Word: nine
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...House committee's panel, after its own reexamination, made only minor objections to the original findings, like the exact location of the entry wounds. Its views strengthened the conviction that the shots had been fired from the Texas School Book Depository where Oswald worked. Eight out of nine forensic experts retained by the committee said it was likely that one bullet passed through the President's neck and then wounded Connally in the back, chest, wrist and thigh, thus supporting the Warren Commission's controversial "single-bullet theory...
...people on board, 38 died in the crash. Five of the 18 survivors struggled free and left immediately in search of water. Three of the remaining 13 were miraculously spared by hiding when, half an hour later, nine armed guerrilla soldiers arrived. "It's only because I know a terrorist when I see one that I'm still alive," recalled Anthony Hill, 39, an army reservist. He hid in the bush. At first the guerrillas, clad in jungle green uniforms, seemed friendly, promising help. But then they herded together the ten people at the wreckage, robbed them...
...case any spiritual fervor may be lacking, McCurdy has had an outfit of nine runners training religiously at the Grottonwood (Mass.) Baptist Camp since September...
...main man is Alex Nahigian, who succeeds Loyal Park as varsity baseball coach and will help out with football, too. A reportedly solid teacher, Nahigian has coached hardball at Providence College for the last 19 years, taking the Friars to postseason play nine times. He'll be expected to do the same with the '79 Crimson, as all but three varsity batsmen return for the spring season...
...Justice Department in 1970 embarked on a Witness Security Program that has cost $62 million so far. What the Government is up against is shown by a March 1978 report on the fate of witnesses and informers not protected by the program in 50 narcotics-related cases: 45 murders, nine attempted murders, nine death threats and assorted physical assaults...