Word: utah
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thousands of years, shepherds have attached bells to the lead sheep to keep the flock from straying. In medieval times, lepers were required to wear bells and cry, "Unclean! Unclean!" as they roamed the streets. Now a Utah sociologist has suggested that the same primitive notion be applied to prison parolees...
...excess of reform inspiration, Professor Gerald Smith of the University of Utah suggested that parolees have an electronic beeper surgically implanted in them so that their movements can be monitored 24 hours a day. Smith was quick to add that the installation of the device would be voluntary, and implied that the prisoner who volunteers might be granted a reduction of sentence. His rationale was that the tagging would somehow reduce the rate of recidivism and make parolees more likely to go straight...
...trouble hijacking the United Airlines, Denver-Los Angeles 727 to San Francisco. United met his demands: $500,000 in small bills, six hours worth of fuel and four parachutes. With an expert's efficiency, McCoy then directed the pilot on a wandering eastward course and parachuted over Provo, Utah...
McCoy might have got away with it had he not in effect used the hijack to hitchhike home. Robert Van leperen, a Utah highway patrolman and close friend, recalled that McCoy, an enthusiastic skydiver, had talked about hijacking a plane in Cooper style. He may have put FBI agents on the skyjacker's tail; the FBI is not telling how it cracked the case. McCoy's picture was identified by a United passenger, and his military record yielded handwriting that the FBI said matched the ransom instructions. Less than 48 hours after he hijacked the plane, McCoy...
...served two hitches in Viet Nam as a demolition expert and pilot and won both the Army Commendation Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross. A warrant officer in the Utah National Guard, McCoy showed up for a scheduled training stint only hours after parachuting from the United plane in a risky night maneuver. Fellow Guardsman Van leperen said McCoy had given no indication at the Guard session that anything was amiss. "Richard's my best friend," he added in disbelief. "He's one of the finest people I know." McCoy's well-publicized hijacking quickly triggered others...