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...only character in search of an author. The redoubtable Richard Attenborough is on hand, as a titled English policeman. He seems willing to exchange barbs with Wayne, if any come to mind, as do Judy Geeson, as a detective, and Mel Ferrer, as the man in charge of the overly complicated fake kidnaping of the hood...
Even discounting the bias of the Hanoi press, Western observers were reasonably satisfied that the Communist conquest of almost three-quarters of South Viet Nam was proceeding so far without widespread bloodbaths or reprisals. Some refugees reported public stonings as well as scattered executions. In Danang, a policeman was beheaded in the marketplace soon after the Communist forces arrived, and the Viet Cong tied several captured ARVN soldiers together and blew them up with grenades. In Hué, after a drumhead court-martial, five policemen were shot. None of the refugees, however, reported mass executions similar to those during...
...their successes when the criticism gets tough to take. Reardon described the case of an applicant he found in Oakland. His high school "was the worst, toughest, most unpleasant place I ever went into, with every window blocked out. I felt I would be more comfortable with a policeman. The kid ran the school. He was first in his class, president of the school, captain of a team, but with 450 scores. We decided to take him and give him some real help. His Expos teacher had him write a paper every day. By junior and senior year his grades...
Investigating a robbery report in the barrio in Riverside, Calif., a police patrol car sighted some possible suspects: a group of Chicans packed in a gaudily painted Chevy. One of the cops barked the usual command: "Everyone out with your hands in sight!" As the Chicanos emerged, the policeman's jaw dropped. Among the suspects was a fellow cop, Gerald Carroll, outfitted in jeans and dark glasses, his blond hair hidden under a knitted cap. Carroll hastily explained. He was living among the Chicanos as part of a program sponsored by the Riverside police department; he was just...
Although 62 of the Attica inmates have been indicted by a grand jury, not one guard or policeman has yet been charged. Bell, who quit in disgust last December, made his complaint in a letter of resignation to State Attorney General Louis J. Lefkowitz. That was followed in January by a 160-page report to incoming Governor Hugh Carey. Last week the letter and the report leaked...