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...hastily formed posse found him in his doorway, armed and snarling defiance: "Come and get me. I'm not taking any more of their bull." Although Held's brother-in-law pleaded with him to surrender and bullets shattered his shoulder, leg and right wrist, Held switched the .38 to his left hand, firing until it, too, was smashed. Taken to a guarded hospital bed, he never regained full consciousness, dying later from the complications of his many wounds. He left behind a trail of six people wounded, six others dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pennsylvania: The Revolt of Leo Held | 11/3/1967 | See Source »

QUESTION: Then you don't consider this a slap on the wrist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pusey, Ford, and Glimp on the Dow Protest | 11/3/1967 | See Source »

...Saturday, quarterback Dowling, who was supposed to miss the whole season because of a broken wrist, surprised hefty Cornell by throwing two touchdown passes, running for a third, and leading the Elis to a 41-7 massacre...

Author: By James K. Glassman, | Title: Dowling Revitalizes Yale | 10/31/1967 | See Source »

...Zanuck of the nonmovie. The sound track, regrettably, is as clear as a hi-fi record, and the film is as much in focus as the average overground flick. After wobbling his camera in 60 or so pictures, demonstrating that film making is all in a flick of the wrist, could it be that, in his cinematic technique, Andy is finally going straight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Stealing the Skin Show | 9/15/1967 | See Source »

...girl doesn't click, clink, clank or at least jingle this fall, she's just not part of the scene. The newest thing is the Hardware Look, and anything bright and metallic will do. There are chains to jangle at the waist, neck and wrist. Coats and pocketbooks come studded with nailheads, bells will tinkle along skirt hems, and shoes now have metal toggles and linked brass loops. Outsized zippers are on everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Newest Tack | 8/18/1967 | See Source »

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