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...Sheppard was a free man last week. Almost ten years after his conviction for the bludgeon-murder of his wife, the Ohio osteopath was ordered released from prison-by U.S. District Judge Carl A. Weinman on the ground that his constitutional rights had been violated because he had not been given a fair trial. State authorities wasted no time getting a stay order from the Court of Appeals, but technical difficulties with the necessary arrest order kept Sheppard out of prison. He thanked his lawyer, joined some relatives at a motel, and held an impromptu press conference. Calm and smiling...
Married. Dr. Samuel Sheppard, 40, onetime Cleveland osteopath just released from the Ohio Penitentiary after serving almost ten years of a life sentence for the bludgeon-slaying of his wife; and Ariane Tebbenjohanns, 35, platinum-blonde German divorcée, his pen-pal fiancee since January 1963; both for the second time; in Chicago...
...York's Sullivan Law allows possession of dirks, daggers, razors or stilettos. But the law, which has no visible effects on criminals, requires hard-to-get police permits for pistols, even when they are kept at home. Flatly forbidden is the mere possession of any billy, blackjack, bludgeon, bomb, bombshell, firearm silencer, machine gun, metal knuckles, sandbag, sandclub or "slungshot" (slingshot). The arsenal is so well-stocked that choice is inevitably confusing. Arlene Del Fava, along with many another New Yorker, has decided that from now on there is only one side arm that will keep her safe from...
Wagner credits his early-season batting surge to a "secret weapon." His bat is a 33-oz. bludgeon with a thin, whippy handle and the biggest business end (8.6 inches around) that baseball rules will allow. Wagner wears a golf glove on his left hand,* grips the bat in unorthodox fashion-with his hands split two inches apart, à la Ty Cobb. "When my bat meets the ball," he says, "that old pill really takes off." Except in Chavez Ravine. For some mysterious reason, Slugger Wagner has yet to hit a homer in his own home park...
Living in one of Europe's least exciting cities, Rotterdammers have little else to do but work and plan. The city's businessmen and burghers have learned well how to bludgeon their projects through the Dutch government. One favorite trick is to get a commitment for projects on the basis of low-cost estimates, then trap the government into supporting rising estimates once the project is under way. Filling 3,125 watery acres for the Botlek oil piers in 1954, Rotterdammers estimated costs at $35.9 million; eventually, after the government gave approval, the piers cost $41.4 million. When...