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...town, two state troopers spotted him and began a careering cross-country chase. After six miles, Moon was forced to stop when one of his tires was shot out. As the police approached him with drawn revolvers, Moon jumped from his bullet-riddled car, put his pistol to his throat and fired, ripping out part of his tongue. This week he was expected to recover and stand trial for murder. Said a policeman at Connellsville, his home: "It should never have happened. That boy has never been in trouble in his life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: He Killed the Judge | 1/25/1954 | See Source »

...fiercest clash came at Karatina, a village north of Nairobi. There. British police, supported by the 7th Battalion of the King's African Rifles, collided head-on with a powerful Mau Mau foray. The terrorists turned and fled, but their leader was shot in the throat. Captured alive he proved an important bag. He was Waruhiu Itote, alias "General China," the elusive desperado whose gangs have long dominated Mt. Kenya. An ex-railroad worker who was in the British army in Burma during World War II, "China"' is almost certainly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: No. 2 | 1/25/1954 | See Source »

Last year Major Sammy Lee, U.S. Army Medical Corps, was busy with other things. He was attached to the 121st Evacuation Hospital in Korea, and was so good at his medical job (ear, nose & throat) that he was called on to treat South Korean President Syngman Rhee recently. This was a professional honor Sammy enjoyed doubly, since he happens to be a Korean-American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: No. 1 Amateur | 1/11/1954 | See Source »

...whatever the surgeon says to members of his team (picked up by a microphone in his mask) and comments by the leader of the seminar. The surgeon can hear these, too, if he chooses, and ask advice of a guest surgeon-for everyone in the audience also has a throat mike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Electronic Operations | 1/4/1954 | See Source »

...team." The solution: Auerbach benched Cousy, who hates to miss a minute of play, every time he made a mistake. But Cousy well knows that razzle-dazzle still has its uses in the pro game: "The game needs color ... I'd stuff the ball down my throat if the situation called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Basketball's Little Big Shot | 12/28/1953 | See Source »

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