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...troops have used tear gas to quell rioting Catholics and Protestants, and hurled two canisters onto the floor. The bombs rolled and bounced around, spewing dense clouds of tear gas and setting off two small fires. Members and visitors dashed retching from the floor, strewing papers right and left. Afterward, nobody seemed able to agree on just what the man had said. Some witnesses thought they heard him cry: "Belfast: see how you like it!" Another said it was: "How do you like that, you bastards? Now you know what it's like in Belfast." And an American visitor...
...Stones when he decided they were not acting for the good of the community and fired several of them from the K.O.C.O. staff last month. He denounced the gang as a negative element and held a "march against fear" in the Kenwood-Oakland area to muster resident support. Shortly afterward, five bullets were fired through the front window of his home...
...also gives judges immense discretional cases not involving organized crime. The New York City bar association contends that a youth who got a suspended sentence on a marijuana conviction and served a few days in jail for unlawful assembly during a demonstration could get a 30-year stretch long afterward for an income tax violation-even if the tax charge normally carried a penalty of only three years...
...Mustang and Milt Minter's Camaro waged a torrid battle for the lead. Growling into the final turn, Follmer tried to charge past Minter on the outside; the cars bumped, Follmer skidded off the pavement, spun in a complete circle and then finished 15 seconds behind Minter. Afterward, Follmer bulled his way into the winner's circle and took a couple of wild swings at Minter before he was restrained by police...
...prediction has already been confirmed in embarrassing ways. Early this month, after mustering power-company executives to discuss the problem, New York State's Public Service Commission in Albany found itself literally powerless: a nearby transformer had failed. Shortly afterward, 2,500 leaders of the electric-utility industry were figuratively shocked at a conference in Boston when seven major turbines went out of service, causing all New England to lose 5% of its power supply...