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...Bedroom." It was simply a bedroom containing the precise number of hats (3), shoes (6 pairs), suits (7) and personal effects owned by the average male reader of TIME. The articles displayed were, of course, those of TIME advertisers. On top of the wellstocked bureau was a wallet. The wallet was the key to this exhibit. Visitors were supposed to guess the amount of cash the average TIME reader carries in his pocket at any given time. (Correct answer...
Ralph Wanger was sleeping in his room in Holman Hall on M.I.T.'s East Campus when he was awakened by a man in the next room. He jumped out of bed in time to see his trousers disappearing through the door. The trousers contained Wanger's wallet and 15 dollars. Wanger tackled the burglar on the stairs before he could escape and, joined by two other students, held him until police arrived...
Calling Cards. In Denver, after serving two jail terms for robberies in which he: 1) looted an automobile and left his Air Force identification tags behind, 2) looted an automobile and left his wallet behind, James A. Dickens was arrested for looting an automobile and leaving his three-day-old parole papers behind...
Edward K. Dunham III '55 was the only person to wake up during the burglaries. The thief had entered his bedroom to rifle his clothes just before seven and woke him up. Dunham turned over in bed and the thief field before finding Dunham's wallet. He had already taken a wallet with one or two dollars from Dunham's roommate, Frank F. Davidoff...
During the disturbance Carl Pforzheimer '58, reported to police that his wallet, containing $13 disappeared, evidently as he was watching firemen's operations...