> Next to kidnaping, auto theft is Italy's favorite pastime; according to the latest figures, last year thieves heisted an estimated 46,000 cars from the streets of Rome. This is a necessary enterprise, since the city is far too overcrowded with automobiles and their removal helps ease the acute shortage of parking places.
> Italy's jails, too, are vastly overcrowded, and the police report that the prisoners are doing an excellent job of alleviating the problem. There was a jail break roughly every 24 hours in 1976, and the rate is climbing. As the new year began, 13 prisoners overpowered their...
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