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...miles away, another driver was shot in the head and killed. Across the state line in St. Louis County, Mo., last week, two people reported being fired upon by other drivers. In separate cases, Illinois police arrested several people who terrorized drivers with toy guns. Said State Police Sergeant Dave Jung: "Our troopers carry real guns, and we're not going to tolerate this anymore." In California numerous police patrols at rush hour choked off last summer's highway fusillade. The Los Angeles County sheriff's department estimates that 43 shooting incidents have occurred since last June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Illinois: Homicide on The Highway | 11/23/1987 | See Source »

...will be soldiers who trained to fight from the saddle. They call one another Trooper, so that former noncoms and onetime generals can feel at ease as they retell old stories, many of them true. Merton Glover, a big, angular man of 69, retired years ago as a platoon sergeant. He trained as a horse soldier, but in 1942 he was transferred to Fort Meade, S. Dak., where the cavalry was experimenting with mechanization. The concept was shaky at first. "Their idea for a while was to have us all run around on motorcycles," says Glover. "I rode...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Kansas: Echoing Hoofbeats | 11/23/1987 | See Source »

...turnaround was based on several weeks of intensive interrogation of Marine Sergeant Clayton Lonetree, who was convicted of espionage in August. A military jury found that Lonetree disclosed the names of CIA agents in Moscow after being seduced by a woman working for both the embassy and the KGB. Yet Lonetree vigorously denied having allowed spies into the embassy, and agents of the Naval Investigative Service had no strong evidence to the contrary. Their claims were based on a detailed statement by Corporal Arnold Bracy that he and Lonetree allowed the KGB to enter when the two worked the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Entry: The embassy spy case fizzles | 11/23/1987 | See Source »

...People's Army have made Philippine soldiers and policemen their main targets. Last week they turned their guns on Manila's main foreign backer: the U.S. In one well-coordinated 15-minute burst of violence, pistol-wielding assassins killed two active-duty U.S. service members, a retired U.S. sergeant and a Filipino businessman. The attacks occurred within three miles of Clark Air Base, the largest overseas U.S. Air Force facility. All bore the signature of the N.P.A.'s sparrow-unit death squads, so called for their small size and great mobility. Persons claiming to represent the N.P.A. took responsibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Target: Americans | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

...kids love him. The adults love him. He's an attention getter," said Sergeant Richard Bongiorno, Officer Caring's immediate superior...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Robot Joins Cambridge Police Force | 11/3/1987 | See Source »

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