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Show I Cedar Police Capture California Foursome Failure to pay for gas at a St. George service station proved to be the undoing of four California youths, who, upon arrest by Cedar Ce-dar City police, confessed to a series of 10 automobile thefts. I Cedar City policemen Jack Miller and Paul Blackburn apprehended ap-prehended the four youths early j Tuesday morning in a blockade south of the city after being alerted by St George offlcres. I The alert came after a service station attendant in St George notified officers here that the foursome had driven out of his station without paying for gas. The car was spotted and fol-lowed fol-lowed Into town by Officer Miller. Mil-ler. Officer Blackburn set up a road blockade ahead of the nwthbound car and with the two police cars the youths were iurced to stop. Upon questioning they admitted admit-ted eight automobile thefts in California after which they hitchhiked hitch-hiked to Las Vegas, Nev. In Las Vegas they stole a 1954 model car and were stopped In Cedar City. , |