Word: gunman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that crooks often surrendered when they heard he was after them. Bullets missed him so often that it seemed they would never learn the way. He once climbed unscathed up a hill through a hail of slugs to collar two pistol-happy punks, another time managed to arrest a gunman who emptied his revolver at him from point-blank range...
Then came the betrayals. The Pathet Lao began wooing Kong Le's men, mounting quick, vicious infantry actions against his positions on the Plain of Jars in hopes of grabbing territory. When a Pathet Lao gunman shot down Kong Le's top deputy, the idealistic neutralist was well on his way to becoming a fervent antiCommunist. The Reds pulled out of the coalition government when a left-leaning minister was assassinated by a neutralist soldier...
Gaylord Neal, 25, facing trial for a grocery stickup in Philadelphia, was out on bail there last January when a hooded holdup man collected $181 at the Topside Tavern, fired a shot in the ceiling. In March, a hooded gunman got $109 at Hagerty's Tavern; minutes later police collared Neal near by. At his feet were a bag containing $109 and a loaded pistol that police say fired the shot at the Topside Tavern...
...gunman's heels came a second Vietnamese, who slid a large, square package under an iron grille protecting the theater, then ran. In the lobby, a Navy lieutenant and a Marine captain spotted the package, raced down the aisles yelling "Hit the deck!" Amid squeaking seats, patrons tried desperately to get down. Seconds later, the package exploded, slamming a steel door into the back rows and sending great chunks of ceiling crashing onto the audience. The Marine officer who helped sound the warning was killed instantly; an Army sergeant, his face crushed beyond recognition, died two hours later. Forty...
Familiar Target. It was high time a decision was reached. Greece has just come through its second national elections in four months, and Turkey last week was stunned when a politically disaffected gunman fired three shots point-blank at Premier Ismet Inonu but missed. On Cyprus the British troops, who have been desperately trying to prevent Cypriots from slaughtering one another, were reinforced by 1,500 men, bringing the garrison to a total...