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...used to be much worse. "Prostitution activity is way down, both male and female," claims Hickman, who is proud of the cops' new "juvenile sweeps." In one of them last month, his men picked up 61 teen-agers on charges ranging from auto theft to narcotics violations. Most of the arrests are made in the new discos and coffee shops, many appealing to homosexuals, that have filled the entertainment vacuum left after the demise of such nightclubs as the Trocadero and the Mocambo. Hickman speaks with contempt of the masochists who keep repeating, as policemen handcuff them, "I love...
Police believed that "the great piggy-bank robbery," as Paris papers called the heist, was almost certainly an inside job. Whoever masterminded the theft first had to know that the Administration des Monnaies et Medailles, which mints French coins, frequently ships them as ordinary freight, on the theory that transporting cash anonymously is safer than using armed guards. Next he had to know how and when last week's consignment was due to be transferred from the administration's plant in Pessac, outside Bordeaux, to the Bank of France in Paris. That intelligence was even more strictly guarded...
...center received the tip about the moonlighting music publishers in Philadelphia and cracked the case wide open. But their efforts may receive a setback this week, when U.S. Judge J. William Ditter rules on defense motions to throw out the indictments. The reason: no federal law specifically prohibits the theft of computer time or computer data. The U.S. Attorney decided to charge the pair with mail fraud for advertising their music, and that may prove inadequate...
...cost to New York is more difficult to reckon. There was no official estimate of the loss, but some city officials thought the total?including damage to buildings and theft of their contents?might be a staggering $1 billion or more. Because of the blackout, the city lost $4 million in tax revenue and had to pay $5 million in overtime to policemen and firemen. Estimates of business losses?beyond the looting?included up to $15 million in lost brokerage commissions for Wall Street and $20 million for retail stores...
Last week the new military regime in Pakistan announced that it was imposing Koranic law in that country. Whipping, amputation and death, along with prison terms, were prescribed for a long list of crimes, ranging from theft, armed robbery and insulting the modesty of a woman to political activities, labor organizing and striking. General Zia ul-Haq, the new chief administrator of martial law, decreed that there would be no amputations without his approval and that anesthesia would be used. Nonetheless, the threat was apparently sufficient to cause a sharp drop in crime...