Word: lawlessness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...would have had to make another last stand-against the Northwest Telegraph Co. Just two months before the historic battle, Ma Morse was dunning Custer for an overdue bill that amounted to more than a hundred dollars. "His case is peculiarly aggravating from the fact that he is utterly lawless in all of his transactions with us," complained C.H. Haskins, general superintendent of the company, in a furious letter to General A.H. Terry in St. Paul, Minn. "We hoped that he would do better...
...Foreign Minister Fuad Butros rushed to Damascus in a vain attempt to arrange a ceasefire. But Syria's tough Defense Minister Mustafa Tlas responded: "The Syrian army will strike with an iron fist to destroy the Phalangist and Chamounist gangs." Asserted Radio Damascus: "Syria is impartial. We fight lawless elements within the Christian community just as we fought the Palestinians-to restore peace to Lebanon...
...duty that night were Lt. John O'Donoghue, Bob McCleery, John (Spike) Lawless, Fred (Bunky) Bokuniewicz, and Fred Ikels. They managed to make it through supper without being interrupted, but around 9 p.m. the calls started coming in fast...
...Lawless cops...
...policemen on duty, but the county grand jury has returned only one indictment-against an off-duty cop who shot a motorist after an accident. Says Vance: "Citizens here are generally behind the police." He believes "the feds" might eventually have to take on the task of prosecuting lawless Houston cops-iust as in Philadelphia...