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Feeble attempts all over the nation to imitate the original College lingerie raid on Radcliffe have met with little success, interested observers reported yesterday. The first successful bra-and-panty theft took place at the 'Cliffe more than a year ago, when eager Yardlings poured out of a dimly lit Union to storm Briggs and Cabot Halls for personal souvenirs...
Recker said so far no one had been able to offer any solution for the theft, although both University and Cambridge police are still investigating...
Still another measure has been taken to preclude possible theft or loss of the books. The bottom shelves of the "Inferno" stacks are now completely bare. According to Haynes, "John Shea (superintendent of the stacks in Widener) and myself often used to find the aisles of the 'Inferno' strewn with books." There is a small space between the bottom of the stacks and the floor, and it seems that students studying on the fifth level directly below the Cage were inclined to reach up through this crevice, attempting to snare some erotic literature...
Meanwhile, Bruce R. Recker '52, producer of "The Mikado," said that two cast members yesterday reported the theft of an overcoat and a suitcoat, bringing the total loss to over $300. Over $200 worth of coats, suits, ties, pocketbooks, and records were first reported stolen Saturday night...
...Havana court is a lawsuit brought by an Orthodox (Reform) Party Senator demanding that Grau and his ministers, including Prío, explain what happened to $174,241,840.14 that seemed to have disappeared during Grau's regime. The Senator's title for his case: "The greatest theft in history." But the greatest of the thieves is not named in the suit. José Manuel Alemán, Grau's favorite minister, who stole not one but an estimated hundred million dollars, died...