Word: grisliest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...when they are off duty. In 1972 alone there were 67 suspects killed by policemen, while five officers themselves were shot and killed. All of which indicates again-if more indicators are needed-that guns and violence are too easily accepted as an inevitable way of American life. The grisliest recent proof of this came from Atlanta, a city that holds the unenviable distinction now of leading the nation in the homicide rate...
...instructions on where to send food, clothing, bedding and money for refugees. Adding to flood damage in the city was a series of fires that could be fought only by chemical-spraying helicopters: fire trucks could not reach the scene. Most buildings burned to the waterline. Perhaps the grisliest scene was at nearby Forty Fort, where flood waters churned up some 200 coffins. National Guardsmen were assigned to rebury the dead. "I can't stop vomiting," one Guardsman said. "I think I'm losing my mind." Said Pennsylvania Governor Milton Shapp: "WilkesBarre took the worst beating...