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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Perhaps because of these rumors, or maybe because someone thought I knew too much, a sniper took a few rifle shots at me on a moonless night last week. Rolling into a ditch, I crawled to the safety of a tree. The incident was a good warning, and a powerful indication of the seriousness of the situation and the bitterness of the struggle...
...South Pacific island of Bougainville, a Japanese bullet came within a couple of corpuscles of ending his life at 25. A Marine first lieutenant, Freeman was leading a combat patrol of about 30 men through thick, enemy-rife jungle. From behind a tree about 40 ft. away, a Japanese soldier shot Freeman in the jaw. The bullet ripped through his throat, passing between the jugular vein and the carotid artery. Doctors doubted whether Freeman would ever be able to talk normally again, but he went through a prolonged course of speech therapy and, being an exceedingly determined man, developed into...
...March 1959. in the British Central Africa protectorate of Nyasaland, harmless-looking Elard Chipandale, 31, tied a handful of magic twigs about his waist, donned a coat of tree bark, and turned himself into a crocodile. He lay in wait by the bank of the Mwanza River for an eight-year-old girl named Mponda
Like the Kennedys of Massachusetts, the Longs of Louisiana are a perennially blooming family tree. This season has Congressman Gillis Long, 39, distant cousin of deceased Governors Huey and Earl, declaring himself a gubernatorial hopeful for 1964. Then there is another cousin, State Senator Speedy O. Long, 34; Speedy wants the governor's mansion too, but U.S. Senator Russell B. Long has already pledged support to Cousin Gillis. Meanwhile, Mrs. Blanche Long -Earl's widow and Russell's aunt by marriage-says that she will manage the campaign of a third candidate, not related, Louisiana...
Meanwhile, back in Manhattan, news of the exhibition began to spread and American entries poured in. The show adopted as its emblem the Pine Tree Flag of the American Revolution-a symbol of the "new spirit...