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...testament to these cities and the industry that built and sustains them. Until the late 1960s Woodward acted not only as the principal thoroughfare between the nation's fifth largest city and Pontiac, but also as one last cement haven for the amateur drag racers who did at times barrel down the wide park way at speeds exceeding one hundred miles an hour. Today, staggered traffic lights and radar-equipped patrol cars have quashed what was once a standard form of recreation for many Michigan youths. At the tame speed limit of 50, the expanse of Woodward...

Author: By Douglas Mcintyre and Robert Ullmann, S | Title: WOODWARD AVENUE | 1/14/1976 | See Source »

...would prohibit private ownership of firearms with a barrel of less than 16 inches...

Author: By Steven M. Heller, | Title: Anti-Gun Groups Petition Legislature To Ban Handguns | 12/4/1975 | See Source »

...after another, Egyptian dignitaries took turns opening the valve and sending jets of oil across the sand. Finally, an executive of Mobil Oil−a partner of the Egyptian oil firm that controls the wells−warned: "Better hold off, boys. That stuff is worth ten dollars a barrel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: The Happy Hand-Over | 12/1/1975 | See Source »

were fired. A palm print of Oswald's was on the rifle barrel, under its stock. The intact bullet recovered at the hospital and a fragment of the second bullet, found in the car, matched the rifling of the gun. Oswald's flight from his perch, which was handily obscured by boxes moved by a crew laying new flooring, was not as impossibly speedy as the critics contend. He was seen on the second floor by the building manager and a police officer about 90 seconds after the shooting. Warren Commission investigators retraced the same route from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: WHO KILLED J.F.K.? JUST ONE ASSASSIN | 11/24/1975 | See Source »

...mugger, gun in hand, saying, "Gimme yer wallet" and being scared off when the citizen pulls forth a cleverly concealed .45 is a rerun from "Wild, Wild West." The idea is also inconsistent; could Gerald Ford have pulled a gun on "Squeaky" Fromme after he saw the barrel of her handgun pointed at him? I doubt Ford is that quick on the draw...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GUN CONTROL | 11/22/1975 | See Source »

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