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...meat shortage. The California fish and game department reports many more cases of deer poaching this year than last. "Poaching generally involved hippies trying to live off the land, but now we are getting older people trying to combat the rising cost of meat," says a park warden. Last week 100 pheasants were filched from their pens at the Quemahoning Trap and Field Club at Laurel Mountain, Pa. Even hijackings have been reported. Burglars looted 420 canned hams from a tractor truck parked off Interstate 70 near Pittsburgh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INFLATION: Changing Farm Policy to Cut Food Prices | 4/9/1973 | See Source »

...prison's 1,200 inmates may not be all that happy about the warden's action on their behalf. Law Professor Herman Schwartz of the State University of New York (at Buffalo), who was a key legal adviser to inmates during and after the Attica riots, opposes such experiments because he believes the convicts are generally "too beaten down to give meaningful consent." But he also admits that "some of the prisoners do want it." And not only for the money involved, or for a possible break from parole boards. A major attraction in many cases, says Schwartz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Cons as Guinea Pigs | 3/19/1973 | See Source »

Hoffa became a model prisoner, dutifully stuffing mattresses and keeping in shape by doing pushups. "He has an excellent mental attitude," the prison warden said. "He gives us most courteous treatment and we give him the same." The parole board still did not budge on his case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Happy Birthday, Jimmy | 2/19/1973 | See Source »

...first female deputy port warden in the U.S., Joellen Natow, 29, patrols Los Angeles harbor, checks the handling of flammable cargoes, and keeps an eye out for thieves, drug smugglers and illegal aliens. She has mastered the use of the .38-cal. revolver she carries, as well as such mysterious port argot as: "There's a camel loose in the channel; get a sea gull to pick it up." Translation: "A wharf pile is afloat; get a refuse boat to pick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: Male and Female | 2/19/1973 | See Source »

...Still confined to death row despite the Supreme Court's edict against capital punishment, Speck has been nicknamed "the Birdman" by his fellow prisoners-a reference to the 1962 Burt Lancaster movie, Birdman of Alcatraz. "I haven't raised any fuss about the birds," said Stateville Assistant Warden George Stampar. "Two sparrows flew into his cell and he's attached to them. I understand he even shampoos them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 31, 1972 | 7/31/1972 | See Source »

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