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When California Congressman Leo Ryan tried to lead a group of Peoples Temple defectors out of the cult's Jonestown, Guyana, headquarters in 1978, Larry Layton joined him at the last minute. Later, when a truckload of Peoples Temple members ambushed and killed the Congressman and four others at a nearby airstrip, Layton pulled a pistol and wounded two would-be defectors. Within hours, Cult Leader Jim Jones led 912 of his followers in a grisly mass murder--suicide...
Last week a federal jury in San Francisco found Layton guilty of conspiracy and aiding and abetting the murder of Ryan. He could face life imprisonment. Said Fred Lewis, who lost 27 members of his family in Jonestown: "It'll make a lot of people who lost relatives feel better that someone got convicted...
...that funds from a $250 million federal scheme to buy the loyalty of separatist-leaning Francophones in Quebec were siphoned off in illegal kickbacks to Liberal Party operatives. Opposition parties competed in expressions of high dudgeon. "This is a dark time for democracy in Canada," declared Jack Layton, leader of the left-wing New Democratic Party. The first postscandal attempt to unseat the government, in June 2004, left Martin's Liberals clinging to a shaky minority. Push came to shove in November, when Martin's 17-month-old government was shattered by a no-confidence vote. At the outset, most...
...country's visible minority population and account for nearly 60% of its new immigrants every year. So the Conservatives, who won 99 seats, ran candidates like the Grewals in British Columbia this year, and the New Democrats (19 seats) aired TV spots featuring their multilingual party leader, Jack Layton, stumping in Mandarin and Cantonese. All in all, a record number of 28 South Asians ran in the election, and a total of nine Indo-Canadians and two Chinese Canadians won seats. "The reality is that multicultural communities are an integral part of Canada," says Gurmant Grewal. Of course, one Asian...
...positively tears into “Scuttle Buttin,” soaring with impossible runs over Layton’s fast and loose percussion. While maturity had refined his playing, Vaughan clearly hadn’t lost his competitive fire. Grounded by Reese Waynans on organ in addition to Layton and Shannon, Vaughan returns to “Pride and Joy” for the symmetry of it all, this time transcending his original by infusing voice and playing with a thick, raw edge. Later, Double Trouble reprises “Texas Flood,” this time moving away...