Word: guns
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Volcanoes & the Minotaur. At La Ronde, Expo's 135-acre amusement area, there is an aquarium with penguins, a Pioneer Land where gun fights take place every hour, a "safari" through a man-made jungle (where kids can ride on an elephant, a zebra, an ostrich or a llama). For thrill seekers, there is the Gyrotron, a $3,000,000 contraption that allows tourists to strap themselves into miniature rail cars and then be hurtled through a maze of environments that begins with a terrifyingly realistic "orbit" among the stars, careens on through the hellish jaws of a live...
...Fremont, Ohio, a middle-aged husband recently went berserk and tried to beat his wife to death. When the police arrived, he threatened to shoot anyone who interfered. In that common situation, many a U.S. policeman might have whipped out his own gun and shot first, even if the suspect regrettably died in the process. Instead, one Fremont policeman squeezed off a stream of tear-gas-like liquid that hit the crazed husband in the face and instantly brought him to his knees, stunned, docile-and alive...
...almost instant apathy. The sprayed suspect usually just sits down until he is led away. The effects last no more than half an hour. For police, the device is the first, if not the final, answer to a nationwide need-a weapon that disables as effectively as a gun and yet does no permanent injury...
...felony. The rule raises a substantial moral question: Is it proper to take the life of a fleeing felon who, if caught, tried and convicted, could not be executed?" Answering his own question, Leary has just promulgated a new department rule that requires his 28,000 policemen to shun guns unless a felony suspect "has himself escalated matters by using or threatening deadly or other serious force." Adds Leary: "We must do more to explore and develop non-deadly weapons. The gun is not the way to prevent most crime...
When used as a club, the billy too often shatters on a suspect's skull, forcing a policeman to resort to his gun. The billy is better used to poke and jab at the kidneys and other vulnerable areas; law-enforcement experts are now urging more and better training in billy arts. Indeed, the billy itself can be improved...