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These bills came on top of no fewer than 150 others under consideration by Conyers' House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime. They range from a weak measure offered by President Ford that would prohibit the import and manufacture of cheap ($25) "Saturday night specials" to a proposal to outlaw the sale, ownership or possession of all handguns by private citizens. This and many other measures would be largely unenforceable. But the appalling fact is that despite the recent near tragedies and the countless tragedies that lie ahead for victims of gun wounds, not one of these 150 bills has much...
Released from the closet, she was so weak that she could stand for only a minute or so before falling. Her captors told her that she had to take part in the robbery of the Hibernia Bank in San Francisco that occurred on April 15, 1974. "She was given a gun," the document declared, "and directed to stand about in the center of the bank counter. Meanwhile, one of her captors, armed with a gun which was kept pointed at her, kept an eye on her and had told her in advance that if she made one false move...
Under the guidance of coach Joe Restic, Harvard's football team has won 15 of its last 19 ball games--not bad when you think about it--and the Crimson figures to make it 16 of 20 today when it squares off against a weak but determined squad of Boston University Terriers on Soldiers' Field...
Although the final figures aren't in yet, it looks like the mini-campaign approach may be the best tactic for weak-economy fundraising; Yale, with a general fund drive currently in progress, fell 60 per cent, last year, an $18-million nosedive...
DARTMOUGH-HOLY CROSS: Holy Cross looked like a pretty weak bunch last Saturday, so the Big Green from Hanover should be able to back into a victory here. Dartmouth 14, Holy Cross...