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...Winner. In Louisville, after losing steadily in a poker game, James Calvert finally walked out in disgust, returned a few minutes later, pointed a shotgun at the players, made off with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 4, 1954 | 1/4/1954 | See Source »

Seven days after he took office, a farmer named Joe Allen Goforth went crazy and started down the main street of a hamlet named Krum with a .22 rifle in one hand and a shotgun in the other. He fired his shotgun at a man who was painting the bank, and then ducked into a barber shop. When the new sheriff arrived, Krum residents called: "Don't go in there. He's crazy." But Hodges drew his pistol, walked up to the barber shop, and called: "This is the sheriff of Denton County. Come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEXAS: A Famous Man | 1/4/1954 | See Source »

...insane man fired his shotgun through the window. The sheriff fell, blinded. After a while he felt his bloody face and called out: "I can't stay here and bleed to death. Someone lead me away, and I'll walk behind and shield him with my big backside." An insurance man took the chance, and the sheriff tottered off to safety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEXAS: A Famous Man | 1/4/1954 | See Source »

There are some TIME agents who earn as much as $800 to $1,000 a year, depending upon the size of the school and how hard they work. Says Roger Chapin of Middlebury College: "The hunting rifle and shotgun hanging on the wall in my room, the skis in the corner, the camera in my desk drawer and a canoe are all byproducts of TIME sales." When summer vacation at the University of Minnesota began last year, says our subscription agent Merrill Cragun, "I bought a convertible and took my first jaunt to the East Coast as a result...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 14, 1953 | 12/14/1953 | See Source »

...influence his teaching nor has he otherwise tried to influence the political thinking of his students." It is much easier to believe a group of prominent lawyers who carefully studied Furry's actions and questioned his students and colleagues for four months, than a Senator with a reputation for shotgun charges, who asked Furry questions for thirty minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: McCarthy: Put Up or Shut Up | 11/7/1953 | See Source »

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