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series of night breakins. Ihey took $278.68 out of the vault. (Plainsman Photo)liar n-1 ie n.of I*d:n5 FBI Agents Enter Artesian Theft Probenem 1 today.Thecourtd of k-1?dARTESIAN—Five FBI agents joined Sanborn County Sheriff John Wolter of Woonsocket and Jerry Lindberg of the State Division of Criminal Investigation today in trying to find clues in a series of breakins in the Artesian business district during the night Tuesday.Sheriff Wolter said no definite leads had been uncovered following an all-day investigation Wednesday.I Victims of the night breakins i were the Livestock State Bank, Rapp Service Station, City Hall ! and Farmers Elevator.Late NewsBriefs“LESS OPTIMISTIC”DETROIT (AP) — Top negotiators for Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers said today they were “less optimistic” than before that a strike can be avoided at Ford by Friday’s 10 a. m. EST deadline.SOVIETS VETO RESOLUTIONUNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) — The Soviet Union today vetoed a Norwegian resolution deploring the Sept. 2 landing of Indonesia-based paratroops on Malaysian territory.FIGHTERS WOULD ACTSAIGON, Viet Nam (AP) — The U.S. Air Force commander in Viet Nam said today his jet fighters would act if Cambodian or any other foreign aircraft commit hostile acts against South Viet Nam.Coins TakenGreatest amount of loot was obtained at the bank, $278.68 in coins, taken from the bank vault. About $12 was taken from the service station while at the elevator the burglars apparently left empty handed. They broke open an empty safe at the City Hall and also took a gas mask from the city fire department in that building.The burglars went about their work systematically and painstakingly, using an acetelyne cutting torch stolen from the service station to gain entry into the bank vault jJter entering the building throuf h a front door. They also set up fans, stolen from the service station, to carry away tear gas fumes which were automatically released when the vault lock was burned off.The stolen equipment was still in the bank when President Boyd Hopkins came down Wednesday morning after the breakin had been discovered by an employe at the service station who came down to the place of business early in t h e morning, called from home by the death of a relative.Full Of Tear Gas The man, noticing that the torch was missing, thought of the bank and called Hopkins who found the bank full of tear gas. Hopkins believed the See ARTESIAN, Page Twoing wj judgm judge held t stitutic restau situate of the Atlai ter M decisio Court, ratherDeci els ma the hi?Ther ment official The panel commi utional rants, agrapl “We the Ci’ appliec by the the co enactagains cumstj be viol ment lt;See CNAmusComilt;EditoiHeloisIiospiiMark*SportfWantWo meDf/Tf 'f
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Huron Daily Plainsman
Huron, South Dakota, US
Thu, Sep 17, 1964
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