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Trapnell did not give up. Last May a woman named Barbara Oswald tried to rescue him from the federal penitentiary in Marion, Ill. She commandeered a St. Louis helicopter at gunpoint, but the pilot seized her gun and killed her. Oswald's daughter Robin, 17, was shattered. She dropped out of high school but continued corresponding with Trapnell, whom a friend said she regarded as "a father figure." Last week Robin Oswald boarded TWA Flight 541 in St. Louis, then announced that she was carrying three sticks of dynamite and took over the airliner. With 87 passengers aboard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Skyjack Sequel | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

Most Promising Newcomer: Robin Williams in ABC'S Mork & Mindy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: NO BIZ LIKE... | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

...make the Huntsville High twirling line next spring. In Texas, being on the twirling line is about as "in" as a high school girl can get. "On Friday nights when the twirlers are on the field, you just want to be out there," explains Lisa. Grins 16-year-old Robin Coburn, a tall, willowy junior who has already made the line: "It's just a big deal. And your names are announced at the games." On those Friday nights every autumn, high school football mania sweeps across Texas, consuming everything in its path. But unlike Northern fans, Texans never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Texas: Twirling to Beat the Band | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...camp for a week to perfect their struts and tosses. Following Labor Day they work on their half-time programs after school for two hours each day. "Sometimes my boyfriend wants to go for a Coke and he can't understand that I just have to go twirl," Robin Coburn moans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Texas: Twirling to Beat the Band | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

Violin and Piano Recital by Rob Coalson and Beth Robin--Dunster House Library...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LISTINGS CORRECTION | 12/9/1978 | See Source »

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