Word: culprit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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International Illness. British stock raisers suspect that the culprit virus came into Britain in meat from Argentina that was eaten as garbage by pigs on farms near that of Farmer Ellis. Because the incubation period is as long as ten days, a sick animal may infect thousands of others before showing signs of illness-thus the need for preventive slaughters...
...demonstration against a Dow Chemical Recruiter, I know of a couple of women who have been alerted to the maker of Saran Wrap's being also the maker of napalm. They are going to boycott Saran Wrap. As the editorial points out, Dow Chemical Company is not the only culprit and not the original one, but some exposure of industrial-military power in the country may help. The demonstration caused some persons to think...
...missing-and what the Tang dynasty's master detective is looking for-is a fellow named Lew, the Imperial censor and pivotal power in the palace intrigues of the capital. Lew soon turns up dead, murdered by a delayed-action poison. The judge, of course, finds his culprit after dealing with a clutch of lively characters: the blind and beautiful Lan-lee, who collects crickets; Zumurrud, a half-caste belly dancer; Mansur, the arrogant, sybaritic leader of Canton's Arab community...
...Heat of the Night. A Mississippi town, backwater and backward, faces imminent prosperity from a factory that is abuilding on the outskirts. Late one night, the owner is found murdered, and his widow (Lee Grant) puts it on the line to the local police chief: no culprit, no factory. But the lawman (Rod Steiger) is no match for the cranky air conditioner in his office, much less a big-league homicide. A bullish, slow-moving redneck, he sees his job as routine peace keeping and keepin' the Nigras in their place...
...runs out of the shop. Excited by his sudden power to dominate what he desires, the inspector without further investigation decides that the girl is guilty and calls in the police. That night she kills herself. Next day the inspector discovers that she had only been protecting the real culprit: the handsome young manager of the store...