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Duval described how the burglars woke him up late at night last May. He followed them from Leverett G-entry to H-entry, where he got a good look at them but didn't try to stop them...
Down by the Bough. In Attleboro, Mass., Alonzo Benson dreamed that he was lying head down in three feet of water, woke up to find himself hanging by his knees from a tree in the backyard...
...midnight they woke up a scientist formerly connected with the Los Alamos project, who examined the metal, confirmed the fact that it was uranium, and told them that they need not worry. Uranium's natural radioactivity is too slight to be dangerous...
What finally woke up the trusting Indonesians was a raid in force one night early this month on police stations in Tanjon Priok, Jakarta's vital port area. It was carried out by 100 terrorists, carrying red flags and wearing hammer & sickle armbands incongruously decorated with the Picasso "dove of peace." They were after arms. After an all-night fight, they were finally beaten back...
Handy Around the House. In Chicago, seeking a divorce, Mrs. Dorothy Lokes explained to the judge what she meant by cruelty: her husband rigged tin cans around the door, then when she tripped the trap, he woke up and thrashed her for being late...