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...rumors spread of a full-scale Indian uprising. It was said that Willie was out to assassinate the President. Someone dubbed him "the mad dog of the Morongos"-and he was hunted like one. Willie covered almost 500 miles on foot, through the Morongo Valley, past Surprise Springs and Deadman's Dry Lake, until he was finally cornered on Ruby Mountain. Earlier, he had shot the girl to keep her from getting caught. On the mountain, he challenged a sure-shooting lawman with an empty rifle, a gesture that amounted to suicide...
...than utility service. They are capable of speeds up to 35 m.p.h., and a skillful driver can skitter and skid them through the turns of a slalom course. Versatile body English is needed on the sharper curves, and in case of a spill the engine is equipped with a deadman throttle that shuts it off and keeps the doodlebug from roaring off empty down the hill. Snowmobile rallies will be held this month in Tuftonboro, N.H., Tomahawk, Wis., Forest Lake, Minn., Skowhegan, Me., and Boonville, N.Y., with prizes for slalom racing, hill climbing, speed runs and cross-country marathons...
bluntly lectured a Washington conclave of U.S. broadcasters on the consequences of exporting nothing but "the ideals of Tombstone and Deadman's Gulch." Said Greene: "History has known few nobler or more selfless actions than the generosity which America has shown to other nations during the last 20 years...
...assistant. Suddenly a gun-toting man forced his way into the car and ordered Gregsten off on a wild drive through the countryside. Finally tiring of the joyride, the assailant had Gregsten pull the car off the A6 highway at a roadside parking area known as Deadman's Hill. There the attacker, startled by a sudden movement from Gregsten, shot him to death. Then he made the hysterical Valerie get into the back seat and raped her. Before fleeing, he fired seven shots at her leaving her paralyzed from the waist down. She described the murderer clearly...
...battery-powered shopping cart for supermarkets, made by Technibilt Corp., equipped with two deadman's switches (so baby won't drive off on his own), which rolls along at 1½ m.p.h. so long as the shopper keeps the starter buttons depressed. Price: about $150 a cart...