Word: offs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The huge jet reached an altitude of about 500 ft. But it began dropping. Captain Lux fought to get the craft under control. On Touhy Avenue, near Interstate 90, Chicago Patrol Officer Michael Delany was working with a dog at the police canine center. He turned to look up at...
A storm may be brewing. Reflected a presidential aide: "Forbearance doesn't elicit a more cooperative Congress." Still smarting from the House vote on gas rationing, Carter dashed off sharp notes to Congressmen. To New York Democrat James Hanley, who had explained his vote in a letter described by...
Lance's activities, and those of Co-Defendants Richard Carr, Thomas Mitchell and H. Jackson Mullins, were not all that complex. While his friend and client Billy Carter was said to be "kiting" checks, Lance was apparently kiting banks. He played the game with a series of unsecured loans...
The doughty dozen were all state senators who had taken off in an elaborate ploy to block a controversial bill about a state presidential primary.
The lawmen never came close to finding the beehive, despite a statewide all-points bulletin, although they nearly did nail Senator Gene Jones, who had chosen to leave the hideout because he had just sworn off cigarettes and was getting edgy in the smoke-filled room. To avoid the police...