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...field of auto insurance, blameless motorists are sometimes left uncovered because their companies have quit writing insurance in states with heavy claim losses or high auto-theft records, like New York. A number of insurers refuse burglary policies to bachelors, divorcees and widows because they live alone; others try to avoid writing auto coverage for the young, the aged, bartenders, race-track employees and clergymen.* A few companies are pulling out of the auto field entirely. Insurance companies are not obliged to underwrite doubtful risks. But applicants who are rejected for auto or housing policies can generally get at least...
Kenneth Levison, assistant senior tutor in Lowell House, said he suspects there is a ring involved in the stealing of stereo equipment and cameras and hopes that the police will be effective in discovering it. "But the only way to long-run effectiveness against theft is to report things. It's not a question of feeling sorry for the kids. If everyone looks the other way, it just encourages kids to greater delinquency...
...Beverly Hills robbery reportedly involved the theft of $3400 from the Equitable Savings and Loan on September 14, one day before Susan Save purchased $500 worth of firearms in Portland...
...suspect in the robbery, Robert Valeri, 21, identified through bank pictures, was arrested as he stepped from a cab, in front of his Somerville home Wednesday night. Paroled last June from Walpole State Prison after serving two years for car theft and attempted burglary,Valeri was held for questioning...
...treated men charged with crimes as guilty until proved innocent, and generally looked upon prison as a place that prisoners should either not survive or, failing that, be taught never to risk entering again. Victor Hugo's Jean Valjean -sentenced in perpetuity as the result of a petty theft, remorselessly pursued by the forces of the law, redeeming himself by acts of courage and charity-is a French epic hero. Alfred Dreyfus is his counterpart in the real world of politics and treason. Few American readers will feel Gallic tremors of empathy when Papillon sits on Dreyfus' very...