Word: copse
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When the cops hauled Mihajlov away last week, his friends said that they would carry on without him. Their defiance would have earned a bullet 20 years ago in Tito's dictatorial heyday. Tito has mellowed since then, but he still must draw the line somewhere. His plight is...
Impossible to Hit. Four minutes after Whitman opened fire, Austin police received a report about "some shooting at the University Tower." In seconds, a "10-50" trouble signal went out, directing all units in the vicinity to head for the university. In a din of wailing sirens, more than 100...
The four rode to the 27th floor, headed single file up the last three flights, carefully removed a barricade of furniture that Whitman had set at the top of the stairs. While cops on the ground intensified their fire to divert Whitman's attention, Martinez slowly pushed away the dolly...
The name's the same, but somehow it has lost that old magic-at least to the cops out in Santa Monica, Calif. In the days when Peter Lawford was married to Pat Kennedy, the local police were only too happy to let a helicopter plop down on the...
Amid all this, no union has been more aggressive than the A.F.L.-C.I.O.'s 300,000-man American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, whose membership, ranging from clerks to cops, has grown 66% since 1960. According to Union President Jerry Wurf, 47, more city officials had better...