Word: shotguns
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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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...
...Maria's kitchen, "shot her, one-two-three-four-five-." Last week, on trial for murder, Joe pleaded that he did not go to Guadalupe to kill Maria but to get back a photograph of his wife. He fired only after she refused him and reached for her shotgun. But his defense was based in large part on the implication that he too was a victim of a belief in witchcraft...
...hazards of birding are not confined to such unexpected brushes with the law. Daniels and Baird once saw the only spurred towhee ever identified on the East Coast. To pin down the discovery, Baird got out his .410-gauge shotgun. Daniels worked around to the other side of the bird, moving it closer to Baird, but was obscured from Baird by the foliage. Finally Baird said he was going to shoot. A faithful birder to the end, Daniels covered his face with gloved hands, bravely replied: "Go ahead." Daniels was peppered with fine dust shot, but the towhee got away...
...sort of shotgun wedding, Hollywood and television got together last week for the 25th annual presentation of Oscars. It was easy to predict who would wear the pants in the family. Master of Ceremonies Bob Hope, bowing to the cathode ray by wearing a blue dress shirt with his dinner jacket, cracked: "With Oscar 25 years old, it's high time he got married. While it's true he has a child bride, the kid is loaded. In fact, the bride's father is picking up the tab." (The show cost the Radio Corp. of America...
Typist on the Beach. "Pierre is no good," his mother used to say, as she let him have more francs to throw away. On the eve of his wedding, he chased his bride with a shotgun; she divorced him after their honeymoon...