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...with the rifle shows up only seconds after the film of the president being shot seems to demonstrate, from the backward jerk of his head and body, that the bullet or bullets which killed him came from in front of the car, perhaps precisely from the spot--known to students of the assassination as the "grassy knoll"--where the man with the rifle is situated. Lee Harvey Oswald, of course, supposedly shot President Kennedy from in back of him, out of a window in the Texas School Book Depository. The filmed evidence of the actual shooting, which certainly seems...
...police officers," said Patrolman Frank Bugdin sharply. "Come out with your hands up." Then Bugdin pulled the right rear door of the taxi open. A single bullet ripped through his chest near his heart. Before he died, Bugdin emptied his gun into the cab. So did his partner. When the Shootout was over, Bugdin's killer, who was a city housing policeman, also lay dying. The fight had no known motive, though the housing patrolman had been out on the town drinking. To shocked New Yorkers, last week's deaths were the latest in an unparalleled month...
...escalated hazards have prompted police to start stashing shotguns in squad cars, sometimes defying local department rules. One side effect is that jumpy officers may be shooting more civilians, though no national figures are kept on that problem. Burgeoning sales are reported for a new lightweight bullet-resistant vest. There is renewed talk of the death penalty for cop killers. And many urban police chiefs believe more than ever that strict gun laws are an absolute necessity...
Marion was pessimistic about Hobbe's chances for a comeback. "For fencing you need your energy to be like a torpodo, not like a bullet. With his sickness, Hobbs might have hard himself if he fenced too hard...
Further Drain. What Ford had done was to bite the bullet as he had been urged, though people had differing views of the bullet he should bite. He signed a proclamation that raises the tariff on imported crude oil by $1 per bbl. starting Feb. 1 and moving up to a maximum $3 per bbl. on April 1. The tariff hike is only part of his total program, which calls for a dramatic increase in the price of oil to reduce consumption, along with a $16 billion tax cut to reimburse consumers. By launching the first part of his energy...