European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 05, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes postal inspector describes Racket thursday october 5, 1967 cent Stamps lure Atlantic City . A millions of stolen five cent Stamps Are becoming increasingly attractive to organized crime the Post office s chief in Spector said tuesday. He explained that the stole Stamps nearly $2 million Worth in the past year Are burglarized from Post offices then peddled to underworld fences and finally sold to business firms apparently controlled by the b. Montague the chief inspector said we can t necessarily tie the thefts to the mafia but the fences need a Market and that s where organize crime comes in. Legitimate business firms he said would refuse to Purchase stolen Stamps so the outlets Are mafia operated companies. Many of these ostensibly legitimate firms Are set up expressly for purposes of fraud. The usually buy vast quantities of merchandise and then quickly declare bankruptcy or just Dis appear having sold the merchandise before they mus pay the honest wholesaler for it. By using stolen Stamps the inspector said the firms squeeze that much More profit from the operations. He said gangs specializing inmost office burglaries have been operating mostly in Miami the Northeast and the Midwest in a Belt extending from St. Paul Minn to St. Louis to. The gangs sell the Stamps tothe fences for 30 to 50 per cent of their face value. The fences in turn sell the Stamps to the companies for 50 to 75 per cent of the face As postage rates in crease then the attractiveness of the stolen Stamps will correspondingly increase he , who Heads the Post office s 1,100-Man investigative division made his remarks in a speech to the National Conven Tion of postmasters Here and in an told the convention that slightly More than $1 million was burglarized from Post offices in fiscal 1966. But in fiscal 1967, which ended june 30, the thefts soared to More than $1.9 million. Prior to 1966 the loss to burglaries never exceeded $1 Mil lion he added. Montague said that some of the burglaries were committed by juveniles but most of the thefts involved burning through or peeling safes. And thais areal professional Job he said. Candle Power Hugh Adams of Seattle can t resist a Grin Ashe pays his electric Light Bill during a Power failure that blacked out a a Square Miles of the City s downtown area. A photo 2 icebreakers leading ship out of Arctic trap Washington a Cana Dian and . Icebreakers have reached the coast guard Cutter Northwind trapped in the arc tic sea by Polar ice that threat ened to Maroon the ship until next summer the coast guar said tuesday. A spokesman said the 415-Footcanadian icebreaker Mac Donald and the 269-foot coastguard icebreaker Staten Island now Are punching paths through the ice pack and leading the Northwind to the South. The 269-foot Northwind reached a record penetration in the ice pack sept. 22, but cracked its Hull and lost a Star Board propeller times the ice was so severe the Northwind was unable of top six hikes Cut for november Washington is Theair Force november promotion quota for enlisted men is Hal that for this month according to the november top six month s quota of 10,020 is broken Down As follows toe9, 98 e8, 274 e7, 144 e6, 600 e5, none and e4, 8,904. To make any coast guard said the three icebreakers now Are 450miles deep in the pack and was unable to predict when the May escape. It explained that much depends on weather conditions. The spokesman said a drastic change in weather conditions assisted the Rescue ships i their trek to the Northwind. The southwesterly winds that had jammed the Arctic area shifted course to the Northeast and eased the Way for the joint american Canadian Effort. Reagan defends using convict help Sacramento a Reagan defended tues Day the use of convicts to help Harvest California crops an said labor Union critics of the action remind me of a dog sit Ting on a Sharp Rock howling with pain who is too stupid to get , a Republican told a news conference the state must see that crops do not rot in the Field and challenged the Labo Runion critics to deliver the peo ple who can do the on other subjects Reagan said there is greater Opportunity in being California s Gover nor than vice president of the United states. Recent polls have indicated that a 1968 presidential ticket of new York a. Rockefeller and Rea Gan would be popular. And sounding a Unity theme he said he could support a party candidate who favors de escalation of the Vietnam War eve though Reagan favors a Sharp authorized the use of minimum Security convicts Las week after California growers complained of a critical Short age of workers As the harvesting of fruits and vegetables got under Way. Convicts Are paid the prevailing scale with half the Money going into state coffers and the rest to a fund paid the after their release from prison. They Are watched by prison guards while at work and return to the institution at use of convicts in such duty is allowed by Californi Alaw. Girl 11, Dies after inhaling icy substance Greenwich Conn. Up the death of an 11-year-old girl after she inhaled from a balloon filled with a product used to Frost cocktail glasses was blamed tuesday on freezing of the Lucy White was dead on arrival at Greenwich Hospital Mon Day night after she inhaled the substance Given her by her brother John 17, police girl s Mother mrs. John White said Lucy and her brother were playing with a balloon which John had filled with the freezing substance. The girl put the balloon to vermouth and inhaled. She lapsed into unconsciousness almost immediately and fell from a bed. Could t breathe the medical examiner or. J. Coleman Kelley said the Frost ing substance had Frozen the girl s Larynx and prevented he from breathing. Police chief Stephen Barons id tuesday that investigation showed several youths had Bee buying the substance at Green wich hardware stores for inhalation purposes. The Yale daily news the Stu Dent newspaper at Yale univer sity last week carried a front Page Story about frosting inhalation showing a student inhaling from a balloon. The Story said the new method of getting High had been discovered at Reed College in Portland Ore. Steals for drugs thief9 writes says he s sorry Cincinnati up a rum pled postage due letter has solved a mystery and pointed out one of life s tragedies for ayoung newly married couple. The letter with no stamp an carrying Only the return address of East Elmhurst Queens new York was sent to or. And mrs. Richar Maciag of suburban Finney town. It was signed a thief the couple had honeymooned in new York last month where a suitcase containing s clothing motion Pic Ture film photographs their marriage License and other pm names first negro car dealer St. Louis a general motors corp., with 13,000 Deal ers throughout the nation named a St. Louis Man monday As its first negro dealer. He is Albert w. Johnson 46, former official of Homer g. Phillips Hospital in St. Louis. Hewill open his Dealership in Chi Cago at 7417 South Halstead Street. It will be known As Al Johnson Oldsmobile Johnson a College graduate went to work at the Hospital in 1944 As admitting supervisor. Heroes to assistant administrator Selling autos in his spare time. Wedding mementos was stole from their car. The mystery of the missing suitcase was cleared up by the pencilled note on yellow Rule i have done is was nevertheless completely and totally a necessary evil. Iam a hopeless drug addicted bum. I have been on drugs for15 years and i have to pay out about $40 a Day to a Bunch of Money grubbing Vul Chers sic called dope pushers the not read. I am returning your marriage License and some photos. A wilted Corsage also was included. Some of the other things i cannot return because to do so would entertain the possibility of my being arrested. Aid an addict again i am sorry. If you Ever have the Opportunity during your lifetime to Aid a addict please do so. It May Lead toward the elimination of incidents of this kind happening to you and others in the Luck Happy honeymoon and a Rosier tomorrow to you the note concluded. While disappointed that som of her things were not returned mrs. Maciag reacted wit mixed feelings. Anyone who would take the time to do this has some kind of heart some kind of feeling she said. I feel sorry for to g o pm. Haul. Pm pict. To
