Word: deed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...felony to abet a suicide. But a California court had declared such a law unconstitutional. There is no California law against suicide itself. Asked Deputy District Attorney Ted C. Sten: "How can a person be guilty of a felony as the result of aiding and abetting a deed which is not contrary...
...with him, Pierre called his wife and daughter into conference. "We have to remove him," the old peasant announced. Out of a cupboard he took an old revolver. But the cartridges were duds. "Let's stab him in the belly," Pierre suggested. It was finally agreed that the deed should be done with a shotgun, and that Marie-Helene should take the blame-for, as Louise told her husband: "You are too busy with the harvest, and I have to look after the cows...
Crime Classics (Mon. 8 p.m., CBS). "The Terrible Deed of Dr. Webster...
...from both factions, is a temperate solution to an inherited problem. Always outspokenly in favor of federal control, Harry Truman signed the oil over to the Navy last January for defense use. His successor could rescind Truman's fare-well gesture with a second executive order. But to legally deed the land to the states requires a Congressional quit claims bill...
...administration can keep its campaign promise without destroying hope for eventual federal control. By denying an ironclad deed to covetous California, Texas, and Louisiana, the government will be able to alter its agreement at any time. There will always be the opportunity to reclaim the revenue if citizens decide that coastal oil should be improving American education rather than lubricating Southern political machines...