March I. 2006 Page B6 Thieves Up Ante on Car Prowling continued from Metro ful,” said acting-Sergeant David Golliday, who spearheaded the public aw areness m issions. “The big part of this mission is to help people help themselves, thereby reducing the crime rate.” Rosanne Lee. an ONI crime prevention coordinator and part o f the public awareness effort, said that even though c a r p ro w l n u m b e rs have dropped, it is still prevalent and public aw areness m is sions should continue. “People tend to get com fortable and think it’s not going to happen to them, in their neighborhood,” she said. “So w e’re trying to ge, the word out as much as possible for people to be more respon sible. It’s amazing what we see left in cars.” Fighting car prowls is an ongoing project with all the Police Bureau precincts, and this is reflected in the num bers. 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This y e a r's Hall class — 18, including form er reliever Bruce Sutter — is by far the biggest in history. The previous record was 11 in 1946. Manley co-owned the New Jer sey-based Eagles with her hus band, Abe. and ran the business end o f the team for more than a decade. The Eagles won the Ne Effa Manley, who co-owned the Newark Eagles of the Negro gro Leagues W orld Series in 1946 National League, looks over a scrapbook with one of her former — one y e a r b e fo re J a c k ie players, Don Newcombe. at her home in Los Angeles in this Robinson broke the m ajor league Aug. 7, 1973 file photo. O’Neil Says ‘Don’t Shed Any Tears’ 94-year-old passed over in Hall vote (A P )-In KansasCity, Mo., men and women dabbed at their eyes. People hugged quietly and ducked into little private spaces to speak in hushed tones. 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Whi le his statistics during a long career as a player and player/man- ager were not the greatest, he won two Negro League batting titles, had a successful career as a player/ m anager with the Kansas City Monarchs and become the first bhtvk coach in the major leagues. ’""’TMost im portantly, everyone thought, were the contributions he’s made traveling the country keeping the legacy of black base ball alive. He has been the face, voice and inspiration behind Kansas City’s Negro Leagues Museum. In the opinion of many, those 17 w ho got in ahead of him may never have even been considered at all if not for O ’Neil’s tireless efforts to tell their story at a time when the coun try was ready to forget all about them. 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