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...scenario for the opening scene of Rambo: First Blood Part III. The pure fighting machine, as he is known, is in Buffalo on a special mission. But he gets lost downtown and strides into the City Court Building for directions. Bare- chested, with a sweaty bandanna around his head and what looks like an AK-47 rifle in hand, Rambo strikes terror in all who see him. A police alert goes out. Dozens of officers search the courthouse corridors. One policeman, Gerald Baetzhold, draws his revolver, trips and shoots himself in the foot. Our hero, unaware of the chaos...
...truth about receiving a "battlefield promotion" in the Vietnam War You didn't tell the truth about how your father died. You didn't tell the truth about how long you've been affiliated with the Republican Party. You didn't tell the truth about who owns the downtown office building that houses your company. You didn't tell the truth about how soon after leaving Kidder-Peabody in 1971 you formed your own company. You didn't tell me truth about how long it took for you to go through Boston University...
...earns his modest income playing at Holyoke Center and one lunchtime a week at the Downtown Crossing. Occasionally he is hired by someone who sees him playing in the street. Last spring he performed at the freshman picnic for the Freshman Dean's Office and during commencement at the Kennedy School for the 10th reunion...
Luke Hunsberger (guitar with amp) -- He plays at Holyoke Center twice a week-for five hours starting at 7 p.m. and at the Downtown Crossing once a week at lunchtime. He plays 60s and 70s music, Beatles, Neil Young, Bob Dylan. He's a regular in the Square, having performed steadily for the past nine months. (see story this page...
...east of the city, is torn by Chinese thugs. Orange County, home to tens of thousands of Indochinese immigrants, has a severe extortion problem. Hispanic gangs, some of them using identifying tattoos and hand signals, have spread throughout the area. The Mojados (wetbacks) specialize in small-time crime in downtown Los Angeles: pickpocketing and robbing motorists at knifepoint in underground garages. "It's find a buddy and go to Fifth and Hill for an easy hit or two," says Police Sergeant Joe Suarez...