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Word: paso (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pension in a Joplin shack, and announced that he was "going to live by the gun." Then he made his way to the hot little desert town of Blythe, Calif., got a job as a dishwasher. On the night before Christmas, Cook disappeared. He bobbed up in El Paso and bought a .32-caliber automatic pistol. After that he started out to fulfill his promise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Young Man with a Gun | 1/22/1951 | See Source »

Diehard. In El Paso, a vagrant gave his name as Adolf Hitler, but was booked under the name he had used in signing a local motel register-Heinrich Himmler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 15, 1951 | 1/15/1951 | See Source »

Reunion. In El Paso, while Samuel Jiminez was in the County Juvenile Home visiting a friend who was doing time for stealing a bicycle, the supervisor of the home checked Jiminez's bike, found it also was stolen, had him locked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 11, 1950 | 12/11/1950 | See Source »

Where the Heart Is. In El Paso, lonely, young Carlos Torres, just released from jail, was caught trying to climb through a jail window, explained: "I have to get back to my friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 23, 1950 | 10/23/1950 | See Source »

Norther. In El Paso, Police Chief W. C. Woolverton sighed and announced that he was adding policemen to the force: "Cooler weather always brings more crime. People seem to eat more, wear more and steal more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 16, 1950 | 10/16/1950 | See Source »

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