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...claimed that the government had stolen the victory. His supporters charged that in several rural precincts, Arias ballots failed to arrive in time for anyone to vote for him. In Chiriqui province, a man wearing the uniform of Panama's National Guard reportedly scared away Indian voters with pistol shots in the air. Arias' lawyers are also investigating the voting in two provinces where government figures are said to show that Arias failed to win a single precinct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Panama: More Votes than Crowds | 5/22/1964 | See Source »

...from the prisoner, and the soldiers raised their U.S.-made carbines. The captain shouted: "Ban!" (Fire!). There was a ragged volley. Then the prisoner's body slumped against the straps, and blood began to flow over the high-necked black robe and white silk pantaloons. Pistol drawn, the captain strode forward, delivered the coup de gráce behind the left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: Dynasty's End | 5/15/1964 | See Source »

...regime. The coup leaders were a pair of strange birds, even for the wild aviary of Southeast Asia: Kouprasith is a nervous strongman with a pet baby elephant, an incipient ulcer and a reliance on sedatives; Siho plays the dandy, wears three gold rings and affects an ivory-handled pistol to go with his favorite blue dress uniform. Although Siho is generally regarded as a henchman of rightist, anti-Communist boss, General Phoumi Nosavan, both coup leaders claimed to have acted without involving Phoumi, who, as Deputy Premier and Defense Minister in Prince Souvanna's government, could not very...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laos: The Demon Beneath the Pagoda | 5/1/1964 | See Source »

...cited the case of a used car salesman who saw a pistol-carrying man--definitely not Oswald--running from the location where Oswald was alleged by Dallas police to have just shot a patrolman. The salesman, Lane said, was murdered later, and police charged "a local hood" with that murder...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lane Rips Conduct of Oswald Inquiry | 5/1/1964 | See Source »

...last January when a hooded holdup man collected $181 at the Topside Tavern, fired a shot in the ceiling. In March, a hooded gunman got $109 at Hagerty's Tavern; minutes later police collared Neal near by. At his feet were a bag containing $109 and a loaded pistol that police say fired the shot at the Topside Tavern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fifth Amendment: Rape of the Lock | 4/24/1964 | See Source »

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