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...such hardware seems greatest in New York City, where scores of muggings occur each day. "The number of people looking for a good defensive weapon has really exploded lately," claims Norman Simon, who owns three Manhattan umbrella stores. Catering primarily to law-abiding citizens who are reluctant to tote a handgun, Simon has since last December sold 200 steel-knobbed umbrellas and canes, 300 metal swagger sticks and 400 walking sticks weighted with buckshot...
...gladiatorial atmosphere, an emotional release at seeing the U.S. get kicked around." When the Albanian resolution came up, shouts of "Si!" and "Oui!" rose as one delegate after another flipped a switch and lighted up the green YES light next to his country's name on the Assembly tote board. Eleven of Washington's 14 NATO partners either sided with the Albanian resolution or abstained. The vote: 73 for and only 35 against (with 17 abstentions...
...Catholic labor movement based in Venezuela, at least 700 and possibly 1,000 have been murdered; some 4,000 have been arrested in a land of only 5,000,000 people. Congressmen of the ruling M.L.N. (National Liberation Movement) Party are guarded by a force of 60 men, who tote submachine guns and grenades, and the legislature itself sometimes resembles an armed camp. When TIME Correspondent Bernard Diederich visited the legislature in Guatemala City last week, he saw one gun-for-hire character who wore a black cowboy hat, black shirt and black trousers and carried a low-slung...
...Anarchy. Police in many U.S. cities are taking or demanding steps to protect themselves: working increasingly in two-man teams rather than alone, establishing special crews of marksmen available for anti-sniper duty, asking for the right to tote shotguns in their squad cars (see box). But some thoughtful cops concede that such measures are not the solution. Says Chief Lacoste: "If someone is really interested in killing a policeman, there is not much you can do about it. There are only so many precautions you can take and still be a functioning police department...
Decor was not neglected at the Sheraton-Chicago hotel, however. Each day's session had a color theme−pink for Tuesday, for example, with pink cloth tote bags emblazoned with red cardinals presented as favors. At one luncheon, the delegates sighed over a new strain of gladiolus christened the "Osa Mae Gladiolus," in honor of National Council President Mrs. Osa Mae Barton...