far the best-educated class of criminals we have ever had." Thus the companies are turning out ever more exotic defensive gadgets. For example, to cut alarms without the breaks being noticed, crafty cracksmen now tie in simulators that duplicate the all-safe signal. In a counterattack, both Diebold and Mosler have developed alarm attachments that transmit random signals similar to computer code, which...
...also growing their own food. Manhattan apartment dwellers are planting tomatoes in boxes on their terraces. Oregon's Chas. H. Lilly Co., a seed wholesaler, reports that an unexpected run on corn, beans and squash has all but depleted supplies. "You get the feeling," says Proprietor Walter Zenner, "that the people are determined to beat the high cost of living even if it means getting their fingers dirty...