Word: gatoring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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FAVORITE DRINK: Hawaiian-Gator-Drivers (Hawaiian Punch, Gatorade, and Boris Gutanoff Vodka...
...Gator killin' " is as time honored a pastime in the swamps of Louisiana, South Georgia and Florida as moonshining is in the hills to the north. The beasts are supposed to be protected by the Endangered Species Conservation Act of 1969, but in the three years since then, federal officials estimate, some 127,000 alligators have been slaughtered by poachers...
...catch the slumbering alligators. The poacher blinds the animal with a spotlight, then approaches in his boat and fires a "brain shot" between the eyes with a .22-cal. rifle. A good poacher gets a rolled skin into his boat in 15 minutes. "They can get a 'gator out of his jacket real fast," says Federal Agent Andrew Pursley...
Columbia fared even more poorly. After four men quit because of varying degrees of unhappiness with the program, the Lions lost to Florida 87-47 and North Carolina State 76-48 at the Gator Bowl Tournament. Their record stands...
...South Georgia sheriff, L.W. ("Gator") Johnson, said that he would not arrest AWOL soldiers; "I'll protect them any way I can until this Calley thing is cleaned up," he declared. In Austin, Texas, the Statesman ran a scornful front-page editorial titled "Obituary U.S. Army"?and sold out the issue. "The death was announced by a general court-martial of six men," the editorial said. "Pallbearers will include Senators Fulbright, Kennedy and McGovern. Honorary pallbearers will include Moratorium marchers." The Texas senate called for a presidential pardon. Atlanta Printer Sam Yalanzon had takers for FREE CALLEY bumper stickers...