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Show Christmas Also Good Time for Thieves to Strike Christmas is the season to be merry, but it also is the season to be wary of thieves, thiev-es, according to the National Automobile Theft Bureau. E. J. Halm, manager of the NATB's Pacific Coast Division, Di-vision, urges Christmas shoppers shop-pers to lock their cars and to be sure gift packages in the car are kept out of sight preferably locked away in the trunk. He said many thieves spend the holiday season prowling shopping districts for cars left unlocked or with , packages where they can be easily stolen. As a precaution, Mr. Halm warns drivers always to lock ; their cars and place gift packages pack-ages in the trunk. The NATB is a nationwide ; organization for preventing ; and investigating car thefts, j It is supported by more than : 400 insurance companies. |