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...closely allied with the ruling business establishment, to exert the kind of boat-rocking power denounced by such critics as Senator William Proxmire and a few TV Guide columnists. Thus it is safer and more profitable for a newspaper to denounce "Son of Sam" or the Hillside Strangler than neighborhood supermarket pricing policies. Especially on ad-filled Thursdays. "My life in journalism has persuaded me that the press too often tries to guard its freedom by shirking its responsibility, and that this leads to default on both," he writes. "What the press in America needs is less inhibition, not more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bromide Beat | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

...Crimson's 1-2 win came basically at the hands of Boston Strangler-type fielding by Dartmouth, who butchered three ground balls and allowed all four runs to score unearned in the fourth inning...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Batsmen Chill Dartmouth, Sweep Twinbill | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

...chains placed on the outdoor grease barrels, smashed through protective iron gates, and driven over chain fences. Police are not doing much about cleaning up the grease mess. Says Alan Cohen, president of the Reliable Grease Co.: "The police tell us they've got the Los Angeles Strangler to worry about." Besides, unless the criminals were caught in the act, they would prove difficult to prosecute. Asks one police official: "How do you identify hot grease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: The Glory of Grease | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

Despite a massive manhunt by a special 55-man task force of the Los Angeles police department, aided by Los Angeles County and Glendale cops, the case of the "hillside strangler" has produced few usable clues and no suspects. Police are not sure whether they are looking for one killer or more-and, if more than one, whether they were working together or separately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: L.A. Strangler | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

...were picked up there. At Glendale High School, alma mater of Actor John Wayne, a note on the bulletin board warns single teachers not to go unaccompanied to or from the faculty Christmas party. Adults who were attending night courses, says a school official, have dropped out "until the strangler is caught...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: L.A. Strangler | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

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