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...nearly 13 years, the N.R.A. and compatriot gun groups have successfully fought every attempt to strengthen the feeble Gun Control Act, passed after the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. Now, in the wake of the shooting of President Reagan, the lobby is ready to ward off another wave of proposed gun laws. Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Congressman Peter Rodino of New Jersey last week introduced a bill that would ban the import, manufacture and sale of cheap, easily concealable handguns, known as "Saturday night specials," and require a three-week wait between the purchase...
...Angeles Dodgers, National League West. Tied with the Houston Astros at the end of the 162-game regular season, Los Angeles lost the title in a one-game playoff, then went home to lick its wounds-literally. "Our clubhouse looked like a hospital ward at the end of the season," recalls First Baseman Steve Garvey. "On that final day against Houston, there were only two players in the lineup who had started on opening...
...Toyota, Datsun and Honda spell relief for many American families, they spell crisis for the Big Three U.S. automobile manufacturers. The Chrysler Corporation's crippling drop in sales has turned it into a ward of the government, while Ford's and General Motors' record sales drops have left the two companies begging for help in protecting against a further Japanese on-slaught. Detroit has recently requested that the government help limit imports, so that it can recoup sales and build a base for developing new car lines to compete with its formidable opposition. In response, the Reagan administration has reported...
...Evans, testified that his three-hour examination of Hinckley showed he was "mentally competent to stand trial." District Court Chief Judge William B. Bryant ordered that the suspect be examined further to establish his men tal condition. Hinckley's family had hired the firm headed by Defense Attorney Ed ward Bennett Williams to represent their son; the lawyers argued that any such examination should be done first by defense-chosen experts. Bryant denied the request but assured defense attorneys that their psychiatrists would have "equal access" to Hinckley...
...feel neatness just might count in the battle to keep his withered dreams intact. You can practically smell the blue rinse in his hair; the pressing of a tie, the caressing of a whisky glass, the sniffing of a wine cork become incantatory gestures. They are supposed to ward off the new tawdriness of the gambling casinos, which is replacing the old salt-water-taffy funk of the boardwalk town. While the wrecking balls swing all around him, Lou complains that even the ocean isn't what it used...