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National THE BATTALION THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1981 Page 13 for hicvcs cash in on safe deposit boxes; mk clients face possible 100,000 loss j United Press International SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — ieves who fooled unsuspecting bank customers with two phony deposit boxes may have made off with as much as $100,000, police say. Zontc* nt ensurinjl those wii)| tar war. sored by ikl under coni hide Cord Or. J Chester fi j ie OakRidtl laperinlal were | lation evacl ; away fcl uthors sad I educed fins] c populatnl ht be boliil ich would:! dsions, forc| ore it wot merge, I or and mate I tired dunitl rination ot:l that tbeol! lation wouUl losing tl , unt of radial fthepopl i shelter o:| nated arei| shelters, f« tors claims unent poliol in to thidl the yound n c/J-hax&z, OjaLzi, One of the fake deposit boxes was found outside the BayBank’s Valley branch in Springfield, the other next to the Middlesex office in Framingham, 20 miles west of Boston. Police detectives on both cases agreed the fakes were well done. Springfield detective Charles Geoffroy said the box looked so real people assumed the original was out of order, and used what they believed was a temporary £ * Police said they believe both boxes were set up in time to reap the benefits from sales during the busy holiday weekend, but said they couldn’t be sure they were the work of the same thief or thieves. Both boxes were empty by the time the hoax was discovered, but Goelfroy estimated depositors dumped anywhere between $50,000 to $100,000 in the Spring- field box. The exact figure won’t be known until all customers real ize their accounts have not been credited with their weekend de posits, he said. Among the unsuspecting de positors, said Springfield Detec tive Captain William J. Martin, were a Caldor’s department store, a McDonald’s restaurant, a Friendly’s restaurant and several large Springfield churches. Easy does it Staff photo by Dave Einsel Paul Fredericksen of Connley Brother’s Moving and Storage, lowers a telephone relay board on to a trailer. His company was contracted by GTE to haul off the outdated relays from under the Sterling C. Evans Library to make space for the new phone system being installed on the Texas A&M campus. H^zautif-uC ( l/Voodi., (2a.rE.j-uf (2raj-t inza/z- ifiifi, ^fJunsA, sd, dfzady and ‘'Waiting 22 or <lJou! For Vou or o Friend!! "SP€C1RI PACKAGE D6AIS KeyboARcl n Center uwaumv Inc. MANOR EAST MALL Bryan, Texas 77801 PIANO A€NTAl Bandits posing as clerks rob convenience stores United Press International HOUSTON — Police are inves tigating a rash of convenience store robberies by bandits who put store clerks in back rooms and then pose as employees by putting on smocks and waiting qn custom ers while taking money, groceries or the safe from the stores. Authorities said Tuesday they have investigated about 20 similar cases since early October, but have no suspects in the cases. Usually, a team of four or five men are involved in each holdup. None of the clerks, who are held in a storage area or restroom until the robbery is completed, have been injured. i Officer T. H. Bennett said most of the robberies occur during the early hours on weekends and ab out $1,000 in cash and merchan dise is taken in each holdup. “In three or four cases, they’ve taken the whole safe,” Bennett said. THURSDAY • ' NIGHT Male Dancer CO present Night! Thinking of going to Europe this Summer? . . . and need lots of info? Ladies get in Free from 7 p.m.-8 p.m. 4 For 1 Highballs! Doors open to the men at 10 p.m. $3.00 Cover Charge 8-10 p.m. 693-2818 DALLAS NIGHT CLUB IN DOUX CHENE COMPLEX BEHIND K-MARt COLLEGE STATION 693-2818 1G Gal.Starting.© $27- includes _ Keg,Tub, Punp, Cups 5® 100 te. ICE EARN OVER $900 A MONTH Europe On Your Own” Frdrifcfxjjrk ) o* ~ Lonoan d, AND OPEN THE DOOR TO ATOP ENGINEERING FUTURE. Aistea Summer of ’82 Seminar to be held: December 3, 1981 7-9 p.m. Room 216T MSC (Student Programs Office) How many corporations would be willing to pay you over $900 a month during your junior and senior years just so you’d join the company after graduation? Under a special Navy program we re doing just that. It’s called the Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate-College Program. And under it, you’ll not only get great pay during your junior and senior years, but after graduation you’ll receive a year of valuable graduate-level training that is not available from any other employer. If you are a junior or senior majoring in math, engineering or physical sciences, find out more today. And let your career pay off while still in college. For more information, call the Naval Management Programs Office at (713) 226-2445. Call collect. Or see our information team in the MSC on 3 & 4 December. i * j * I El