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...owned a liquor store, pawnshop and jukebox leasing company, King came to Daingerfield in 1966 with Wife Gretchen, Daughter Cynthia and Son Alvin Lee King IV to teach high school math. That same year, while King was visiting his parents in Corpus Christi, he was examining a 12-gauge shotgun when it somehow discharged, killing his father. The coroner ruled the death accidental...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: This Is War! | 7/7/1980 | See Source »

...area, sent employees to the rooftops to stand watch during the worst nights. "We're pretty well stocked here and ready to fight a war if we have to," said one driver, Rodney Connell. Brothers Alan and Jeff Kaufman sat in their antiques store with a shotgun and pistols to drive off looters. Then some white teen-agers offered to defend the place if they,were given guns and $100 each. Said Alan Kaufman: "They were fantastic. I gave them each a $50 bonus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Fire and Fury in Miami | 6/2/1980 | See Source »

...under question, the court upheld the conviction of a man who, his lawyers argued, had been the victim of a police ploy to get him to incriminate himself. The defendant, Thomas J. Innis, was picked up by Providence police several days after he killed a cab driver with a shotgun, which he subsequently hid. On the way to the station house, one patrolman remarked to his companion about the handicapped children at a school near the arrest site: "God forbid one of them might find a weapon with shells and they might hurt themselves." Innis spoke up and directed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Rights Ruling | 5/26/1980 | See Source »

When searched, the purported runners were found to be wearing street clothes under their jogging togs and carrying pistols. In the van, officers discovered a sawed-off shotgun, a rifle, several hundred rounds of ammunition and radio equipment. Just what was up is still a mystery, but Police Chief William McHugh is convinced that "something bizarre and dangerous was imminent." The eleven were all charged with theft and unlawful use of weapons; one of them was also charged with armed robbery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Hoping the Bombs Have Stopped | 4/21/1980 | See Source »

...duration and intensity it sounded like a twelve-gauge-shotgun blast six inches from my ear. I had been holding my breath. I let it out with a shout of pure joy. I was still alive! I shook my fist at the wildly pitching sky. "Kill me!" I shouted. "Go ahead and try! I don't care! I DON'T CARE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: Watergate's Sphinx Speaks | 4/21/1980 | See Source »

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