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