Word: houre
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last week Inmate Robert Bratton, 27, a welder serving ten years to life in San Quentin for armed robbery, happily married a 27-year-old outsider, Karen Toombs. Bratton and his wife were allowed a 19-hour honeymoon in the family housing unit. Said Bratton: "I think it's a great idea. It gives a man a chance to get closer with his woman. It helps you do time; it's something to look forward...
...contention that Patty had been coerced by the S.L.A. into helping to rob the bank. An eye-catching figure with a shaved head, Fort clashed bitterly with Bailey; at one point, the two accused each other of lying. Fort testified that he had interviewed Patty for 15 hours, studied documents on the case for some 300 hours, and even spent an hour in one of the closets where the defendant was kept. Browning then asked Fort his views on the key question of the trial: "Did the defendant participate in the bank robbery because she was in fear...
...session in Moscow last week, Brezhnev, 69, appeared to be more secure than ever in his power. He was reappointed to the all-powerful Politburo and re-elected party General Secretary. While the collective leadership is certainly not dead, Brezhnev is indisputably primus inter pares. He gave a five-hour keynote speech, belying speculation that he is incapacitated by ill-health. Throughout the Congress, he received tributes surpassing anything that has been said about a Soviet leader since Joseph Stalin. Uzbekistan Party Secretary Sharaf R. Rashidov, for example, rhapsodized over his leader's "excessive modesty and brilliant talent...
Lingering Hopes. The military assessment in Whitehall is that Smith has nine to twelve months at most before his regime is overwhelmed by a combined guerrilla war from surrounding African countries and a siege economy at home. "It's no longer the eleventh hour for Rhodesia but the 59th minute before Armageddon," said a British official in London. This view is based on the assumption that South Africa will not enter the war in force on the Rhodesian side, since such a move might trigger an Angola-scale Cuban intervention. At the moment, the British are resigned...
...wanted to do a TV gig with Actress Mae West for years, recalled Nostalgia Hound Dick Cavett. "But she always resisted, especially talk shows, which she thinks destroy a star's mystique." Mae's mystique stayed fully intact last week, however, during a six-hour taping session for Cavett's April TV special, Backlot U.S.A. "This is the kinda room I like, wall-to-wall men," growled la West, surveying the 50 male extras hired for the session. Mae, 83, sang Frankie and Johnny and other oldies, hugged herself suggestively, and then fretted: "I hope the television...