ARMED raiders have stolen 50,000 new-design England away shirts worth pounds 2million from a lorry.

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Four men in balaclavas smashed the cab windows, bundled the trucker into a people carrier and took the whole container-load. The shirts - designed for the World Cup and red like the 1966 kit - were due to go on sale on March 3.

An hour after the robbery, at an Umbro factory in Deeside, North Wales, the driver, 37, was dumped unharmed 50 miles away in Wigan.

He was badly shaken and had to find a police station to tell of his ordeal.

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Gtr Manchester police said: "He told us he'd been kidnapped by four men in balaclavas. He was bundled into a car and abandoned in Lowton near Wigan. He'd no idea where he was. A passer-by helped him to a police station." Sgt Craig Turner of North Wales Police, leading the inquiry into Wednesday's raid, said: "The driver was uninjured but very shocked.

"Deeside Industrial Estate, where the lorry was hijacked, is busy, especially in the morning. We are keen to speak to anyone who saw anything suspicious."

The owner of the truck, Warringtonbased firm Ray Stewart Haulage, whose name was on the vehicle in gold and Fake Movado black, said: "We just want anyone with information to come forward. Our thoughts are with the driver now."

Byline: Jan Gottesman

LANCASTER - The legacy of the Thayer family can be found all over Lancaster, from the mansions the family lived in, to the buildings, including town hall and the library, they donated. For the most part, it is the men in the limelight.

On Sunday, March 14, Heather Lennon will be presenting a program, "Remembering the Ladies: The Women of Lancaster's Thayer Family," from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the Dexter Room of the Thayer Memorial Library, 717 Main St.

The library is named for the Thayer family and the meeting room is dedicated to Nathaniel Dexter, a descendent of the family.

The program, which is free, is sponsored by the Lancaster Historical Society and co-sponsored by the Lancaster Historical Commission.

"While information on the men of this prominent local family is more readily available, the women, though very much a part of the scene, were not written about in any depth," Lennon said. "Sometimes, they are only noted in a few lines of an obituary notice. The ladies, too, had their stories to tell and they deserve notice, not only for their accomplishments, but also for the touches of elegance they added to Lancaster, especially during the Gilded Age."

Lennon, a historian who has penned two books on Lancaster's history, "Images of America: Lancaster," in 2001, and "Images of America: Lancaster Revisited," in 2005, was particularly attracted to the story of Pauline Revere Thayer.

Pauline lived from 1864 to 1934. She was the great-granddaughter of Paul Revere, who created the bell in the First Church of Christ Unitarian..

"Though born with a famous name, she came from a family of modest means," Lennon said. "After she married Nathaniel Thayer (1851-1911) of Lancaster and Boston, she became actively interested in her husband's many philanthropies. After his death, she enlarged the nature and scope of these with a dynamic energy that was the marvel of her friends. A leader in the Boston society of her day, she also became involved in politics in the later decades of her life."

Michael Sczerzen, chairman of the Historical Commission and Historical Society, said the program should give an interesting view of Lancaster history.

"As the saying goes, behind every good man, is a good woman," Sczerzen said. "Into the early 1900s the Thayer families summered in Lancaster, and they employed many local citizens. Heather Lennon's efforts to research and interview descendents of these Thayer women is a testament to her love of Lancaster, and we look forward to her presentation.

"Annette Morris of Lancaster often speaks of her Girl Scout experience when her troop was invited to visit at Mrs. John Thayer's home," Sczerzen said. "Mrs. Thayer taught the girls to set a proper table. The Thayer women left a long legacy to this town. Come and share your memories of the Thayer families. Schedule your calendar so you don't miss this program."

Lennon grew up in Lancaster and developed her interest in its history by "soaking up the atmosphere."

"I believe the program will be of interest to those who have lived in Lancaster for a long time as well as new residents who want to learn more about their town," Lennon said." History buffs, genealogists and students looking for information to do reports might also enjoy it."

Library Director Joe Mule said the room can hold 68 people.

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Two men were rescued from Lake Erie on Tuesday after their ATVs broke through the ice, Evans Police Chief Ernie Masullo said.

David Moreno, 60, of Depew, is still shaking his head in dismay. The day started out fine, until his friend, David Kish, 52, of Kenmore, decided to move his ATV to an area that Moreno said wasn't safe. "I told him [not to go], but he went off," Moreno said of Kish, who could not be reached to comment.

Shortly after noon, police got a cell phone call from Kish, whose ATV broke through the ice about a mile and a half off Sturgeon Point Marina. He provided coordinates to rescuers.

Police told Kish to stay put and contacted the Erie County Sheriff's Office, which sent a helicopter to rescue him.

But Moreno said he was worried and ventured out to the spot where his friend had broken through the ice. That was a big mistake, he said. "I took off to help him, and down I went," he said. "It was a pretty terrifying experience. I'll never do something that stupid again."

Moreno called for rescue and was picked up by the sheriff's helicopter. Both men were taken to Sturgeon Point Marina, where they were evaluated by Rural/Metro Medical Services and released.

Crews from the North Evans Fire District and Lake Erie Beach Volunteer Fire Company assisted in the rescue.

The two ATVs were submerged and could not be retrieved, a sheriff's spokeswoman said.

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MINERSVILLE -- Two Reading area men were arrested Sunday and charged with delivering cocaine in the borough.

Minersville police said the two were apprehended at the Fuel-On lot trying to bring in $550 worth of cocaine.

Police said the arrests came out of the continuing investigation by borough police and the Schuylkill County Drug Task Force regarding drug trafficking between Reading and Minersville.

Police said Larry Battle, 58, of 13 Bentley Court, Reading, was charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance-cocaine, possession of a controlled substance-cocaine and conspiracy.

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Paskings was also charged on a fugitive warrant from Chester County for both fraud and a parole violation, police said.

The men were arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Charles V. Moran, Pottsville, and committed to Schuylkill County Prison, each unable to post $25,000 bail.

By Chiles T.A. Larson

Special to The Virginian-Pilot

The fourth and 11th presidents, James Monroe and James K. Polk, share more than their first names.

Both began life under modest circumstances. Each had commanding political mentors; Monroe's was Thomas Jefferson, Polk's was Andrew Jackson. Although the country gained in size and prosperity under their administrations, both men have been largely marginalized by the failure of historians to examine their records more closely.

Perhaps because of the accomplishments of the three Virginia presidents who preceded him - George Washington, Jefferson and James Madison - Monroe's contributions are somewhat shrouded. In Polk's case, he was one of the most unlikely nominees to gain the White House. A Tennessee native, he lacked the skills and traits of a natural leader, yet he was tenacious in achieving his goals and was the consummate politician in an age of giant politicians, such as Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, Daniel Webster and Thomas Hart Benton.

Gaining the Democratic nomination in 1844 on the ninth ballot - and faced with sectional differences over annexing Texas, the tariff issue and a surging antislavery sentiment - Polk pledged he would serve only one term. Rather than becoming a lame duck, he rose above electoral politics and focused on passing a formidable legislative agenda.

Polk was able to reduce the tariff and to re-establish an independent Treasury. Yet it was in Hermes Handbags increasing the size of the nation by a third that he left his mark. Texas did come into the union, and he outmaneuvered Great Britain from the contested lands in the Pac-ific Northwest known as the Oregon Territory. After a two- year war with Mexico, California and much of the Southwest were added.

As for Monroe, he "was not only the first Revolutionary War hero since Washington to win election to the presidency, he had embellished his laurels with what the public perceived as a glorious military and diplomatic victory over the British in the War of 1812." In the White House (1817-24), he earned praise for opening the West and engineering the nation's remarkable economic recovery into the "Era of Good Feelings."

Monroe brought to the presidency almost eight years of experience as an American diplomat in the taxing posts of Paris, London and Madrid. He was a powerful, assertive leader - as fearless in the Cabinet room or in Congress among politicians and intellects as he was on the battlefield among soldiers.

His most enduring legacy is the Monroe Doctrine, which declared that the United States would not tolerate any foreign interference in the Western Hemisphere.

Though neither book plows much new ground, readers unfamiliar with the two presidents - or those with a special interest in them - will be well rewarded by perusing these two well-crafted biographies.

Chiles T.A. Larson is an author and photographer in Williamsburg.

"THE LAST FOUNDING FATHER James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness"

Harlow Giles Unger

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"A COUNTRY OF VAST DESIGNS James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent"

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