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...from Fordham Road into a wasteland of The Bronx. Clinging to each other for support, the old man and woman mounted a curb and struggled for a moment while she regained her balance. Then, slowly, they went on. Watching them shuffle into the shadows of late afternoon, Detective Donald Gaffney sighed heavily and said, "There goes prime meat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CITIES: The Elderly: Prisoners of Fear | 11/29/1976 | See Source »

...other rundown sections all over New York City, the elderly are indeed prime targets. Their chief tormentors are young thugs, who have even mugged a 103-year-old woman, stealing from her a couple of dollars' worth of groceries. In Gaffney's district, about 97% of the offenders are black, and 95% of the victims are white women-usually Jews who have stubbornly stayed on in once comfortable apartments while the neighborhood deteriorated around them. "Fagin wouldn't last up here for half an hour," said Gaffney. "He'd be calling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CITIES: The Elderly: Prisoners of Fear | 11/29/1976 | See Source »

Kubacki next tossed an interception to Bruin Luke Gaffney on the Harvard 39, but Emper returned the favor by stealing a Michalko shot to Farnham at the goal line on the next play. A Crimson punt was followed by a surprising 45-yard field goal by a fellow named Ruben Chapa at 8:23--his first points ever in varsity play--and Harvard trailed for the first time in the game...

Author: By Thomas Aronson, | Title: Brown Trips Faltering Crimson, 16-14 | 11/1/1976 | See Source »

...Bernieri 69 Bob Miller RT 77 Steve Kaseta 12 Mike Sherman RE 91 Bob Baggott 54 Scott Nelson LB 30 Joe Jason 64 Lou Cole LB 55 Tommy Joyce 58 Jeff Van Ribbink LCB 23 Bill Emper 24 Dick Galvin S 17 Paul Halas 95 Luke Gaffney ADJ 18 Lou Rice 20 Frank Pozniak RCB 41 Andy Puopolo

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TENTATIVE STARTING LINE-UPS | 10/30/1976 | See Source »

...quite a few of George Wallace's diehard supporters remained dour at their favorite's demise. Lester Skinner, 57, a Gaffney, S.C., real estate broker, cast a reluctant vote for Carter only after looking his hero in the eye and asking him "if he really meant we should support Carter. He told me he really meant it." Skinner expects Wallace supporters to "follow George's advice and vote for Carter over Reagan" if the Californian is nominated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Dlehards Dissolve | 7/26/1976 | See Source »

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