Auto anecdotes : thief couldn't win with cops!

Description: page 51 In: Rotary Club of Manila. The Rotary Balita No. 724 to 748Summary: In Jacksonville, Fla., police praised Harley S. Knight for driving there from Turham, N. C., to answer stolen car charges and then learned from Durham police he had stolen another auto to make the trip. Safe driving does not go unrewarded in Starkville, Miss. Police Chief Thomas Josey has announced he will cover the parking meters for one day as a reward to Starkville's citizens for their safe driving. The City has gone nearly two years without a fatal traffic accident. Boardwalk strollers in Atlantic City were surprised recently to hear police calls emanating from the hat of a passerby. It seems that he was Albert Wilson, a local police sergeant, who was chosen to test a radio receiver i the size of a cigarette pack attached inside his cap. He hears the same messages that radio patrolmen hear in prowl cars. The only outward sign of the radio is a 10-inch antenna extending from the shield on the officer's cap, and curving over his right ear. In Binghamton, N. Y., Walter Keneller walked into police headquarters and reported that someone had taken his overcoat while he was in a dinner. Mr. Keneller got his coat back in jig time, however, Police located the man who had taken it through a traffic ticket found in the coat Mr. Keneller picked up in the exchange. A car driven by Rady Anguiano, of East Chicago, In recently struck a power pole. The resultant chaos included: 1. Snapping a 11,500-volt power line when the pole broke. 2 Blacking out a mile-square area from electrical power. Idling 1,000 men employed in seven factories in the area for 90 minutes Breaking a city alarm telegraph wire. 5. Setting off alarms in the office and boiler room of St. Catherine Hospital. Tying up traffic during the time factory shifts change. Bringing out four police squads to handle the traffic while stop-and-go lights were being fixed. Mr. Anguiano, who suffered only bruises, was
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he Rotary Balita no. 745 (May 13, 1954)

In Jacksonville, Fla., police praised Harley S. Knight for driving there from Turham, N. C., to answer stolen car charges and then learned from Durham police he had stolen another auto to make the trip. Safe driving does not go unrewarded in Starkville, Miss. Police Chief Thomas Josey has announced he will cover the parking meters for one day as a reward to Starkville's citizens for their safe driving. The City has gone nearly two years without a fatal traffic accident. Boardwalk strollers in Atlantic City were surprised recently to hear police calls emanating from the hat of a passerby. It seems that he was Albert Wilson, a local police sergeant, who was chosen to test a radio receiver i the size of a cigarette pack attached inside his cap. He hears the same messages that radio patrolmen hear in prowl cars. The only outward sign of the radio is a 10-inch antenna extending from the shield on the officer's cap, and curving over his right ear. In Binghamton, N. Y., Walter Keneller walked into police headquarters and reported that someone had taken his overcoat while he was in a dinner. Mr. Keneller got his coat back in jig time, however, Police located the man who had taken it through a traffic ticket found in the coat Mr. Keneller picked up in the exchange. A car driven by Rady Anguiano, of East Chicago, In recently struck a power pole. The resultant chaos included: 1. Snapping a 11,500-volt power line when the pole broke. 2 Blacking out a mile-square area from electrical power. Idling 1,000 men employed in seven factories in the area for 90 minutes Breaking a city alarm telegraph wire. 5. Setting off alarms in the office and boiler room of St. Catherine Hospital. Tying up traffic during the time factory shifts change. Bringing out four police squads to handle the traffic while stop-and-go lights were being fixed. Mr. Anguiano, who suffered only bruises, was

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