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...investigation, which was ordered by Dr. Michael A. Luongo, instructor in Legal Medicine, confirmed eyewitness reports that the rifle was discharged as Zilahy was adjusting its sling after shooting from a prone position...
...year-old freshman apparently pulled the trigger accidentally while adjusting his rifle strap, police said last night. According to conflicting reports of eyewitnesses, Zilahy picked up the rifle, a .22 calibre Winchester, and found the leather sling too tight. In either a sitting or kneeling position, he attempted to loosen the sling, they said. The gun discharged, and the bullet lodged in Zilahy's forehead...
...lugubrious little man for whom life has suddenly become unbearably complex, Mickey sat up in his hospital room in powder-blue pajamas, his arm strapped up in a sling. Snapped Mickey: "I set myself up four nights in a row as a clay pigeon. [Attorney General] Howser must have had a hell of a tip." He was sure it was not a local bookie ("Every bookie in this town is a very close personal friend of mine," said Mickey firmly), nor imported Eastern gunmen. "I call New York, Chicago and Cleveland regular," said Mickey. "I'm a well-informed...
...like David trying to beat Goliath without a sling and stone. The varsity lacrosse team had plenty of spirit in its game with Williams yesterday; it played hard enough to make the final score close, but something was missing. Williams...
Over the boss's objections, the C.I.O. United Auto Workers bought an $11,600 armored Packard sedan for Walter Reuther, who still wears a sling around his right arm, shattered by a shotgun blast a year...