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From: cmcs01@abnjh.UUCP (J. Hasselbrook)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: The Harding Township Bomb Scare
Message-ID: <232@abnjh.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 2-Sep-83 13:08:21 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep  2 13:08:21 1983
Date-Received: Sat, 3-Sep-83 06:42:20 EDT
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This story has been confirmed by an anonymous source.
I have revised the original article to reflect the actual
facts as my source gave them to me.  My source was
present at the time of the incident.

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The following is a TRUE story; there were articles in several local
newspapers on it.  

		The Harding Township Bomb Scare - 7/16/83

-Little old lady stops to use pay phone at Harding school.  Phone is
ticking.

-Little old lady notifies police, who confirm that phone is ticking.

-Police call N.J. Bell.  Regional supervisor, from New Brunswick, states
"Phones don't tick".

-Harding police call bomb detection dog squad, Morris County Bomb
Squad, & Harding Township Fire Department with Salvage Truck.  All
confirm phone is ticking.

-Morris County Bomb squad decides, in view of Clear & Present Danger,
phone should be blown up under controlled conditions.

-Explosives are taped to coin box.

-BLAM!!! Whole phone booth explodes.  Shards of glass litter parking lot
& become embedded in historic pillars, metal twists, coins roll all
over, police cordon off blast area, remains of phone booth -- melted,
coin box still intact.

-Salvage unit gets Jaws of Life to work to open coin box.
 No luck.

-New Vernon Fire Dept., First Aid Squad, police & Bomb Squad
congratulate themselves on saving lives & property.

-N.J. Bell man drives up, realizes he's a little late, states "Phones
tick when the coin box needs emptying.  Guess I know what I'll be doing
Monday morning!"

- As of 9/2/83 the coin box is still unopened and sitting in an
evidence room in police headquarters.  Remains of phone booth are
still standing!