Word: fire-bombing
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Bill Carter wonders why I did not express my indignation about the fire-bomb attack against Ngo Vinh, Long (Crimson 8 May). Unlike Carter, I did not witness the incident. I did not learn of it until after I had mailed my letter to the Crimson. The letter therefore referred specifically and exclusively to the Crimson report on the Vietnam panel in which both Ngo Vinh Long and I took part...
...tulips and hyacinths that festoon the room. And when she starts talking, the control is there. No, she had not worried much about physical assault, not any more. Reagan had been threatened frequently while Governor in Sacramento; in 1968 a security man shot at someone trying to fire-bomb the Governor's residence...
...Philadelphia Inquirer first discovered a pervasive pattern of beatings and torture by homicide detectives-and then found that cops were equally tough. The Inquirer decided to investigate police lawlessness after one egregious case-that of Robert ("Reds") Wilkinson, a mildly retarded auto mechanic who was beaten into confessing the fire-bomb murder in 1975 of a woman and her four children. Wilkinson was freed after a federal investigation in which witnesses said they had been intimidated and brutalized. The Inquirer has been front-paging such exposés ever since...
...casino hotels and restaurants, Bramlet made enemies as effortlessly as gamblers throw dice. Following a strike last March, his own rank and file accused him of selling out to employers with sweetheart contracts. Other union chiefs despised him as a double-crosser. Establishments that resisted his organizers had fire-bomb problems. But like Teamster Boss Jimmy Hoffa, Bramlet is a labor leader who apparently made one enemy too many: the Mafia. Last week, with a chilling sense of déjà vu, the FBI and Nevada authorities were wondering if they would ever find a trace...
...Jersey boardwalk they knew. There were two special cards: a Chief McCarthy card (named in honor of a local cop who rousted musicians indiscriminately) and a Riot card. The McCarthy card allowed the bearer to send any opponent to jail without reason; whoever drew the Riot card could fire-bomb any opponent's real estate...