Word: fernwood
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...troubles, very well, it seems. Norman Lear's soap-opera sendup, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, is now in its seventh week, the most talked-about new show of TV's numb-drum season. Most followers of loopy Mary and the other soap-flake characters of Fernwood must indulge their new addiction either in the afternoon or late at night. Shunned by the networks, the syndicated five-day-a-week serial appears on nearly 70 stations, generally in non-prime-time slots; 30 more stations will start showing it soon. The program is averaging a 10 rating in major...
Still worried, O'Shea called the Secret Service again on Sunday morning, asking whether agents wanted Moore picked up. Prudently, they said it "might be a good idea." At the time, however, Moore was pursuing her voluntary undercover work. She was in Danville visiting Fernwood's home gun shop, where he makes replicas of antique weapons for sale. Ostensibly, she had gone there to get in some target practice with Fernwood. Actually, she had taken along an ATF man whom she introduced only as "Chuck...
They decided merely to look at guns. "Chuck's" interest was in finding out whether Fernwood, who is not a licensed gun dealer, was violating any gun laws...
Unchecked, Moore proceeded with her plan. She arrived in Danville about 11 a.m. to purchase a chrome-plated .38 Smith & Wesson revolver from Fernwood for $145. She paid by check. He found her "in good spirits," although she claimed she was in a rush. "I had no way of suspecting that this gal was going to go out and commit the completely crazy act that she did," he insisted later. "Can you imagine it? A John Birch officer selling guns to radical kooks." Moore also picked up some cartridges, although she seemed concerned when he had only target loads...
...Fernwood was sure Moore could handle such a weapon. When she bought the first one, he had taken her to a nearby firing range to check her out. Moore, who claimed to have had training with guns as a WAC, "did rather well," Fernwood said. She had paid $125 for the first gun, also by check...