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...experimental United Church was organized in Manila in 1924. During World War II, the occupying Japanese forced all Protestant bodies to join it for convenience in dealing with them. Though this shotgun partnership dissolved after V-J day, the United Church of Christ in the Philippines was formed again on a more solid footing in 1948, is now the largest purely Protestant body in the country. Its constituents: Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Church of Christ, Evangelical United Brethren and Philippine Methodists - 100,000-odd adults in 790-odd congregations...
...shotgun for a present and went hunting out of season. Result: "A bag of three cock pheasants which caused consternation because father was a game warden." Other early indiscretions, McCulloch reports, helped influence his present appearance. Among his friends were a tribe of Paiute Indians on a reservation nearby. When he was disobedient, he was punished by Chief Harry Winnemucca, whose method of discipline was to pick up the offender by the ears. "As a result of this treatment," says McCulloch, "both ears now have a tendency to flap...
...daughter into conference. "We have to remove him," the old peasant announced. Out of a cupboard he took an old revolver. But the cartridges were duds. "Let's stab him in the belly," Pierre suggested. It was finally agreed that the deed should be done with a shotgun, and that Marie-Helene should take the blame-for, as Louise told her husband: "You are too busy with the harvest, and I have to look after the cows...
Confession. On the night of Aug. 8, Jean got back late from Vichy and crept into bed with his wife. Pierre entered their room, gripping his shotgun. Marie slipped out of bed. Pierre fired. The first shot fractured Jean's shoulder. "You're crazy!" Jean shouted, but a second shot silenced him forever. Next day, Pierre bicycled to the local barber shop, got a shave and a haircut, then went to the police station and reported calmly that his daughter had just killed her husband. The gendarmes, when they got to the Talabard farm, handed Marie the shotgun...
Waist Gun. In Oakland, Calif., Merchant Seaman Enoch Bershofski, arrested for carrying a sawed-off shotgun inside his jacket, tried to convince police that he needed it to protect his bankroll...