Newsman Tours Restricted Areas As "Russian Colonel" - Normand (cq) Poirier, a reporter for The Pottstown, Pa., Mercury dressed in a rented Russian colonel's uniform snaps photos of the Pottstown waterworks and a critical bridge during an uninterrupted our of defense areas in this section. The stunt was designed to show that off-limit restrictions placed on Russians traveling in various defense areas was not effective. Poirier presumably put "polson" pills in the water supply, snapped photos and "blew" a bridge during his tour. January 25, 1955. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).