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Show Local Hardware Store Robbed Suspects Captured In Pro vo Late Saturday night or ear- ty Sunday, morning Burglars ; broke into the A- L. Elmer Company Hardware store on j First North Street in Pangu- v itch. About $330 worth of merchandise .was .taken - watches, radios and guns. On Sunday night a burglar alarm touched off during an attempted burglary in Provo led to the apprehension of a quartet of suspects. Loot from the Elmer robbery was found in their car. Taken into custody were two couples and the teen aged children, a boy and a girl, of one of the women. The Elmer robbery was the -first of a string of seven, including a post office at Cen-terfield near' Gunnison. Since this is a "federal rap" both men are being held under federal charges. The children are being held in a Salt Lake City detention home and the women have been brought back to Panguitch to face possible charges. According to Sheriff Middle-ton every item taken from the Elmer store has. been recovered together with an. interesting story of how the operation was carried but, with some of the party stationed in a parked car on Main Street equiped with af walkie talkie outfit to warn the inside operators of any approaching ' ' law". r According-to thelale'told'b'y' one of the watchers therewas no trouble from the 'fuzz the law, but it was awfully drunk out that night. Said the watcher 'my; you have a lot of drinkers for such a small town. |