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...Reference. In Sapporo, Japan, after stealing $8.33 in a third-story burglary, Naokichi Kirifu was so paralyzed by fear of height that he yelled to passersby: "I'm a thief, but I can't come down. Please call the police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 22, 1960 | 2/22/1960 | See Source »

Unhinged. In Gothenburg, Sweden, during an exhibition of gadgets called "Stop the Thief," someone made off with five thiefproof locks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 22, 1960 | 2/22/1960 | See Source »

Menu Change. In Rome, Ga., Joseph A. Mize complained to police that the thief who had been taking milk from his front porch left a note to the milkman for two quarts of chocolate milk, took them away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 11, 1960 | 1/11/1960 | See Source »

...Roof. Director Vittorio (The Bicycle Thief) De Sica finds a subtler way of saying that the sun in sunny Italy shines only on the rich (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: BEST PICTURES OF 1959 | 1/4/1960 | See Source »

...Word. In Miami, Lutheran Pastor E. W. Albrecht, who often wondered "if my message gets across," got a phone call from the thief who swiped the church's tape recorder, learned that the conscience-stricken culprit had decided to return the machine after listening to a recorded sermon on repentance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 23, 1959 | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

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