Word: hourse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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At his trial that fall, the slightly built Spenkelink admitted having killed his companion but insisted that he had acted in self-defense: the muscular, 230-lb. Szymankiewicz, said the defendant, had stolen $8,000 from him, forced him at gunpoint to perform fellatio and made him play Russian roulette...
Living in prison for six years under constant threat of death wonderfully concentrated Spenkelink's mind. He spent hours reading the Bible and such works as the mystic prophecies of Edgar Cayce.
With only a few hours left, Spenkelink's lawyers made their final appeals.
The easing was traced to several causes. Some states did not need all the gas allotted to them in May to make sure that police cars, fire trucks and ambulances kept running; they are now releasing some for sale to individual drivers. Many gas stations that angered drivers by shortening...
Finally, after 102 hours of avoiding pursuers, the twelve last week turned themselves in-to the Texas state senate, whence they had fled the previous week.