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vol. 69, no.

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FEATURES COVER FEATURE-'

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26 New

High Security Lock Cylinders A

Locking Concepts From Noble Security

look at several high security locks

some of the Noble Security products look like the standard stuff, many of them are different in concept.

While

designed to increase resistance against lock manipulation or picking.

36 Available

The 1998 Volkswagen

number of styles and ASSA, Mul-T-Lock,

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in

designs, Abloy,

Beetle

Primus and Sargent, offer high security mechanical locks for any application.

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The Beetle is back with the same simplicity and quality engineering.

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50

The service professional needs more information, education and servicing

Abloy Electronics For Aluminum Doors

tools than ever before.

Car Opening Tools arc

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Editor Greg Mango

Art Director

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Production Director Edgar Technical Editor ake J

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The EL410 and 422 is an alternative to an electric strike.

Senior Writers Michael Hyde, Dale Libby, Dave McOmie, Sara Probasco

Contributing Writers TonyBlassJoe&Dee Bucha, Carl Cloud, Ron & Chris Curry, Sal Dulcamara, CML, Steve Gebbia, CML, Giles Kalvelage,

Tom

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Mazzone, Don

Lynch, Shiles, Robert Sieveking

Special Correspondent B Director of Sales J

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Quick Entry Update

You can make a mechanical key, but you will not be able to defeat the

1996-1998 Acura TL Series.

transponder system.

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Advertising Account Manager Debbie Schertzing

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Zen And The Master

Accounting Manager Sheila Campo Production Assistants Kim

Dave

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Dale discusses safecrackers and safe problems.

Shipping Manager SeanSelby

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20 Security Cafe 103 Beginner'sCorner

106 Technitips 113 The LighterSide 118 Reed Report 135 Locksmith Calendar 142 Test Drive

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WID2 Bill Reed...

The End

dedication to you guys that went way deeper than could have believed without seeing it for myself.

am

sad to report to you the passing of Bill Reed. H e passed away in his sleep on the night of I

September

30, 1998.

I

I

I

I

We're all going to go some day. When it's my hope people will be able to say as many good things about me as can say about Bill.

first,

in

the end.

Bill

didn't start off well

between he and

I

was due

Over and over again he helped us serve locksmiths

.

in

to

I

himself facing 10,000 locksmiths who had paid for could see that pain all over his face.

and

I

didn't expect.

I

of that help

was

from behind the scenes, but any time we asked Bill for anything he was right therewith advice and

I/

help.

You could always find

someone who didn't like Bill It's hard be in such a unique

Reed.

to

position as

I

sat

in fifteen

ways that

M uch

I

Bill

magazine, and opened

bother.

change radically. Bill formed his Reed's Security Reporter magazine after leaving the Ledger, and ultimately was forced to close it due to business conditions. saw Bill at an ALOA show that year, right before the Reporter's close, and he looked distraught. In thinking about it, knew what was eating at him. He couldn't continue to put out what had been received as a first rate magazine. Yet, thousands of locksmiths had paid him for the subscription. The very idea of hurting one locksmith was painful to Bill, yet here he found his magazine.

to write for this

Young so he could continue to travel, bringing information to locksmiths in places where most companies won't

I.

I

I hat

began

a business in partnership with Steve

For most of fifteen years we were competitors, Bill as the head of the Locksmith Ledger, and me with the same role at The National Locksmith. Bill was a fierce competitor and so was Therefore, we often bumped heads and we had a fairly intense dislike for one another. The worst part was that didn't even have much respect for the man.

time

and then strong

I

I

It

I

It was hard for Bill to close his magazine, but it was impossible for him to hurt a locksmith. So together we agreed to honor the Reporter's subscriptions through TheNational Locksmith. Frankly, thought that would be the end of it. But in reality, found the man, and Caroline, his wife, to be so gracious that we formed a friendship, wary at

This news was just given to me, and at the moment am in a state of shock and ill prepared to write this Commentary. H owever, since we are on deadline at this exact moment, will do my best to convey to you some of my feelings about Bill Reed. time,

an Era

of

down

for a

cup of coffee

for the first

years. In just that half hour,

Continued on

page 136

I

could already see that had spent over a decade misjudging the man. H e really did care about and love locksmiths. It wasn't a put on and it wasn't for show. H e just had a

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